Y'all do also realize that with the money they spent on Foxy and LL albums compared to Redman, that they probably made more money off Redmans because the promotion dollars probably wasn't as high so they made money off his project and not Foxy and LL? Plus there's other splits depending on how their deals are structured. It's not as simple as "This album went Gold" and "This album went platinum" debate.
I already took that into consideration.
with that said, there were other gold albums that came out along with muddy waters that they didn't promote for chit. I'm sure they made more off of those records than the muddy waters album, which they put more of their resources into.
plus i remember this topic coming up numerous times in the past. I vaguely recall one of the earlier redman albums being mentioned. like pre-warren g.
vaguely but still, for what its worth.
OOOOOR he ran the label and knows which albums they made the most money off and which ones they didn't. Just a guess. And no one is debating that multiple albums saved the label. But he specifically named Muddy Waters on MTV. Everything isn't a conspiracy.
or maybe he was just making a mistake - which is what I said initially before I threw in the possibility of lyor throwing shade.
again, theyre the ones doing the books, like you said, so theyre the main ones who know. but it just doesn't sound right, looking at the big picture. people make mistakes on the spot when telling a story. and it doesn't help that lyor is known to be full of chit so I'm not ruling out any shade.
but again, who knows.
i miss my era......