I wonder if non-LA rappers worked with Dre thinking it would give them a pass in LA

[Buckeye Fever]

I was bumpin' the Chronic yesterday and I remember when it dropped, I thought Dre was really a G.



I can imagine nikkaz bein' eager to work with him on some "yeah, nikkaz ain't gonna fukk wit me. I'm down wit Dre. He'll shut this city down"


*An outta town rapper and his homie get confronted by some Crips*

"Don't make me call Dre on y'all"



Crips:

 

[John Hull]

They did Sam Sneed dirty...

 

[John Hull]

Bruce Williams: Sam Sneed had a single in the chamber called “Recognize,” his solo debut—a real hot one, too. But Dre had been to the video shoot—had seen who did cameos—and knew Suge wasn’t calling a meeting with Sam just to confirm congratulations. Something just didn’t feel right.

“Serious, don’t go to that meeting,” I urged Sneed.
“You know we left Death Row,” Dre chimed in. “You know them nikkas know you wanna be with us. I just don’t think it’s a good idea.”

Well, the kid wasn’t trying to hear this. He was trying to be a standup guy. So he went out to Can-Am to screen that video.

It surprised Sneed that so many members of the family came out for this. Tupac was in the building, as were the usual complement of Suge’s lackeys and even Hammer. The “Pumps and a Bump” gangsta makeover hadn’t worked for the former multiplatinum rapper, but he was still hanging out. That seemed weird to Sneed. But nice, possibly. He wanted to believe it was recognition for the effort he had put into the product. Within weeks there was to be a Sam Sneed Death Row album in stores.

The stylized black-and-white footage rolled, and there was Dre rapping in close-up, just as expected. Negativity sucked the conference room empty, just as to be expected. Sam Sneed felt cause for concern, but he also thought they knew. Or maybe he thought they wouldn’t care. It was, after all, a hella hecka tight video.

But the music sounded like a Death Row track, by which I mean it was a Dr. Dre track. And Dre was doing the hook. That was bad enough. Then the East Coast nikkas started showing up in cameos. First some East Coast basketball cats, big and impressive names if you’re from Brooklyn. This was the San Fernando Valley, though. And there was a war goin’ on.

Tupac said, “If I see one more East Coast nikka in this mother fukker…”

Sam had been flirting with a girl in the most dominant image of the video’s second half. The two stood posted at a bar. It played pretty well. The rumbling ceased, mostly.

Then Kool G. Rap entered the video frame.

“What the fukk!” shouted Tupac.

And everybody began to beat the shyt out of Sam Sneed. Fists, legs, whatever. Everybody at that meeting got a lick or a kick all up in his ass. I can almost see where they were coming from. Like, how are you gonna be on the Death Row team when you’re hangin’ out with Dre and a lot of nikkas from the East?

Suge mad Sneed put in an appearance at a party for Snoop that night. He even gave a toast. Then he flew home to Pittsburgh. Sam was never the same. Death Row never relased the album. Not too long ago the nikka had brain surgery, just to get his ass back to some semblance of normality. The crazy shyt is that Sam Sneed is my dog, but he’s never owned up to exactly what happened that day at Can-Am, even though I know the deal from folks that was there. My guess is that it’s hard to talk to me about it, considering I told his dumb ass not to go.

 

[DoomzdayzV]

If u watch the Recognize video....Sam is lookin real tight, like some shyt is in his head and he aint really all that PRESENT. At first I just thought he was a swagless dude but I guess the nikka knew what was gonna happen to him

 

[I love Latina women]

They probably did only to find out Dre was the complete opposite of that shyt.

 

[get these nets]

Wear more gold to the Grammys and Soul Train
people won't do a DAMNED thing

 

[Alvin]

daz said him and nate was the only crips in there

 

[Methodical]

@Buckeye Fever sound like one of my friend/homie can make u laugh you for a sec once he opened his mouth cause you knew he gonna said something stupid funny and smart the same time. He's type of a friend that you need him around just to get you laugh if you're in a bad mood or something.

 

[Complexion]

Suge Knight interview from 2001 resurfaces, claims Jay-Z was taped up, robbed, and gagged

By K.B. Tindal
Hip Hop Vibe Staff Writer

There is no figure in hip hop as controversial as Suge Knight. Although there were a lot of business decisions behind the scenes, Suge Knight was the face of the company known as Death Row Records. The label goes down in history as one of the most-iconic labels in the history of hip hop.

In the late 1990s, Suge Knight was dealt a series of devastating blows when his multi-platinum selling roster all left the label. Death Row Records went through a massive overhaul and other rising acts were signed to no mainstream success. Suge Knight eventually was ousted from the label.

But, a relic from his time with Death Row Records resurfaced this morning. During his planned revival period of Death Row Records, Suge Knight did an interview and Jay-Z was brought up as a topic. In the interview, Suge Knight claimed he was taped up, robbed, and gagged, but he admitted he and Jay have never met.

Read an excerpt from the interview below:

Suge: I never met him. The only thing i know about Jay-z is that he came
to L.A. A few times, and Dre and Snoop told him that, “When you on the
west coast, you wrote a song for me, don’t worry ’bout nothin’.” Next thing
i know he’s taped up, robbed, and gagged.

Carson: Who, Jay?

Suge: Yeah, jay.

Carson: Out in L.A.?

Suge: Out in L.A. But you know –

Carson: Who was responsible for that?

Suge: Who knows? But you know, the thing about it, I think Jay-z’s a great
guy because he’s created what he do. I do like jay-Z. Honestly, I never
met ‘em.




Jay basically spoke on what went down in the 2nd verse

 

[Living Bait]

I remember when it dropped, I thought Dre was really a G.

truth spoken....

i was only a youth but yeh i never thought he was on some Cell Block 4 shyt....

things were a lot more mysterious back in the day....

i preferred it like that though

 

[Living Bait]

Suge mad Sneed put in an appearance at a party for Snoop that night

how bad was the beating if he still managed to turn up later that night at a party?

i just watched the video and i cant even see the moment G Rap walks in.....did they take that bit out before releasing it or what?

 

[Kool Kitty Kat]

It was actually the video for "Lady Heroin". "U Better Recognize" came out back in '94, way before Pac even signed to Death Row.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

That Sam Sneed story is
I used to believe it but that's kinda shaky now...and Pac never had issues with G rap.