"Ive been signed to Interscope since 2011"

[MBwithadream]

All of the TDE projects up to good kid, maad city were released independently.

I'm the marketing manager/A&R at EMPIRE Distribution and we signed TDE to digital distribution in the summer of 2010 and digitally released Overly Dedicated, Setbacks, Long Term Mentality and Section.80. Jay Rock set up the deal at the time as I had dealt with him in the past for DubCNN.

It was between the release of O.D. and Section.80 that the transition to Dr. Dre happened, but they were still very much independent and there was no Aftermath/Interscope involvement in the release of Section.80. I pitched those released to iTunes, Amazon etc personally.

After Section.80, "control system" and "Habits & Contradictions" were released without EMPIRE's involvement, so I don't know too much about those, but they were independent releases as well.

But yes, it is very much possible for artists to have a major deal but to keep it under wraps in order to create the illusion of organic growth. However, that wasn't really the case for TDE - sure the Dre cosign helped everybody jump on their nuts - but the foundation was already laid with their independent work.

get me on then.

P.S. I am not doing no gay shyt.

 

[151_Pr00f]

So this shyt is actually supposed to be important? I'm a fan of the music could give a fukk about who signed to what or when.

 

[Insensitive]

it's a blessing anytime we get the "i'm ______ from _________ " posters to come out



or maybe we don't like being lied to and our intelligence insulted by industry plants who have been pretending to be indie revolutionaries while signed to fukking interscope for years

it's a deceptive, manipulative and subversive way of getting people to "connect" with an artist....but it's got you nikkas thinking it's real hip-hop so i guess it worked

They were clearly independent before 2011 though.
TDE has several projects that were released between 2006 and 2010
and if School Boy Q's statement is the truth, then prior to 2011
they were in fact an independent label operating out of southern California.


With that said it's obvious their ultimate goal was to get one of their artist to blow up.
They placed their initial money on Jay Rock, which didn't pan out and left the lane wide open
for Kendrick as the one who would eventually take them to the next level.


I wouldn't be surprised if his whole team got on in 2011 but there is no
doubt that they were once independent and as stated before they had/have artists that have flirted with majors before they hit it big in 2011.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

most of you really are fukkin stupid and lack critical thinking

check this out,i know you gotta be on the payroll,thought it was 50's but i guess it's interscope paying YOU. no one of any intelligence believes
this fukkery and all will be exposed eventually. There's a reason why kendrick's buzz feels nothing like 50's grodt buzz. Though they're part of the same machine,50 really had the game on fire,kendrick's buzz is fraudulent. Anytime a rapper is more popular in media,internet etc,than they are amongst people you encounter daily,THAT shyt IS FAKE.

 

[Pool_Shark]

Look at these bitter fakkits. Guess the hate had to happen sometime soon cause it was too much success.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Look at these bitter fakkits. Guess the hate had to happen sometime soon cause it was too much success.

So if someone discovers they were lied to,then speak out on it,THAT = BITTER HATERS?
Doesnt add up to me. Sounds like you're acting off emotion without the benefit of intellect.

 

[Rominati]

My Post game so iLL we got undercover incognito industry A&Rs with only 40 posts coming out the shadows

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

threads like this are pointless...TDE crew stay making bangers across various genres of rap, how can one be mad?

 

[151_Pr00f]

Lil B is what TDE tried to convince people they were...a completely raw, new movement cultivated organically


meanwhile these TDE scumbags were in meetings with interscope execs like "okay so...we wont tell em we're signed yet, that will hurt our credibility...let's drop a few 'indie' projects with an unpolished dark sound and get our blog buzz up, then we can reveal that some labels are interested in us but we only want creative control to keep doing what the fans want...that'll get em to think we're doing this all for them...after that we tell em we inked the deal and by then they're too attached to care anyway "

Organic or not lil b is a running joke and most of his music is trash. Hes like the retarded kid in highschool who thought he was funny but in reality not cognizant enough to realize people were laughing at him not with him. But then of course you get the morons who can't distinguish trolling for genuine talent so

 

[Rominati]

Nobody mad


We jus pointing out a couple thangs here and there

 

[Reindeer of the Roc]

Anybody seen that Kendrick freestyle(?) from like 06 where he name drops Aftermath?

He been set up since birth.

 

[Pool_Shark]

So if someone discovers they were lied to,then speak out on it,THAT = BITTER HATERS?
Doesnt add up to me. Sounds like you're acting off emotion without the benefit of intellect.

How were you lied to you? You hate Kendrick

The only people that are upset in here are creepy weirdos that have some strange obsession with Kendrick and are mad that they don't get why everyone else likes something they don't. Either that or they're cheerleading behind a keyboard cause they got one up on "internet tumblr hipsters"

Stop it, it's disgusting

 

[Rominati]

How were you lied to you? You hate Kendrick

The only people that are upset in here are creepy weirdos that have some strange obsession with Kendrick and are mad that they don't get why everyone else likes something they don't. Either that or they're cheerleading behind a keyboard cause they got one up on "internet tumblr hipsters"

Stop it, it's disgusting

Creepy weirdos?

nikka I was jus a ordinary black man watching a Youtube video. Who put two and two together



GET the fukk outta here

 

[HamAndEgger]

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.php?2,file=16953,filename=who_fukkin_cares.gif

How is this relevant at all? If they're packing in crowds in this day and age, that's all that matters. Who really sits and thinks about someone like Schoolboy Q's record deal / album situation? LOL

 

[charmander]

nikkas in here furious that their hip-hop heroes got caught playin both sides