Hey L.A. Reid, the 80′s called…
…and they want their blissfully oblivious executives back.
UPDATE: Here’s the video of L.A. talking to the local press in Belize.
News 7 out of Belize is reporting that LA Reid flew down there in a private jet to secure Mr. Barrow’s signature on his (allegedly) hefty new Def Jam contract. Not for nothing, but this is the type of excessive shit that has the music industry in the state it’s in now. Really? You couldn’t have just faxed the shit down there? After a quick perusal of these two links , I’d (conservatively) estimate the cost of this little publicity stunt at somewhere around $25,000 and that’s not even including the flight back and incidentals. And let’s not even talk about the environmental impact.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that IDJ is gonna end up regretting this whole agreement. I don’t even think they’re gonna recoup the cost of this excursion, much less that ridiculous contract. What year do they think it is? And what artist do they have Shyne confused with? Last time I checked, Godfather Buried Alive only went Gold and that was with a whole big attempted murder trial and conviction that involved Puff and Jennifer Lopez. I’d like to see how the marketing department plans on topping that in this day and age.
Hey look, I know this trip won’t bankrupt Def Jam, and I’m sure they have a budget for this type of fuckery (no doubt to be indirectly charged back to Shyne somehow), but it’s the principle of the thing. What kind of message does this send? If I’m a stockholder and I see this type of shit I have to wonder what these guys are doing with my money.
My guestimate of the first week #s for Shyne’s comeback album: 30K.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:39 am
And let’s not even talk about the environmental impact.
^
eskay fell off
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:40 am
______________________________________________PO!
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:40 am
And let’s not even talk about the environmental impact.
^Nah Right gone green
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:40 am
KzA’s internet usage is monitored at work…and at home.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:40 am
caring about the environment is not gangsta eskay
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:40 am
Eskays alive after all?
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:41 am
Yo Beezy stop swagger jacking
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:41 am
And let’s not even talk about the environmental impact.
^cant breath
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:41 am
Shyne look like a Bozo
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:42 am
Let’s just hope the music is good. This niggas voice recovers and the music will at least be listenable.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:42 am
Nah Right Lite
Jay-Z’s Role in NY Casino Deal Spawns Federal Investigation
^^^^
GATTTTTTTT!
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
L.A. Reid + DefJam = Straight GABBAGE
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
eskay tags subway trains with non-toxic, Zero VOC, Ethylene Glycol-free spray paint
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
real talk, I just had the most empowering conversation on the phone, with a perfect stranger. My life will forever be changed. Shits disgusting.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
Flying to Belize to get contract signed isn’t excessive. If you are an exec and you are making a “7 figure” investment, then you go and make sure the deal is inked. Any good business man making that type of investment is going to follow thru…..The only fuckery was them signing shyne to a 7 figure deal. I agree with your 30k projection…give or take 10k….
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:44 am
real talk, I just had the most empowering conversation on the phone, with a perfect stranger. My life will forever be changed. Shits disgusting.
^
Your welcome my son
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 am
I agree with your view Eskay but I believe DefJam looks at that trip as part of their marketng campaign. They want to present the image as if this signing was so significant that it warranted the trip down there to secure him as an artist.
Now I know damn well, this deal dont mean shit. Shyne buzz been over before his first day in jail… Money wasted!
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 am
The deal looks crazy, but when you think about it, Shyne has international market potential….hell, the publicity stunt was in Belize.
Def Jam might think they have a gangsterish-Akon/Wyclef on there hands or something
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:47 am
Kza still sleeps in pyjamas with the feet on em nh
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:47 am
If I’m a stockholder and I see this type of shit I have to wonder what these guys are doing with my money.
^
eskays a stockholder in pelle pelle
All $124 of his life-savings
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:47 am
@COLD-
you can’t be saying your life is changed from a convo with a stranger and not say what the convo was
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:47 am
cOLD Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
real talk, I just had the most empowering conversation on the phone, with a perfect stranger. My life will forever be changed. Shits disgusting.
^this made me start talking to random people more often, ya never know….rubies are sometimes found in the most unexpected places (c) BroliC
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:48 am
Your welcome my son
^ i’m saying its, funny how random chance convo, could bolster the kid.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:48 am
shyne is wack… what a waste of time and money…
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:48 am
less than 30k US but international he should do alright (no 50 cent)
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:49 am
cOLD spoke to Tim Thomas from Seven Pounds
He’s donating him hair follicles to help with the receding hairline
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
LA Reid is finished, his days at Universal are numbered. Shnye is dope tho, but I think he overbidded.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
cOLD spoke to Tim Thomas from Seven Pounds
He’s donating him hair follicles to help with the receding hairline
^WAAAAAAAHAHAA
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
Side note: since when is it wack to at least be somewhat thoughtful about the environment?
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 am
Fresh Huxtable Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
Side note: since when is it wack to at least be somewhat thoughtful about the environment?
^Fuck the world
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 am
KzA suckles breast milk from male boarhogs …
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 am
Fresh Huxtable Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
Side note: since when is it wack to at least be somewhat thoughtful about the environment?
^
when you eat the equivalent of 3 cows per day in Burger King like eskay
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:52 am
@COLD-
you can’t be saying your life is changed from a convo with a stranger and not say what the convo was
^i’ll just say it was reinforcement to a dwindling ideology. Dude had Gems for days…
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:52 am
cOLD spoke to god at the god hour …
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:52 am
* land’s it up*
* enter Nah, disregards daps*
* lands etherous blow [n] with second comment*
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:53 am
landlord Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 am
KzA suckles breast milk from male boarhogs …
^
I was waitin for this rotten evil motherfucker (c) rick james to get wind of this..
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:53 am
I think most of Shyne’s buzz the first time around came from his vocal resemblance to Biggie. Puff stays trying to replace cats: Biggie to Shyne, Loon to Mase, Mysa Hilton to Kim Porter to the ATL jumpoff to Cassie
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:53 am
shyne is wack… what a waste of time and money
^L.A reid overstands its more about the stunt than the actual project.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:53 am
>>>let’s not even talk about the environmental impact
Honestly Es, why did you say that? Cause I know you weren’t really thinking that….
I think Def jam knows what they’re doing….maybe their goals are not the same goals we think of or have in mind, but I think they know. And yes, Shyne has international market potential.
Personally, I was looking forward to hearing new music from shyne….but now I don’t know…and it’s not just cause I saw the pictures in this post.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
KzA’s mom makes him pose for pictures whenever he has a “milk” moustache
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
lmao this nigga og shoeshine on the radio talking extra intelligent damn an ass woopin does wonders
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
Whats the huge obsession these execs have with Shyne.
Sylvia Rhone, Lyor and Diddy used to froth at the mouth at the mention of Shyne before he was signed.
Then after he left Bad Boy he signed with Def Jam for $10 mil.
Now a 3rd bidding war with a 7 figure contract…
Shyne is good but Gold at best
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
I was waitin for this rotten evil motherfucker (c) rick james to get wind of this..
——
whats the history?… why are you being ceremoniously ethered anyway?… did you type something stupid?…
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:55 am
I like Shynes music and all..
Who the fuck knows who Shyne is nowadays? Dude is completely out of realm of todays music fan (younger generation)
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:55 am
“Not for nothing, but this is the type of excessive shit that has the music industry in the state it’s in now. Really? You couldn’t have just faxed the shit down there?”
—–
Spoken like a true hater.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:56 am
I think Def jam knows what they’re doing….maybe their goals are not the same goals we think of or have in mind, but I think they know. And yes, Shyne has international market potential.
^^^
No-Sign on any of this
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:56 am
landlord Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
I was waitin for this rotten evil motherfucker (c) rick james to get wind of this..
——
whats the history?… why are you being ceremoniously ethered anyway?… did you type something stupid?…
^
lol no people were just inquiring into my financial situation and found it comical that i live at the parents crib
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:56 am
Chief Ali AKA The One Who Stay Building Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:54 am
KzA’s mom makes him pose for pictures whenever he has a “milk” moustache
………..
meh … i do the same thing to these slores whats thw big deal?
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:56 am
LF: Room For Improvement is getting replay spins since it came on random on the iphone
Solid mixtape
* puts up shield*
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:57 am
>>Honestly Es, why did you say that? Cause I know you weren’t really thinking that….
obviously I was if I said it. look, if i was a baller i’d fly private too, but not for no shit like this.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Londons moms juggles semen filled hyperdemic needles for sport.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Def Jam lost.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
eskay need to stop caring about the environment and start caring about his heart and arteries
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:59 am
lmao this nigga og shoeshine on the radio talking extra intelligent damn an ass woopin does wonders
^^
lol dude was eloquent, talking about how he was standing up for black people n shit
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:59 am
eskay Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:57 am
>>Honestly Es, why did you say that? Cause I know you weren’t really thinking that….
obviously I was if I said it. look, if i was a baller i’d fly private too, but not for no shit like this.
^Yo, so you mean this eskay guy isnt some internet folklore?
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:59 am
cOLD Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Londons moms juggles semen filled hyperdemic needles for sport.
^
The sperm was supplied by your moms
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:59 am
obviously I was if I said it. look, if i was a baller i’d fly private too, but not for no shit like this.
^ the stunt aspect is working, look all the bloggers are reporting. PR 101.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 am
Is this NahRight’s version of YN’s blackout? NahRight?
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 am
KzA says
and found it comical that i live at the parents crib
————-
KzA’s sits in a booster seat at Applebee’s …
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 am
Eskay rides First class on the subway only
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 am
I think Def jam knows what they’re doing….maybe their goals are not the same goals we think of or have in mind, but I think they know. And yes, Shyne has international market potential.
^^^
No-Sign on any of this
^^^ Did you even stop for 1 second to think about the phrase “maybe their goals are not the same goals we think of or have in mind”….do I have to explain everything or can you do something on your own?
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:00 am
eskay need to stop caring about the environment and start caring about his heart and arteries
^
lol
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 am
wow.. eskay done went pg.. I remember looking for a mixtape a while back and the first comment i see is eskay saying he’ll spit in someone mouth
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 am
TLC’s The Little Blogger, starring Ashmi Rawlins
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 am
Fuck the new DEF JAM they fired all the ADR’s in january, so that “the deal lookin ass nigga” could fly to belize to sign a contract to further bury def jam in the ground. Def Jam will be folding soon……
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:02 am
lmao this nigga og shoeshine on the radio talking extra intelligent damn an ass woopin does wonders
^^
lol dude was eloquent, talking about how he was standing up for black people n shit
^^
he should thank Epic Beard Man for knocking some sense into him
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:02 am
LA Reids ego is sinking Island/Def Jam. He fucked up Rihannas project, Mariahs project….hes a goner…
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:02 am
I’ll still spit in your food while you and wifey are eating.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:02 am
obviously I was if I said it. look, if i had a successful blog i’d rant too, but not for no shit like this.
—–
fixed
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:03 am
b-ease Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
Def Jam lost.
——–
the day LAReid was hired, they lost… him and Babyface and Pebbles had already fucked up their label (LaFace) and toni braxton and TLC’s money, but niggas musta forget …
who sent that faggot?
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:03 am
Beezy Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 am
TLC’s The Little Blogger, starring Ashmi Rawlins
^thats my time
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:03 am
LA Reids ego is sinking Island/Def Jam. He fucked up Rihannas project, Mariahs project….hes a goner…
^
he better cut off his son
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 am
whats wrong with this mother fucker that wrote the article, you gon pussy, who the fuck cares. Shyne guna kill it, smarten up.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 am
if i said it i meant it, bite my tongue for no one.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 am
>>Honestly Es, why did you say that? Cause I know you weren’t really thinking that….
obviously I was if I said it. look, if i was a baller i’d fly private too, but not for no shit like this.
^^
I just thought it was a weird thing to say considering there’s thousands of planes flying in any given moment of the day. And I’m not saying that with any hate….I’m serious.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 am
KzA still gets tucked in the bed at night.
Sources in the Jersey Shore area also confirmed he sleeps with a night light and Young Money themed security blanket.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 am
^^^
who sent these niggas?
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 am
Remember that scene from Baby Boy where Omar Gooding lined those dudes up and stole on them one by one? We should have Epic Beard Man do that to a bunch of rappers and knock sense into all of them.
Wacka Flocka would go from “ohlehdoooit” to “Oh, let’s do it” at a very minimum.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 am
They put me in the hospital and gave me 7 sandwiches man… 7 sandwiches and 4 cartons of milk.
-Epic Beard Man
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:06 am
3months in hip hop now is 1 or 2 years in 90s and 80s hip hop how long has he been gone ? nobody gives a shit about this dude especially not the kids that actually buy records . . .
this is the same guy on that khalled record right that sounded like freddy kruger got at his vocal cords and that song got droped so if water boy outsmarts you business wise the outlook is VERY BAD
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:06 am
Esaky calculatin carbon footprints and shit…fuck outta here.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:07 am
We were going to Frisco to get some weed…for our arthritis…
-Epic Beard Man
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:08 am
Cypher Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 am
wow.. eskay done went pg.. I remember looking for a mixtape a while back and the first comment i see is eskay saying he’ll spit in someone mouth
^
nahright was funny when eskay was still delusional fantasist rather than a corporate robot
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:08 am
Im not saying Shyne isnt talented but….
Believe there will be a BET type reality to show like T.I Road to Redemption
An international tour around Caribbean because Shyne is banned from US and UK
Keyshia Cole,Akon,Barrington Levy etc are his only acceptable potential crossovers. Shyne on a hip pop track will alienate his fanbase.
He might get a salary of $100000 after its all said and done. Remember he is an ex con, how many ex cons you know can walk out of jail with a $100000 a year salary?
But when its all said and done, LA Reid has failed…
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:09 am
>>I just thought it was a weird thing to say considering there’s thousands of planes flying in any given moment of the day. And I’m not saying that with any hate….I’m serious.
well that’s true, which is why that wasn’t the basis of the post. I figured somebody would care about that aspect, so I mentioned it. the point i’m trying to make is that the whole thing was excessive, financially and enviormentally. I’m sure people charter jets every day for more trivial shit than this. but when it’s a corporation doing it, for an clearly misguided investment, and turns it into a publicity stunt, it’s going overboard. but whatever, like I said, I’d fly private too if I had it like that.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:10 am
KzA’s is on punishment right now …
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:10 am
>>nahright was funny when eskay was still delusional fantasist rather than a corporate robot
come on, I’ll piss in your coffee nigga.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:11 am
HEs not allowed in the us right ? so they just gave a huge as contract so someone who cant tour in the biggest market in world . . .
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:12 am
come on, I’ll piss in your coffee nigga.
^
At least you know your place in the scheme of things, making the coffee
Get me a donut while you’re at it.
And don’t eat it this time fatboy
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:13 am
At least you know your place in the scheme of things, making the coffee
Get me a donut while you’re at it.
And don’t eat it this time fatboy
^^^
cot damn LMAO
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:31 am
At least you know your place in the scheme of things, making the coffee
Get me a donut while you’re at it.
And don’t eat it this time fatboy
^^^^
NICE
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Realtalk though: People who weren’t born in the 80s never heard of Shyne, especially overseas. What’s there to say he has international market potential? If Shyne does (after seven years off the commercial market’s radar), who hasn’t?
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:03 pm
It ain’t about dudes music.
Industry talk is that L.A. is doing all this spending on Shyne to spite PUFFY and somehow Jo-Lo is involved???
Fuckery indeed!
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:10 pm
$25,000? the music industry bosses spend that at lunch. Ballin’, rappers spend that at the club…..makin it rain. idiots.
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:59 pm
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February 23rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm
why u hating on Shyne? Everybody artist is one hit away. Look at Drake, Jay Elect…
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:21 pm
why u hating on Shyne? Every artist is one hit away. Look at Drake, Jay Elect…
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Shyne’s father is the Prime Minister of Belize.
Dean Barrow is a lawyer by trade.
He was making sure his oldest son got a good deal, and lord knows what type of shit LA Reid worked out with Dean behind closed doors.
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:10 pm
shynes audience aint on internet forums contemplating how much fuel LA used to sign him so that explains the one sided hating. like dude said… every artist is one hit away.. having how many years to write a hit i think he’ll have a couple in his notebook for us. im guessing the label knows a bit more than us like.. is his voice still ill, can he still flow, does he have potential to make us a million dollars. maybe they heard some tracks. we dont know. our names arent city anitials. “have Faith like biggy or mase” quote myself!
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Speak on it eskay. DefJam is lunching.
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Po better come out with some mixtape bangers asap
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Eskay??? Po Sold More Than That In PRISON w/ Old Sh*!’s & Freestyles & Ashanti On His Lead SINGLE After MURDER INC Got BURIED ALIVE!!!! LMAO.
Although The Climate Has Changed, Shyne Will Sell 20,000 In New York Alone w/ The Drama From Him Not Being Able To Come Home to N.Y. After Doing That Long Azz BID… In A Weird Ass Way, That N*gga Living Out SHOTTAS On Some Ky-Mani Marley Shit Getting Deported!!!
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:39 pm
ur opinion is just air in this matter homie
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