I know this looks awkward, but when I think about was doing from 1997-1999, the more I see how he pretty much laid the Blueprint for The Roc:
1) Just Blaze and Kanye West. If I'm not mistaken, Just made his debut on Harlem World's The Movement. This was also one of Kanye's first placements as well. We all know Just and Kanye would go on to be in house producers for The Roc.
2) The Harlem connect. Cam'ron was in a group with Mase, also from Harlem. Then when he dropped his solo, Mase was on the first single. Years later, Cam resurfaces on The Roc.
3) The Neptunes. Their first credits on a Hip Hop album landed on Mase's Harlem World debut. They also produced songs on Harlem World's The Movement. Around the time of The Dynasty, The Neptunes became one of Jay's go to producers.
4) The South. Mase was one of the first East Coast rappers to feature Southern artists on his albums when he had Eightball & MJG on Harlem World. 1999 going into 2000 saw Jay Z collab with UGK, Juvenile, Scarface, and later Outkast. Granted, Jay was featured on albums from JD, Juve, and Silkk, but he didn't feature Southern artists on his albums until 1999. Then there's T-Mix producing on Beanie's albums. There's Memphis Bleek dropping "Round Here", which featured Trick Daddy and T.I.
It could be argued that The Movement was a blueprint (no pun) for The Dynasty album right down to the West Coast flavored songs. Not saying that The Roc bit, because this could merely be coincidence, but a lot of the moves they made seemed like plays from Mason Betha's playbook.
1) Just Blaze and Kanye West. If I'm not mistaken, Just made his debut on Harlem World's The Movement. This was also one of Kanye's first placements as well. We all know Just and Kanye would go on to be in house producers for The Roc.
2) The Harlem connect. Cam'ron was in a group with Mase, also from Harlem. Then when he dropped his solo, Mase was on the first single. Years later, Cam resurfaces on The Roc.
3) The Neptunes. Their first credits on a Hip Hop album landed on Mase's Harlem World debut. They also produced songs on Harlem World's The Movement. Around the time of The Dynasty, The Neptunes became one of Jay's go to producers.
4) The South. Mase was one of the first East Coast rappers to feature Southern artists on his albums when he had Eightball & MJG on Harlem World. 1999 going into 2000 saw Jay Z collab with UGK, Juvenile, Scarface, and later Outkast. Granted, Jay was featured on albums from JD, Juve, and Silkk, but he didn't feature Southern artists on his albums until 1999. Then there's T-Mix producing on Beanie's albums. There's Memphis Bleek dropping "Round Here", which featured Trick Daddy and T.I.
It could be argued that The Movement was a blueprint (no pun) for The Dynasty album right down to the West Coast flavored songs. Not saying that The Roc bit, because this could merely be coincidence, but a lot of the moves they made seemed like plays from Mason Betha's playbook.
There is no link between what Mase did and what the Roc did.
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