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Thread started 12/26/07 6:20am

Graycap23

Jay Z stepping down as CEO

But can anyone tell me what he did 4 Def Jam as a CEO? Was he a success?
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Reply #1 posted 12/26/07 7:10am

MikeMatronik

he shagged Beyoncé...I think he known for being Beyoncé's man-ho.
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Reply #2 posted 12/26/07 7:13am

Graycap23

Lol.....he was with her before Def Jam.
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Reply #3 posted 12/26/07 7:17am

VoicesCarry

I read that he was too expensive and did nothing, so they dumped him.
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Reply #4 posted 12/26/07 7:22am

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I read that he was the one that discovered Ne-Yo and Rhianna.
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Reply #5 posted 12/26/07 7:48am

Flowerz

VoicesCarry said:

I read that he was too expensive and did nothing, so they dumped him.


yeah.. something about he wanted more money.. and was told no
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Reply #6 posted 12/26/07 7:49am

Illustrator

VoicesCarry said:

I read that he was too expensive and did nothing, so they dumped him.

I read that that's Beyonce main complaint about him too.
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Reply #7 posted 12/26/07 7:53am

MikeMatronik

he's very over-rated as an artist...Izzo HOVA!
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Reply #8 posted 12/26/07 8:18am

Rhondab

woot!


He did nothing!! I don't think the CEO should be an artist (lookin' at Diddy).
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Reply #9 posted 12/26/07 8:19am

VoicesCarry

Rhondab said:

woot!


He did nothing!! I don't think the CEO should be an artist (lookin' at Diddy).


Diddy's an artist? confuse
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Reply #10 posted 12/26/07 8:25am

MikeMatronik

VoicesCarry said:

Rhondab said:

woot!


He did nothing!! I don't think the CEO should be an artist (lookin' at Diddy).


Diddy's an artist? confuse


Diddy is a state of mind. A zest of the reality of nexus. DA BOMB! stoned
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Reply #11 posted 12/26/07 8:28am

Rhondab

MikeMatronik said:

he shagged Beyoncé...I think he known for being Beyoncé's man-ho.
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ummm...Jayz has been around for a minute. lol


I don't have issue with him as an artist. he should have stayed retired though.
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Reply #12 posted 12/26/07 8:29am

MikeMatronik

Rhondab said:

MikeMatronik said:

he shagged Beyoncé...I think he known for being Beyoncé's man-ho.
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ummm...Jayz has been around for a minute. lol


I don't have issue with him as an artist. he should have stayed retired though.



Yep...he butchered Annie! mad
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Reply #13 posted 12/26/07 8:29am

Rhondab

VoicesCarry said:

Rhondab said:

woot!


He did nothing!! I don't think the CEO should be an artist (lookin' at Diddy).


Diddy's an artist? confuse



oh brother...you know what I mean.
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Reply #14 posted 12/26/07 8:31am

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MikeMatronik said:

Rhondab said:




ummm...Jayz has been around for a minute. lol


I don't have issue with him as an artist. he should have stayed retired though.



Yep...he butchered Annie! mad



I acutally love AMerican gangser...a great album. A return 2 form. Now I like him being back in action. So fuckin sick of South Coast rap. Him, Nas and Kanye and Common make rap come alive again 2 me
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Reply #15 posted 12/26/07 9:27am

Rhondab

paisleypark4 said:

MikeMatronik said:




Yep...he butchered Annie! mad



I acutally love AMerican gangser...a great album. A return 2 form. Now I like him being back in action. So fuckin sick of South Coast rap. Him, Nas and Kanye and Common make rap come alive again 2 me



yeah..its a good CD
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Reply #16 posted 12/26/07 10:12am

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J=Zee at Def Jam sucked. His only notable signings were Ne-Yo and Rihanha and I doubt he was the one who actually found them. (come to think of if, Ne-Yo was at Def Jam before J-Zee was the CEO).
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Reply #17 posted 12/26/07 11:48am

Cinnie

The entire idea of having him as an executive was to re-brand Def Jam after Irv Gotti was there, and attract new artists to the roster, but I couldn't name any of the new artists Jay-Z might have attracted or signed to Def Jam during his tenure. Worth looking into though if you were really wondering what difference Jay-Z made.
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Reply #18 posted 12/26/07 12:35pm

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Cinnie said:

The entire idea of having him as an executive was to re-brand Def Jam after Irv Gotti was there, and attract new artists to the roster, but I couldn't name any of the new artists Jay-Z might have attracted or signed to Def Jam during his tenure. Worth looking into though if you were really wondering what difference Jay-Z made.


if anything, he was the reason for a lot of artist leaving. i lot of people there had issues with the CEO also being considered the competition. And you know J being CEO must've done some thangs to all of the rap artists E-G-O, including Jay-Z's.


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Reply #19 posted 12/26/07 12:39pm

Cinnie

All I know is the idea of "Roc-A-Fella" as a label is a little jacked up now.
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Reply #20 posted 12/26/07 12:42pm

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magnificentsynthesizer said:

Cinnie said:

The entire idea of having him as an executive was to re-brand Def Jam after Irv Gotti was there, and attract new artists to the roster, but I couldn't name any of the new artists Jay-Z might have attracted or signed to Def Jam during his tenure. Worth looking into though if you were really wondering what difference Jay-Z made.


if anything, he was the reason for a lot of artist leaving. i lot of people there had issues with the CEO also being considered the competition. And you know J being CEO must've done some thangs to all of the rap artists E-G-O, including Jay-Z's.


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Wasn't LL Cool J one of the artists who was having problems with Def Jam at during Jay-Z's time as CEO? I thought I heard something about Def Jam not doing enough to promote one of LL's CD's.
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Reply #21 posted 12/26/07 12:44pm

Timmy84

purplecam said:

magnificentsynthesizer said:



if anything, he was the reason for a lot of artist leaving. i lot of people there had issues with the CEO also being considered the competition. And you know J being CEO must've done some thangs to all of the rap artists E-G-O, including Jay-Z's.


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Wasn't LL Cool J one of the artists who was having problems with Def Jam at during Jay-Z's time as CEO? I thought I heard something about Def Jam not doing enough to promote one of LL's CD's.


Yeah, LL complained that his last albums weren't being promoted because Jay refused to give it leniency for someone like Rihanna.
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Reply #22 posted 12/26/07 1:05pm

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Timmy84 said:

purplecam said:


Wasn't LL Cool J one of the artists who was having problems with Def Jam at during Jay-Z's time as CEO? I thought I heard something about Def Jam not doing enough to promote one of LL's CD's.


Yeah, LL complained that his last albums weren't being promoted because Jay refused to give it leniency for someone like Rihanna.

I thought so! LL was right too. Jay just looked more like a spokesperson for Def Jam than an actual CEO. I'm glad he realized that he's better as an artist than a CEO. The whole thing looked stranged to me from the start.
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Reply #23 posted 12/26/07 5:19pm

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MikeMatronik said:

VoicesCarry said:



Diddy's an artist? confuse


Diddy is a state of mind. A zest of the reality of nexus. DA BOMB! stoned


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Reply #24 posted 12/28/07 5:15am

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yeah, I know LL was pissed, but in Jay-Z's defense, LL makes some crappy albums. Yeah he is a legend, but at least every other album is trash, so if I were president, I wouldn't spend millions of extra dollars to push a crappy album either.
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