Universal Music shuts down Island Def Jam Records. Fires Def Jam CEO

[Rominati]

The best rap minds in NY either don't have the wherewithal to keep building, the financial backing to progress or run shyt on a smaller scale like A$AP Yams

nikka I'm outchea

#RominatiRecords coming soon. Bout to be the next ASAP Yams in this bytch

 

[GoFlipAPack]

nah u right.....

the last REAL ONE in fact was Sylvia Rhone when she ran Universal/Motown and prior to that she was head of Elektra...

and that byatch (excuse my language) was like Lyor Cohen in drag

she fukked plenty of acts over......from Busta Rhymes to Motley Crue.......

she gave ZERO FUKKS when she was "boss"

remember when Drake talked shyt about her on that mixtape..and she backed his young a$$ down and made him APOLOGIZE

yeah man..........shyt is just WAYYYY TOO DAMN corporate for it even to be considered Urban.........

we all sharecropping breh

How do you know she made him apologize??

 

[Marvel]

Why are some of you suprised, black people don't own or control their music? When you are a foster kid in someone else's house you play by their rules. You eat when they say so and you play when they say so.

 

[Wild self]

Hip-hop is on it's death bed.

I knew it.

50 cent was the last hurrah for the crazy sales in hiphop.

No one is selling anymore.

Even the R&B cats are not even selling as much.

Expect the industry to be invaded with white rappers like what happened when rock and roll was on it's dead bed till the cacs stole it.

And this time, black folk played a part of its demise.

This is why I want Nas to drop his final album in Def Jam this year, before everything goes crazy.

 

[Harry B]

Hip-hop is on it's death bed.

I knew it.

50 cent was the last hurrah for the crazy sales in hiphop.

No one is selling anymore.

Even the R&B cats are not even selling as much.

Expect the industry to be invaded with white rappers like what happened when rock and roll was on it's dead bed till the cacs stole it.

Yea cause other genres are doing big numbers

Touring and 360s has been the words for the last few years.
The music business fukked up in the early 2000s by being too conservative and thinking that the law was above the power of the internet.

 

[Calmye]

Did 50 say this was going to happen

 

[prophecypro]

I dont know if its good or a bad thing because Def Jam was essientally swallowed up by the larger Island/Universal brand and you had Rhianna, Bieber etc as a priority. This either means its more a boutique or further decentralized and not a Hip Hop label.

Also that Steve Bartles dude....he looks like the dude who Dame cussed out in the Def Jam meeting. its not the same guy is it?

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

I dont know if its good or a bad thing because Def Jam was essientally swallowed up by the larger Island/Universal brand and you had Rhianna, Bieber etc as a priority. This either means its more a boutique or further decentralized and not a Hip Hop label.

Also that Steve Bartles dude....he looks like the dude who Dame cussed out in the Def Jam meeting. its not the same guy is it?

U know he kinda do look like that guy

i love that clip when Dame bumrushes that meeting and just start wilding out

i would just love to have the guts to just run into my HR office at my job and do the same thing..

 

[KeysT]

they should have given controlling interest to dame dash. we possibly could have had a resurgence of good hiphop but hey when you sell out to corporate b*stards that dont care about the music and or culture it came from, this is what happens....

Imagine this happening and Dame coming through and crushing the buildings..

I can only dream..

 

[WhiteDawg3000]

U know he kinda do look like that guy

i love that clip when Dame bumrushes that meeting and just start wilding out

i would just love to have the guts to just run into my HR office at my job and do the same thing..

whut kinda work u do, breh?

 

[Formerly known as...]

We need someone to just start up a little label like Rawkus again. Get talented acts, and just keep it independent and simple. With all these lack of true hip hop labels it could work. The internet is new marketing tool for the world!

 

[Animal House]

We need someone to just start up a little label like Rawkus again. Get talented acts, and just keep it independent and simple. With all these lack of true hip hop labels it could work. The internet is new marketing tool for the world!

Mellow Music Group. They got some ill talent on their roster

 

[b@squ1@t]

50 already told yall there'll never another him...

him and iovine fell out for multiple reasons but one of em bein the power fif gained from the success he had

 

[THE 101]

Def Jam has been a sinking ship. They're in for a real reality check this year.

Sidenote; see this post from Irv Gotti on IG

I love it when washed up sellouts suddenly care about the culture once those cheques dry up. fukk outta here Irv you bytch ass piece of shyt

Plus learn to use commas

 

[TEKBEATZ]

Why are some of you suprised, black people don't own or control their music? When you are a foster kid in someone else's house you play by their rules. You eat when they say so and you play when they say so.

Sounds like a 9 to 5 job.