Can somebody explain why Roc-A-Fella broke up in one paragraph ?

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still don't have a definite answer lol but these are all interesting responses
yeah man. I've heard a million different things, from everyone. jay, Bleek, beans, Just, Kanye, Dame, Cam, Biggs, Free, Sparks, Chris, the list goes on. Everyone says different shyt.

probably best label in hip-hop history when they were at their peak IMO.
 

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i tried to tell people Jay-Z didn't have 10s of millions until after he left Dame. Splitting money 3 ways on top of what the distribution company takes must have been painful
Not only that but imagine knowing all this is running soley because of u and your talent. Record Labels, clothing lines, movie deals all off the strength of u. I'm sure hov had some powerful people in his ear pushing him to make the move
 

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jay said why already





basically he felt like dame should have played the background (should have stayed in food and beverage, too much flossing, too much sam rothstein)

but dame wanted to be a star too.. all up in the videos.... dancing...

jay wrote that in his book too... the first time he met dame he was saying to himself "this dude is smart, but i wish he'd shut the fukk up)

he wanted him to be what biggs was... silent partner



dame out here screaming... like SCREAMING on bosses.. billionaires... reckless... talking shyt... showing up in hood attire while jay trying to buy into the nba and do $7 million marketing deals for kingdom come

dame said that too... dame said "the moment i knew it was over was when me and jay hopped in an elevator.. i had on my gear, hat cocked, baggy... jay had on an ascot"





now you see who jay is... you still see what dame is doing...... do you think they could still rock like that?? hell no


whiile i agree with what you said i think it went further than that . dame would actively go out of his way to minimize jay's role and refer to him as just a artist . on some ole im the brains behind this and hes just the talent. when in fact jay was the sole reason alot of the shyt popped off .
 

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Sometimes you just have to leave certain nikkas in the past. You grow, they don't. Or y'all grow in different directions. You gotta let them nikkas off the train. If you can't understand that or understand why, then you was the nikka that got left behind :mjpls:
 
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So clear in hindsight, from a time perspective and just being older, that Jay hated to do interviews and promo, seems like he thought it was beneath him lol and I'm in agreement, all that insincere, hand shaking, bottom level apperances he had no taste for.

And, if the plan was to sell the brand the whole time, then really everything else that happened, is due to personal/professional conflicts....I'd think Jay knew he didn't want to continue with Dame from the early days.
 
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