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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Jim Jones on October 16, 2003, 02:25:56 PM
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WC was on power106 this morning promoting his DVD and he said he's no longer with Def Jam. He said the only thing Def Jam made him was being Rich. He didn't say what label he is gonna sign to or if hes already signed he just said he was off Def Jam. Def Jam might have droped him for lack of sales or he might have left on his own. WC did have a 2 album contract with them so i dunno what happen.
Realizm brought you this news first!!
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Good....Def Jam sucks!
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Good....Def Jam sucks!
for a Westcoast artist it does but i would liked to see him stick by for at least one more album.
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Good Move....they fucked up bigg time with promoting "Ghetto Heisman"
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Good. They were simply the wrong label for him. They didn't mesh well.
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Good Move....they fucked up bigg time with promoting "Ghetto Heisman"
Word, that album was the best Def Jam release in awhile, its true, Def Jam got no love for the west.
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damn in a way this is good news but in a way this sucks.....where's he going to go? the only other lable that he can put out a big album on is probably Bad Boy....and i wouldn't want to hear that.
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Deezam,I was looking forward to playing as him in Def Jam Vendetta 2
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how could that be a good thing? Def Jam is a good label for artist who make good music. Im not knockin WC but his album was not very good. I know if WC just steped his rap game and picked some better producers and those wack ones(jellyroll) he would have sold me. The streets was a good singe but white folks aint tryin to hear some crip this crip that.
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every opinion so far has been great except Tru Words...
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Good news, Def Jam never really cared about West Coast rappers, we all know it.
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Whats up with Him going to Def JAM Anyway...And DAZ Going to So So Def, And Mack 10 With Cash Money??? WTF??? They gotta keep things local...they cant go to a label thats famous for making east coast artists stars and expect to be as big as they are....Its kinda like what Furious Said On "Boyz In The Hood" when he was talkin 2 those people in the neighborhood bout keepin everything black....
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Well I'll say this....I donno if Def Jam purposely fucked him over, but they did somethin completely stupid....
I'll admit, even though they didn't promote his album, they had the nation playin the hell out of "The Streetz" and it was a coo song but nothin special to me. But it was stupid because like where I'm at in Florida, they played it on the radio, but not only did NOBODY here know when it was comin out, they didn't have it at ANY stores in the entire city. So the few people who woulda bought it from out here weren't gonna go lookin everywhere for it like me, and thas only because I'm from L.A. that I was tryin to find it that bad.
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wc wont sell on a new lable either. hell they could of promoted the hell out of him an he still would of flopped. LOok at joe buddens. def jam promoted the hell out of him. the video pump it up was always on tv an i dunno even think he went gold. you kno why wc would of flopped. b/c rap aint sellin no more except for a few select artist
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Whats up with Him going to Def JAM Anyway...And DAZ Going to So So Def, And Mack 10 With Cash Money??? WTF??? They gotta keep things local...they cant go to a label thats famous for making east coast artists stars and expect to be as big as they are....Its kinda like what Furious Said On "Boyz In The Hood" when he was talkin 2 those people in the neighborhood bout keepin everything black....
The reason that they are goin to Downsouth or Eastcoast labels is that there isnt any Westcoast Powerhouse label left....No Ruthless or Death Row (they are still around but are pratically dead) that had juice in the industry and could push their artists in a proper way.
Peace
LazyL
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What's wrong with WC on Def Jam? I think that was a great move since DJ is a great label and WC wasnt influenced in his music, he still kept it westcoast. So the problem is DJ does not promote westside artists as it seems they aint feeling the left coast no more or they have no confidence in them. So, if the lack of promotion is the reason for WC leaving, that's a smart move. Leaving just for DJ being a eastcoast label...I'm sure that aint the reason cause thats pretty stupid.
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yah man def jam can't do nothing right. They don't know how to market pepole. like dub. and like Joe Budden. Joey's album was one the best i heard this year. But dude's not evem going gold. They have to learn how to market pepole right.
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Well I'll say this....I donno if Def Jam purposely fucked him over, but they did somethin completely stupid....
I'll admit, even though they didn't promote his album, they had the nation playin the hell out of "The Streetz" and it was a coo song but nothin special to me. But it was stupid because like where I'm at in Florida, they played it on the radio, but not only did NOBODY here know when it was comin out, they didn't have it at ANY stores in the entire city. So the few people who woulda bought it from out here weren't gonna go lookin everywhere for it like me, and thas only because I'm from L.A. that I was tryin to find it that bad.
They was really playin that shit out there? i thought it wasn't getting any spins outside of Cali. I know it wasn't hot in the eastcoast.
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yah man def jam can't do nothing right. They don't know how to market pepole. like dub. and like Joe Budden. Joey's album was one the best i heard this year. But dude's not evem going gold. They have to learn how to market pepole right.
joe budden sux horribly i hate him man his music makes my ears bleed!! >:(
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They was really playin that shit out there? i thought it wasn't getting any spins outside of Cali. I know it wasn't hot in the eastcoast.
Yeah in Tallahassee they played it pretty regular. I was suprised by that. The clubs out here played it sometimes
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yah man def jam can't do nothing right. They don't know how to market pepole. like dub. and like Joe Budden. Joey's album was one the best i heard this year. But dude's not evem going gold. They have to learn how to market pepole right.
joe budden sux horribly i hate him man his music makes my ears bleed!! >:(
you need to pay more attention to his songs then...10 mins was some of the dopest shit i've heard all year...sure pump it up was wack but its a single what do you expect?
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wc wont sell on a new lable either. hell they could of promoted the hell out of him an he still would of flopped. LOok at joe buddens. def jam promoted the hell out of him. the video pump it up was always on tv an i dunno even think he went gold. you kno why wc would of flopped. b/c rap aint sellin no more except for a few select artist
There's this one thing about this though... Pump It Up fuckin' sucked ass. WC's single didn't. And besides what they did with The Streets, the video and all, they really didn't push the album much. IMO Def Jam's a good label, I think they handle their shit well, but WC didn't really fit in there... Being the only West Coast cat there it's hard to.
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The problem with ghetto heisman IMO, was that it sounded too polished. The beats were cool, WC came tight, but there was just something wrong with that CD, it doesnt sound right. I guess WC and Def Jam just dont mix together well, they just didnt have the chemistry.
The Streets got a lot of radio play here as well, I think mainly because of Nate and Snoop. Remeber this was dropped after Cant Deny It, Area Codes, I Got Luv, etc, Nate was hot at that time...
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great news
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Let's see if WC can do any better if he's not with Def Jam if he can't do any better, he's gonna regret leavin, one things for sure he'll probably lose alot of fans but at the same time he may gain a few as well.
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It'd be sweeeet if he wen't to aftermath with cube and dre :) lol.. but who knows where he'll go...
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there's no way in hell he's ever gonna make more money on another label. Def Jam is really the only label (besides Aftermath) that can sell records at this point. This was an idiotic move on WC's part, but if he felt that he was losin repsect for bein on Def Jam, more props to him. He can get all the props he wants while he's sittin broke on his ass.
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It'd be sweeeet if he wen't to aftermath with cube and
+ Mack 10