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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: J-FUNKTION on June 20, 2010, 11:17:45 AM
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whats next for wideawake death row? anyone know?...i need vintage death row shit...i could care less about the stuff after 2000..
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whats next for wideawake death row? anyone know?...i need vintage death row shit...i could care less about the stuff after 2000..
There are rumors that Sam Sneed is dropping next with 'Pac album following right behind..
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whats next for wideawake death row? anyone know?...i need vintage death row shit...i could care less about the stuff after 2000..
There are rumors that Sam Sneed is dropping next with 'Pac album following right behind..
oh man...that would be sick if that sneed got released...thats a day 1 purchase for sure...
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Darren said in the dubcnn interview that he has Left Eye material, an unleaked Crooked I album, and some Kurupt material. Since he is working with WA now I guess we can look forward to hearing that stuff at some point. Would be dope to hear all that. Sneed and Pac albums are of course welcomed also.
What I'm kind of surprised at is that there hasn't been any mention of a Dogg Pound album. They have a decent amount of unreleased DPG stuff that would make for a damn good album if done properly. Plus it would be one of their higher selling releases because of the name. Not saying it will sell well, just more than some of the other stuff they have put out lol.
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Darren said in the dubcnn interview that he has Left Eye material, an unleaked Crooked I album, and some Kurupt material. Since he is working with WA now I guess we can look forward to hearing that stuff at some point. Would be dope to hear all that. Sneed and Pac albums are of course welcomed also.
What I'm kind of surprised at is that there hasn't been any mention of a Dogg Pound album. They have a decent amount of unreleased DPG stuff that would make for a damn good album if done properly. Plus it would be one of their higher selling releases because of the name. Not saying it will sell well, just more than some of the other stuff they have put out lol.
well they did put out a Kurupt album
but we all know why that didnt sell
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Id love to see the above the law album get released since they have big hutch working with them.It would probably be the real album.
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Yeah sam seed is probably next.
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Sneed pls!
thats all i want from WA
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Sneed pls!
And some more Snoop, DPG, gimme that Michel'le and Jewel produced by Dre, and a pipe dream of mine is "Chronic 92 - The Instrumental Album"
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whats next for wideawake death row? anyone know?...i need vintage death row shit...i could care less about the stuff after 2000..
There are rumors that Sam Sneed is dropping next with 'Pac album following right behind..
Sam Sneed is coming....July/August 8)
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whats next for wideawake death row? anyone know?...i need vintage death row shit...i could care less about the stuff after 2000..
There are rumors that Sam Sneed is dropping next with 'Pac album following right behind..
Sam Sneed is coming....July/August 8)
reading that actually put a smile on my face ;D ;D
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how do you know that sneed is coming? I'm not doubting you, just wondering if you have a source...
I'd really like to hear all of sneed's maaterial
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Will definately get Sneed's album when it drops. If it has those songs on the YouTube snippets it should be tight.
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how do you know that sneed is coming? I'm not doubting you, just wondering if you have a source...
I'd really like to hear all of sneed's maaterial
Official website/forum is a good place to start!
They should re-issue the entire catalog, through out a little magazine promo and get income from that first before any more unreleased material is put out. On the re-releases they can add 1/2 bonus songs on some of the titles if required. What I, and other people don't want is a big collection of poorly mixed and mastered albums sitting there that COULD have been better if some money was there to make them better
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i am curious what WA will drop next. sneed would be dope but its just a rumour
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Its not a rumor it was in that big article they had at hiphopdx or something, they said Crook, then Sneed and Pac album this christmas.
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Its not a rumor it was in that big article they had at hiphopdx or something, they said Crook, then Sneed and Pac album this christmas.
it was on vibe
http://www.vibe.com/content/new-death-row-no-suge-no-drama-more-2pac
What happens when the most notorious gangsta rap label Death Row Records is resurrected as a Canadian-based catalogue imprint? VIBE connects the dots to find out the future of the once-feared West Coast power.
Death Row Records. The name alone evokes the early ‘90s dominance of the most profitable and controversial gangsta rap label in music history. The groundbreaking West Coast imprint is known just as much for its classic roster of game-changing, influential talent (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, 2Pac) and its notorious, two-fisted CEO Suge Knight as it is for brazen tales of recording studio beatdowns, gang-related beefs, arrests, and murder. Which is why the 2009 acquisition of the once mighty imprint by Toronto-based company Wideawake Entertainment was met by a perplexed reception.
Now the Canadian company is working to clean up the legacy of the bankrupted Death Row, with a series of high-profile catalog releases and projects. “We had an $18 million debt so things are going to be done a certain way,” Wideawake/Death Row President John Payne tells VIBE of the company’s no-nonsense strategy. Payne’s ties to the label goes back to 1991 when he worked as a studio engineer for Knight and Dr. Dre, who first founded the company operation under the banner Future Shock before it went on to sell more than 50 million albums.
“The good thing about Death Row is the music has always stood the test of time,” Payne continues. “You can pick up albums like The Chronic and Doggystyle and still listen to them. But the problem with the label is people as well as the media have dwelled on the negative. It’s kept Death Row in a one-dimensional place. So in order to sell records, they pushed negativity when it wasn’t necessary because the artists were talented enough to let that speak for them. We would like to give Death Row it’s fair chance to be seen and heard correctly without the drama, murder or court cases.”
Payne says that one revelation he took away while going through the hundreds of unreleased tracks from the Death Row vault was the surprising quality of R&B music left over. The first release from the revamped label, crooner Danny Boy’s It’s About Time, is already in stores. The Atlanta-based singer joined Death Row when he was 15-years-old, and went on to record classic tracks with 2Pac (“I Ain’t Mad At Cha,” “Picture Me Rollin,’” “Toss It Up”).
“We are trying to do reach out to all the Death Row artists who never got their chance,” says Payne. “A lot of people are not aware of Danny Boy beyond 2Pac. We have his participation, so that’s great.”
For Danny, the chance to finally release his Death Row debut album is bittersweet. “I would never go back to Death Row as an artist,” says the vocalist, who was one of the last artists to remain by Suge Knight’s side following its successful ‘90s run. “There were so many good things that came from that situation, but there was also so much pain. Suge was like a father to me, but he also treated me dirty. I understand the business, and I knew that Wideawake was a catalogue company that has control over a lot of my material. So I thought it would be a great business move to put myself in position to do business with them.”
But while Wideawake/Death Row is open to do business with other former Death Row artists, Payne says that there’s one individual you won’t see working with the imprint: Suge Knight. The once feared music mogul has experienced a litany of legal drama, personal issues and public embarrassments including a 2002 prison conviction for violating parole, a 2006 bankruptcy and a 2009 beatdown he suffered during a 2009 NBA All-Star party.
“Suge has no connection to the label whatsoever,” Payne adamantly maintains. “It’s out of bankruptcy…it’s not his label. He has no influence and he cannot tell us what to do. But I did personally speak to him a few weeks ago after hearing about all the stuff that’s been going on in his life. We were friends a long time ago in the beginning. He called me and we just chatted. I wish the guy well.”
While it’s not clear if Wideawake/Death Row will find future chart success, the label is swinging for the fences with some of its upcoming releases. In addition to Danny Boy, an unreleased June album featuring Long Beach, California rapper and Slaughterhouse member Crooked I will hit the shelves. There’s also the much-talked about unreleased debut from former Dr. Dre protégé and producer Sam Sneed, who found success with his 1994 hit “U Better Recognize” and co-produced such Dre classics as “Keep Their Heads Ringin,’” and “Natural Born Killaz.” But the company is really banking on a posthumous project from late music icon 2Pac set for this Christmas.
“This is unreleased 2Pac…no remastering or remixing,” Payne says of the set. “The songs are from a collection of tracks that were recorded during his Death Row days around All Eyez On Me. I believe that these songs could have been 2Pac’s next record if he were still alive.” —Keith Murphy
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What I, and other people don't want is a big collection of poorly mixed and mastered albums sitting there that COULD have been better if some money was there to make them better
So true. Very disappointed in how shit has gone so far for WA. I don't understand how they can keep justifying the shitty mix/master jobs. We want the original material, but we want it to sound like it would if it had been released properly when it was made. Not some amateur mix master job.
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What I, and other people don't want is a big collection of poorly mixed and mastered albums sitting there that COULD have been better if some money was there to make them better
So true. Very disappointed in how shit has gone so far for WA. I don't understand how they can keep justifying the shitty mix/master jobs. We want the original material, but we want it to sound like it would if it had been released properly when it was made. Not some amateur mix master job.
It actually seems like half of us here on this goddamn forum would produce a better product that people ACTUALLY WANT than whoever is in charge @ Fastasleep now...
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have any of u actually bought a wideawake product????? i have the deathrow ultimate collection + danny boy...the bad sound quality makes it unlistenable...
even the chronic would have sounded like ass if wideawake released it
while we on it...anyone got Hoodstar sales?
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have any of u actually bought a wideawake product????? i have the deathrow ultimate collection + danny boy...the bad sound quality makes it unlistenable...
even the chronic would have sounded like ass if wideawake released it
while we on it...anyone got Hoodstar sales?
*LOL*? http://www.amazon.com/Chronic-Re-Lit-Vault-CD-DVD/dp/B002IVLWQK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1277204771&sr=1-1
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I think he means if The Chronic was unreleased, since it's the only officially released album WideAwake re-issued
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have any of u actually bought a wideawake product????? i have the deathrow ultimate collection + danny boy...the bad sound quality makes it unlistenable...
even the chronic would have sounded like ass if wideawake released it
while we on it...anyone got Hoodstar sales?
I bought relit,lost sessions and the compilation.And nothing since.For me the compilation was their only good release so far.I may pick up hood star eventually just to have a crooked i album once in my life lol.
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yip, i meant if chronic was unreleased, but release on wideawake...
the dannyboy is especially bad quality,
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I'm waitin some LBC Crew thang! 8)
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i bought relit, the ultimate collection, and danny boy...i wouldve bought the lost sessions, but we never got the best buy version here in canada..so fuck you, if you cant get your shit right, i aint supporting...BUT, i would cop a sneed, lbc crew..dogg pound...OLD SCHOOL kurupt...nothing after 98...a cpo album also..another snoop lost sessions hopefully to..
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lost sessions got hard cd copy?
not just net release?! :o
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I just want some unheard music and I don't care if they sell it or not or if it's good or not.