max was brought into the game properly. he popped off from the start. he was introduced via the baby girl/g's up video. he popped right away. then there was jones' "city of god" mixtape and "diary of a summer" album. all this was before MOB and even before "you gotta love it".
niccas dont even mention the blues brothers mixtape with him & jones on here. honestly, i dont think i sat down and heard it(there was so much dipset related tapes, unofficial tapes & best-ofs at the time. this one slipped thru the cracks) so i dont know if it was a real tape or something that some random dj put together in his basement.
i admit, i liked max back then, but i didnt know that byrd gang was seperate from dipset until later on. so i was thinking like, "how is this nicca getting all this shine fresh out of jail, when writer, rell, 40, etc aint gettin no tick?". once i realized that max wasnt signed to diplomat, i was ridin the wave.