shade sheist "john doe"

[amanda]

john doe is a great song. does anybody agree. i want the new shade sheist album. anyone here have it? is it pretty good?

[the pm]

awww man not to bash your choice but that dude is ass

he is the mst processed rapper EVER
so much political bullshit behind him

i have yet to like any of his shit

where i wanna be dont count
i consider that a nate dogg song
produced by kay gee

[sanitylastchance]

i know that name from somewhere shade shiest did he have like a one hit deal or somthing?
oh never mind hes that booty rapper fromlike three years ago sorry i hope its better than his old stuff

[Ojay]

sure sounds shady and sheisty...

Shady? Radio Station Admits Ties To Heavy-Rotation Rapper Shade Sheist
KPWR's owners, Emmis Communications, also finance Sheist's record label.
by Corey Moss

Los Angeles hip-hop radio powerhouse KPWR-FM has disclosed to listeners their business ties to Shade Sheist, a newcomer whose music they've been playing more than any other station in the country.
However, KPWR-FM and the station's owners,

Emmis Communications Corp., admit no wrongdoing.
The companies came under fire on Wednesday when a Los Angeles Times article exposed that Sheist's label, Baby Ree Entertainment, is financed by Emmis, and that KPWR senior programming executive Damion Young produced the rapper's Informal Introduction under his alias, Damizza.

Writer Chuck Phillips, who authored the controversial Times investigation accusing the Notorious B.I.G. of paying for Tupac Shakur's murder (see "Notorious B.I.G.'s Family 'Outraged' By Tupac Article"), wrote the piece.

"I think most of this is reporters looking for their own post-Enron nondisclosure story," said Rick Cummings, president of Emmis' radio division. "The [Sheist] record has tested top-10 in Los Angeles and that's why it's getting played a lot. It does not test well in New York and that's why it's getting played very little there."

Cummings added that Emmis checked with the Federal Communications Commission before airing Sheist's music and the agency suggested that Young not participate in discussions about Sheist in programming meetings.

"He was removed and has been for some time," Cummings said. "They never said we needed to do anything in the way of disclosure."

Peter Hart, an analyst for the New York-based media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, believes that was unethical.

"The public airwaves don't belong to Emmis Communications or any other radio group, they belong to the American public," Hart said. "So it's important that listeners know how Emmis or Power 106 are making decisions about how they use their access to the public airwaves. Is a song in rotation only because the company stands to profit from CD sales? If that's the case, listeners should know."

Federal law prohibits radio stations from accepting money or anything of value for playing songs without disclosing that information to listeners.

Cummings argued that what his company did with Sheist is no different than radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications airing shows, such as "Casey Kasem's American Top 40," from a syndication company also owned by Clear Channel.

"This is no different than Viacom producing a TV show and running it on [CBS] and not disclosing it, which they do not do," Cummings continued. "When you start to think about all the ways this stuff connects, you could spend every time you open the mic doing nothing but disclosing something. And there would still be some watchdog agency saying it's not enough."

"It's important to remember that this kind of corporate synergy narrows the choices available to the public," FAIR's Hart explained. "When Emmis gives airtime to Shade Sheist, other artists lose an opportunity to be heard. It's a great system for corporations looking to profit from free use of the public airwaves, but it's bad for everyone else, especially listeners and artists."

Despite KPWR's support of Sheist's "Money Owners" and the two singles before it, the Los Angeles rapper, who has collaborated with Ja Rule and DJ Quik, has not faired well. Fewer than 10,000 copies of his debut album have been sold since it was released September 10, according to SoundScan.

Young, as Damizza, has done dozens of remixes and has produced tracks for Nate Dogg, Kurupt and Mariah Carey (see "Timberlake, Jay-Z, Cam'ron Contribute To Mariah Carey LP").

This report is provided by MTV News

[amanda]

that was alot to read. the track john doe has dj quik. thats basically why its fresh. i dont know who produced it but its got a good beat. sorta

[the pm]

now dj quik is another story
long live the quiksta!!!!!!!!!!

i will stand strong saying fuck shade sheist