Def Jam had/always has had some heat. But they always sorta had a pure mainstream, "safe" edge to them.
The Roc...cancel Jay & you have to take them out of the running for the top spot although they could operate in a middle of the pack, consistent playoff team type of deal.
Bad Boy...no sir, factor out Big and all you got is Puff dickin disgruntled artists for dough.
Cash Money or No Limit...in their primes, maybe.
My award for strongest roster...
Death Row Records
Snoop D-O-Double G (in his prime before all the Pee Wee football, chuuch and GGW)
Kurupt (take some No Doze and wake ya ass up)
Pac...nuff said
Nate Dogg on the hooks
Dre & Daz on the boards
Make no mistake about it because in their prime, they had the whole world's attention, straight up...not just the rap world, but literally, the whole US and abroad with the murder cases in the news, the beef, the music, flaunting the gang affiliations, etc etc.
Who minded it all?
Suge Knight
Say whatever you want about that man and I might agree with you.
But on a whole, business-wise, Suge set the shit off and made it happen.
Cam callin out Jay? 50 callin out everybody? You're least favorite rapper hating your favorite rapper?
Psssh...
With Suge's influence, intialized with a less than thirty second comment on The Source Awards, Suge had two fuckin coasts at war and his label officially made the West Coast relevant to the hip-hop world again!
Shit...Suge even made it where The Source Awards and most other big media musical events become Wrestlemania Roman numeral blah blah everytime they came up.
Don't get it twisted because I'm not saying that I agree with everything Suge has said or done. Never that.
But I also can seperate business from personal and respect what he created.
Shit, the man never put out an album, never appeared on an album, and has a label that hasn't made noise in years...and he's still eatin and recieving media coverage.
Don't think Suge and The Row had a worthy impact?
Peep this from the Reginald Denis interview that was posted a few weeks ago (read the whole thing if you haven't. It's wonderful).
"And speaking of Source Awards, here’s something that you might find interesting. Did you ever wonder why Suge called out Puffy during the 1995 broadcast? Well a couple of Source staffers were hanging out at the venue during the rehearsals when Biggie and later Suge happened to wander by. Biggie began to voice his displeasure about being on Bad Boy and was talking about possibly making a change. Suge told him that he would be happy to have him at Death Row and that they should talk about how they could make that happen. And that’s how the whole mess started.”
Reggie Denis is a journalist.
But, I don't think he's influenced by all the current politics of hip-hop.
So for him to make mention of that...it all makes you wonder what if fuckin BIG had went to The Row...history would've been drastically different.
So, it's with the West Coast, the label, the music and it's influences that we give you some Dogg Pound Gangsta shit.
Seventeen Death Row/DPG Albums
Daz & Pac - Don't Go To Sleep
Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge & Getback
Snoop - The Game Is To Be Sold Not Told
Snoop - Paid The Cost To Be The Boss
Young Roscoe - Philaphornia
Bad Azz - Personal Business
Bad Azz - Executive Decision
DPG - Corporate Thugging
Bad Azz - Word On The Streets
DPG - Dillinger & Young Gotti
Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Odyssey
Kurupt - The Streetz Iz a Mutha
Kurupt - Kuruption
Kurupt - Against The Grain
DPG - 2002
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001
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I love Jay-z's music as much as the next man.
And I've made the statement that I think the Dips provide some of the most entertaining music, personas, and radio interview that hip-hop has had in a while.
Those are disclaimers before some of you get all in a frenzy.
I'm not picking sides or saying "oooh, _________ won!"
All I'm going to tell you is that for the past few days...Cam has put one word in my head that makes me giggle everytime I hear it.
"Chancletas"
Be mad all you want but I find the shit entertaining as fuck lol.
Last but not least...an offering of sorts to you.
A Challenge.
To be more specific, The Smoking Section "Pass The Smoke" Challenge.
Props to Kim L aka Ms. F. Lupus for bringin this idea up and sponsoring it.
The skinny...
Whoever sends us the most download links wins a free Rapidshare Premium account.
I just got one of these this week & let me tell, it's the truth lol. No limits, faster dl's, no waits.
Basically, all you have to do is upload music and send it in. We'll keep a running tally and the person that has sent in the most at the end of the week, Saturday, January 28, wins the free account.
Simple.
Interested?
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Stray Shots
Keep checking in because we'll be continually updating this section with some newer mixtapes that have dropped and other contributions.
DJ Whoo Kid & Mase - G-Unit Radio Pt. 16, Crucified For The Hood, "10 Years Of Hate"
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Cam'ron - Killa Season [Bootleg Advance] Props to DENEIRE
Clinto Spark & Kanye West - Kiss The Sky Mixtape Props to DENEIRE...get familiar!
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VA-P-Cutta_And_DNA-Taking_The_Industry_By_Storm_Vol._6-(Bootleg)-2006
DJ Drama & Bump-J - Chicagorilla
VA-Dutty_Laundry-Hood_Classics_Leaders_Of_The_New_South_2 -(Bootleg)-2006
Lloyd Banks - Mo Money In The Bank Part 3 Mixtape
Mission - One One of our contributors wanted this but I can't remember who...so whoever you are, thanks and here you go. Finally got it, thanks to another contributor.
RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke
Jel - Soft Money (Anticon 2006)
Danja Mowf - Word of Mowf
K-OS - Exit
Mad Kap - Look Ma Duke, No Hands
Aceyalone - A Book Of Human Language
Aceyalone - Accepted Eclectic
Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
Aceyalone - Grade A
Aceyalone - Hip Hop And The World We Live In
Aceyalone - Love And Hate
Aceyalone, Mikah 9, & Abstract Rude - Haiku D'etat
House of Pain - Same As It Ever Was
Ugly Duckling - Taste The Secret
K-OS - Joyful Rebellion
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Brian McKnight - Anytime Change To .rar
Isley Brothers - Beatiful Ballads
Keyshia Cole (The Mixtape)
Team Invasion (Mixed by DJ Green Lantern)
Next- Rated Next
DJ Whoo Kid Presents Next - The Next Level (2006)
KRS-One - I Got Next
U.N.L.V. - Uptown_4_Life (1996)
Outkast - Atliens
Club Nouveau - Greatest Hits
Mantronix - This Should Move Ya
2nd II None - 2nd II None (1991)
Bobby Womack- In Concert (Woman's Got To Have It)
Monica - All Eyez On Me (Japanese Retail Version With Different Tracks)
TLC - Crazy, Sexy, Cool
Goapele - Change It All
Kanye West Presents GLC & DJ A-Trak: Drive Slow (G.O.O.D. Music)
VA-T-Rock_And_DJ_Scream-4-20-Reincarnated_(The_Mixtape)-(Bootleg)-2006
Curtis Marfield Back To The World (1973) & There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
Midnight Star - Plantetary Invasion
Aaliyah - Ultimate (2005)
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And MrC dropped...well, the usual massive, obese, huge...you know how C does.
PW for all these files is TheSmokingSection
Ill Bill - Early Years Demo - 1991-94
Ill Bill - Howie Made Me Do It
Ill Bill - Ill Bill Is The Future
Ill Bill - What's Wrong With Bill?
Necro - Gory Days
Necro - I Need Drugs
Necro - Necro (EP)
Necro - presents Brutality pt1 ft Mr Hyde, Ill Bill and Gortex {m4a}
Necro - Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 1
Necro - Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 2
Necro - Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 3
Necro - Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 4
Necro - Street Villains Vol. 1
Necro - The Sexorcist
Non Phixion - Gangsta Rap
Non Phixion - The Future Is Now
Non Phixion - The Green CD
Non Phixion - The Past, The Present, And The Future Is Now (limited edition promo)
Non Phixion - This is not an Exercise
Sabac - Sabacolypse (A Change Gon' Come)
The Game - Stop Snitching Stop Lying DVD
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