@Atone
Dude, first I thought you had some knowledge & was kind of confused but after that random gibberish you put out there I really get it!
Busta never had money dispute with Jimmy, he was big enough when he came & they paid him really well. The argument with Jimmy was about his new album he handed to him personally... Jimmy has said it's not good at all & that's heated the argument which made Jimmy drop him. We can agree Dre's a better hip-hop music critic than Jimmy though!
Busta didn't leave, he said on the next day he's still on Aftermath & doesn't want to leave 'cuz Dre's the best, but it was too late 'cuz Jimmy dropped him already. The pathetic thing is unlike other artists who's had troubles working with Dre, Busta didn't take time to drop his first & was ready with his second & Dre loved his shit. The second one was actually fucking done with a video single out already when the moron dropped him.
Snoop was the new guy?
At the time of the pre release of ''2001'' Snoop was already the West Coast's God. Plus this is business, not middle school so it's not really about who's the new guy 'cuz Snoop fired up ''The Chronic'' at first, then dropped ''Doggystyle'' which like Dre's two albums is considered as one of the greatest albums of all time too. Snoop never really stopped from there & was on top of it around Pac all the way until after ''2001'' Stopping a project of this artist who's been great commercially & critically for the label means Jimmy is a bucket of vomit.
Obie had one platinum album, his second is probably gold today & all Eminem/Shady fans loved him, still do actually. To drop him from the label 'cuz statistics show his sales decrease when his 3rd album is already done is not just immoral but a bad business as well since it's definitely had backlash on the label. The same thing has been happening with D12 ever since.
Bishop, Stat & the rest smaller artists who didn't prove themselves before getting on the label/s are not important in this convo but you're wrong about them too. The Stat story you put out there is comical & irrelevant though! Anyway!
Rakim's problem wasn't how he'd sound on ''Oh my God'', he had minor difference with Dre about the content, Dre wanted less God talk & more gangsta talk & an argument like that is understandable but they went to some agreement & Rah did that song for Truth Hurts. His album kept going but then Jimmy dropped the project 'cuz Rah was aging.
You've lived in NY but you don't know & haven't met a person that bought a solo album out of the Wu Tang apart Meth
Dude this is really really bad. This sounds like a made up joke right there! Your knowledge is horrible! They all have either gold or plat plaques... Ghost himself has 4 or 5 plaques... & since you talked about Rae, not that his ''OBFCL'' was ground braking but he's had plaques & has sold a lotta albums as well. You don't think Dre production would have fit on him or would have helped him? Well it DID! Rae dropped ''OBFCL2'' on himself & used the beats Dre gave him while he was on the 'Math. The album was both critically & commercially successful too & would've been a great look for ANY label! Rae was the biggest Jimmy fuck up 'cuz he actually proved him wrong critically & commercially all on himself.
Just out of curiosity & if it's not too personal... In what borough/area in NY did you live?
I won't comment on what you said about Joell, I'd just say it was more than just ignorant just like the Wu Tang thing. The thing you said about Em, either I didn't get it or was on some parody shit.
Well your prediction about Def Jam dropping LL is wrong... yet again, LL is about to drop his 14th album on Def Jam in April, there's artwork & track list, release date & two singles out already. From there on after 14 albums on the label even if they dropped him next year who'd be mad at them! Still in my opinion they won't... they hold on with their legends & don't drop them when their sales decrease, but this is irrelevant 'cuz as I said he'd be having 14 albums already if they dropped him.
The fact that before Jimmy did the clearance of Aftermath/Shady/G-Unit... those 3 labels were unfuckwithable, dominating power & today are nowhere near that speaks volumes, doesn't it?
