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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: TraceOneInfinite on December 31, 2025, 10:23:43 AM
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this dude's career is so under-rated, wish his production was more celebrated he's in my top 5
and then this shows he could rap too, dope ass song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKWPKI0JvY&list=RDPSKWPKI0JvY&start_radio=1
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this dude's career is so under-rated, wish his production was more celebrated he's in my top 5
and then this shows he could rap too, dope ass song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKWPKI0JvY&list=RDPSKWPKI0JvY&start_radio=1
Check his whole album. He's got instrumentals on there he ended up using for Pac. Interesting piece of history.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MmMt0LxfdcI
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Pac estate witholding millions of dollars royalties to Johnny J family -
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS7rzzVDBJ9/
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#2Pac’s estate is refusing to pay the family of Johnny “J” 👀
A company founded by Tupac Shakur’s mother is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit over unpaid royalties tied to some of the rapper’s biggest records.
Capucine Jackson, widow of legendary producer Johnny J, claims she is being denied royalty payments connected to Tupac’s music. Johnny J helped create iconic tracks like “Hit ’Em Up”, “How Do U Want It” and “All Eyez On Me”.
The lawsuit targets Amaru Entertainment, the label founded by Afeni Shakur after Tupac’s death. Jackson argues that a producer deal signed in 2001 entitles her and their company Klock Work Entertainment to a share of ongoing royalties.
Amaru’s lawyers say the contracts are clear. They argue Johnny J was only entitled to royalties from record sales and traditional exploitation through Tupac’s distributor, not from digital performance royalties collected by SoundExchange.
In short, Amaru claims SoundExchange payouts were never part of the deal and that the case has no real legal dispute. Any earnings from streams or digital downloads are not to be paid according to the estate of Tupac Shakur. A hearing is scheduled for March 19.
Another reminder that even decades after his death, the business around Tupac Shakur is still being fought over in court.
Thoughts? Should producers be paid forever, or only what’s written in black and white? 💬
Swipe to check out some of Johnny J’s production credits on 2Pac’s work 🤯
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Check his whole album. He's got instrumentals on there he ended up using for Pac. Interesting piece of history.
I went on youtube I actually didn't find anything else but the song I posted and a song with the same beat as "Picture Me Rollin". Which brings up the question... that was an old beat that was already released?
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I went on youtube I actually didn't find anything else but the song I posted and a song with the same beat as "Picture Me Rollin". Which brings up the question... that was an old beat that was already released?
yup
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I went on youtube I actually didn't find anything else but the song I posted and a song with the same beat as "Picture Me Rollin". Which brings up the question... that was an old beat that was already released?
Yes, he reused several old beats from that album. Apparently, he thought so very few people even knew of that album that he'd be fine reusing the beats and very few would ever know. Which was the the case til the internet came around!
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Yes, he reused several old beats from that album. Apparently, he thought so very few people even knew of that album that he'd be fine reusing the beats and very few would ever know. Which was the the case til the internet came around!
Yeah that was one of the many things that was better about rap before the internet. Like sometimes what we were hearing on albums was the best contributions of artist and producers that had been piling up for a few years and they took the best. Like tracks like “Mind Made Up” “Can’t C Me” “Picture Me Rollin” “California Love” etc.. all could have been wasted in the Internet era.
Instead they all hit us at once when PAC’s album came out and “Picture Me Rollin” what could be a more perfect track for PAC coming out of jail after everything he had been thru perfect beat and lyrics, and hook, even gay-boy Danny Boy was bringing it like a tru G on that joint