*warning, alot of rambling maybe*
And noticed how it affected the game?
Interscope's parent company is Universal, who's parent company was Seagram. I always believe this is a big reason why Gin & Juice had extra push as a single. Cuz Seagram obviously was a company producing gin. So it made sense/cents.
I bet you if you look at the stocks for the company & the market for Gin it probably rose ALOT, since it became trendy, hence my point about the push in "Gin & Juice".
I've always mentioned how stuff like that is what makes "hits", the money behind it. It's like those Youtube channels who with alot of advertisement. Noticed their views? It's business.
Def Jam had Rush Associated Labels in the 90s, anybody remember? Had full of now-forgotten Westcoast acts & shyt. Then when they "stole" Warren G from Death Row the issues came.
I personally never thought DMX sound or look anything like 2pac & vice versa. X been X before 2pac. The bald head thing is not something 2pac created. Tbh that was what people at the time called the gruff, "gangsta rapper" look. It was like braids. Onyx were more symbols for the bald head look than a 2pac. And then, 2pac & X had fukked up hairlines lol.
But in the marketing of DMX you could tell that they wanted to cover the market 2pac had right before he died. He suffered as an artist cuz of that.
But that goes hand-in-hand with the Warren G thing years prior. Warren G was a West Coast cat, Dre's brother, Snoop & Nate's man and had a solo cut on a big sdtrk which also was on his album. So it covered both the East & West market.
And then you had Ja Rule, who image wise definitely had the 2pac look and then the sound of DMX.
And Bad Boy too. When Bad Boy blew in 1994 that was what people were saying. Puff was like a baby Dr Dre & Biggie like a baby Snoop. All of a sudden a East Coast nikka was rapping with a smooth flow & alot of references to the playa/pimp shyt when just a year or 2 prior he sounded different. People forget that Outkast lowkey got called out for that too on their 1st album.
Then Bad Boy had the R&B singers too just like Death Row had (Jewell, Miche'le etc).
Then once Biggie died, you had Jay-Z - who eventually went to Def Jam - adopting a similar style to Biggie.
Another ex:
"No Way Out" tour - Nov 1997 (Bad Boy)
following years..
"Hard Knock Life tour" March 1999 (Def Jam) + with Backstage movie/DVD
following year..
"Up In Smoke tour" summer 2000 (Interscope) + Up In Smoke tour movie/DVD
Alot of rambling i know, but i ever wonder if people ever thought about stuff like this and how much it has to do with the music that eventually comes out.
And noticed how it affected the game?
Interscope's parent company is Universal, who's parent company was Seagram. I always believe this is a big reason why Gin & Juice had extra push as a single. Cuz Seagram obviously was a company producing gin. So it made sense/cents.
I bet you if you look at the stocks for the company & the market for Gin it probably rose ALOT, since it became trendy, hence my point about the push in "Gin & Juice".
I've always mentioned how stuff like that is what makes "hits", the money behind it. It's like those Youtube channels who with alot of advertisement. Noticed their views? It's business.
Def Jam had Rush Associated Labels in the 90s, anybody remember? Had full of now-forgotten Westcoast acts & shyt. Then when they "stole" Warren G from Death Row the issues came.
I personally never thought DMX sound or look anything like 2pac & vice versa. X been X before 2pac. The bald head thing is not something 2pac created. Tbh that was what people at the time called the gruff, "gangsta rapper" look. It was like braids. Onyx were more symbols for the bald head look than a 2pac. And then, 2pac & X had fukked up hairlines lol.
But in the marketing of DMX you could tell that they wanted to cover the market 2pac had right before he died. He suffered as an artist cuz of that.
But that goes hand-in-hand with the Warren G thing years prior. Warren G was a West Coast cat, Dre's brother, Snoop & Nate's man and had a solo cut on a big sdtrk which also was on his album. So it covered both the East & West market.
And then you had Ja Rule, who image wise definitely had the 2pac look and then the sound of DMX.
And Bad Boy too. When Bad Boy blew in 1994 that was what people were saying. Puff was like a baby Dr Dre & Biggie like a baby Snoop. All of a sudden a East Coast nikka was rapping with a smooth flow & alot of references to the playa/pimp shyt when just a year or 2 prior he sounded different. People forget that Outkast lowkey got called out for that too on their 1st album.
Then Bad Boy had the R&B singers too just like Death Row had (Jewell, Miche'le etc).
Then once Biggie died, you had Jay-Z - who eventually went to Def Jam - adopting a similar style to Biggie.
Another ex:
"No Way Out" tour - Nov 1997 (Bad Boy)
following years..
"Hard Knock Life tour" March 1999 (Def Jam) + with Backstage movie/DVD
following year..
"Up In Smoke tour" summer 2000 (Interscope) + Up In Smoke tour movie/DVD
Alot of rambling i know, but i ever wonder if people ever thought about stuff like this and how much it has to do with the music that eventually comes out.
