Robbie from Unkut took the time to interview the man. Read it. Learn it. Test is on Monday.
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[...] We were so drunk off the industry as a whole – and I take
responsibility for that – we were so fuckin’ drunk off that money that when motherfuckers started talking about the advent of digital music and MP3 players, I was like, ‘I don’t wanna hear about a fuckin’ MP3 player! I got a fuckin’ CD player and I’m fuckin’ making money! So what!’ So when Sean Fanning approached the labels and showed them the technology and they didn’t embrace that shit? The writing was on the wall,dude. All Universal or somebody had to do was give that kid half a mill and he would’ve been happy. If we had owned that technology it would’ve been a different world – but hindsight is 20/20, right? [laughs] And I’m glad that it’s a wake-up call, because everybody’s gotta get back on their toes. Adversity breeds ingenuity.[...]
Why do so many artists get signed but never get to release
their record?
[...]I still say to this day that Jay-Z is one record away from being an underground, obscure artist if it wasn’t for that Foxy Brown. It’s a matter of chance and hustle – the dude worked his craft, the dude perfected his craft – nothin’ away from Jay-Z. He also happened to link up with Damon and then that fuckin’ ‘Ain’t No Nigga’ song with Foxy Brown…that shit was a monster! When I listen to Smoothe The Hustler’s album, that album was very similar in tone to Reasonable Doubt. New York was on some serious shit – New York cats unfortunately weren’t selling, neither, ‘cos the technique was so deep and heavy and commercial America wasn’t buying that shit! For example I did AZ’ deal right off Illmatic. God bless the dude, but he was not able to deliver something on the level that people were expecting him to, which was really something on the level of Illmatic. It’s really a law of averages. I’ve found that the longer you’ve been in the industry. The reason why Jay-Z remains on top right now is that dude put at least ten years in the game before he even popped. Cam’Ron has been around for a long fuckin’ time – beneath the surface, he’s gotta know what the fuck is goin’ on! I’ve been in the studio with him, his work ethic is crazy. When he dropped the whole Dipset shit, that wasn’t my thing but I’m lookin’ back now, I’m like, ‘Yo, dude saw a void and he put that shit together’.
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Good looks B.
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