Jay-Z … I see’em jockin jay-z,

haha jay doing his shit

BTW
does anyone know the record sells for the past week?
im wondering how much llyods album sold?
shit was good?

anyone?

he still never said sumthin bout the disloyalty part. hmm

#2 you missed the point. business or friendship. you can’t mix you have to pick.

COME ON NOW. PEEP YAW FORGET THAT THIS IS BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY IN TIARA MARIE’S CASE. THERE WASNT A FRIENDSHIP FIRST IT WAS BUSINEES AND THE WORKER/ARTIST IS ALWAYS TRYING TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE BOSS, NOT REALIZING THAT WELLS DRY UP AND THAT ITS ABOUT A BOTTOM LINE. IF YOU’RE NOT PRODUCING, KICK ROCK. PEOPLE SLACK WHEN THEY THINK THEY ARE FRIENDS WITH THE BOSS. LOOK AT FOXY GETTIN INTO SO MUCH TROUBLE.

#3 and rtny, y’all are hilarious. the issue is not whether business and friendship mix and whether one owes the other anything. the point is simple - if you’re gna call Tierra Marie (for example) the crown princess of the Roc, the least you could do after that poo-a** single was released, and then she was subsequently released, is to afford her the curtesy of a phone call. The same kind of phone call u were using when she was being “developed.” Let’s not mix the two concepts.

Jay should just call them associates & drop friendship. ALso I doubt jay ever called anyone when they were released, look at state prop.

I agreee with jay. He gave you a shot that most peole are trying to get. Its up to you to do something with it once yo have it. He cant keep trying to shine a brick into a diamond.

@ number 5

what is a phone call going to do. what is he going to say “you will be ok”. Its a business. HE IS NOT THERE FRIEND. Hey he may have thought she was going to be the star. He gave her a chance and it didnt work. she had to go. not being rude, but if your not making money than you cant just take up space.

I played professional baseball for 5 years. My contract was released. the General Manager didnt call me and i understand that. He gave me a chance, i played five years, struggled my fifth year and wasnt doing the job…i was released. THATS THE BUSINESS.

Word?@#8 .What Team You Play For? .Or Did You Play Over Seas? ..But, Jay Makes Sense .But I Wish He Would Of Spoke More On That Loyality Question.

texas rangers

@ Shine95: You can be loyal in business

@ #5 J… Good sh!t. I wasn’t a fan of shorties but the way she was apparently handled was crazy… they sent her on the promo tour type thing alone!?
And Foxy is kind of a different story cause they came up out together in a sense if you ignore the time jay was with Jaz. And the crown prince stuff is another great example of dudes jus followin after ashanti was called the princess… every other rap labels female act was either a princess or 1st lady…smh

Its funny he compare’s her to rihanna too though when rihanna wasn’t signed to the ROC but was a def jam artist!!!
Personally he should have had more invovlement in his own artist’s developement then one of the general label.

What jay was saying though was that no matter how much time you put in with a artist, if they dont do well they and us still will feel that he didnt do enough (NOT BEING LOYAL) But know matter what. they still got all of there money and he owes nobody nothing. IF YOU CANT GET THE BUSINESS MONEY YOU HAVE TO GO.

jay-z>your opinion of him

bleek aint doin shit. wont he drop him if its all business. he should of called and said we lettin u go. thats like u gettin fired fromm a job over the phone or if a coworker sayin u gonna get fired b4 ya boss did

Good point 973… bleek been brickin for years? If its all business jus find the dude another position other then artist with the label. But is he still technically an artist under contract or jus a free agent recording with his dude?

I UNDERSTAND WHT 13 AND 14 SAYING, BUT HE IS NOT PROMOTING BLEEK. BUT AT THE SAME TIME BLEEK HIS MAN HUNDRED GRAND AND JUST LIKE YOU, YOUR GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR PEEPS.

YALL KNOW HOW IT GOES, “IT AINT WHAT YOU KNOW, ITS WHO YOU KNOW” THE WAY OF THE WORLD!!!

@ 2CENTS
YOU A PRETTY INTELLIGENT DUDE.

Not really but I appreciate the compliment.

but havin peeps and what not plays directly into this other scenario… is it business or friendships? can’t be one for some and another for others (well yes it can, but you know what i’m sayin in general and practically)

Jay actually set him up for this though IMO cause if he jus did the music and wasn’t tryin to take credit for so much or not clearin sh!t up to assume credit people probably wouldn’t hold him to such a high standard!

I KNOW WHAT YOU SAYIN CAUSE FOREAL I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING PERSONALY. I JUST LIKE HIS FLOW AND ITS AMAZING TO ME HOW THIS GUY WRITE NOTHING AND MAKES SINCE. HE USES WORDS THAT OTHER RAPPERS MINDS DONT EVEN COME UP WITH. VEHEMENTLY…WHO USES THAT OFF THE TOP, FOREAL. I APPRIECIATE HIS SMARTS. AT THE SAME TIME IN NOT CRAZY ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT HE DOES NOTHING WRONG. I NOT GOING TO SAY HE DIDNT DO DAME WRONG OR THE OTHERS THAT ARE CLAIMING, BUT WE CANT SAY THAT HE IS COMPLETELY WRONG AND THE OTHERS ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT. FOR PEOPLE TO SAY HE WASHED UP…CRAZY. COMPARED TO HIS OLD MUSIC BUT NOT TO THESE RAPPERS WHO ARE OUT NOW. HE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE CAUSE PEOPLE SAY OH HE WAS NICE WITH REASONABLE DOUBT, BUT THEN HE IS CRUCIFIED FOR MAKING A AMERICAN GANGSTER TALKING ABOUT HOW HE RAPPING ABOUT DRUGS AGAIN. HE TALKS ABOUT SOME WORLDLY TYPE STUFF ON THE OTHER RECORD THEN HE SOFT. IMO, YOU CANT SAY THE DUDE CANT RAP. MOST DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS EVEN SAYING, SO THAT CAN PLAY A PART TO.

Basically folks here call me a “hater” because I’m the equal and opposite to their comments but if they were to say, like you, jay is at fault as any other adult would be part of the problem usually in some capacity they tend to relieve jay of all responsibility. Like I said dude doesn’t out right own much if anything but it is a good look he’s a joint owner… why folks want to get mad at that make no sense to me but it’s gon be what its gon be!!!

jay’s a wild dude sometimes I wonder if he does stuff jus to see if folks are really listening and comprehending.

On one hand I swear he said what you eat don’t make me sh!t, or somethin to that affect but on another he says he sold drugs so others wouldn’t have to do it?

Now if he knows “what one eats doesn’t make the public sh!t” he knows “what he sold wasn’t for the publics benefit” at all…

I may be wrong with the quotes though I’m jus goin off top!

OOOOOOOOOOO JAY-Z DISSED TERRAIE MARIE

sometimes, jay does not look so loyal in his moves. overall, business never personal. at least no one says he cheated him. how many people can say that?!?

business is business , if you go do business looking to make friends then u will always lose. in business the oly friends you got is the ones you had b4 the ones you meet in business are never your friends.

Bleek and Tierra Marie is uncomparable…..At Least Bleek had a track record, and did go Gold a few times. Plus he owns a Rim Shop and Car Wash in New Jersey, He Good…..He not trying to use Jay as a backbone like every other artist. You know what it is, the real problem is the Rihanna’s, the Kanye’s, The Ne-Yo’s, they spoiled Jay because they took the foot in the door he gave em, and ran with it…..

People Like Peedi and Foxy wanna be spoiled….And thats not Jay

@2cents
i can dig it. like you said its going to be what it is.

i mean i think alot of rappers say things and then say other things but then if you sat down and asked them and they explained it in detail you would get a better picture. its hard on a track cause you just trying to say it in a time limit so to speak. He may have sold drugs so someone else didnt have to. We may not know who, but to him…

HE ALSO SAID TOO, “DONT BELIEVE HALF THE THINGS YOUR HEAR EVEN IF ITS SPAT BY ME” SO…

=2cents, # i think when he was saying he sold drugs so you dont have too he was talking to his nephews. if i remember correctly, it was on the AG album. he didnt sale so his artist didnt have too.

oh yeah jay said in an interview that he doesnt have friends. he has family and associates. he said friends want too much from you. so those close to him he considers family, everybody else are associates.

T. Marie did not have the talent. In her video she looked like she was counting her steps and looking for her mark. Rhi-rhi on the other hand was natural.

I agree with Jay you cant make it happen for everyone. You have to be a star from the beginning. Regarless if anyone thinks you could have done better by them. T. Marie was not a star and still is not a star. Stars have swagger.