So this is how fucked up the “game” is these days.
Last night I get word from the TDE camp that they will be dropping a new Black Hippy video in the morning, and true to their word I get the YouTube link for it. Unfortunately when you clicked that link you got this message. Why? Maybe in the video there’s a clip of them chopping it up with Rihanna or Drake. Maybe there’s a half-second snippet of a song from either Ace Hood or even Ace Of Base. Whatever the case, Universal Records and their misguided witch hunt has not only fucked over Top Dawg Entertainment (an independent record label who, while fully capable of being a successfully running independent label, doesn’t share the reach, budget or sheer magnitude of one of the “Big 4:” Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Group, Warner Music Group and (you guessed it!) Universal Music Group) by blocking the video for whatever likely trivial reason, but they’re now essentially denying TDE from essentially gaining new fans, more exposure and – at the end of the day, since that’s what it comes down to – eating.
And this is what the “game” has boiled down to these days. Rap entered the digital age a few years ago, and once again the label are still trying to catch up and figure out how they can get a piece of the pie, similar to how they tried to shut down the iPod when it dropped over a decade ago, when they tried to talk down about iTunes single sales and how they now consider sites like this nothing more than bootlegging cyber terrorists. What they fail to realize is that sites like this essentially promote their artists for free to (in our particular case) millions of potential album buyers and concert/merchandise purchasers, essentially eschewing their already menial budgets (trust me, I don’t need record label money; I’m doing just fine). Yet for whatever reason – be it their incessant insistence and insipid belief that someone like YC of “RacksOnRacks” infamy can do Watch The Throne numbers (*Cam True Mag Face*) or that in the world of digital music people still purchase CDs (the first compact disc I will be purchasing since 2007′s Desire by Pharoahe Monch will, coincidentally, be Watch The Throne, and that is because of the dope-as-hell artwork) – they continue this asinine train of thought that, thanks to a few actual jackasses that have fucked it up for all of us, we do absolutely nothing for their cause. Whatever though; when sites like the dopehouse and our contemporaries decide to go “fuck Universal” and not support any of their endeavors, I’d like to see who they’ll blame that time.
I did, however, receive word from TDE that the video is being uploaded to another site, and will be available soon. Once it does, it will go on this post.
you mad?
Meka speaks the truth
Hey love ur guys site shake n meka. keep doing ur thing and fuck those labels.
Here’s the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UziocaSimyc&feature=player_embedded
I haven’t even refreshed the video on youtube yet just cause I don’t wanna see that image. That song is too fuckin dope tho…the third verse is too much
That was alot of rambling Meka..wouldnt been more effective with less words but I feel you fool..BLACK POWER!
Fucking ridiculous.
@Pugz thanks for the link
and yeah Meka fuck the record labels man.
banger.
So..I’m kinda mad you thought i would read that.
YEEEESIRRR !!!!
im ghetto, my kool aid need more sugar. 5 star suite, you aint know suga?
You know you didn’t read that whole rant either.. HiiiPower!
BLack HIppy movement
BLACK HIPPIE OVER ERRRTHANG OUT RIGHT NOW.
(206) F R E $ H
Im glad Jay Rock’s album will be more TDE-oriented than Strange-oriented. And a BLack Hippy album needs to be the next step for these guys after FMH
Can you sue a record label? If so, I suggest you guys do it.
2Dope! I need this track in my life ASAP. Shit goes…
Now if you would post more indy artists and stop posting artists with instant dislikes e.g. Khaled, y’all be moving in the right direction.
Who is David Benjamin?
Whoa where’s all this coming from Meka? You’ve said on numerous occasions 2db and other blog sites can hardly help an artist’s career and you have no idea why people think that they could.
Finally recognizing the power that the NMC actually has in this digital age? And here’s me thinking you’d feign ignorance forever.
I’m glad you guys are having all this trouble. It’s karma for being complete a-holes to Odd Future & Lupe Fiasco.
And also for promoting shitty YouTube web series and shitty TV shows like Entourage.
Shit catches up with you, doesn’t it! hahaha
hope u guys survive whatever the fuck the case is… will be unfortunate to lose the site…anyway, sidenote——Yo, is anyone even familiar with Shabazz Palaces? I’ve never seen you post them on here before… Definitely one of the best hip-hop cds of 011. pitchfork gave ‘black up’ their album like 8.8… shits really dope.. yall shud check that shit out.
TruthIsGayIsGay
No offense, but you sound like a dickrider.
F.T.I !
Much love and respect to the TDE camp. This dude’s are workaholic’s.
I always support Indie labels. Fuck a record label that’s wassup!
That was a tight track and the video was cool. Good Job Camp.
The West is back!!!
@TruthIsGayIsGay I have been following this site for a minute but have NEVER gotten what is up between 2DBZ and Lupe why do they not have his stuff on here???!! This has been racking my brain for a minute, just wondering whats up with that, would like to be filled in thanks
I hate the intro/ending the video, it made them seem dumb, the rest of the video is creatively smooth. Like the group./song ! West Coast !
ReLLy najs
this is CRACK!!!! can we get a mp3 tryna bump this in the whip ride around say Wassup!!! NEW WEST all dayyyyyyyyyyyy
The Story(unbiased)
Shake and a few others had unreleased Lupe music on his laptop. Those songs got leaked. Lupe points the blame at Shake, not taking into the account that others had the songs as well.
Fuck universal. I won’t be purchasing ANY of their artists content now. TDE!!!
lol like yalld ever quit posting universal artists. dont even front. RAG3 MOAR
No Def Jam?
No Interscope?
Shady/Aftermath?
Geffen?
Get Real Meka.
Fuck it. Start an NMC wide boycott of all UMG artists posts until an understanding and/or deal can be resolved. Sure, your views may take a hit for a few weeks, but it will ultimately give you the reins to promote their artists once you can make them realize who’s really breaking artists…
@Pauly Dee, thanks for the update homie and yeah I see what your saying don’t thing that all blame should be on Shake for what occured, could happen to anyone
Do they change it to make it available?? I can’t see nothing in the video that justify such action.
Are they try to fuck major independant artist on purpose?? Is there some dude at usversal who job is to look on this type of release and found anything to put it down?
yall faggots quit bitchin cus they blocked a vid featuring your baby kendrick. a lot of vids are blocked automatically if they contain copyrighted material, theres a chance a system did it and not a person
@HermesArtificerGod
Man, I’ve been tryna rep Shabazz Palaces ever since Black Up came out. It’s better than Section.80 (In my opinion of course). Shake and Meka definitively neeed to post their ish.
lol why you so emotional Meka? it sounds like this is an issue between UMG and TDE. you guys really MUST be in bed with kendrick if you gonna take it this personal, cuz even from you yourself describe this wasn’t even a direct action against you or this site.
and yeah, Shabazz Palaces is light years ahead of kendrick’s pseudo intellectualism.
this can not be fixed its a paradox
my blog got shut down for helping the cause. too much of a hassle to start another one up again just so i could be shut down for something i know that these freshmen appreciate
We all know that kendrick is a kid but he’s trying to do sthing positives, ain’t bitching on nobody cant u simply apreciate that plus the fact that the music he made sounds great?
Does ppl already forget the 2ks?? Remind me when ppl were bitching on talib kweli for not being hood enough.
Oh great it’s not on purpose they just check everything like they own everything!
this joint is dope as hell! TDE got the belt!
Gave this shit a thumbs up for the song, and for Meka’s little rant.
#HiiiPower
Outstanding
@dedxsad
Yeah the album is crazy… i prefer section 80 though. Just don’t get why 2dbz don’t post their shit lol.
SOME REMINISENT PHARCYDE STRAIGHT HIP HOP SHIT!!!HEKKA DOPE!!!JAY ROCK FOLLOW ME HOME!!SUPPORT!!!
Have a cry Meka. You know that in the big picture, blogs and the internet etc. etc. have fucked up the music industry, because people now EXPECT everything to be free, and if its not they complain. It shouldn’t be like that.
Just because this video got blocked when it shouldn’t have been, has nothing to do with the fact that people have a horrible attitude towards paying for music. And the root of the problem is people having access to free music.
it’s a free world bitch^^^
sue everyone for having access to free music and while you at it sue the fucking internet… i swear retarded people should not be allowed to use the computer..
@ yeah
if anything, i think blogs have helped the rap industry. there’s so many artists coming out each and every day that it’s hard to keep track of who’s who and who’s doing what. blogs help certain artists get shine, ones who in this day and age probably wouldn’t get any due to the proliferation of music out.
the internet may have fucked up the music industry, but don’t blame it for the industry’s problems; blame it on the lazy fucks who won’t go out and support an artist
I don’t understand people who insult meka and shake. If you don’t like their blog don’t go too it. If you are a lupe and/or odd future fan you can find their music in other places. They have the right to feature artist they support. Why would anyone support an entity that they have an issue with ? You wouldn’t do that in your life why should they. I don’t agree with everything they do but I respect their creation which overall is a good music blog.
Don’t beleive the lie, they weren’t making that much money out of CDs in the 90′s golden age, most of endup in expenses for CD’s promotion (videos & shit). Artists have to sellout themselves to make proper money with their Cds sells.ATQC did make proper money for they albums.
(Sorry) ATCQ didn’t make proper money with their albums.
Damn the video is very diff and the song is dope
shake it’s called ‘capitalism’. and these young rappers are getting schooled in the art of putting the competition out of business #defjuxed #dreamcasted #solar panelled
song is crazy tho
@flaky youre an idiot…
but as i was gonna say initially… “thats why you up in here smellin like LEG-ROLLS instead of egg rolls!” *DEAD* hahahahaa
dope ass video
CAN WE GET A RIP OF THIS?? ANYBODY??
New Jay Rock album already leaked on http://hip-hoproom.com/jay-rock-follow-me-home/
Well put Meka. Also, absolute power does NOT always corrupt absolutely. Thanks, and cheers.
Im not no fuckin superfan of these guys like yall on here but Kendrick and Ab’s verses are hot on this shit
BLACK HIPPY NEEDS TO COME TO ATLANTA…COME PERFORM IN ATL Q,Rock,Q & K.DOT! Shit would be so dope!!
nice reference to ace of base. and rant is informative. When is your twitter going to go back up?
Hell YEA NICCAS!!!!!!!
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damn…whyd you have to post the LEAK link!??!?!?!
i really wanted to wait. but then you put that shit right thrrrrrrr (chingy voice).
alright so i listened to the album. DOPE. not every tracks for me but 12 of 18 were classic street rock.
earned my $$$
http://www.filesonic.com/file/1509944564/Follow_Me_Home.zip
Black Hippy killin it!
Lil Wayne Sucks!
Big Shout out to Michael Reekie in San Antonio! Go Spurs!
This album is solid!! Seriously I wasn’t expecting too much, but the beats are solid; Jay Rock is a good MC, it’s just his subject matter is a bit repetitive, but it’s gangster music so it fits.
Plus the rest of Black Hippy weave their way throughout the album, on hooks, on ad-libs, and of course their feature track. Hiiipower!
Love the authenticity of the video! Black Hippy nothin’ else!
daaaamn these are seriously the best rappers in the game right now, mainly ab-soul and kendrick
LMAO @ “smell like leg rolls insteada egg rolls”
Dope track/vid/album.
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hi
niggaz be saying nigga alot
whens this black hippy album droppin?
Quite possibly the dopest vid I’ve ever seen, cause its all so gen
aye this blacc hippy shit gooes! good work all around
yo, black hippy is TOO GOOD… i havent liked a group like this since gunit/diplomats (its funny to say that considerin how those ended up)
there just hasnt been a dope group in a minute… I NEED THE ALBUM!!! yo, imma start buyin music again ferreal n im livin off student loans wtf
why is everbody kendrick this ab soul this dude shut the fuck up dude this is JAY ROCK’S SHIT IGHT…i love black hippy but dang this aint a black hippy album or a kendrick album or a ab album this right here is a JAY ROCK ALBUM ALRIGHT so quit giving all the props to them 2 and give to JAY ROCK! SHIT GIVE THIS MAN HIS PROPS AND QUIT POST DOWNLOAD LINKS YOU LITTLE PRICKS…QUIT BEING CHEEP AND BUY THIS ALBUM TRUST ME ITS WORTH IT…i dont have money but man i still wont to pay this man cuz he deserves it and ill find a way to pay for it…one of the best albums to come out sense the “DOCUMENTARY” AND “SECTION80″
Jay Rock – Follow Me Home (album)
Get wait to listen to this Jay Rock project.
real talk.
Will you be writing again sometime soon? Thanks.
@bryan do you see who its featuring? BLACK FUCKIN HIPPY YOU DUMB ASS IDIOT ab and kendri k rap in THIS SONG just as much as jay rock so shut the fuck up
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