Comments on: “They Should’ve Never Gave You Niggas Corporate Cards”

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By: Range Rover London

Range Rover London — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:30:01 +0000

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google plus hangouts — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:53:52 +0000

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By: DIYAH

DIYAH — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:11:15 +0000

IF U DON’T LOVE MUSIC WHOLEHEARTEDLY, YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY GET THE FULL BENEFITS OF BEING AN ARTIST. I ALSO FEEL THAT YOU MUST BE VERY INTERESTING TO REALLY SELL NOWADAYS.

By: Combat Jack

Combat Jack — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:22:05 +0000

blaow!!!!!

http://dallaspenn.com/weblog/?p=1029#comments

By: Blak Water

Blak Water — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:21:52 +0000

And I was comparing their first artists to these “new exectutive’s” first artist. Pap and Saigon both wont sell what Ja sold.

Its MMMMUUUURRRRDDDAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

By: ShockWave

ShockWave — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:45:45 +0000

nobody was there for you huh lil’ homey?

I feel your pain that this Hip-Hop music has gone to trash, but where is your perspective on who runs this rap shit? the 70′s vs. 80′s baby civil war bullshit is more T.I. propaganda to make dumb niggas think that they big brothers don’t have no love for them.

all the shit we had to go through with the police and now y’all think that shit is sweet by accident. yeah, work needs to be done and Hip-Hop needs to be chopped up from the inside out.

if you 80′s babies want to help your big brothers get it right then let that come from your lips and not this bullshit vitriolic banter. Up to this point the only thing that cats with laptops have done is complain.

get active and change your mans-n-them Saigon mySpace picture while you at it. that shit is not hardbody. that shit is homo.

By: KR

KR — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:13:37 +0000

Wow…how are people hating on this blog?

By: Rey

Rey — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:24:31 +0000

Neither Sai-gone nor Paprika will have the impact of Ja Rule.

Put down the kool-aid, Sick, and really, really think about that one.

By: Sickamore

Sickamore — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:17:51 +0000

Blak Water Says:

August 17th, 2006 at 12:07 pm

Irv-Ja, Dame-Jay, Puff-BIG…Sickamore-Saigon, Green Lantern-Uncle Murda, Kay Slay-Papoose…You do the math

I’d take Saigon or Pap over Ja anyday

By: Blak Water

Blak Water — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:07:46 +0000

I wrote this for BOl’s blog, but it also has some prevelance here:

The difference is those dudes were real music industry dudes. Puff, Dame, Irv, etc. went out and got real artists and worked real artists. These f-ing DJs turned A&Rs dont know what the fuck they’re doing.

Irv-Ja, Dame-Jay, Puff-BIG…Sickamore-Saigon, Green Lantern-Uncle Murda, Kay Slay-Papoose…You do the math.

Im an 84 nigga and I love this 80′s baby movement thats brewing, but these niggas dont have any real skills…Shout out to the 60′s and 70′s babies all day. Ya’ll taught and are still teaching me a lot.

By: begs no friends

begs no friends — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:33:28 +0000

I cant wait until your bullshit first signing flops…another generic rnb singer, just what we need! way to go 80′s crack babies!!

By: TIGERREDD

TIGERREDD — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:51:22 +0000

I guess after all of those classics listed, 2pac never had a classic cd in your opinion. All his material was classics!!!!!!!! Thug Life BABY BABY!!!!!

By: » The Influential 80 - XXL

» The Influential 80 - XXL — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:35:39 +0000

[...] In what has turned out to be 80’s Baby Week on XXLMag.com, I’ve decided to keep the civil war going by listing the 80 most influential “crack babies” in the world today. The criteria? Whoever I deemed worthy enough plus the guidelines I stated in a previous post. The list is compiled of rappers, execs, athletes, politicians, bloggers and other people who are going to shape the future of our culture. [...]

By: hog

hog — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:52:22 +0000

i’m a 90′s baby, what does that make me. Oh shit i’m the same as lil romeo :( Nah serious what other rappers came outta the 90′s. i guess they all start makin it big in 2010 +

By: Solid Projects

Solid Projects — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:45:39 +0000

I know some the executives discussed in the blog and as much as we want to blame them, lets be clear the power of media outlets like MTV and ClearChannel can’t be underestimated. Throw into the equation mass merchants such as Wal-Mart censoring albums and refusing to put product onto its shelves. The breakdown of “minor-league” labels such as Rawkus and the disappearance of college-radio combined to shut down the pipe-line of new talent and music to the masses. As much as we complain about the labels its really all linked together. Mass Merchands won’t buy records from distributors who relay their distaste to label executives. Radio won’t break new music and the baby majors don’t exist to offer an alternative. In the end the consumer and hip-hop fans suffer. With increasing amounts of stores cutting back on music on their racks its a stark future for independent artists who are trying to compete with major releases. The internet may offer the only hope for cats trying to make it out the jungle of copycat artists. We need more live shows and fans have to demand more diversity in their music. I hope the next generation of music executives understand the business model needs to change.

By: DIYAH

DIYAH — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:18:09 +0000

AND AS FOR THE RAP GAME ITSELF, RIGHT NOW IT IS BORING. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I ONLY LISTEN TO MUSIC IF IT CATCHES MY EAR. IF THE RAP GAME IS GOING TO GET IT’S FLAVOR BACK IT’S GOING TO NEED TO ADD SOME LAWRY’S(THE BEST SEASONING SALT). MAJORITY OF THE RAPPERS ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME STUFF THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. PEOPLE HATING ON JAY, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY TIME RAP MUSIC BECOMES INTERESTING AND WORTH LISTENING TO, ASIDE FROM POSITIVE RAPPERS, AS WELL AS “REAL” GIFTED LYRICIST. THE ONLY REASON JAY PROBABLY AIN’T RETIRE YET, ASIDE FROM THINKING ILL LYRICS CONSTANTLY, IS BECAUSE IF HE DOES,HE MIGHT FEEL THAT RAP WILL DIE. ASIDE FROM LL COOL J, BUSTA RHYMES, JAY-Z, AND 50 CENT,WITH EXCEPTION TO A FEW MORE, THE REST OF THE RAPPERS DON’T CARE ABOUT HAVING LONG CAREERS. THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY, DO THEIR SHOWS, SELL WHATEVER TYPE OF RECORDS, AND THEN JUST SPLURGE ALL THEIR MONEY ON FRIVILOUS THINGS, AND FORGET ABOUT THEIR FANS UNTIL THEY NEED MORE MONEY. THANKS TO 50 CENTS, U CAN DROP A HOT VERSE ON A MIXTAPE, BE HEARD BY THE RIGHT PERSON, AND BE SIGNED IN LESS THAN 2 SECONDS NOW. THANKS TO JAY-Z FOR OPENING HIS MIND, GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN, AND MAKING ORDINARY HOOD DUDES BECOME MORE INTUNE WITH THEMSELVES’, AS WELL AS, BUSINESS SAVVY. I SAY IT LIKE THIS, THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THE NEW INDUSTRY.
P.S. NOT ON NO JOCKING TIP, BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT SICKAMORE WAS AT LEAST 4 YEARS OLDER THAN ME, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN BUYING HIS CD’S FOR YEARS, AND TO GO ON MYSPACE AND FIND OUT THAT HE IS YOUNGER THAN MORE, AND AS SUCESSFUL AS HE IS JUST ASSURES ME THAT HARDWORK AND DEDICATION DEFINITELY PAY OFF, FOR SOME SOONER THAN OTHERS, BUT TIMELY. SO LETS NOT FORGET, AND NOT HATE, BUT PAY HOMAGE TO THE ONES THAT CAME BEFORE US, BECAUSE OUR CREATIVITY JUST EXTENDS FROM WHERE THEIR CREATIVE MINDS LEFT OFF, AND THE SAME FOR THEM.

ONE LOVE
DIYAH

By: PhillyBlack

PhillyBlack — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:59:05 +0000

that was an interesting blog….definitely a good point from a historical perspective on “rap” music’s decline

By: nadiyah

nadiyah — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:34:29 +0000

What I really hate is the fact that it’s known that it is hard for new artist to get in the game, whether u are a 70′s, 80′s, or 90′s baby. So why don’t the people who feel that “us” eighties babies(80)sould takeover and do our thing, make it somewhat easier at making that goal achievable. My thing with the mainstream industry is that they don’t give us upcoming artists a chance to show what we could really do. I always hear that demos are thrown away on a daily basis, I mean think about it, if I had bread to put my music out myself then I wouldn’t be looking for a deal. So why not take into consideration that this person has put money that they really don’t have, into an investment, then on top of that,time spent in the studio, which is no easy 1,2 in and out job,and for someone to not even listen to it and just throw it away. At the end of the day I see why now and Sick has made it clear why they do this, because they don’t want us to pick up the pieces that they dropped before they do. I am happy that I am signed to a independant label, so I don’t have to shop, or be rejected because they don’t see what I see, I am also grateful that my team is determined to win at all expense. And when I do kick the doors open I’m letting everybody deserving of it in, because at the end of the day when u take all the money away,SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME THRIVE.
p.s. so much more could be made.
ONE LOVE
DIYAH

By: Big Chew

Big Chew — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:56:30 +0000

finally, a decent write up.