It's May 28, 2024, 07:19:54 AM
kurupt looked lost in 03def was livin more authentic in 95
Aside from being blackballed--this also shows why the 2nd run of Tha Row failed--how Suge changed in jail and became more controlling and tyrannical. Notice a huge difference in Suge's behavior--he bossin up' on Kurupt in public on this interview wit Treach, son treatment like Kurupt is Danny Boy in a skirt. Doesn't even let him talk. (that's Da Brat's sister too by the way)Versus 1995 when Suge wanted his young stars to shine and stayed out of the way and had they back...You'll notice a tremendous difference in Suge being way more relaxed and cool and Kurupt much more confident^^I actually remember seeing this interview in real time in 95' was a great time to be a head
I saw the BET one live and was thinking Kurupt wanted to be anywhere in the world but there...he had become a shell of his former self at the time, both on the mic and off as well
Kurupt must’ve really needed the 4 million.Reggie Wright was in a recent interview and he said they sold the Death Row rights of 2pacs Better Dayz to get Kurupt his 4 million—so it’s almost as if Pac around 6 years after his Death was getting Kurupt the 4 million Death Row owed him.The Death Row logo was still on Better Dayz but it was basically sold the Estate.Thats what Reggie said anyway.
Kurupt’s reason for the move was mainly financial. Antra records filed for bankruptcy which left Kurupt possibly left without a home. He was struggling financially and was at his lowest point. Suge knew this and similar to how he did Tupac, sold him a position and a pipe dream in exchange to use their talent to extract revenge for personal gratification.
A nice sum up of what happened.
Kurupt had to do what he did to feed his family after the Antra situation, I really don't blame him at allSuge is another story
I blame Kurupt for disloyalty to DPG.I think we forget at dubcc that regular music fans don’t even know who Kurupt is and don’t even know who Daz is. The real reason Dogg Food sold 2 million was because of Snoop. Snoop was the biggest artist in the world at that time and he’d been reppin DPG so far it was HIS group. It’s like D-12 Devils Night sold 2 million. How much would that have sold without Eminem? Not even gold.So you can’t turn your back on Snoop like that and Karma hit Kurupt so hard he never sounded good on the mic ever again after Space Boogie.
Kurupt ultimately chose his family over anything, I cant be mad at that even though I do see your point about the betrayal and karmaI think though that Kurupt was on a downward spiral before even Space Boogie, mostly due to his alcohol addiction which became worse as the years went by
Fred Wreck hooked him up on Space Boogie--he may not have been at the top of his game but that album banged!!!!!!
Fred Wreck was the MVP of that album...this was one of my favorites