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Fullmetal

02-21-2007, 01:32 PM

I'm writing an editorial for my website,about the pitfalls of signing with Sean Combs, and his plethora of victims. I've contacted the RIAA for accurate sales information, and I'm going to get in depth comparisons going on. I'd like to see what you guys think about him though. (Maybe for some quotes)

http://www.ananova.com/images/web/56394.jpg

cdirty

02-21-2007, 01:34 PM

youre impressive lets get...
heard that song today.

whats your site?

Fullmetal

02-21-2007, 01:38 PM

youre impressive lets get...
heard that song today.

whats your site?

I work for http://www.Defsounds.com

verbal kint

02-21-2007, 01:41 PM

i'd honestly like to know the ratio of rhymes to checks that he writes?

skibadee

02-21-2007, 04:50 PM

thats a really good idea...

I'm still waiting for the reunion of Dream.. they were just great

Fullmetal

02-21-2007, 04:54 PM

thats a really good idea...

I'm still waiting for the reunion of Dream.. they were just great

According to my RIAA reports, did you know DREAM went Platinum?

skibadee

02-21-2007, 04:55 PM

According to my RIAA reports, did you know DREAM went Platinum?

Really? I guess it's not a suprise...

Fullmetal

02-21-2007, 05:05 PM

They disappeared competely. Shame, now he has Danity Kane... and barely put a 2nd video out for them. :(

Mike Castillo

02-21-2007, 05:42 PM

They disappeared competely. Shame, now he has Danity Kane... and barely put a 2nd video out for them. :(

I know Dream had some hot ass tracks. Their cover of Mr. Telephone Man was fresh. Danity Kane to me just came off as garbage from the get go, I've yet to hear a track from them.

Lon`

02-22-2007, 05:45 AM

Fullmetal

02-22-2007, 06:34 AM

diddy's a business man first off. the dude clearly has money on his mind- over the actual quality of music he puts out. I'd like to be more educated on him and all, but I mean, the last decent album I've heard from badboy was the Lox's first album ;/

The man literally humps the Notorious B.I.G's corpse every year on March 9th, just to flood his pockets, and rarely do his children and widows see the finances, as he bought his catalog for a mere 200,000$. :(

skibadee

02-22-2007, 08:23 AM

didn't bad boy just release ANOTHER biggie reissue ready to die CD? It has remastered tracks or something?

I can say this about Danity Kane though- I lived with my girlfriend out in bumfuck northern california for awhile to save money before living down here... it was a population of dumpy ass people where radio station songs and trends are a golden ticket. She has two sisters and her two sisters had lots of friends... they all loved the shit out of Danity Kane- it was actually really funny. Diddy does know what he's doing in a business sense and I really respect him for that.

I honestly don't know who is on the Bad Boy roster... nor do i really care and I suppose that's the consensus here

Fullmetal

02-22-2007, 08:27 AM

_Unknown*

02-22-2007, 09:16 AM

I honestly don't know who is on the Bad Boy roster... nor do i really care and I suppose that's the consensus here

a guy at work told me G-Dep's back in the studio...

not that i care.... or anyone else here for that matter.... :confused:

Fullmetal

02-22-2007, 09:18 AM

a guy at work told me G-Dep's back in the studio...

not that i care.... or anyone else here for that matter.... :confused:

Noone was harlem shaking out there? :p
http://kellypetersdance.com/images/dvd/Harlem_Shake_2.jpg

Marklar

02-22-2007, 10:34 AM

diddy hasn't signed a decent act since shine

twisted_harmonix

02-22-2007, 10:40 AM

diddy is shiddy.

skibadee

02-22-2007, 10:42 AM

diddy is shiddy.

what a piddy

verbal kint

02-22-2007, 12:38 PM

i'd also like to know how he dropped the ball on the 5 greatest rappers of all time, dylan, dylan, dylan, dylan, and dylan.

Orbt1

02-22-2007, 01:21 PM

^hahahahaha!

eamon

02-22-2007, 02:59 PM

So, here's my opinion on Diddy:

When he was in his hey day (sp?) I could not stand him. I thought he was all that was wrong with hip hop/rap whatever u wanna call it and I swore to myself that if I ever saw him in public I'd kick his ass, or at least attempt to. I was also sort of an "elitist" at that point in my life and basically thought anything that wasn't artsy or had a deep ass message was on some bullshit..which, I guess, is still true...

Anyway fast forward to now or even a few years ago and I realize that he has his place in this thing we call hip hop, whether you like it or not. True I don't think he's much of an artist, but as someone on here stated, he knows what he's doing. I read an interview with him and he was talking about his latest album and he was saying, "Yeah, i know i'm not tight, but i'm just doing me and having fun" or something to that extent.

Basically, he knows that he's not Mos Def or Common or any other "real" rapper, he's not trying to be super lyrically lyrical with his miracle lyrics. He does pop music..and he's good at it. I think that artists like him help and hurt hip hop...on one hand they gain hip hop more mainstream credibility/visiblity and help spread it to cultures/age groups that may have written hip hop in the past and on the other they cheapen the artform and often times glamorize aspects that are "taboo" to underground artists. I guarantee he knows "real" hip hop and has hella knowledge on it, he just chooses to do what he's good at. Now if he came out trying to say he was dope than Nas, Jay, Mos or whoever, then yeah i'd hate on him too. I'm sure that ANY underground group would want to obtain the level of success he's had/continues to have..no matter what they might say on their records or whatever.

I think there is a place for all types of hip hop within this culture or "genre" of music..I don't want to think all the time, I don't want to party all the time and I don't want to be emo all the time. Hip Hop lacks balance...i think Kanye brought some balance back to hip hop...I think that all the so-called "great" rappers have had that, they were able to give you everything and had enough clever wordplay for the enthusiasts, enough club bangers for the ladies and enough street stuff for the thugs (or the wanna be thugs), which is hard to achieve.

In all honesty he's probably done waaaaaaaaaaaayyyy more for his community and peers than any backpack/underground rappers. It's like Jay said..."How can I help the poor if i'm one of them? So I got rich and gave back, to me that's a win-win"

Dude is also one hell of a business man/marketer. I can guaran-fucking-tee you that Danity Kane has no publishing rights or does not own their masters, which on one hand is fucked up for them, but most artists will tell you that they pretty much got fucked out the gates...dude is a hustler...period. you can hate on his artistic ability, but you cannot hate on his hustle.

K, end novel

Lon`

02-22-2007, 03:22 PM

shine wasn't great by any means. just to fill everyone in :)

Fullmetal

02-22-2007, 04:37 PM

Im actually writing the Editorial right now. Diddy's gonna get me popped for this.

mf sw

02-22-2007, 07:36 PM

I'd like to see what you guys think about him though. (Maybe for some quotes)[/IMAGE]

heres a few quotes. feel free to use them:

"There is not a more perfect example of what I think sucks than Diddy."

"I regard his very minor and unspectacular role in the film Monsters Ball more highly than I do his entire music catalog. It is not likely that this will change, ever."

"Diddy is shit."

"Only Jermaine Dupri is more annoying."

"I would rather eat a bowl of feces than listen to an entire Diddy album."

tgone

02-23-2007, 01:18 AM

http://a88.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_de675ce35b0289f84e009e78a7666cff.jpg

caught slippin

tgone

02-23-2007, 01:20 AM

http://uploads.filecabin.com/pictures/p_diddy_loves_big_booty.jpg

wrestling match

Fullmetal

02-23-2007, 01:35 AM

http://uploads.filecabin.com/pictures/p_diddy_loves_big_booty.jpg

wrestling match

That's a lot of ass. I'd attempt to hit.

tgone

02-23-2007, 06:09 PM

I work for http://www.Defsounds.com

what do you do for them? full time?

verbal kint

02-23-2007, 06:25 PM

I work for http://www.Defsounds.com
i never opened this until a second ago. i was going to give it a chance until i read this title, "RAP vs HIP HOP... WHO WINS THE BATTLE?".

Fullmetal

02-23-2007, 06:36 PM

i never opened this until a second ago. i was going to give it a chance until i read this title, "RAP vs HIP HOP... WHO WINS THE BATTLE?".

Thats actually from veteran writer Linque.

Fullmetal

02-23-2007, 06:39 PM

what do you do for them? full time?

And yeah, full-time, no pay, lol. I do audio mixes for them, as well as writing articles and editorials. I'm also in the process of organizing their forums

Boss had this Rawkus records event press pass for me day or two ago (couldn't go) and I was ticked. :mad: I wouldn't have gotten there on-time.

verbal kint

02-23-2007, 07:07 PM

Thats actually from veteran writer Linque.
word. veteran or not. an article like that, not a good look.

such a played out topic that i dont even think is necessary. can we get any more cliche?

take it as constructive criticism.

Fullmetal

02-23-2007, 07:12 PM

word. veteran or not. an article like that, not a good look.

such a played out topic that i dont even think is necessary. can we get any more cliche?

take it as constructive criticism.

I agree. Thats why my second article is going to be the Influence of Technology on Hip-Hop. How we went from Mp-60's to SP's, to Digital. etc.

I think she phoned that one in.

tgone

02-24-2007, 12:07 PM

I agree. Thats why my second article is going to be the Influence of Technology on Hip-Hop. How we went from Mp-60's to SP's, to Digital. etc.

I think she phoned that one in.

let us know when you get that done.

OptimoPrime

02-28-2007, 04:49 PM

i wouldnt really say its all puffys fault. i personally think anyone hes ever signed was trash to begin with. all he ever had was biggie and its damn hard to try to ever equal that success. i just think hes a terrible judge of talent. look at those shows hes made. good tv, bad music. period. thats all he is.

verbal kint

03-07-2007, 10:55 PM

didn't ya know?... puff was responsible for the big underground movement in the late '90's, care of company flow.
http://www.ohword.com/images/605.jpg

andre3001

03-08-2007, 02:37 PM

I got a quote for you.... "these hoes keep stepping on my toes." - p. diddy.

I am sure he is a fairly good business man, only because of the amount of money he has made. But since biggy he has only hurt the music industry. I hope he realizes as a business man he needs to step down and leave the music game to some other people.

Fullmetal

03-08-2007, 02:53 PM

Lol. the first part of the series is up.:D
http://www.defsounds.com/editorials/view/1011-the-diddy-files-part-i-the-grim-reaper-of-hip-hop.html

On another note, Verb, I called out in Linque on our site for her overdone, cliche ass editorials. She's a hack. Boss is thinking about canning her soon.:)

Check out her latest wack editorial. 'G.O.A.T' :mad:

Cuba Gorilla

03-08-2007, 04:41 PM

charismatic — 3 days ago
FullMetal, what do u get paid 4 puttin' up a designated # of posts? Damn. Again, IF YOU'RE TRYNNA BE A JOURNALIST, then NOBODY wants to hear your opinion all in the posts. Save your opinions for the message board. Cause, even you are talking what you don't know. Do you know that this has been going on in record labels for years? Bad Boy is a SUB-LABEL of Arista, dog. At big, parent record labels, it is impossible to keep all the artists happy and secondly, they're all not gonna sell. For every Bad Boy artist you "say" got effed over, there's FOUR who got effed over back in the day at Motown, or at Sony, or Def Jam, or Universal, or BMG, or Warner Brother, or EMI. This has been goin' on for years. Bad Boy isn't even a PARENT record label and you somehow chose to single out Puff? Why? How about So So Def? Interscope? Death Row? Murda Inc.? Rap-A-Lot? hell, G-Unit, since you decided 2 come at a SUB-LABEL... And please, STOP inserting your

OPINIONS

in the forums. JUST STATE THE FACTS. Save your opinions for the message posts and PLEASE, I SERIOUSLY MEAN PLEASE, JUST PLEASE, TRY 2 talk what u know. AGAIN, take this as constructive criticism.

No one likes you, Ari.

Fullmetal

03-08-2007, 04:56 PM

No one likes you, Ari.

Nope. They don't. Not my job. Lol.

That guy made himself look stupid.. Boss came in and owned him..

'This is an editorial you moron'

'Oh.. my bad Fullmetal, I apologize'.

Btw. Game and Young Buck? BEEF OVER. -first to report it-

eamon

03-08-2007, 08:01 PM

Btw. Game and Young Buck? BEEF OVER. -first to report it-

You sure about that???? :D

Jeezy Clears Up Rumors

March 6th, 2007 | Author: Andres Tardio

During NBA's All Star Weekend, many rap rumors flew wildly. Game Vs. Buck? Jeezy Vs. Game? Well, rumors have to be cleared up, and Jeezy spoke to do just that.
"To be honest with you, I had a ball," Jeezy told MTV last week. "I ain't get [bad vibes] from either one of them. If it was gonna be something, it would have been something. It ain't gotta be no song. We grown. That ain't the way you handle that. If it was a problem, it's a problem, but it wasn't a problem. People made something outta nothing. That's what I hate about the industry. ... I was hearing [rumors]. I was like, 'Hell no.' I was there, that ain't happen.

"I'mma keep it G...It was my party, I was where I was supposed to be. I'm cool with Buck and Game. Just by saying that, they respected that. They didn't have no words, they didn't have no altercation, just two people who ain't never really been in the same building at the same time in a long time. I guess everybody felt a way about that. I talked to Game after that, I talked to Buck after that. Nobody really said anything about it. It wasn't a problem. It was just everybody was in the building, it was a gangsta party. What's wrong with that? It was a lot of ladies, a lot of gangstas, a lot of fun, by the way."

Fullmetal

03-08-2007, 08:30 PM

You sure about that???? :D

Jeezy Clears Up Rumors

March 6th, 2007 | Author: Andres Tardio

During NBA's All Star Weekend, many rap rumors flew wildly. Game Vs. Buck? Jeezy Vs. Game? Well, rumors have to be cleared up, and Jeezy spoke to do just that.
"To be honest with you, I had a ball," Jeezy told MTV last week. "I ain't get [bad vibes] from either one of them. If it was gonna be something, it would have been something. It ain't gotta be no song. We grown. That ain't the way you handle that. If it was a problem, it's a problem, but it wasn't a problem. People made something outta nothing. That's what I hate about the industry. ... I was hearing [rumors]. I was like, 'Hell no.' I was there, that ain't happen.

"I'mma keep it G...It was my party, I was where I was supposed to be. I'm cool with Buck and Game. Just by saying that, they respected that. They didn't have no words, they didn't have no altercation, just two people who ain't never really been in the same building at the same time in a long time. I guess everybody felt a way about that. I talked to Game after that, I talked to Buck after that. Nobody really said anything about it. It wasn't a problem. It was just everybody was in the building, it was a gangsta party. What's wrong with that? It was a lot of ladies, a lot of gangstas, a lot of fun, by the way."

Positive.

http://www.defsounds.com/news/view/1052-game-and-young-buck-squash-beef.html
[beat mostly everyone to this one]

Also, I posted this at like 12;10 am, lol. He probably posted it after, or got it from us;

http://www.defsounds.com/news/view/1026-jeezy-clears-up-rumors.html

Gotta be quick. Some sites don't even care to keep up with the news, though.

This aint a scene... it's A GOT.DAMN.ARMS.RACE. =D