Has there ever been one that was actually successful?

Death Row East = failed
Def Jam South =  failed
Dipset West = failed
G Unit South = failed
Bad Boy South = failed
Roc La Familia = failed

I just saw that rick ross is starting “Maybach Music Latino” and it made me want to punch my laptop screen. 

I don’t really understand why they need to create a new label just because they’ve signed an artist who lives on the other side of the country. I can KINDA understand Def Jam South…. but all these other shits are for the birds. 

He’s in the hospital and all he wants is for Floyd to answer his phone lmao

murkavenue:

CLUE 1:
     “went to short dogs house,
       they was watching Yo MTV
       RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
               Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
               Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
      ”The Lakers beat the Super 
       Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY 23 1993 where the Lakers beat the Super Sonics:
      Nov 11 1988    114-103
      Nov 30 1988    110-106
      Apr    4 1989    115-97
      Apr  23 1989    121-117
      Jan  17 1990    100-90
      Feb  28 1990    112-107
      Mar  25 1990    116-94
      Apr  17  1990    102-101
      Jan  18  1991    105-96
      Mar  24  1991    113-96
      Apr  21  1991    103-100
      Jan  20  1992    116-110
CLUE 4:
Dates of those Laker wins over SuperSonics where it was a clear day with no Smog:
                Nov 30 1988
                Apr   4  1989
                Jan 18  1991
                Jan 20  1992
CLUE 5:
     “Got a beep from Kim, and
         she can fuck all night”
beepers weren’t adopted by mobile phone companies until the 1990s. Dates left where mobile beepers were availible to public:
                 Jan 18 1991
                 Jan 20 1992
CLUE 6:
Ice Cube starred in the film “Boyz in the hood” that released late Summer of 1991, but was being filmed mid-late 1990 early 1991 and Ice Cube was busy on set filming the movie Jan 18 1991 too busy to be lounging around the streets with no plans. Ladies and Gentlemen..

The ONLY day where:
Yo MTV Raps was on air
It was a clear and smogless day
Beepers were commercially sold
Lakers beat the SuperSonics
and Ice Cube had no events to attend was…
         
          JANUARY 20 1992
      National Good Day Day

-Donovan

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Scarface - Who Do You Believe In?

The third verse to this song is my favorite of the shit Scarface has put out in the last 5 years or so. It was on an album of bullshit throwaway material that J. Prince put out but it was a diamond in the rough.

Now if the ghetto ever made a change, It changed for the worse
But I love it so I write in tears, And pray til it hurts
Prick my fingers, Til the blood stains would cover the page
Wipe my eyes and look ahead, And hope to see better days
I turn my TV off, Cause I don’t wanna look at the news
Hard times seeing people crying, Arabs and Jews
Fighting for they religion, Niggas livin like niggas
Mexicans on the border, White boys saying kill em
Politicians playing puppet, Gotta answer me this:

Do you believe you’re really God?, My answer is this
Did you say, “Let there be light”, give Adam his wife?
Produce the vegetation, Separate the day from the night?
Create the land and the sea and man in your own image?
If not, then I want all this bullshit ended
Sending the kids to fight a war that they ain’t have to be in
Ask Saddam, shit is dead… Let’s see you fuck with them Koreans

DJ Quik & Kurupt - 9x Out Of 10

Rapper Heavy D died of a blood clot in his lung and other conditions, a coroner’s report revealed Tuesday.

The rapper, famous for the 1991 hit “Now That We Found Love,” died Nov. 8 after collapsing at his Beverly Hills home.

The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner determined the 44-year-old died of a pulmonary embolism, deep leg vein thrombosis, and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Heavy D, whose real name is Dwight Errington Myers, was found conscious with difficulty breathing at his home after police were called, the Beverly Hills police said.

He was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center later that day, officials said.

flyforlife:

Amazing footage of Suga Free banging on a table with a pen to make a beat to rap to, just like he did when him and Dj Quik first met, and also recorded on Street Gospel.

He doesn’t even call himself Suga Free at the time of this video, but still goes under the name Royal-Rock. Classic shit, big shout out to the dude who uploadet this!

So fucking dope. So west coast. 

Suga Free’s verse on “Trouble (remix)” is probably my favorite by him of all time. This dude is a complete fool.

“You probably didnt have to mind that last muthafucka you was with, but bitch you gone mind me”

“Where’s Rochelle?” .. I dont know man 
After she put her panties on she ran in the house 
and I think this time she really went to go tell”

Pretty much the greatest video ever. 

Notorious B.I.G. calming down a baby

“In 27 years, the longest I’ve been out of the studio is two weeks” - Dr. Dre

That’s how you become the greatest hip-hop producer of all time, and that’s how you become the best at anything. When your competition is on vacation, you work. When your competition is sleeping, you work. When your competition is talking shit about you, you work.

I admire that kind of dedication to something. 

You don’t have this kind of fire in your belly from simply going to college four years and earning a degree in something to make a good living. That undying fire of passion has to be lit organically.

I commend Kanye for trying to bring it back last year with “Devil In A New Dress” which had the guitar solo before Rick Ross’ verse starts.

Although I didn’t like H.A.M, I loved how it contained a long solo in the middle. I think one of my favorites of all time is Scarface featuring Nas “In Between Us”.. there was a keyboard/guitar section in there.

Even going back to the early 90s…. janet jackson’s “Anytime, Anyplace” had one too.

It’s really underutilized in today’s music, I think its because everyone wants to have a 4 minute song so the radio stations will play their shit. People are allergic to tracks that last 7, 8, or 9 minutes long.