West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Don Seer on January 27, 2005, 12:10:47 PM
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did they cover him at all? did they give him a mic rating? did they run a cover?
so i'm asking ya'll... if game can shift the units he did out the gate.. -without- their support..
they're irrelevant, they AINT the power they think they are.
they aint the deciding factor in shit.
how ya'll feel?
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I agree. And I'm sure the team there know it only too well.
I think XXL helped ... I'm sure that Aftermath cover brought Game to a lot of people.
But also, the game has changed to the point where a magazine doesn't matter like it once did. Game blazed mixtapes something chronic ( 8)) and reached out to fans on the net. Print is such a small way of getting the message out these days.
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It's funny that a hip hop mag is beefin'. At least pretend to be unbiased for Christ sake.
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i dont like the source. they got too many ads.and zino is full of shit. ive never listened too what they said
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yea im wondering how many mics they give him.. id give 4.. 4.5 at most.. they can go either way tho, completely hate on the name dropping, or try to crappily justify it
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I think magazines in general are becoming less of a factor.
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The internet does a LOT more than any newspapers or magazines can do when it comes to people our age. Magazines take 2-3 months to get info in them, when we can go online and find out who got shot 5 minutes after it happened.
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I think he did prove the Source irrelevant. He's the hottest artist out now and the Source didn't cover him AT ALL. G-Unit, Eminem, 50 Cent, Game is hot right now and soon enough Busta Rhymes will drop his shit (hopefully) and Aftermath will be puttin' out some shit again. The Source won't cover any of that since it's Aftermath/Eminem related, so they'll miss out again. Fuck the Source, although it would be interesting to see how they would rate Game's album.
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Man donīt be surprised if The Source puts the entire Aftermath family on their cover in a couple of months and talks shit about them for like 40 pages coz that would sell like crazy.
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The Source has been irrelevant for a couple of years
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I think magazines in general are becoming less of a factor.
Agree- why go to the Source when there are sites like this one?
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yeah but VIBE magazine hasnt been relevant for like 8 YEARS homie since like the Death Row Era and they last benefited from Pac's and Bigs death, and Bad Boy' rise, Vibe magazine was what he went to with his first SOLO cover but i guess i see what your saying about The Game being on XXL and having the succes he did but dont u think it had alot to do with Dr.Dre actually being on the cover too! i mean when he comes out of his house people take him serious thats why 50 did so well IMO the last Dre cover was with Em&50 right before 50's album came out...look at his success
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The Source has disrespected hip-hop music. They have put one man, Ray Bezino, above journalistic, music, and artist integrity. The Source has a job, and they owe it to hip-hop fans to cover hip-hop culture with sincerity, and they have pissed on all that for just one man, Ray Bezino.
I used to love the Source. Now it's just a soft porn magazine that abases black women.
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The Sauce has been a joke ever since Benzino let it out that he is a part of it. They like radio are a part of the problem. i dunno how many BS CD's they rated as good or really saying something. XXL Baby!!!
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they gave him 4 mics on the latest issue with jay-z & dame dash on the cover, apparently
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oh gosh here it goes. a lot of big albums dont get rated. "THe 7 Day Theory" wasnt rated till they did that make-up ratings issue. and besided, the source only rates the album if the label sends them a copy.
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oh gosh here it goes. a lot of big albums dont get rated. "THe 7 Day Theory" wasnt rated till they did that make-up ratings issue. and besided, the source only rates the album if the label sends them a copy.
quit being such a fuckin hater
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oh gosh here it goes. a lot of big albums dont get rated. "THe 7 Day Theory" wasnt rated till they did that make-up ratings issue. and besided, the source only rates the album if the label sends them a copy.
quit being such a fuckin hater
quit following me around in every thread like you a threat to me or somethin
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oh gosh here it goes. a lot of big albums dont get rated. "THe 7 Day Theory" wasnt rated till they did that make-up ratings issue. and besided, the source only rates the album if the label sends them a copy.
quit being such a fuckin hater
Baby G is right - a magazine is written weeks before the cover month. To get a review of an album at the time the album hits shelves, it's the label's responsibility to get a copy to them in advance. Any later and the album is out, so it's not worth the both - it's no longer news.
After the King Tee fiasco I'd expect Dre, Aftermath and Interscope to be wary of getting a Source review by advancing a copy, regardless of how much credibility the magazine has lost.
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oh gosh here it goes. a lot of big albums dont get rated. "THe 7 Day Theory" wasnt rated till they did that make-up ratings issue. and besided, the source only rates the album if the label sends them a copy.
quit being such a fuckin hater
quit following me around in every thread like you a threat to me or somethin
lmao what a fuckin loser
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what a bullshit thread
the source covered the documentary in the november issue,they had their album in one of the most anticipated album for 2005 or something and they did a article on him
also it's not like a mag is the reason an album sells
if you're independant or not on a big label,it's good promoton but if you're are on interscope,u don't need it...especially since xxl turned into aftermath newsletter
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I don't like the Source but XXL isn't much better, they don't even cover west coast rap period and they always give westcoast artists low ratings.
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the source has been slippin every since xxl been on the scene. the whole interscope vs. the source rivalry is as unprofessional as it can get.
I cant really fuck with any magazine that puts more emphasis on the fashion then on the art of hip hop itself.
I feel like a crackhead when I buy the source...I really dont wanna do it but Ive been doing it for so long that if I dont do it I feel like Im missing out .... Ive been programmed by these bastards...I remember with fondness when they used to break huge stories like pac being free and dre leaving deathrow... and seeing a young daz and kurupt on the cover. smh.....