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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: aerroc on January 06, 2013, 09:54:24 PM
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20 Years ago, Suge Knight and Dr Dre launched their now legendary record label Death Row Records. Under Suge’s feared reputation and iron-fist, Death Row was able to establish itself as one of the most formidable and profitable labels in the history of music.
Multiple Platinum albums, Grammy Awards, # 1 songs, and the constant fear element that surrounded the label effectively placed Knight and the burgeoning, multimillion dollar Death Row enterprise on the very tip of the hip hop music mountain. Although Death Row has been defunct for over a decade, the everlasting legacy still continues . We reflect on 20 facts about Death Row records you may have not known.
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Death Row affiliate, and Compton rapper DJ Quik was once considered a suspect in the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. Quik and his crew known as the ‘Tree Top Pirus’ were present at the Automotive Peterson Museum the night Biggie Smalls was killed. (Read: DJ Quik Speaks on the LAPD naming him a suspect)http://www.bet.com/news/music/2011/05/02/dj-quik-says-lapd-suspected-him-in-notorious-b-i-g-murder.html
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Reggie Wright Jr, the head of security for Death Row Records was the son of Compton Police Chief Reggie Wright Sr. Many believe this was a tactical move by Suge Knight to stay one step ahead of the Police.
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David Kenner, the infamous lawyer and close confidant of Suge Knight has long been rumored to have ties with the legendary Genovese Crime Family of New York City. But according to former LAPD Detective David Peterson, Suge Knight couldn’t care less and didn’t know who they were.
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The seeds of the East Coast vs West Coast beef were planted down South, when Anthony ‘Wolf Jones’, Puff Daddy’s one time best friend allegedly killed Suge Knight’s close confidant ‘Jake Robles’ in an Atlanta nightclub in 1995. That incident triggered the Death Row vs Bad Boy Beef. Ironically, Anthony ‘Wolf Jones’ was killed in 2003 in an Atlanta nightclub himself. Suge Knight’s friend, Big Meech and The BMF were investigated for the crime, but Police couldn’t find any witnesses to testify and the case was eventually dropped.
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Gina Longo was the first and only White artist ever signed to Death Row Records. Coincidentally or not, she was also the daughter of the same Los Angeles Prosecutor who was investigating Suge Knight for assault charges. The Prosecutor, Larry Longo, eventually dropped the charges after his daughter secured a recording contract with Death Row.
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Dr Dre, who owned 50% of Death Row Records, received no royalty, publishing, or money when he left the label in 1995. Dre was reportedly entitled to earn over $60 million from the split. When asked if he was upset about not receiving any residuals, Dre famously said ‘You can’t put a price on a peaceful state of mind’.
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Some interesting facts that I never knew of. Seems like Suge was like a mafia don, paying off who he wanted. Looking forward to the next lot.
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Full Article http://hiphop365.com/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-death-row-records/
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Most people here will know most of these things. Pretty good article anyway though.
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Good read, +1
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all this is shit everyone knows though.
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Dr Dre, who owned 50% of Death Row Records, received no royalty, publishing, or money when he left the label in 1995. Dre was reportedly entitled to earn over $60 million from the split. When asked if he was upset about not receiving any residuals, Dre famously said ‘You can’t put a price on a peaceful state of mind’.
so dre would rather let 60 million go then to deal wit suge??? lmao :o 8)
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Dr Dre, who owned 50% of Death Row Records, received no royalty, publishing, or money when he left the label in 1995. Dre was reportedly entitled to earn over $60 million from the split. When asked if he was upset about not receiving any residuals, Dre famously said ‘You can’t put a price on a peaceful state of mind’.
so dre would rather let 60 million go then to deal wit suge??? lmao :o 8)
coward shit. LOL
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Dr Dre, who owned 50% of Death Row Records, received no royalty, publishing, or money when he left the label in 1995. Dre was reportedly entitled to earn over $60 million from the split. When asked if he was upset about not receiving any residuals, Dre famously said ‘You can’t put a price on a peaceful state of mind’.
so dre would rather let 60 million go then to deal wit suge??? lmao :o 8)
real shit!
but ive heard from dr. dre himself in that over played repeated interview of him on VH1 that he did leave with money just not what he was supposed to.
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good read, didnt know allot of these
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Dr Dre, who owned 50% of Death Row Records, received no royalty, publishing, or money when he left the label in 1995. Dre was reportedly entitled to earn over $60 million from the split. When asked if he was upset about not receiving any residuals, Dre famously said ‘You can’t put a price on a peaceful state of mind’.
We all know this in part wasn't true. Yeah, he didn't recieve royalties (which is why Dre sued Death Row in part), he does own his publishing (which is why whoever owns Death Row will have to get his permission to release any previously unreleased material by Dre from their vault, as part of the deal when he left back in 1996), and he did leave with money. It just wasn't the amount he was supposed to leave with and that was in part why he went to Jimmy to help him with forming Aftermath. They don't even have the right year when Dre left Death Row. 1995? Really? SMH!! LOL!
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Dr Dre, who owned 50% of Death Row Records, received no royalty, publishing, or money when he left the label in 1995. Dre was reportedly entitled to earn over $60 million from the split. When asked if he was upset about not receiving any residuals, Dre famously said ‘You can’t put a price on a peaceful state of mind’.
We all know this in part wasn't true. Yeah, he didn't recieve royalties (which is why Dre sued Death Row in part), he does own his publishing (which is why whoever owns Death Row will have to get his permission to release any previously unreleased material by Dre from their vault, as part of the deal when he left back in 1996), and he did leave with money. It just wasn't the amount he was supposed to leave with and that was in part why he went to Jimmy to help him with forming Aftermath. They don't even have the right year when Dre left Death Row. 1995? Really? SMH!! LOL!
Also the Eastcoast westcoast feud didn't start with that shooting, it started when Tim Dogg started hating and released Fuck Compton.Eastcoast started it westcoast dominated it, and in the end West and East been having troubles since the rise of the south and they haven't lost their grip because they make selll out music, have fake as hell motherfuckers, and don't cause any issues that you see with Eastcoast/Westcoast artist.
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Dr Dre, who owned 50% of Death Row Records, received no royalty, publishing, or money when he left the label in 1995. Dre was reportedly entitled to earn over $60 million from the split. When asked if he was upset about not receiving any residuals, Dre famously said ‘You can’t put a price on a peaceful state of mind’.
We all know this in part wasn't true. Yeah, he didn't recieve royalties (which is why Dre sued Death Row in part), he does own his publishing (which is why whoever owns Death Row will have to get his permission to release any previously unreleased material by Dre from their vault, as part of the deal when he left back in 1996), and he did leave with money. It just wasn't the amount he was supposed to leave with and that was in part why he went to Jimmy to help him with forming Aftermath. They don't even have the right year when Dre left Death Row. 1995? Really? SMH!! LOL!
Also the Eastcoast westcoast feud didn't start with that shooting, it started when Tim Dogg started hating and released Fuck Compton.Eastcoast started it westcoast dominated it, and in the end West and East been having troubles since the rise of the south and they haven't lost their grip because they make selll out music, have fake as hell motherfuckers, and don't cause any issues that you see with Eastcoast/Westcoast artist.
Yep! It was simply just build as time went along. Even The Source Awards back in 1994, you can tell tention was building (for those who have the best of The Source Awards, check out the clip with Daz from 1994 while accepting I think Dr. Dre's award or something)
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LOL Peeps still discuss the row ?
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Interesting like you hating on the South now huh ? Sell out music huh, the west makes plenty .
Didn't Wayne just say he hated NY and we the "SOUTH" had as many problems if not more than California .
Calm your bitch ass down
1. I'm not hating on the South. I like some of their artist, but lets be real here, Their music is designed for Radio Play to the fullest. No aggressive Lyrics, Songs are utilized for radio play like hell, no complex lyrics, avoidance of serious topics, simplistic lyrics and topics it's radio friendly for the fullest.
2.The Westcoast G-Funk was the only reason Rap started to go Mainstream the Sound was polished, Funky, and smooth. However not all G-Funk Records were Let Me Ride or Nuthin but a G Thang some were hard hitting, and majority of these artist were blunt, critical, and up front about The Establishment, Hood Life, and other ills of Society. Almost every westcoast artist talks about the hood, while all I hear in the South (that's not the underground) is I got this I got that, Big Money, Swag, Blah blah blah blah. None of their Production bumps hard in any soundsystem, because it's all geared towards Clubs, it's estrogen filled faggotry. The West remains underground because they don't stop talking about hood shit, Unlike Eastcoast rappers staying on Mafiaso dick and Southern rappers talking about how rich they are, Westcoast rappers at the very least keep the subject matter some what realistic (For the most part)
3. What does Wayne hating NY have to do with this? HIm hating doesn't mean they are successful it just means he' a hater, People still hate The Westside because out here rappers been getting robbed, Shot at, Refusing to buy into the bullshit machine, They hated the West for it's success and they hate it even if it's not doing anything big right now. The best part is they hated the west but still rip off the west. They took notice of the West Style, copied it and then started dissing us with it. Magazines, MTV, BET, anything that covered rap has always had a slant against the west because it's not New York. Classic Albums didn't receive their just due back in the day. It's around the 2000s, that people realize quality rap doesn't just come out the east.
4. I'm not talking about The South in terms of Crime, Poverty and other Ills I'm talking about southern rappers avoiding the problems westcoast rappers have become known for. Southern Rappers avoid controversy like the plague. The Industry doesn't like Street shit in the business anymore since Death Row, Southern rappers the biggest names are fake as hell. Southern rappers aren't getting into brawls, shootings, major feuds, smaller feuds, studio gangsters to the fullest in every respect. The worse you hear is they trashed a motel that's some Lindsey Lohan level type of shit, but in their interviews they are Gangster, Affiliated, fake ass OGS, but their music reflects jackshit. Westcoast Artist are the oppisite, their lyrics tell the tell of Gangsterism and street problems but in the interviews they always made the clear distinction between the music and who they actually were.
The south today is nothing but CB4 to the fullest.
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Also another example: Cash Money signed Tyga who got exposed via an old clip were the stuff he admitted to contradicts the shit he's said in interviews countless times.
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Your ignorance about the South is appalling bro. You generalize the tendencies of a few fronts artists to come to a foregone conclusion about a region that is probably the most diverse in terms of sounds.
Their music is designed for Radio Play to the fullest. No aggressive Lyrics, Songs are utilized for radio play like hell, no complex lyrics, avoidance of serious topics, simplistic lyrics and topics it's radio friendly for the fullest.
Whose music is designed for radio play ? Everybody's music is, a rapper has to sell records, a lot of people, including westcoast artists have sucked dick to be able to get radio play.
Avoidance of serious topics ? The Geto Boys are among the most political Gangsta Rap groups there are. Listen to Willie D in particular
No complex lyrics ? I suggest you study Bun B's rhyme scheme and listen to his verse on Murder, and come tell it's not complex.
Avoidance of serious topics ? A few songs : UGK - How Long Will It Last, Willie D. - Niggaz Is Dyin' / One Gud Cide - Time to be a man / L the Black Robin Hood - Survivin The Game
However not all G-Funk Records were Let Me Ride or Nuthin but a G Thang some were hard hitting, and majority of these artist were blunt, critical, and up front about The Establishment, Hood Life, and other ills of Society. Almost every westcoast artist talks about the hood, while all I hear in the South (that's not the underground) is I got this I got that, Big Money, Swag, Blah blah blah blah. None of their Production bumps hard in any soundsystem, because it's all geared towards Clubs, it's estrogen filled faggotry. The West remains underground because they don't stop talking about hood shit, Unlike Eastcoast rappers staying on Mafiaso dick and Southern rappers talking about how rich they are, Westcoast rappers at the very least keep the subject matter some what realistic (For the most part)
A whole lot of westcoast artists do ignorant music about gangbanging, killing and flossing, not everybody has a sharp pen like Cube. Most of them are not conscious. Lyrically, the westcoast is not renowned for very brilliant lyricists either, there are numerous good lyricists, but lyrics have never been the main interest in westcoast music, and that's why so many euros (including myself) are drawn towards that genre in the first place, because the vibe comes from the beat and the flow before coming from the lyrics. The West remains underground because unfortunately Suge Knight has garnered a lot of bad publicity and A&R's won't sign artists because they think they're not reliable. You make it sound like Southern rappers are the only rappers that talk about flossing their riches and jewelry. Westcoast artists have done the same for ages, 2pac, Cube, Snoop.
Southern Rappers avoid controversy like the plague. The Industry doesn't like Street shit in the business anymore since Death Row, Southern rappers the biggest names are fake as hell. Southern rappers aren't getting into brawls, shootings, major feuds, smaller feuds, studio gangsters to the fullest in every respect. The worse you hear is they trashed a motel that's some Lindsey Lohan level type of shit, but in their interviews they are Gangster, Affiliated, fake ass OGS, but their music reflects jackshit. Westcoast Artist are the oppisite, their lyrics tell the tell of Gangsterism and street problems but in the interviews they always made the clear distinction between the music and who they actually were.
Since when getting into drama is something to be proud of ? Either way you're wrong because Southern artists are involved in brawls and feuds all the time. Ever heard of Master P kidnapping and pistol whipping Pimp C ? Or Baby supposedly wacking his former Cash Money artists Kilo G and Mr Ivan ? or Lil Boosie ? I can go on...
The westcoast is full of fakes either, as Willie D said "there's some trash in the South but I promise you, from the East to the West, some of y'all garbage too, as long as the beat knocks and the lyrics hot son, I can give a rat's ass where a rapper is from".
You're not very credible, you have this very manichean vision of coastal rap, you generalize way too much and based on what you say, it seems like you're not knowledgeable at all on South music, and I wonder if we listen to the same westcoast artists at all....
Westcoast Artist are the oppisite, their lyrics tell the tell of Gangsterism and street problems but in the interviews they always made the clear distinction between the music and who they actually were.
LOOOL yeah right
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Old School South Was The Shit Mainly The Underground Stuff With G-Funk Influence, Old NL, Old CM, Scarface,Even Outkast,etc. Real Rap
The South Nowdays Are F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.
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Definitely a good read. Never took the time to read up on some of that info from the full article.
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Old School South Was The Shit Mainly The Underground Stuff With G-Funk Influence, Old NL, Old CM, Scarface,Even Outkast,etc. Real Rap
The South Nowdays Are F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.
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Old School South Was The Shit Mainly The Underground Stuff With G-Funk Influence, Old NL, Old CM, Scarface,Even Outkast,etc. Real Rap
The South Nowdays Are F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.
that is not totally true about south nowdays .not all of south today is F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.. the south has artists like Big K.R.I.T,Tito lopez, big saint, & yelawolf.
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The scene at the Automotive Peterson Museum on March 9th 1997 was quite interesting due to the guest list. In attendance were Biggie and Puff Daddy, Tupac’s former finance’ Kidada Jones, Biggie’s ex-wife Faith Evans, Suge Knight’s ex-wife Sharitha, DJ Quik and a group of ‘Tree Top Pirus’, and the man suspected of killing Tupac Shakur, Orlando Anderson was also present.
^^^^ Damn.. that shit is deep. There was definitely something in the air that night.
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Old School South Was The Shit Mainly The Underground Stuff With G-Funk Influence, Old NL, Old CM, Scarface,Even Outkast,etc. Real Rap
The South Nowdays Are F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.
that is not totally true about south nowdays .not all of south today is F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.. the south has artists like Big K.R.I.T,Tito lopez, big saint, & yelawolf.
What you think the west coast is now a days . We got Trae,Z-ro,Slim Thug,Dough Beezy and ect down here . Tyga and YG are skinny jean fags from the west even ya'll
highest selling new artist Kendrick be wearing gay ass leather pants and musically he sound like Outkast . He be wearing skinny's and leather pants weirdo shit just like all the new west so stop generalizing .
Z-Ro & Trae R Cool.Fuck The New West.I´m Not Generalizing, I´m Just Saying: New Hip-Hop=99% Battyman-Ting
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Say bro fuck the new South and main stream .
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Old School South Was The Shit Mainly The Underground Stuff With G-Funk Influence, Old NL, Old CM, Scarface,Even Outkast,etc. Real Rap
The South Nowdays Are F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.
that is not totally true about south nowdays .not all of south today is F-A-G-G-O-T-S With Skinny Jeans And Gucci On.. the south has artists like Big K.R.I.T,Tito lopez, big saint, & yelawolf.
What you think the west coast is now a days . We got Trae,Z-ro,Slim Thug,Dough Beezy and ect down here . Tyga and YG are skinny jean fags from the west even ya'll
highest selling new artist Kendrick be wearing gay ass leather pants and musically he sound like Outkast . He be wearing skinny's and leather pants weirdo shit just like all the new west so stop generalizing .
Z-Ro & Trae R Cool.Fuck The New West.I´m Not Generalizing, I´m Just Saying: New Hip-Hop=99% Battyman-Ting
z-ro's dope.
and you type like ali g.
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magic mental is a closet nazi eurofag stuck in the 90's
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magic mental is a closet nazi eurofag stuck in the 90's
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Say bro fuck the new South and main stream .
say you are saying fuck artists like Big K.R.I.T,Tito lopez, big saint, & yelawolf. that is ignorant & closeminded. these artist i named are better then 99% new artist today & probably better then you favorite artist,hater
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Say bro fuck the new South and main stream .
say you are saying fuck artists like Big K.R.I.T,Tito lopez, big saint, & yelawolf. that is ignorant & closeminded. these artist i named are better then 99% new artist today & probably better then you favorite artist,hater
aint u the one who listens to nelly? :-X
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Say bro fuck the new South and main stream .
say you are saying fuck artists like Big K.R.I.T,Tito lopez, big saint, & yelawolf. that is ignorant & closeminded. these artist i named are better then 99% new artist today & probably better then you favorite artist,hater
aint u the one who listens to nelly? :-X
yes , i do listen to Nelly because i am from St louis & i am real life friends with Nelly & st lunaticz. so that doesn't matter . have you ever listen to any of artist's i named ever . if you had you know i am 100% right about those artist.