But can anyone tell me what he did 4 Def Jam as a CEO? Was he a success?

he shagged Beyoncé...I think he known for being Beyoncé's man-ho.
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Lol.....he was with her before Def Jam.

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

I read that he was the one that discovered Ne-Yo and Rhianna.
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VoicesCarry said:

yeah.. something about he wanted more money.. and was told no

VoicesCarry said:

I read that that's Beyonce main complaint about him too.

he's very over-rated as an artist...Izzo HOVA!

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

Rhondab said:

Diddy's an artist?

VoicesCarry said:

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

MikeMatronik said:

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


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

Rhondab said:

Yep...he butchered Annie!

VoicesCarry said:

oh brother...you know what I mean.

MikeMatronik said:

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

paisleypark4 said:

yeah..its a good CD

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).

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.

Cinnie 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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All I know is the idea of "Roc-A-Fella" as a label is a little jacked up now.

magnificentsynthesizer 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.

purplecam said:

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

Timmy84 said:

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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MikeMatronik said:

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.