Revisiting Dr. Dre leaving Death Row Records and starting Aftermath Records

[I love Latina women]

 

[I love Latina women]

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-fi-dredeathrow22march2296-story.html

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

shyt was a shot in the dark and its crazy to see how cold he was those couple of years before Eminem hit..

i remember the first time i saw the My Name Is video on tv and i legit thought "wow...Dre is FINISHED!"

needless to say that song grew on me and i was completely wrong about where he was headed. he cleaned house after that Aftermath album tho...aint heard from none of them except Mel Man off the top of my head.

 

[Take It In Blood]

Thought it was a retarded move at the time but ended up being the best decision he could have made.

Only negative is that he doesn't own any of his Deathrow recordings in 2017 when considering he was co owner he should have it ALL.

 

[the cac mamba]

crazy if you think about it how em was kind of a big factor in his career then what they did with 50

 

[get these nets]

been hearing and reading for years that the firm album flopped commercially.

didn't it sell platinum ?.....were the expectations higher?

 

[I love Latina women]

been hearing and reading for years that the firm album flopped commercially.

didn't it sell platinum ?.....were the expectations higher?

I think it did go platinum. So it did well commercially, but as far as being a project that was critically acclaimed, not even. It was a letdown.
While it did well commercially, the expectations were for it to do even better, both commercially and as far as it's artistic merit.

 

[get these nets]

I think it did go platinum. So it did well commercially, but as far as being a project that was critically acclaimed, not even. It was a letdown.
While it did well commercially, the expectations were for it to do even better, both commercially and as far as it's artistic merit.

thanks

dre learned from "been there done that", what jay z learned years later on "excuse me miss"....fans expect more of the same from artists.....they won't buy a more mature polished image

when i heard the song/saw the video for been there......i knew the album wouldn't pop

when jay z immediately released a remix for "excuse me miss" that was harder edged....i knew it was damage control......the suits and shoes were gone by the next video
hahaha

 

[I love Latina women]

thanks

dre learned from "been there done that", what jay z learned years later on "excuse me miss"....fans expect more of the same from artists.....they won't buy a more mature polished image

when i heard the song/saw the video for been there......i knew the album wouldn't pop

when jay z immediately released a remix for "excuse me miss" that was harder edged....i knew it was damaged control......the suits and shoes were gone by the next video
hahaha

Yup.
The switch from 40's and blunts to tailored suits and polished shoes was like a "what the fukk?!" move. Nobody was feeling that compilation album.
Jay's Blueprint 2 was just 1 big mess. Should've been 1 disc.

 

[Animal House]

I remember they thought he wouldn't be big after his first release... Look at him now Em signing was perfect

 

[Animal House]

I think it did go platinum. So it did well commercially, but as far as being a project that was critically acclaimed, not even. It was a letdown.
While it did well commercially, the expectations were for it to do even better, both commercially and as far as it's artistic merit.

Yeah overall it was all over the place quality wise it would've been better with Mega

 

[I love Latina women]

Yeah overall it was all over the place quality wise it would've been better with Mega

Yeah.

 

[C-Styles]

been hearing and reading for years that the firm album flopped commercially.

didn't it sell platinum ?.....were the expectations higher?

yeah they were expected to go 5 Mil at least. Gotta realize numbers were inflated during that era. Going platinum was like selling 100k in today's time. We don't consider that a flop today, just a

 

[get these nets]

I think it did go platinum. So it did well commercially, but as far as being a project that was critically acclaimed, not even. It was a letdown.
While it did well commercially, the expectations were for it to do even better, both commercially and as far as it's artistic merit.

yeah they were expected to go 5 Mil at least. Gotta realize numbers were inflated during that era. Going platinum was like selling 100k in today's time. We don't consider that a flop today, just a

I forgot that Dre was coming off producing multi platinum albums on Death Row, so selling less than that is a flop.

 

[I love Latina women]

I forgot that Dre was coming off producing multi platinum albums on Death Row, so selling less than that is a flop.

Eggzactly!