P. Diddy, Diddy, Puff, Puffy, Puff Daddy, Poppa Diddy, Pop Puff Diddy Doo- whatever he wants to call himself is one of the "shot callers" (90's hip hop slang reference) in the entertainment business today. Notice I didn't say music industry. In the 90's Bad Boy was one of the premier labels in hip hop and really the music industry. But one thing that rang true was the departure of bad boy artists leaving left and right. Case in point, the L.O.X. is one my fav groups of yesteryear and today (can't wait for the Jadakiss - Kiss My Ass album oh I mean The Last Kiss album)...they got in a heated struggle with Diddy years ago because they wanted out of the contract...why would they want out of the label when the dropped a platinum album (Money, Power, Respect), the cash should have been rollin in...well like most artists in the music biz they get paid pennies and Bad Boy was no different when it came to paying their artists...
Made clear from the comical interlude on The L.O.X's 2000 sophmore album (damn its almost been 10 years since they came out with a group album) Rapin U Records, the "fictious" label doesn't pay their artists shit...clearly it was a jab at Bad Boy records for not paying artists what they righfully deserved...this has to be true because the L.O.X. aren't the only people complaining about how they were treated (sidebar: the L.O.X. just received their rightful publishing for the Money, Power, Respect album just a few years ago)....mismanagement, low pay or little or no promotion seems to be Puff's M.O....lets look at the gaggle of artists that left the label or are on the backburner for some reason or another....
Babs from Da Band
Chopper aka Young City from Da Band
Ness from Da Band
Da Band
Black Rob (locked up again for robbery, if he was paid he prolly wouldn't hafta to do that)
Cheri Dennis
Mario Winans
Cassie (needs to just model she dropped 2 songs in 08 and heard no buzz and Wayne was on 1)
Mark Curry
Craig Mack (he might still be signed, i know he's disgruntled if he is tho)
Carl Thomas
Dream (puff's attempt on a girl group during the girl/boy band craze, hideous)
Danity Kane
Faith Evans
Fuzzbubble (don't know who the F this is)
G. Dep
Joe Hooker
Loon
Mase
The Notorious B.I.G. (R.I.P., I heard he was gonna leave the label eventually before he died)
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Shyne (locked up 10 years, Diddy didn't help him during the trial at all)
Tonya Blount
Total
8Ball and MJG (how did he fuck that up, the already got a fan base and they still didn't sell)
Elephant Man (may still be on the label, but i know he's disgruntled too)
Day26 (soon to be gone)
and prolly every body who was on the album liner on the "Saga continues..."album
Mark Curry who was on the label is now speaking out against P. Diddy and how he was treated...
I don't think Puffy cares that much about the music anymore because it just doesn't generate as much cash as Ciroc, Bad Boy Films (Mtv shows), his acting, Sean John clothing label...so with that in mind he just rapes artist for as much money as he can get out of em
Now, this is only a rant and public service announcement to anyone who's thinkin bout signing as a music artist to Bad Boy- don't sign cuz if you do "you can't escape the rape...they'll be rapin' u rapin, u rapin, u" (listen to track 10 of the "We are the streets" album to get a clearer picture)
check this too...
Vlogga Like Puff from jeff on Vimeo.
holla,
(4o)ur
1 comment:
Fuzzbubble was the rock group he signed in the early 2000s. They were the rock band in the "All About The Benjamins" remix. I think they left Bad Boy before they dropped their first album.
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