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Quote from: From Dre-Day to Helter Skelter on February 12, 2010, 07:19:06 AMQuote from: JohnnyL on February 12, 2010, 06:07:18 AM Lol. Good luck even getting $75,000 out of Wideawake. They've never made any money with any of their releases. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip. If they didn't pay Dre his royalties, that is shady on their part. But having said that, let me just say that Dre is such a cry-baby. Why does an artist of his stature even care if some little operation which tried to do something positive with Death Row, re-released his first album with bonus material. They actually honored his "cry-baby clause" and didn't put any new Dre material on there. It's actually his fault that that cd ended up being released as an inferior product. Maybe if he'd allowed them to include his unreleased tracks on there the album would have sold, and consequently, Wideawake might actually have some money for which Dre could try to sue them. As it stands, $75,000 is just a drop in the bucket, compared to what Dre is actually worth. And all he's doing now is kicking a company while they're down.i'm sure you wouldn't say that if it was about your work I'm not saying that Dre is wrong. Technically, Dre is in the right. But the whole thing seems very petty to me. This is a company that Dre helped build. He could take some interest in helping it succeed. It's not as though Suge is still at the helm, over there. There's no point in further perpetuating the animosity. Now, I agree that when they used his material, Dre should have been compensated. All I'm saying is, I don't feel sorry for Dre. Not only did he block them from putting his unreleased tracks on the album as the bonus material (as was originally announced), he did nothing to help promote this release. I'm not saying he needed to go on an elaborate tour or anything too over-the-top. But he probably could have released a statement endorsing the release. By doing nothing, he passively contributed to the project's failure. Even if he wins this lawsuit, I'm not sure he'll get much out of them. I don't think they have much. They certainly didn't make much money off "The Chronic: Re-Lit." The company is obviously failing.
Quote from: JohnnyL on February 12, 2010, 06:07:18 AM Lol. Good luck even getting $75,000 out of Wideawake. They've never made any money with any of their releases. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip. If they didn't pay Dre his royalties, that is shady on their part. But having said that, let me just say that Dre is such a cry-baby. Why does an artist of his stature even care if some little operation which tried to do something positive with Death Row, re-released his first album with bonus material. They actually honored his "cry-baby clause" and didn't put any new Dre material on there. It's actually his fault that that cd ended up being released as an inferior product. Maybe if he'd allowed them to include his unreleased tracks on there the album would have sold, and consequently, Wideawake might actually have some money for which Dre could try to sue them. As it stands, $75,000 is just a drop in the bucket, compared to what Dre is actually worth. And all he's doing now is kicking a company while they're down.i'm sure you wouldn't say that if it was about your work
Lol. Good luck even getting $75,000 out of Wideawake. They've never made any money with any of their releases. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip. If they didn't pay Dre his royalties, that is shady on their part. But having said that, let me just say that Dre is such a cry-baby. Why does an artist of his stature even care if some little operation which tried to do something positive with Death Row, re-released his first album with bonus material. They actually honored his "cry-baby clause" and didn't put any new Dre material on there. It's actually his fault that that cd ended up being released as an inferior product. Maybe if he'd allowed them to include his unreleased tracks on there the album would have sold, and consequently, Wideawake might actually have some money for which Dre could try to sue them. As it stands, $75,000 is just a drop in the bucket, compared to what Dre is actually worth. And all he's doing now is kicking a company while they're down.
yeah but to be fair, dre has been doing a good job of damaging his reputation all by himself
Lol at waiting til Suge is long gone to sue for 14 years of royalties, what a fucking coward.
Quote from: Zeus on February 12, 2010, 08:41:10 AMLol at waiting til Suge is long gone to sue for 14 years of royalties, what a fucking coward.that's what i'm thinking. Suge probably owed this nigga millions and now that a Canadian socker mom is in charge he's asking for 75g's? Hilarious
Quote from: JohnnyL on February 12, 2010, 11:16:54 AMQuote from: From Dre-Day to Helter Skelter on February 12, 2010, 07:19:06 AMQuote from: JohnnyL on February 12, 2010, 06:07:18 AM Lol. Good luck even getting $75,000 out of Wideawake. They've never made any money with any of their releases. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip. If they didn't pay Dre his royalties, that is shady on their part. But having said that, let me just say that Dre is such a cry-baby. Why does an artist of his stature even care if some little operation which tried to do something positive with Death Row, re-released his first album with bonus material. They actually honored his "cry-baby clause" and didn't put any new Dre material on there. It's actually his fault that that cd ended up being released as an inferior product. Maybe if he'd allowed them to include his unreleased tracks on there the album would have sold, and consequently, Wideawake might actually have some money for which Dre could try to sue them. As it stands, $75,000 is just a drop in the bucket, compared to what Dre is actually worth. And all he's doing now is kicking a company while they're down.i'm sure you wouldn't say that if it was about your work I'm not saying that Dre is wrong. Technically, Dre is in the right. But the whole thing seems very petty to me. This is a company that Dre helped build. He could take some interest in helping it succeed. It's not as though Suge is still at the helm, over there. There's no point in further perpetuating the animosity. Now, I agree that when they used his material, Dre should have been compensated. All I'm saying is, I don't feel sorry for Dre. Not only did he block them from putting his unreleased tracks on the album as the bonus material (as was originally announced), he did nothing to help promote this release. I'm not saying he needed to go on an elaborate tour or anything too over-the-top. But he probably could have released a statement endorsing the release. By doing nothing, he passively contributed to the project's failure. Even if he wins this lawsuit, I'm not sure he'll get much out of them. I don't think they have much. They certainly didn't make much money off "The Chronic: Re-Lit." The company is obviously failing.perhaps Wideawake should have negotiated with Dre, in stead of just talking about it.sure Dre can do more for his fans, i won't deny that
damn u still havent logged off...ur hurting everyone with all this wack shit u drop, it hurts more then getting the swine fluQuote from: Laconic on March 16, 2010, 08:21:33 AMTue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM By: Ice CubeMe and Mack 10 together again? I never say never, but he has the kiss the ring first.Cubegbee:@ Petey: you sound like a broken record, time to grow up.
Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM By: Ice CubeMe and Mack 10 together again? I never say never, but he has the kiss the ring first.Cube
wideawake just started dopping CDs in september