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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Okka on February 16, 2010, 06:09:55 PM
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Recently freed rapper Shyne has inked a seven-figure deal with Def Jam, according to reports.
According to Miss Info, Def Jam won a bidding war between Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and other labels, for the rights to release Shyne's highly anticipated album, his first since 2004.
Shyne is also reportedly being managed by HipHopSince1978, the same company that manages the careers of Drake, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne.
It’s being reported that Shyne is planning to record his album in London, although he was not allowed entry into the country last week, because of his immigration papers.
This is the second time that Shyne has inked a deal with Def Jam.
He signed a seven-figure deal with the label in 2004, although he clashed with CEO LA Reid over the promotion of his album, Godfather: Buried Alive.
His first album, Shyne was released in 2000, but his career was brought to a halt in 2001.
Shyne, real name Moses Michael Leviy , was convicted of two counts of assault, reckless endangerment and gun possession, after the high profile 1999 nightclub shooting, which also involved Sean “Diddy” Combs and his then girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez.[/b]
http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/02/16/22126869.aspx
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honestly, what does he have to rap about? ten years in prison. the only legitimate route for him to take is
A) talk about the mess that landed him there
B) talk about prison life
C) go the conscious route (something like TI did)
D) all the above
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I'ma have 2 let Shyne do Shyne but at the end of the day who gives a shit. It'll be "press worthy" for about 10 minutes and that's that. I'm way more interested in a Black Rob album than a Shyne track.
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honestly, what does he have to rap about? ten years in prison. the only legitimate route for him to take is
A) talk about the mess that landed him there
B) talk about prison life
C) go the conscious route (something like TI did)
D) all the above
^ That's funny. He can rap about the normal BS every other rapper claims to do, lol.
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Damn, would have been tight hearing him over Dre beats.
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I'ma have 2 let Shyne do Shyne but at the end of the day who gives a shit. It'll be "press worthy" for about 10 minutes and that's that. I'm way more interested in a Black Rob album than a Shyne track.
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He should of gone with Dre.
I remember when Royce 5'9" was working on the Chronic 2 album back in 1999 and I was sure that he was going to be the next big artist to blow up. Then I heard that he went and signed a deal with Tommy Boy. I bet at the time he had an opportunity with Aftermath or possibly Shady Records after it was started in 2000. He really should of waited and done whatever was necessary to stay on good terms with Dre. But instead he ended up being a disgruntled emcee, with great music dispersed over unreleased materials, subpar albums, and other bootlegs/mixtapes.
I know Dre doesn't drop albums and artists get stranded but maybe Shyne could have put something in his contract that guaranteed a release date in 2010 or 2011. Shyne first solo album was a certified banger, should have blown up even more than it did. But I fear with the Def Jam signing he's going to put out some bullshit like that track he did with Ashanti, when the real fans want another "Bad Boyz" type of single.
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Wow, that jail sentence could have been the best thing that happened to Shyne's career. 7 figure deal? That's crazy for someone who hasnt put out nothin in so long.
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Wow, that jail sentence could have been the best thing that happened to Shyne's career. 7 figure deal? That's crazy for someone who hasnt put out nothin in so long.
Exactly....Name another motherfucker that's got out of jail and at least got a job. LOL.
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Damn, would have been tight hearing him over Dre beats.
Listen to The Game wouldnt sound far off that
As long as he gets good production how bad could it be??
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Fuck that I'd rather listen to new Mystikal
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Shyne's come back will involve him describe how he got anally fucked or how he gave it to someone else in that horrible dj khaled voice.
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He should have so much to talk about. All that time in cell will have given him plenty to think about if he aint gone crazy! It'll be interesting to know if his mind is fresh is washed up through cell though. He'll have way more than the normal rapper to be able to talk about. His shit previous to prison, his time there, the drama, club shit too...
Should be interesting...but like someone else said, give me a black rob album
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honestly, what does he have to rap about? ten years in prison. the only legitimate route for him to take is
A) talk about the mess that landed him there
B) talk about prison life
C) go the conscious route (something like TI did)
D) all the above
^ That's funny. He can rap about the normal BS every other rapper claims to do, lol.
lol, for real.
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Wow, that jail sentence could have been the best thing that happened to Shyne's career. 7 figure deal? That's crazy for someone who hasnt put out nothin in so long.
You don't know details. Does Def Jam pay everything or does Shyne have to pay for studio time, producers, etc. himself?
This press release sounds too good to be true if you ask me.
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honestly, what does he have to rap about? ten years in prison. the only legitimate route for him to take is
A) talk about the mess that landed him there
B) talk about prison life
C) go the conscious route (something like TI did)
D) all the above
^ That's funny. He can rap about the normal BS every other rapper claims to do, lol.
lol, for real.
lol... that was kind of funny... but really, he does have alot to rap about. He can work the whole 2pac angle with the prison time, and then he can rap about Puffy turned his back on him, kind of like 2pac did with Biggie/Bad Boy Records.
So to me it seems he actually has a lot he can rap about.
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What club shit?
He done been locked up.
I'm interested to hear his final product. The only thing I want to hear him from is touching on the situation there, prison life, and how he's changed. Anything else such as club shit or women I'll find hard to believe unless it's about past relationships or family that stuck through.
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What club shit?
He done been locked up.
I'm interested to hear his final product. The only thing I want to hear him from is touching on the situation there, prison life, and how he's changed. Anything else such as club shit or women I'll find hard to believe unless it's about past relationships or family that stuck through.
I think he was referring to the Club incident that landed him in jail.
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He shouldve signed with Dre but that album mightve come out longer than his prison sentence lol.
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Wow, that jail sentence could have been the best thing that happened to Shyne's career. 7 figure deal? That's crazy for someone who hasnt put out nothin in so long.
You don't know details. Does Def Jam pay everything or does Shyne have to pay for studio time, producers, etc. himself?
This press release sounds too good to be true if you ask me.
I'm sure theres a twist. Rappers be talking like they got paid mad loots in the beginning, but later when their contract ends, they'll be givng out their testimony about the slavery they had to go through.
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He shouldve signed with Dre but that album mightve come out longer than his prison sentence lol.
lol
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Nobody should sign with Aftermath. Wasn't Busta Rhymes the last person to debut on Aftermath? That was in 2006. Lol. Sad. Aftermath has released 5 albums in 5 years, and that includes Eminem's refill album. What kind of record label is that?
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Sign with Dre? nooo waay.
Hope it all works ouy for Shyne, but im not really interested in a Shyne album.
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Nobody should sign with Aftermath. Wasn't Busta Rhymes the last person to debut on Aftermath? That was in 2006. Lol. Sad. Aftermath has released 5 albums in 5 years, and that includes Eminem's refill album. What kind of record label is that?
Most of the releases have went platinum though.
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I remember when Royce 5'9" was working on the Chronic 2 album back in 1999 and I was sure that he was going to be the next big artist to blow up. Then I heard that he went and signed a deal with Tommy Boy. I bet at the time he had an opportunity with Aftermath or possibly Shady Records after it was started in 2000. He really should of waited and done whatever was necessary to stay on good terms with Dre. But instead he ended up being a disgruntled emcee
Royce's manager blew the Aftermath deal with the whole "The Way I Be Pimpin'" & "The Message" affair..
A shame though, Royce could have been the new Nas or Jigga with all that talent.
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Nobody should sign with Aftermath. Wasn't Busta Rhymes the last person to debut on Aftermath? That was in 2006. Lol. Sad. Aftermath has released 5 albums in 5 years, and that includes Eminem's refill album. What kind of record label is that?
Most of the releases have went platinum though.
Yeah, that's if you ever release an album. Like I said, Busta was the last new artist on Aftermath to release anything and that was over 3 years ago. Whatever happened to Joell Ortiz , Stat Quo, Rakim, Eve, Bishop Lamont, Hittman?
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I hope Shyne celebrates by going to a club with his piece.
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I remember when Royce 5'9" was working on the Chronic 2 album back in 1999 and I was sure that he was going to be the next big artist to blow up. Then I heard that he went and signed a deal with Tommy Boy. I bet at the time he had an opportunity with Aftermath or possibly Shady Records after it was started in 2000. He really should of waited and done whatever was necessary to stay on good terms with Dre. But instead he ended up being a disgruntled emcee
Royce's manager blew the Aftermath deal with the whole "The Way I Be Pimpin'" & "The Message" affair..
A shame though, Royce could have been the new Nas or Jigga with all that talent.
Word... but I'm pretty sure he had already signed to Tommy Boy before his manager ruined his relaionship with Dre
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If you ask me,dre was being a fucking cry baby about the situation.Royce stood his ground like a man should.
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I find this report hard to believe, for the fact that Shyne isn't a very marketable artist to today's mainstream?
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Wait, how did Royce's manager fuck it up for him?? What did he do??
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Royces manager was in a interview and said he had seen eminem sit dre down like a pupil and teach him things.Dres vagina started bleeding about royces manager sharing this information and told royce to fire him,royce wouldnt so dre stopped working with him.
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I hope Shyne celebrates by going to a club with his piece.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAH.
Royces manager was in a interview and said he had seen eminem sit dre down like a pupil and teach him things.Dres vagina started bleeding about royces manager sharing this information and told royce to fire him,royce wouldnt so dre stopped working with him.
Yeah, i think the manager told the interviewer about Royce ghostwritin' for Dre too.
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Recently freed rapper Shyne has inked a seven-figure deal with Def Jam, according to reports.
According to Miss Info, Def Jam won a bidding war between Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and other labels, for the rights to release Shyne's highly anticipated album, his first since 2004.
Shyne is also reportedly being managed by HipHopSince1978, the same company that manages the careers of Drake, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne.
It’s being reported that Shyne is planning to record his album in London, although he was not allowed entry into the country last week, because of his immigration papers.
This is the second time that Shyne has inked a deal with Def Jam.
He signed a seven-figure deal with the label in 2004, although he clashed with CEO LA Reid over the promotion of his album, Godfather: Buried Alive.
His first album, Shyne was released in 2000, but his career was brought to a halt in 2001.
Shyne, real name Moses Michael Leviy , was convicted of two counts of assault, reckless endangerment and gun possession, after the high profile 1999 nightclub shooting, which also involved Sean “Diddy” Combs and his then girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez.[/b]
http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/02/16/22126869.aspx
this is good to hear, much success to shyne, he's a stand up brother, for real
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Royces manager was in a interview and said he had seen eminem sit dre down like a pupil and teach him things.Dres vagina started bleeding about royces manager sharing this information and told royce to fire him,royce wouldnt so dre stopped working with him.
lol, thx for sharing.
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Dres vagina started bleeding about royces manager sharing this information and told royce to fire him,royce wouldnt so dre stopped working with him.
LOL... but for real, come on now. This is Dr. Fucking Dre we are talking about. Unless Jesus Christ is your manager, then you probably need to fire him at that point.
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I would have done the same thing.And lets face it,unless your name is 50 cent or eminem,aftermath is a graveyard for artists.
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I would have done the same thing.And lets face it,unless your name is 50 cent or eminem,aftermath is a graveyard for artists.
Just remembering back to 1999, Royce really did have a buzz about him. I remember picking up the Bad Meetz Evil maxi single at Sam Goody. I remember the unreleased shit that was coming out on the Dreday site like "Way I Be Pimpin" and "Throne Is Mine". I mean, "Throne Is Mine" should have been a monster hit. Royce was also like the only artist other than Dre to appear on Eminem's Slim Shady LP and that joint was blazing.
Something in me just told me he was the next artist to blow up, for sure. When he went with Tommy Boy and his relationship with Dre fell apart that was a huge letdown.
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Dres vagina started bleeding about royces manager sharing this information and told royce to fire him,royce wouldnt so dre stopped working with him.
LOL... but for real, come on now. This is Dr. Fucking Dre we are talking about. Unless Jesus Christ is your manager, then you probably need to fire him at that point.
The manager was Royce's lifelong friend or something if I remember correctly
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Dre sounds like a bitch because as far as the eyes can tell Royce's manager was telling the truth. I guess it's all about image and you don't want no one to ruin cash flow.
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The manager was Royce's lifelong friend or something if I remember correctly
What do you think a managers job is? Is a managers job to be your best friend? Is a managers job to fuck up your one shot at making a classic multi-platinum album with the greatest rap producer of all time?
I would of fired my own self if I was the manager.
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Sometimes friends are worth more then that.
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Sometimes friends are worth more then that.
I disagree.
Are you a true artist or a true friend? I think Royce chose his friend over his art. And as a hip-hop listener and fan I can not accept that. A great artist should be driven to be the best and to work with the best, to do whatever it takes to make the greatest music he can.
I promise you, if Eminem would have had to choose between Dr. Dre or Proof he would of chose Dre, I SWEAR HE WOULD OF. In fact, I don't think anyone remembers this, and I could be totally wrong, but I even think there was some small beef or whatever when Royce appeared on Em's first Aftermath album and Proof didn't (and remember it was Royce accompanying Em around that time to do shows); but obviously it was on Proof to forgive Eminem if he was a true friend; because Proof should understand that it was Eminem's destiny to work with the best producer in the world so he could be a legendary artist.
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You got dre's dick in your mouth homie. Dre caught feeling over some stupide shit. royce made his decision. it's over with.
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Actually,proof and em were beefing on something unrelated and royce got em to patch things up with proof.He did this because he didnt want to come into the game known as eminems little homie,he wanted to go to tommy boy and be his own man and pave his own way.So he relinqueshed his spot as ems hype man and passed it off to proof.As for your statement of what em would and wouldnt do,You cant speak on that,nobody can.You dont know him personally nor do i,so discussing what he would and wouldnt do is pointless.Royce made his decision,he choose friendship over business.For some people its more important,and I admire that more then someone who would just fire a close friend just because of some other guys problem.So maybe you wouldnt have done that,in that case,Im glad Im not your friend because it sounds like you dont treasure friendship very much.I have friends that I would give my life for no questions asked.Thats what REAL friendship is.Besides,even if royce stayed theirs no garauntee hed even have an album out,look at hittman for fucks sake.And I personally have loved the music royce has released,death is certain is a personal classic to me.
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Has this been confirmed 100 percent yet?
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honestly, what does he have to rap about? ten years in prison. the only legitimate route for him to take is
A) talk about the mess that landed him there
B) talk about prison life
C) go the conscious route (something like TI did)
D) all the above
you do know not everything people write has to be a true story yeah?
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if he goes back to his old style...hes good
but if he sounds like this new style hes got....before he self destructs....lol
honestly, what does he have to rap about? ten years in prison. the only legitimate route for him to take is
A) talk about the mess that landed him there
B) talk about prison life
C) go the conscious route (something like TI did)
D) all the above
^ That's funny. He can rap about the normal BS every other rapper claims to do, lol.
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He shouldve signed with Dre but that album mightve come out longer than his prison sentence lol.
and that's no exaggeration
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prolly still would have been better than snoops last 6 albums.....
He shouldve signed with Dre but that album mightve come out longer than his prison sentence lol.
and that's no exaggeration