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Island Def Jam Makes Changes, Fires Entire "Roc La Familia" Staff

by BILLY OCEAN

THURSDAY MAY 10, 2007

For months now, we’ve heard Tru Life claim and praise “Roc La Familia,” the imprint to which he was signed to by Jay-Z in 2006. Although we haven’t heard much about the imprint than scattered pieces of information from Tru Life, it seems Island Def Jam had its own agenda with the label, as it fired the entire staff of Roc La Familia, as well as several other individuals earlier this week.

According to Billboard.com, the rumors had been flying for some time that Island Def Jam would begin to make changes by firing some key members of its staff. Earlier this week, the rumors became true as Def Jam fired Crystal Issacs, a senior national director of mix-show promotions, Ray Romulus, Def Jam’s A&R manager, and the entire Roc La Familia staff, which was responsible for Def Jam’s international projects.

As of now, there has been no word from Tru Life or anyone associated with the label, and it is believed that the layoffs will continue for the remainder of the week.

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Defsounds R

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Defsounds R
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— about 1 year ago

Damn. That reggaeton bullshit was a horrible idea. So they had to get the fuck out!

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Yuso

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Yuso
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— about 1 year ago

So wuts Gone B The Deal Wit Tru Life???

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GUERILLA KID

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GUERILLA KID
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— about 1 year ago

^^^^know you aint b***h @$$ nigga!

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Defsounds R

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Defsounds R
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— about 1 year ago

I don't blame them. Roc la famillia only put out one album the whole time they was there. And it was that Noreaga shit. And that bricked. Now I see why Tru life punched Cam'ron, cause he mad :( awwww Tru Life is out of a deal again. I think they need to face facts their wack.

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

ROC LA FAMALIA WAS SOME PURE SHIT. EVERBODY ON THERE IS AND WAS SOME SHIT. HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY FIRED THEM NIGGAS THEY DID NOT DISCLUDE THE RAPPERS. EVEN TRUE LIFE

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MR.Omerta74

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MR.Omerta74
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— about 1 year ago

Damn they said that Tru Life was Jay's "Pawn". In his "Chess Game" beef with Dip Set.
Now who is Tru Life sign to now. We will see if Hov will sign him to the Roc."Playing Chess with Checker players". I wonder what Dip Set is Thinking.

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EAzyy

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EAzyy
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— about 1 year ago

who is on 'roc la familia' i only knew that tru wife was signed to it
but if they where fired, damn dat nigga tru wife would be damned cuz he didnt even last a year on roc la familia
now the dipset got somthin' to hit tru wife about, look out 4 da diss trackz if this shit is true

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guy brewer

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guy brewer
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— about 1 year ago

we all know he will be on the ROC now cmon ppl.him and beanie can now be official.

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mrmr

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mrmr
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— about 1 year ago

Yeah, i see that coming. Reggaeton is dying off here in the states. Reggaeton was nothing orginal everything they do in that music is old, shit reggae artist been doing years before. Reggaeton sucks ass.And for tru-life we will see if Jay-z gonna sign him to rock-a-fella or def jam.But Tru-Life ain't that nice and ain't that creative from what i hear from him so far, his entire rap career is surrounded by dissing dip-set, gotta do more then that. 50 cents diss people but can back it up with a club banger that's the difference.

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Jokesta

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Jokesta
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— about 1 year ago

REALRAPMD cut that "First" shit out...

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dangerLAsoul

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dangerLAsoul
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— about 1 year ago

Nobody gives a fuck about Tru-life anyway. Reggaeton was a fad, snap dancing is a fad. things die out, let's hope def jam is committed to restoring validity to hip hop

real ass rap

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

YO EVERYBODY DOES IT BUT WHEN I DO IT ITS A PROBLEM? THAT MUST BE WHY THEY CALL YOU JOKESTA.

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Cory.P

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Cory.P
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— about 1 year ago

hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

I wonder what that wanna be tuff guy/Fool True life gonna say next.hahahaha

Now if dipset wasn't comepletely full of bitches,
1 of them coulda Took this news straight to the bank, and by bank i mean Booth/ Diss records.lol.. hahahahahaha Good for his ass.
I hope he is 1 of them ppl who is gettin let go

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GUERILLA KID

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GUERILLA KID
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— about 1 year ago

dont worry jokesta i got this stupid dumbf**k. stupid @$$ nigga is never first!

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Jokesta

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Jokesta
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— about 1 year ago

everybody does it and when i see it I delete it...now then why would you keep posting it after it was deleted already?..cut it out or get banned.

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aniya-jayblu

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aniya-jayblu
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— about 1 year ago

man yall feel how wanna feel bt i don't really like the way people be talking bout tru life i an't here to tell yall how to feel so with that iam just gon say i hope tru get sign to the roc and i hope him the best cause every time some sat he's wack it keep thinking about that crazy song on his tru york mixtape that shit touched my heart that shit made me view a lotta of things differently if yall an't heard let me know ill give yall the link but trust me after that crazy eye opener joint there you an't gonna never say he wack again cause i don't think even jay or nas or lupe whoever common no one can never make somehting like dat i'll be back i finna go listen to that shit right now holla if you want the link

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dholt23
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— about 1 year ago

where was that shit going anyway who cares the roc is washed up anyway

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

GUERILLA KID — 2 minutes ago
dont worry jokesta i got this stupid dumbf**k. stupid @$$ nigga is never first!

WORKING WITH THE PO PO HUH. SO GAY

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aniya-jayblu

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aniya-jayblu
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— about 1 year ago

damn my typos is bad than a mug i guess i was mad when i wrote that shit huh?

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tone8834

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tone8834
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— about 1 year ago

they didnt say the label is finished they might have to hire a new staff but if it is finished im sure tru life will sign with the roc either that or hes gonna have to go wit snoop which is shady since he reps NY so hard thats one of the reasons y he went to the roc and now if he talk more shut about cam dipset gonna bring up this shit alll day

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tone8834

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tone8834
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— about 1 year ago

*shit

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IMMORTALITY4EVA
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— about 1 year ago

Fiya Tru Dykes Azz As Well

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djtema

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djtema
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— about 1 year ago

hows reggeaton gay? if u dunt understand the music and culture dun call it gay...idiots..jus kill yoself...twice

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rapgod

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rapgod
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— about 1 year ago

DOES THIS MEAN OG JUAN WAS FIRED!!! this dont mean shit!!!!OG juan started da roc and just because def jam dropped them dont mean they cant get their own shit going!!fuckin dipset fans gettin their dicks out!!!!
put that shit back in your pants!!!!
OH YEAH AND NEWSFLASH!!!!!!!
JAY -Z MY FAVORITE RAPPA, but def jam kickin that nigga out the door after this year. WATCH

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aniya-jayblu
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— about 1 year ago

naw rap god if they don't kick em out this year it want matter cause his term is up anyway this his last year regaurdless he was suppose to serve only three years and to the people comming down on my mans tru saying he can't rap or whatever go look for (tru life's -i hate rap) listen to that and tell me you feel the same

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REALRAPMD — about 1 hour ago
GUERILLA KID — 2 minutes ago
dont worry jokesta i got this stupid dumbf**k. stupid @$$ nigga is never first!

WORKING WITH THE PO PO HUH. SO GAY

okay vanilla ice find a new hobby. stop b***hing cuz you aint first. now go and put up the same old post of the quote i said. go ahead. you notice how no one ever responds to your stupid @$$? ahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

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billtimore

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billtimore
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— about 1 year ago

whats the link aniya?

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icebergChien

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icebergChien
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— about 1 year ago

Y’all missing the whole point, DEF JAME fired ROC LA’s staff, they didn’t drop the ROC LA label/projects, meaning they will replace the old staff w/ New heads that are ready to get down the way Def Jams gets down. And for the Record, Jay Initially signed Tru life to ROC LA just incase Dame & Kareem weren’t gona sell their Shares of Roc a fella, it was a business move he didn’t want them Eating off Tru life shit, he wanted all the profits to go in his pockets.
So As far as Tru life is concern he’s still On, The nigga y’all should be checking on is O.G Joan, he been fucking up ROC La for a min, plus as a ROC fan I never like how CAM & JIM always be shouting him out on their records, if you ask me the mo’fucka could be stealing Budget money, so it was time he got the Boot

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WhoozThaBoss
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— about 1 year ago

I feel sorry for the people that lost their jobs.... ON THE OTHER HAND... Tru-Life has nothing to say now. He has no home. I doubt Jay will sign him to Rocafella, honestly... But you never know. I'd love to see how this plays out.

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REALRAPMD — about 1 hour ago
YO EVERYBODY DOES IT BUT WHEN I DO IT ITS A PROBLEM?

haha!!! look at the way this nigga is whining just to be first!!! omigos this ish is too funny.

THE INFAMOUS LINE!!!!

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billtimore

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billtimore
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— about 1 year ago

they need to get rid of defjam alltogether, the only thing they had going for them was the original def comedy jam. and oh yea, def jam icon sucked, fuckin waste of 60 dollas. if anybody wanna buy it just reply wit details.

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

IM THE REAL BOSS

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

MAN NIGGAS HATIN ON ME IN HERE. GAY ASS NIGGAS. THEIR ALL JOKERS THOUGH

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rapgod

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rapgod
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— about 1 year ago

TRU LIFE - ROCAFELLA?
OG JUAN - DIPSET?
real rap md - ROC LA FAMILIA?

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

COME ON MAN. WHO LET THE GOLDEN CHILD UP IN THIS MUTHA FUKA

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rapgod

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rapgod
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— about 1 year ago

ok .... ok jus kiddin dont get all ay on me now...........
naw but for real ......
EVERYBODY IN THIS BITCH !!!!!! FROM NOW ON JUST TO SEE

4 SHITS and GRINS

WE ARE ALL RAPPPERS ......WHAT LABEL ARE YOU WIT?

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

IM ON DEFJAM HAPPY TO HAVE MY NAME ATTACHED TO A MAJOR LABEL BUT GETTING A MINIMAL PUSH SIMILAR TO UNCLE MURDER AND TRUE LIFE.

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REALRAPMD

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REALRAPMD
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— about 1 year ago

rapgod AKA MR BEAN, HOW ABOUT YOU

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somepimp
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— about 1 year ago

HAHAHAHAHAHA TRUUUUUUUUUU LIFFFFFEEEEEEEEEES A BITCHH CANT MAKE SONGS SO HE RUNS UP ON OTHER ARTISTS MANN KEEP IT ON THE TRACK I HOPE HIS ASS GETS FIRED NEXT THEN JAY Z WILL LEAVE GO START A LABEL WITH BEYONCE ROFLMFAO FUKKK THEM GOOOFS

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rapgod

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rapgod
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— about 1 year ago

MMMM>>>>>AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE
in it fo the $$$$$$$$$$$$

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dangerLAsoul

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dangerLAsoul
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— about 1 year ago

Jokesta, I usually just say my piece and keep it moving...

But the validity of this site is being compromised by these idiots. This site to me is everything the source magazine isn't. And I am a music editor at my college. So I feel music is important. You gotta ban some of these niggas cause they A- can't speak their minds clearly, and B- they're just retarded.

Get it together man, for the sake of the site

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dangerLAsoul
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— about 1 year ago

Oh and Good pooint Rapgod, very good point

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GUERILLA KID

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REALRAPMD — 21 minutes ago
IM ON DEFJAM HAPPY TO HAVE MY NAME ATTACHED TO A MAJOR LABEL BUT GETTING A MINIMAL PUSH SIMILAR TO UNCLE MURDER AND TRUE LIFE.

nigga you on koch records. they were even hesitant to sign your wack @$$. and thats after asylum dropped you.

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rapgod

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rapgod
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— about 1 year ago

ALLEY OOP !!! AND HE SCORES !!!!!!
GOOD ONE G KID!!!!
NAH BUT DANGER LA SOUL GOTTA POINT!!!!

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REALRAPMD

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— about 1 year ago

DAMN NIGGAS IS VIRGINS *SHAKIN MY BREAD*

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REALRAPMD

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— about 1 year ago

I LUV IT WHEN YOU GUYS ARE SILENCED

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rapgod
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— about 1 year ago

ITS CALLED BEING AT WORK BIOCH!!!!!!!

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the king
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its called ridin gurellia kids nuts rap god

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macmilly
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— about 1 year ago

fuck tru life da rapper and da one who be in da forum and whoever feelin dat nigga dipset all day

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aniya-jayblu

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aniya-jayblu
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— about 1 year ago

just go to dat piff at look for tru york mixtape and listen to i hate rap

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Q.GRIFF
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— about 1 year ago

Yo, you niggas is half retarded. Nobody said anything about the artists getting dropped...it said the staff got fired...the artists aint apart of the staff. Roc la familia was made for that wack ass Reggaeton shit. Reggaeton is over. So why keep the label with a whole staff to pay? Tru Life dont rap in spanish so he could and should just be on the Roc. Which is exactly what's about to happen. I sware some of you niggas is dumb as dog shit....And for anybody saying Jay is gonna be gone at the end of the year, why would you fire the man that helped you corner the market?...Def Jam is the ONLY label eating...The have the best roster and they have the best execs(ie. Jayz, JD, LA Reid) who's fucking with that?

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CrazedHipHop
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— about 1 year ago

Q Griff you must be smoking if you think Def Jam is the only label eating. Interscope is eating more then Def Jam is. Interscope got Pac, Em and 50... the top 3 selling artist in hip hop... no one is eating more then Interscope! Check ya sources before your drop your knowledge.

Anyway, it doesn't matter at the end cause Universal owns both Def Jam and Interscope so they are technically the same family. Universal is the biggest music label with the largest market share in sales, so no one is touching them at all and probably never will. Again, Def Jam might have a better roster in your opinion, but Interscope is def eating and getting paid.

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don burgos
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— about 1 year ago

haha, tru life talked so much shit bout koch n shit, now look at him, dont even got a label, lmao

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HipHop

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HipHop
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— about 1 year ago

PLEASE DON'T TRY TO WAER THAT CHAIN OUT IN PUBLIC...FOR YOU WILL BE LAUGHED AT. YOU CAN RECYCLE THAT ROC LA CHAIN.

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CrazedHipHop

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CrazedHipHop
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— about 1 year ago

Ok, i thought people had common sense and were able to read and comprehend what they read. No? Where does it say that Roc La Familia is no longer in existence or not a label anymore? Did I not read a line that the people on here read? They fired the staff and people who ran it. I don't see anything about the label going anywhere as of right now unless you niggas ahead of me are able to tell the future. Tru still has a label, and his album is still being produced and executive produced by Snoop and Jay. So what are you bums talking about?

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REALRAPMD — about 16 hours ago
DAMN NIGGAS IS VIRGINS *SHAKIN MY BREAD*

haha! when this nigga is outta ammo he resorts to the virgin jokes. come on nigga thats played out already. doesnt banging your slutty mom count? what happened barbara bush i thought you were hard? aw see nigga, you goin down just like the king aka queen elizabeth. hahahahahahaha! and stop shakin ya BREAD nigga i dont even know what the f**k that means.

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@CrazedHipHop:

Nigga you must have rode the short bus...Pac is dead! his albums are all old material and they aint even going gold no more.

Eminem is going thru a divorce, just left rehab, is probably on suicide watch and aint dropped an album in over 3 years! They aint eating off Eminem right now stupid.

50 aint dropped an album in 3 years either and his whole G-Unit Roster just flopped horribly...They aint eating off 50 right now either.

It aint 2004! Interscope aint eating right now. THE ONLY LABEL EATING RIGHT NOW IS DEF JAM...when was the last time an interscope artist went Platinum?

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Chaos96
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— about 1 year ago

its sad label owners keep the ass acs for money but not the acts that actually have traces of potential and talent.

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sqad
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@CrazedHipHop:
Nigga you must have rode the short bus...Pac is dead! his albums are all old material and they aint even going gold no more.
Eminem is going thru a divorce, just left rehab, is probably on suicide watch and aint dropped an album in over 3 years! They aint eating off Eminem right now stupid.

yeah but, Q Griff - you're still a bum ass nigga - no one cares - really

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sqad:

Your moms a bum ass nigga...Eat shit and die dick face.

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CrazedHipHop
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— about 1 year ago

Oh Q Griff, Q Griff, you have some good points, but you fail miserably. Name me a list of Def Jam artist who are plat and eating, Please list. I can name two right off the back with out thinking, and the are The Game, and Snoop both dropped an album on Geffen and under the Interscope label and went platinum lol I also guarantee you that 50 will out sell the entire Def Jam catalog this year, and when Em drops this year, his shit will also go Plat a few times. I named two Interscope artist, and two about to drop, who on Def Jam is eating lol Jeezy? Jay? With a 50 million dollar marketing budget and he nudged barely 2 mill? Hmmm in the real world thats called a flop when you don't meet operating cost lol Akon went 2x plat with no marketing! So bus driver, name your artist.

With whatever 50 and Em already sold, they are eating a million times over then the whole Def Jam catalog combined in album sales. Everyone on Interscope could sell 3 albums from now till forever and they * interscope * will have more money in album sale receipts then the whole Def Jam combined. Real Talk!

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Dis some real funny shit, Did Def Jam Just come around to founding out that they had a whole fuckin grew on there payroll dat was getting paid for just showing up,And for

"CrazedHipHop"
With whatever 50 and Em already sold, they are eating a million times over then the whole Def Jam catalog combined in album sales. Everyone on Interscope could sell 3 albums from now till forever and they * interscope * will have more money in album sale receipts then the whole Def Jam combined. Real Talk!

Dam ma'dud you must have fallin out of bed in hit your fuckin head. Do you no how much Def Jam has nigga.How could you say some realtalking bullshit like that an then use real talk after it.Interscope is not fucking with def jam.Def jam got old money new money.Em is shit right now 50 new shit is not going to go to far cause them niggas lost alot of there fan base.And the rest of them g-unit niggas are not feel so good right now.If they want to see some paper g-unit better let the real dogs go like MOP,Spider and so on.Nigga go back in the files next time you open your pc cause you just sounded real stupid with that shit.Just from back in the days like the early 80s everything that was on the radio as far as rap and mostly all the big acts were on def jam everything... Kool Moe D, Run DMC, Fat Boys just to name a few good men,And the MR Blow himself and hopefully you no Mr BLOW he's was the father of rap,and KING. Now thats some real talk for your ass

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@CrazedHipHop:

1) What 50 and Em drop later has nothing to do with how the label is eating right now.
2) Who told you jay spent 50 million on marketing stupid. Did you see the reciepts? are you his accountant? You have no idea what he spent on marketing. and 2x platinum is NEVER a flop especially when everyone else is struggling to go gold.
3)Jeezy,Ludacris,Jay,Juelz,Neyo,Rhiannna...just about everybody that went plat was def Jam
4) Snoop aint plat. Game may have just barely made it. Interscope been catching bricks for the like 2 years straight. Even Gwen Steffani flopped. Interscope aint starving but they for damn sure aint eating like Def Jam.
5) Your mamas a janitor

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CrazedHipHop

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CrazedHipHop
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— about 1 year ago

Pnobronx, WOW! What the fuck are you talking about with the artist you named? When was Run Dmc ever on Def Jam? Because Run was brothers with Russ, that makes them automatically a Def Jam member? Hmmm I'm looking at one of my records from Run DMC, actually two, and none of them say Def Jam. Actually it has Profile MCA symbol. Fat Boys? Hmmm wrong again. Not Def Jam. Kool Moe D? No, sorry, he was never distributed by the great Def Jam either. Kurtis Blow was, wow 1 out of 4? That's a 25% accuracy rate. In the real world, that would mean bullshit and your words could never be taken seriously or hold no weight. You forgot about my man LL, he carried Def Jam on his back wit the Beasties till the other heavy weights could come and make Def Jam what it is today. But hmm Pnobronx, thank you for taking me down memory lane and for the half assed history lesson. I'll ask Don Imus next time to teach me about old school hip hop instead of you. Come back again though.

Now Q Griff, I thought u were a lil bit smarter and mature then to start with the name calling, but I can tell since you like to have avi's with a hip hop artist pointing a gun to look cool, I must have been fooling myself. Actually if you go look up Snoops album, worldwide, he is 1 million now, and so is Eminems Re Up. U2 dropped a platinum double disc live album, and most def can't forget about Eminems favorite homosexual Elton John. You said Gwen flopped? You must have went to the same school as Pnobronx. I'll list my source for Gwen but she sold more albums then Jay lol She is double platinum in Canada according to the RIAA and plat in the US. See I can't think of all the artist from Interscope off the top of my head. But they have a shit load of them in a lot of genre. According to the RIAA, Juelz is close to platinum, but ouch not there yet. Maybe if u and ur friends go out and purchase a few more thousands, maybe it can happen! Rhi and Ne Yo did. Good for you.

You see Griff, at least you give me semi decent answers. I told you,you have a little bit of intelligence and I respect that but really if you are going to be in a debate, mature my son, and get out of the 3rd grade mentality. The momma jokes, and ur this shit gets you no where. Grow up and be mature. Stop acting like an ass to make points. That shit doesn't cut it in the real world.

Oh yeah, about the Jay Z marketing cost, from Budwiser to the numerous tv spots and high priced sport interludes, NY Times did a report into the millions and 50 mill was a lot, but I'll find that article and show you what it cost to advertise Kingdom Come. It didn't come out of Jay's pocket, no not the all mighty Jay, he just had a bigger budget for advertisement versus every other roster member on Def Jam. * Poor Joe Buddens! He will never drop.* Again, when you get into college, you will learn, when you spend more then what you reap, its called a loss.

To the two of you, I'm not knocking Def Jam and the Empire they are, I mean they've been there from the start almost of the birth of hip hop, through the golden era, and now what we have today, but my point is, Interscope has more albums sold then Def Jam total right now. I love Will Smith and the millions he sells for Interscope, but back to the point, we will see how much 50 will sell cause remember his album is a double album and even if he sells 1 million its 2 or so on. But we are talking about now.

Gwen's album sold - http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php

Mary mary, why you buggin? Mary Mary I need ya huggin! ...

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— about 1 year ago

@ Crazedhiphop:

good points...you intellectually "son'd" these whipper-snappers...but overall, you're arguing with fools, children who dont know hip hop, OR general back-end business operations...so -50 points for you for actually addressing such foolishness

in reference to the article:

reggaeton is not dead and it will not die, i say that and i am NOT a fan of the gasolina nonsense-and IM PUERTO RICAN...grow up kids, whether you like the genre or not, your favorite exect will still operate a label to cater to the genre in a crazy effort to actually "cut a profit"...roc la will hire a bunch of new asshole A&R's and marketing honchos and theyll go back to the drawing board to devise a plan on keeping pooh-put tru life gangsta and conscience on one album

wake up folks

UNIVERSAL OWNS BOTH INTERSCOPE AND DEF JAM

DUH!! and you meatheads are bickering about who makes more!

at the end of the day a WHITE MAN eats off all this, his name is DOUG MORRIS

even he has a group of french people he sucks up too. who? google VIVENDI for your answer

class dismissed

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— about 1 year ago

@ harlem hustler I stated what you said already, but they were trying to school me on some bullshit that they had no clue about and artist making this or that, so I had to educate them real quick.

CrazedHipHop — "Hug Me Baby One More Time" — 1 day ago

Anyway, it doesn't matter at the end cause Universal owns both Def Jam and Interscope so they are technically the same family. Universal is the biggest music label with the largest market share in sales, so no one is touching them at all and probably never will. Again, Def Jam might have a better roster in your opinion, but Interscope is def eating and getting paid.

I also made a commment that if a French hip hop artist got into a beef with an American artist, he could drop a diss record, and then Ether the situation and say, French Niggas Run You, ask Vivendi!

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— about 1 year ago

hahaha

+20 for that one

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— about 1 year ago

I'm actually spending time and looking things up and damn Fergie went 3x platinum, and then Robin Thicke is 1x plat and then the Black Eyed Peas album went 9x platinum worldwide and 3x plat in the US on 12/21 all according to RIAA standings, and Q Griff said Interscope is flopping! My gaaaaawd! They are baaaaalllin!

Anyways harlemhustler, you seem like a smart dude. You should join the forums where the real minds talk, we have some bullshit but we expose them and put them in place! You should just give me all my points back +20 since I was just dropping bombs on these fools like they were Hiroshima and Nagasaki! I'll probably get some I'm gay jokes and my momma is a whore from these two.

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— about 1 year ago

@ CRAZEDHIPHOP:

You gotta understand my dude...theres a lot of adolescents on here who consider WuTang "old school"...i over heard some children on an elevator who said "50 cent is better than Nas"...WHAT?! i wanted to slap the youngin'...anywayz...if you on the myspace holla @ a me on some grown man 'ish: www.myspace.com/thegordoncorporation

and anyone interested in a lil networking--LETS GET IT

OH and by the way...

**IF YOUR READING THIS AND BETWEEN THE AGES 14-19 AND FIND YOURSELF CAUGHT UP IN THIS PROPAGANDA OF RECORD SALES IN HIP HOP---go SLAP yourself, do it twice...cause not only are you naive enough to let Hot97 tell you whats "hot" but your also the same jerks who think lyrical skills and song writing ability is determined by soundscan**

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— about 1 year ago

^^^ Co-sign!!!

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— 10 months ago

Damn. Tru-Life was good too...

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