The Combat Jack Show - The Damon Dash Episode

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I've heard Just Blaze tell these stories before....the bottom line is that Dame is UNPROFESSIONAL....period. I love Dame, he's funny and all, great personality in doses but he never learned how to turn it off and that's why he is where he is now.

Every story dame was right tho
He asked him for weeks to make a beat and Ye' does it that day
Nyggas wearing fake jersey but is saying he is fresh
Dame was an a$$holes but he was right
 

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It seems like dame is trying to downplay how much of an a$$hole he was. I also don't buy that he didn't want to stay in the music business, if Jay would of wanted to continue working with him dame would of stayed. Jay just realized he didn't need dame anymore.

As for just blaze he should of never addressed that stuff on the podcast, he came off like the kid who got bullied at school and its bothered him his whole life. I'm sure dame did shyt on him at times but a lot of people would of killed to be in the in-house producer for one of the biggest labels in music and to this day he is still benefiting from that opportunity
 

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It seems like dame is trying to downplay how much of an a$$hole he was. I also don't buy that he didn't want to stay in the music business, if Jay would of wanted to continue working with him dame would of stayed. Jay just realized he didn't need dame anymore.

As for just blaze he should of never addressed that stuff on the podcast, he came off like the kid who got bullied at school and its bothered him his whole life. I'm sure dame did shyt on him at times but a lot of people would of killed to be in the in-house producer for one of the biggest labels in music and to this day he is still benefiting from that opportunity
Yep this pretty much sums it up

Looking at it from Jay's perspective and in the context of what Jay wanted to accomplish, Dame was a huge liability. The SP nikkas getting in trouble with the law over and over again was a liability. I think the Dipset shyt was just personal, but still, Dame engineered that. Jay put his blood + sweat into SP and none of those nikkas really popped off to real stardom. Bleek :heh: Rocafella was just a bunch of mouths to feed. So I can understand why Jay walked away.

I think Dame came up with all his reasons for "leaving" years later. When the shyt folded Rocafella was on a downslide but it was still popping. It was and still is easily the best thing Dame has ever done and I bet the money from everything he's done reflects that. He had the little Armadale thing going and Rocawear was Burlington Coat Factory status, but he didn't have anything like Diddy's Making The Band or Jay's various ad deals.

Hes an old Harlem head. A lot of talk and bravado but many times not the accomplishments to back it up. Cam did a lot of the same shyt ("i got a team of scientists workin on a new color" :stopitslime: ). Humility is just not part of the game for a nikka like Dame.
 

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Just aint let that jersey go after all these years :damn:

los jets :laff:


I can imagine the studio being packed and all them Roc nukkas going in on Just...Nas aint lie: The ether the shyt that make your soul burn slow :damn:

Just was like :sadcam:
 

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Yep this pretty much sums it up

Looking at it from Jay's perspective and in the context of what Jay wanted to accomplish, Dame was a huge liability. The SP nikkas getting in trouble with the law over and over again was a liability. I think the Dipset shyt was just personal, but still, Dame engineered that. Jay put his blood + sweat into SP and none of those nikkas really popped off to real stardom. Bleek :heh: Rocafella was just a bunch of mouths to feed. So I can understand why Jay walked away.

I think Dame came up with all his reasons for "leaving" years later. When the shyt folded Rocafella was on a downslide but it was still popping. It was and still is easily the best thing Dame has ever done and I bet the money from everything he's done reflects that. He had the little Armadale thing going and Rocawear was Burlington Coat Factory status, but he didn't have anything like Diddy's Making The Band or Jay's various ad deals.

Hes an old Harlem head. A lot of talk and bravado but many times not the accomplishments to back it up. Cam did a lot of the same shyt ("i got a team of scientists workin on a new color" :stopitslime: ). Humility is just not part of the game for a nikka like Dame.

Best post in this thread.

I just want to know how people applaud the way this man handled business when he is somebody else's boss.

No One would want to work for a nikka like Dame
 

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I'm in my 30s. When me and my potnas get together, it is still a roast fest. nikkas i haven't seen in years.

We do it without malicious intent though.

how often do you see your boys? of course we all do this to some degree. but dame dash is clowning like dudes in highschool use to clown. you cant clown grown men like that day in and day out and expect them not to feel some type of way. unless you're an official comedian and working on material.

see dame was clowning and arrogant and a Ahole at times. thats a bad combo to have when he believes he was just joking. no one is going to believe that but him. because of those other things.

put it this way. if bernie mac(rip) was clowning me day in and day out, it would be hilarious to me even though i'm catching it. because he doesnt SEEM arrogant or Ahole-ish.

thats what blaze was trying to tell dude.
 

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how often do you see your boys? of course we all do this to some degree. but dame dash is clowning like dudes in highschool use to clown. you cant clown grown men like that day in and day out and expect them not to feel some type of way. unless you're an official comedian and working on material.

see dame was clowning and arrogant and a Ahole at times. thats a bad combo to have when he believes he was just joking. no one is going to believe that but him. because of those other things.

put it this way. if bernie mac(rip) was clowning me day in and day out, it would be hilarious to me even though i'm catching it. because he doesnt SEEM arrogant or Ahole-ish.

thats what blaze was trying to tell dude.

He was the BOSS too, How do nikkas keep ignoring that.

If Just said some shyt that Dame felt some way about what's stopping him from firing and blackballing Just Blaze?
 

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And there are just as many people who are not a$$holes that "get shyt done"
Ive actually paid attention to the personalities of people that were either owners, or in high up mgmt positions for awhile.
From what ive seen, most, if not all have no issue w/ being aggressive w/ people. People who have only been workers their whole life dont know what its like directing folks and getting shyt done.
It seems a lot of these cats in hip hop are just fukking sensitive...you add that w/ being lazy and that makes workaholic types CRAZY!!!

I bet Dame was an a$$hole, but the simple fact that a grown ass man could be so heated over being made fun of for a fake jersey all these years later shows you what type of fukkery people like Dame have to put up w/ in the business.
Like he said, Kanye got that shyt done in one day...and I bet Kanye had the same amount of work to do, if not more.
 

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The thing is Dame went on 10 for his artists. Can't ever fault that. If you can, you're probably not a successful business man.


Also saying he had a roster of tough artists and he was the boss. He's in the company of killers and ex cons and dealers on a daily basis. Just Blaze just had to stay in the room and make beats. He had the opportunity to be soft. Dame on the other hand had to be SUPER TOUGH with everyone. I like how he explained that. You're puss if u can't understand that.


And Yes, Just came off as still soft and sensitive. He wore a fake jersey and had a rhinestone belt in his hand. I'm from the hood. Cats never forget little stuff like that and will snap on you forever. You gotta brush it off or else they will eat you alive. Just ain't grow up around that, that's why he ain't know how to brush it off and take the power out of it. By being mad and feeding into it, you become food. Peeped Dame saying "sorry i hurt your feelings" LOL!!!!
 
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