Where do you guys think Dame Dash went wrong?

[Will Ross]

He did not treat people right in a business that people take things personal

 

[Cladyclad]

Dame aint really smart. He built shyt mostly off people wanting to be associated with Jay Z..

This.

I’m still waiting for someone to show why he a great businessman.

The man invested in pro keds & fukking motor oil for Christ sake

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

this is the real start of his ending.

had this not been caught on camera he probably would've got away with it but since this got national distribution and made kevin liles and def jam look like some bish ass suckers and snakes...it has been rumoured this is what got lyor cohen to put the wheels in motion to get dame up out of there.

perception is everything to them niccas

Every artist would love someone in their corner fighting for them like this! If he didn't want the limelight and kept these battles in private he would still be around....but this was his job..

Someone said "all this over jackets" nahhh it's more than that....you gotta nip that shyt at the bud......can't have your artists walking around with another company's logo for free promo when it's your money that's financing the whole shyt

 

[Renegade47]

he wouldnt lay down for them folks and kiss they ass.

 

[Guvnor]

they're trying to claim his artists.

With a jacket? His artist was signed to Def Jam too.

I would have told him shut up, I want my Def Jam jacket

 

[Cladyclad]

With a jacket? His artist was signed to Def Jam too.

I would have told him shut up, I want my Def Jam jacket

shyt crazy.
Meth
Red
Hov
X
Were all on def jam. It wasn’t no coincidence they all were paired up. It’s no way def Jam didn’t help fund the tour in some way. So this was just another example of Dame doing too much.

 

[ajnapoleon]

So in this thread I’m seeing people saying jay a snake


So how long was he supposed to split his money with dame while

He had his own branch offs of the company

Dame flims
Dame pro keds
Roc box (that MP3 player)

Jay was not seeing money off that

Jay made a big bulk ghost writing

Bugs bunny rap off of space jam (he kept all his points off of that) and that went on to sell a lot

Credits off of lil Kim
Foxy
He wrote all of Queen pens 2 albums
And Angie Martinez

And others like that still Dre song


Plus they all cashed out got the same amount of money for the sale of roc a wear and roc a fella


What did dame do with his share

Biggs went to prison came back and still good with jay


So once again how long was jay supposed to give him 1/3 of his money when he is the cash cow


Dame wanted to replace jay with cam and that did not work

 

[Guvnor]

shyt crazy.
Meth
Red
Hov
X
Were all on def jam. It wasn’t no coincidence they all were paired up. It’s no way def Jam didn’t help fund the tour in some way. So this was just another example of Dame doing too much.

Facts, even if it was putting down money for the promo I'm sure they helped or else they would not have been in the picture peiod. Dame was so wild he turned them giving artist a jacket into an ego contest. I understand wanting to keep the team together and not wanting to let the vultures of the entertainment industry give your folks a bad deal or exploit you but still though.

It's a jacket

 

[dh86]

This is easy he got drugged by fame.

He tried to be just as famous as jay.

Jay shoulda shine on his own your job is to get the business right not be a star.

Biggs and all those guys play the cut. Unless you’re a business man that can sell albums like Diddy and birdman play your position

louis farrakhan Said it before you have to know your roll...sometimes you gotta be the rocket be that sends the spaceship to outterspace then fall back down to earth


So many managers and publicists fukk up cause they wanna be in the limelight

Exactly. We shouldn’t even know Dame Dash like that to even discuss him. Managers/execs are supposed to play in the background. Instead of supporting Jay-Z, he wanted to BE Jay-Z. He got what was coming to him. If he was a boss like he say he is, Jay could have never fired him.

 

[dh86]

Dame made Cam VP to sign him. Hov was a scared c00n and felt threatened by the move, hence him fukking Dame, his partner of many years over. SMH.

So now instead of a thorough bro like Dame running things we have a billion dollar beta male.

If Dame was still on the Roc, Kanye doesn't become the c00n he is today.

Cam was already on the label. Dame did it while Jay was on vacation in France. Since it never happened, guess Jay was in charge the whole time.

 

[Cladyclad]

Cam was already on the label. Dame did it while Jay was on vacation in France. Since it never happened, guess Jay was in charge the whole time.

I never looked at it like that

 

[Renegade47]

Dude went wild over a damn Jacket Cmon!

It's one thing to not want to c00n, to stick to your scruples and to have morals and principles but he went that hard over a damn jacket. He could have tried to rub shoulders with Def Jam but he went hard against them. I think he took business too personal at times.


So how did he handle his own issues with some of those same business people after Dame left?

you missed a key part in that video that justified his outrage. rewatch it.

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

They talk about the split off the bat but the real scoop with Dame Starts at 2:04

 

[ReadOneBookAWeek]

"too much ego"

 

[Tommy Knocks]

What ever happened to his motor oil?