Young as Fuck. Cool as hell. He started something dope as fuk. He needed to stay close to Dre. And he needed to keep Pac quiet at times. Rip Pac I loved you dog.
Suge gave his soul to the devil and chose the devil path and he was in this dark toxic Devil energy and others were in danger of their life everyday because of him. This type of person won't change. Not everyone is equal. If you're acting like a Devil you're a Devil. If you're acting like a snake you're a snake!
The narrative that Big Gipp is giving is exactly what demonstrates how even a genius artist like a 2Pac and Biggie were gullible and underestimated the dangerous games they were playing. Their deaths only opened the door to a really bad era of violence against rappers and their entourages. We lost a lot of genius, a lot of potential music conglomerates. Death Row would have been the biggest label in rap today and their roster would have had quadruple the amount of artists and would have inspired other Suges, owners of their own record labels.
@@itsyourscenttv.7040it's different when you're a 31 year old MULTIMILLIONAIRE from Bompton lol. Niggas were still hella youthful and full time gang Members.
I like Gipp. Outlast, Goodie Mob and the whole dungeon family, organized noise crew is definitely my favorite people. Listening to his lyrics and listening at him do interviews, how has he not flipped his career and popped in something else with all that knowledge? He looks like he could do good in the movie industry or at least kick off something major as an entrepreneur. Maybe the villain role or something. Sometimes u just gotta figure out your strong points and go with that. Just like his solo career..he came with the singing and dancing, catchy hooks like grillz with nelly. Just wasn't the same Gipp we knew and loved from soul food and still standing.
“Yo homies and politics just do not mix with real business and money making!” Big Gipp That’s the quote! Kendrick Lamar spoke on it in To Pimp A Butterfly album. The song was Institutionalized.
Nobody knew what Suge even looked like before that Source magazine cover. That cover was a mistake. When you have Bloods & Crips on the same team... you have to do right. Not only do you do right by your neighborhood, but by your people in general.
💯 if he would have stayed low key and did right especially the guys who put the money up for the Co because that was gonna come back and bite him in the ass
Suge doing magazine covers was def part of his downfall. He thought he was a star and the main attraction, not the artists and producers who made those hit records.
Suge was actually in the source a few years back before the covers is when I first new about him before that every one though dre owend death row basically by himself
Peace to Big Gipp. I salute you, Lord. This is the most well thought out and intelligent jewel that you have dropped in these clips. I hope you remain this insightful for the duration of this interview.
I love hearing about life from a different perspective--and Gipp thoughts helped me to see life from A male perspective in life , I love learning about life
Real talk..Death Row was damn near unstoppable….younger folks don’t realize that Snoop was a world wide phenomenon while Dre was easily best producer in the game then you follow it up with Pac…Daz and Kurupt was killing it and RBX was on the rise…Warren G and Nate Dogg man come on…they were super stacked top to bottom…can’t deny the WC and what they did
Keefe D should have known not to trust NY dudes. Compton should have stayed alert. One thing I learned about many NY ppl is that they for themselves and if u give an inch, they'll take 2 miles.
He only had the crips not bloods and crips.. that would be death row which had snoop and the dog pound which was crips.. and you see he had to let the crips go look what happened to puff just as suge they both took a big lost but puff days are coming..Keefe has a lot to say..
The problem was they had to breathe the street to spit the street. By not mixed business with the street , Death Row would produce only studio thugs. It would lack credibility unless if they diversified their music topics, and genres like Bad Boys.
Gipp not speaking no facts. Sugar isn’t to blame. People like Maxine waters and the state of California disrupted the gangster rape culture in California. They started banning lyrics and placed gang injunctions in certain neighborhoods which prevented people hanging with each other. Then the clubs started banning hats , shoes , white T’s. Meanwhile the southerners and easterners mimicked everything the west coast did without any repercussions.
@@ReallyStrongGuy you right but Dre and Cube weren't from the street and Snoop was never out there banging. Suge was not in MOB but he for sure did a ton of shit during his HS and College years. Plus, Suge had pull to get all the hoods together. Dre, Cube, Snoop couldn't do it. I would say Suge should be compared to Eazy E.
@@rudysaleh9723Easy was actually in the streets and was a crip he just never represented u never saw easy wearing blue or saying wat set he was from easy also used his own drug money too start ruthless and NWA unlike Suge that grew up in a household with two parents that would be considered middle class and even went too college and football there and I believe briefly in the NFL!
I wouldn't say that. He just choose the wrong business. He didn't have balance. You think these wicked people who own these companies didn't make crooked moves to become fortune 500 companies?... They just had balance.
Suge was one of the first ones openly talking about ownership, masters etc. So he did understand the business and marketing. Unfortunately, imo, he got power drunk. Arrogant as well. The fact that he thought losing Dr. Dre wasn't that big a deal, was just the height of arrogance.
He's not lying. Death Row had the greatest 4 year run in the history of the music business. For them to come out the gate with The Chronic and continue to hit home runs non stop for 4 years is unprecedented. It's too bad Suge was going through his 2nd childhood with millions of dollars in his pocket. It was never meant to last with that mentality.
The other side of the coin that rarely gets talked about is Suge was incredibly smart when it came to business and the Powers that be that controlled the music industry knew it. Extorting Vanilla Ice of his publishing rights are the proceeds that helped start Death Row in the first place. As his earlier days of working as a bodyguard for Bobby Brown, Suge understood that ownership of your master recordings and publishing rights is where the real money is. Thus, countless numbers of Black artists/musicians had been getting snaked out of profits from their labor by the owners of the record companies.
Suge should have never let 2pac come over there and disrespect Dre, knowing that Dre was the man behind the music. There’s only one Dre and he got tracks that could damn near make anyone platinum
You dudes wasn’t there and love to blame everything on Pac!! I’m 100% sure Dre was gone before Pac start dissing him. People just don’t make a certain emotional move, that shit was in the work long before Pac got there. Remember who became Dre right hand man after he left right? ✍🏿🤷🏿♂️
Dre disrespected DEATH ROW by NOT supporting Snoops murder case. Very true that Dre was the sound at first. All Eyez On Me changed things and showed that they would still be successful with DJ QUIK taking over as lead producer and engineer. Dre only worked on 3 songs out of the 27 that made All Eyez on Me a classic
Death Row Records downfall was simply bad business practice. Like not really paying the artists properly. Ask Snoop how much he made at Death Row Records vs when he signed to No Limit Records. Hood politics have always been part parcel in Hip Hop Culture. If the business is right irrespective of the boisterous mindset of some young men it can be sustainable. But it is rare for a label to sustain in the mainstream.
They spent 4 or 5 million on snoop between his budget and that murder case. If snoop caught that case at no limit he would have ended up like Mac and c murder
Snoop made millions on death row. Do did kurupt and Daz and Dre. All the other artists got paid but they thought they should have been paid like stars when they didn't even have an album out
Suge destroyed death Row. Ruthless records never had the gang culture and they sold millions. Suge wanted to be a bona-fide gangsta and that was his downfall
Lol wrong. Eazy E; Crip , Above The Law ; Crip , MC Ren Crip, Brown side ; Surreneo (I think lol ) Kid Frost ( Surreneo) Everybody on that label were gang affiliated except for Black Eyed Peas lmao
There's was no gang culture in nwa. They may have been gang members but they never banged. By the way eazy was associated never a gang member, get your facts straight. With deathrow we knew mob James buntry neckbone and other piru members. Smh
I wouldn't say the greatest to ever do it. Maybe for that generation. Like the gemini Pac was he was conflicted and he spoke that and people followed that.
"Nobody is bigger than the program." This is the problem. Hood politics and nobody being bigger than the program is not about equality. It's about telling more talented people that you arent special. And, if you think differently, you will be checked or receive a DP. Look at what happened to Nipsey Hussle.
Gipp is on point, they introduced an element into the culture that was not needed. Hip-Hop was born as the answer to violence and instead we embraced what we tried to escape. Peace
I hear you Gipp! Unfortunately Suge is not that smart or that remorseful of his mistakes. He still believes his model could have worked and he blames everyone but himself for the downfall of the label. He wanted to run Deathrow like a football team lol. The music business and football are two different things.
Not sure if I know this gentleman, but this interview (radio version) needs to be turned into a book and taught throughout the halls of academia. This is profound and extremely relevant. Great interview and insight
Came up in a group called Goodie mob which was also part of a large crew from Atlanta called The dungeon family which also consisted of outkast.Give his group a look up you might like some of their stuff.Cee low was also a member of his group.
Thats true. I dont think Ice Cube was an actual gang member, but i know Mack 10 (Queens St. Blood) and WC (Neighborhood Crip) were. Cube brought them together and they sold many records repping their set, but leaving the politics out of it. Suge on the other hand, was more interested in Piru politics... smh
No. He doesn't because all he does is ride Tupac dicks .. every interview he says people dick ride Jay z.... Yet he dick rides PAC every chance he gets
Suge should have kept the gang shit, away from the business cause Death Row was definitely the best label with the dopest artists so i agree with Gipp on this one.
"It's totally a subculture only to them," -- Big Gipp. Gipp really said some real sh-- here. It's been a hot minute since L.A./the west coast, aside from a few artists here and there like Kendrick and Roddy Ricch, has been at the forefront of hip hop commercially. Alotta the same "politics" that derailed Death Row, unfortunately, has also carried over to this new generation, ie Nipsey Hussle and Drakeo The Ruler, two guys I thought had a real shot to blow outside of the region. Death Row and Suge, ultimately, just didnt know when to "turn it off." I disagree with Gipp when he said every L.A. artist that signed shouldve distanced themselves from their neighborhoods, becuase if we're keeping it a buck, thats actually part of the allure in marketing these artists (see: The Game when Dre & 50 first put him out), or YG (Def Jam handed him to Jeezy for his debut album). I think TDE, as far as L.A. hip hop, is the best example of who learned from Suge's mistakes. Unlike Suge, Top Dawg didnt have to pay to be from his hood, and was actually a real reputable in his section. TDE has just as many hoods around as Death Row, but you never heard any smut on its name. You'd never even know that TDE is a gsng affiliated label at first glance. Unlike Suge, played the background! And kept the streets seperated from the business.
Snoop said it best: TDE was what Death Row was supposed to be. I thought it was cool for Kendrick Lamar(Piru affiliate), Jay Rock(Bounty Hunters Bloods) and Schoolboy Q(Hoover Crips) to be labelmates of the same company with the CEO being from the Red Side(don't know his exact affiliation). Very reminiscent of Suge and DR's early days where artists from sides of the tracks were making money and good music together. Before PAC and Biggie were murdered to say the least. Cali artists with known gang affiliation like The Game(Cedar Block Piru) or YG(Tree Top Piru) saw an avenue to recreate the West Coast Hip Hop scene or Gangsta rap buzz that's been dominant in Hip Hop for decades. Although, the "set-trippin' was marketable to younger fans who weren't necessarily privy to LA gang culture or don't know the full history of it, which only added to the detriment of both Nipsey and Drako who became casualties of their violent environments. Ironically, now you got artists that are not even from LA(i.e., Chris Brown, Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, Jim Jones) seeking to win accreditation by clicking up with certain Blood gangs. Looking for clout.
That's exactly right. As a musician myself I grew up with homies that were connected. I never joined in a gang. But when you got homies that are in the gang culture and you are just trying to get your g.e.d. and get a degree, it's hard to chill. Not to mention many of them got on that heroin. When you see your homeboy in the hospital in a coma because of an overdose, it hots you hard.
Dre leaving was the beginning of the end at Death Row Records. 2Pac getting took out solidified the demise of it entirely. LA gang culture definitely full of apex specimens running around.
Gipp is a real one. That’s why the Mob was the shit. The Nigga cut different. And he’s damn near a hip hop historian. MF knew a lot of people and his prospective is shared and heartfelt
Lets not forget that Suge was like giving homeboys a job doing money legally. He gave them an opportunity to make money in a legal way . Unfortunately things turned out the way he never expected. He helped alot of people in the streets helped families to eat .But when it was on him when things turned south. But it was a lesson though . It doesn't take away a good business man he was intelligent he was and a helping hand he was
He's not. Death Row survived all their other beefs because of how strong their Gang affiliations were. Compton Pirus and Long Beach Crips mashing TOGETHER. Never was seen before
@@OlliWitta3_ Gipp was speaking about business and street politics, and it you can’t mix them if you wanna be successful, also their aren’t no friends in the streets, ya dig!
Everytime this man talk 🗣 he be talking like a real triple OG suppose too. Stay dropping Gems and showing no bias nothing but Love and Respect for Big Gipp 🖤💯🖤
This is a major cluster! Nothing good is going to happen at this reunion! It's so crazy and the tension is so thick, it makes you feel like you are there with them!
FALSE!!!! Orlando and others went to see the Tyson match like everybody else. Orlando never went looking for Pac until Pac sucker punched him then jumped him.
When you're young coming from the hood its not easy making that adjustment over night. But I will say this even a fool can learn from his own mistakes but a wise man learns from the mistakes of others...
“Learning how to step away from certain things and separate yourself from different situations will help you grow and at the end of the day it might save your life.” Big Gipp brought straight knowledge and understanding and I pray these young brothas and sistahs going into the music industry will heed his words because that was phenomenal!!
He right about Mike Concepcion, my ex-manager was the true Chief of California before Suge, shout out to Grand Jury entertainment. He helped me secure a record deal with Motown records in the 90's and helped a lot of artist in those days.
Big gipp speaking facts death row was a dynasty facts Taurus is loyal
You got that right!!! 🎯
I'm a Taurus as well.
That’s astrology bullshit don’t mean nothing
Suge is not a Taurus lmao
@@ThugAngel222 Suge's an Aries.
This dude spit some wisdom man!!
Facts!
You should read a good book, you'll be amazed if you find this to be very wise. Go to university and your head might explode
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Gipp always talk 💯
I wouldn’t say wisdom…he was talking common sense
Suge was too immature to be a mature overlord. Smart as he was, he was still young.
Will he be old enough and *”mature”* when he gets released from prison ⁉️⁉️⁉️🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_no he's stuck in his ways
Young as Fuck. Cool as hell. He started something dope as fuk. He needed to stay close to Dre. And he needed to keep Pac quiet at times. Rip Pac I loved you dog.
@@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_nope
Suge gave his soul to the devil and chose the devil path and he was in this dark toxic Devil energy and others were in danger of their life everyday because of him. This type of person won't change. Not everyone is equal. If you're acting like a Devil you're a Devil. If you're acting like a snake you're a snake!
The narrative that Big Gipp is giving is exactly what demonstrates how even a genius artist like a 2Pac and Biggie were gullible and underestimated the dangerous games they were playing. Their deaths only opened the door to a really bad era of violence against rappers and their entourages. We lost a lot of genius, a lot of potential music conglomerates. Death Row would have been the biggest label in rap today and their roster would have had quadruple the amount of artists and would have inspired other Suges, owners of their own record labels.
“Yo Homies and your politics don’t mix with business and real money making.” The realest thing Gipp said.
Rest In Peace To the G-Funk Era. 1990-1996
Tha Eastsidaz had DJ battlecat dropping g funk beats. You tripping. What about sugafree?
@@bleakone9097right??? Battlecat still bangin them g beats💯 💯 this dude trippin
You forgot about the up in smoke era with Dr Dre,and battlecat and the eastsidaz
Y'all forgot about dj QUIK , mausberg,suga free,heck even the game
Shit I would say to 99 there was still a lot of tight underground Gfunk shit coming out of Long Beach and LA
I like how he tells it ... Old stories he lived through!
Suge up there when it comes to blowing a bag, and messing up life. Suge had it ALL
Nah, he always had the feds on his ass. It was only a matter of time before they got him for something else. He just made it too easy for them.
Ill be first to share my opinion on your opinion 😂
I disagree!
Bro, 2pac/piggy are dead because Puffy. Not suge, PUFFY. He must be sweating bullets queefy d under fed watch
Salute to Gip for keeping it 💯 💪🏾
Shoutout Big Gipp 💯 this whole interview my nigga been telling the truth let’s get him on Vlad 📺 soon my nigga keeping the south alive 👏🏾✊🏾💯
I thought Big Gip was spot on
He should shut up we all know that lol
Salute to Big Gipp, he's very intelligent.✊🏿💯
You smoking rocks
He is. I agree with you
@@issabey2749you’re obviously young and dumb
@@issabey2749😂
@@issabey2749he had your attention so what does that say about you😂😂
People forget Suge was still young himself he was only 31 when pac passed
31 ?That is a grown ass man.
@@itsyourscenttv.7040it's different when you're a 31 year old MULTIMILLIONAIRE from Bompton lol. Niggas were still hella youthful and full time gang Members.
@@itsyourscenttv.7040No cap grown ash
@itsyourscenttv.7040 so is 25 yet we give 2pac a pass for his youth. Life expectancy is around 76.
31 is still pretty young in life.
Suge was grown he should've known better
I like Gipp. Outlast, Goodie Mob and the whole dungeon family, organized noise crew is definitely my favorite people. Listening to his lyrics and listening at him do interviews, how has he not flipped his career and popped in something else with all that knowledge? He looks like he could do good in the movie industry or at least kick off something major as an entrepreneur. Maybe the villain role or something. Sometimes u just gotta figure out your strong points and go with that. Just like his solo career..he came with the singing and dancing, catchy hooks like grillz with nelly. Just wasn't the same Gipp we knew and loved from soul food and still standing.
Organized Noize is Legendary.
He's grown. He is evolving in his own way. Also he has his own businesses and is very successful at what he does and who he is.
@@runp44 Good to know. I wish all those guys much success. They were and still is good teachers!
Loved all them too witchdoctor first album is classic that lot of people don't know about
“Yo homies and politics just do not mix with real business and money making!” Big Gipp That’s the quote!
Kendrick Lamar spoke on it in To Pimp A Butterfly album. The song was Institutionalized.
That is no quote. That gang ish is not politics. That is dumb reggin ish. I used that word because it is enslaving each other
Nobody knew what Suge even looked like before that Source magazine cover. That cover was a mistake. When you have Bloods & Crips on the same team... you have to do right. Not only do you do right by your neighborhood, but by your people in general.
💯 if he would have stayed low key and did right especially the guys who put the money up for the Co because that was gonna come back and bite him in the ass
Suge doing magazine covers was def part of his downfall. He thought he was a star and the main attraction, not the artists and producers who made those hit records.
@@MichaelBrown-ti1unhe got seduced by the limelight
Suge was actually in the source a few years back before the covers is when I first new about him before that every one though dre owend death row basically by himself
Harry O told him that. He told him that you had more power when nobody could put a face to you, once he did that, he wanted the spotlight.
Gipp one of the Best Human Beings to hit this earth God bless you Bro💯💯💯
Love these interviews.. speaking facts!!
Likewise
Rest easy Pac 🙏🏾
And Ez E
Pac didn't get caught up in hood politics these flunking need to stop pushing that narrative
Thank God you have no hate for Snoop today lol
@@TosereOjeme Snoop is a frienemy of Tupac
@@pleasecheese803 there we have it folks
Peace to Big Gipp. I salute you, Lord. This is the most well thought out and intelligent jewel that you have dropped in these clips. I hope you remain this insightful for the duration of this interview.
If Gipp got a label that is in search for signing artists... I'm definitely interested in signing up! 💯🙏🏽👍🏾
They call me Black Leroy
Love hearing Gipp spit it !!
I love hearing about life from a different perspective--and Gipp thoughts helped me to see life from
A male perspective in life , I love learning about life
Keep putting on for the South Gipp. Love your interviews. 👍
Lots and lots of Jewels dropped in this interview. Young rappers and Exces take heed
Suge crashed out what would now be a billion dollar company over trying to be something he wasn’t.
This is why we need our elders they got a lot of wisdom to give us
Common sense but the streets got us hypnotized.
@@markmnorcal unfortunately yes
Real talk..Death Row was damn near unstoppable….younger folks don’t realize that Snoop was a world wide phenomenon while Dre was easily best producer in the game then you follow it up with Pac…Daz and Kurupt was killing it and RBX was on the rise…Warren G and Nate Dogg man come on…they were super stacked top to bottom…can’t deny the WC and what they did
Exactly! They were all so talented and created the G funk style that the whole world fell in love with. ❤
Warren G wasn't part of Deathrow because Suge couldn't see him as an artist
They was like the warriors and when they added pac it was like when Kd came 😭😭😭😭😭
100 percent correct but Puffy played the crips and the bloods and kept a clean sheet now Keefe d regrets being fooled into playing his security
he realized he was a crash dummy gangbanging=taking orders NOT for me
Keefe D should have known not to trust NY dudes. Compton should have stayed alert. One thing I learned about many NY ppl is that they for themselves and if u give an inch, they'll take 2 miles.
@@soundcheck2k7😂
He only had the crips not bloods and crips.. that would be death row which had snoop and the dog pound which was crips.. and you see he had to let the crips go look what happened to puff just as suge they both took a big lost but puff days are coming..Keefe has a lot to say..
I’m surprised south side crips didn’t kill puffy for not paying them back of what they did
The problem was they had to breathe the street to spit the street. By not mixed business with the street , Death Row would produce only studio thugs. It would lack credibility unless if they diversified their music topics, and genres like Bad Boys.
I could see Charlie Wilson as a solo artist signing with Death Row in the 90s.
Sorry Gap Band. It was all a dream.🤭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂☠️
Gipp not speaking no facts. Sugar isn’t to blame. People like Maxine waters and the state of California disrupted the gangster rape culture in California. They started banning lyrics and placed gang injunctions in certain neighborhoods which prevented people hanging with each other. Then the clubs started banning hats , shoes , white T’s. Meanwhile the southerners and easterners mimicked everything the west coast did without any repercussions.
Right.
@@ReallyStrongGuy you right but Dre and Cube weren't from the street and Snoop was never out there banging. Suge was not in MOB but he for sure did a ton of shit during his HS and College years. Plus, Suge had pull to get all the hoods together. Dre, Cube, Snoop couldn't do it. I would say Suge should be compared to Eazy E.
@@rudysaleh9723Easy was actually in the streets and was a crip he just never represented u never saw easy wearing blue or saying wat set he was from easy also used his own drug money too start ruthless and NWA unlike Suge that grew up in a household with two parents that would be considered middle class and even went too college and football there and I believe briefly in the NFL!
He didn't understand the Business. He was not ready for Prime time. That's it, that's all.
He had Dick Griffey as his mentor…Suge got lost in his Ego and the Power
I wouldn't say that. He just choose the wrong business. He didn't have balance. You think these wicked people who own these companies didn't make crooked moves to become fortune 500 companies?...
They just had balance.
Suge was one of the first ones openly talking about ownership, masters etc. So he did understand the business and marketing. Unfortunately, imo, he got power drunk. Arrogant as well. The fact that he thought losing Dr. Dre wasn't that big a deal, was just the height of arrogance.
Suge is one smart mf …. What you mean he didn’t understand the business ? Lmao a lot of people learn from suge !
This is probably the realest and positively honest interview from Gipp 💯💯💯
With all due respect, Suge couldn't control Pac, if he wanted to.
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Having gang bangers around was the wrong move but it was the 90s tho
Ok well Suge should have told the gang stay away from the artist in mess up my money
@@richporter40he was low key getting extorted by his gang connections and muscles
Period!!!!’ He looked up to pac
He's not lying. Death Row had the greatest 4 year run in the history of the music business. For them to come out the gate with The Chronic and continue to hit home runs non stop for 4 years is unprecedented.
It's too bad Suge was going through his 2nd childhood with millions of dollars in his pocket. It was never meant to last with that mentality.
Eazy E said it (Death Row) wouldn't last, on his last album.
The other side of the coin that rarely gets talked about is Suge was incredibly smart when it came to business and the Powers that be that controlled the music industry knew it. Extorting Vanilla Ice of his publishing rights are the proceeds that helped start Death Row in the first place. As his earlier days of working as a bodyguard for Bobby Brown, Suge understood that ownership of your master recordings and publishing rights is where the real money is. Thus, countless numbers of Black artists/musicians had been getting snaked out of profits from their labor by the owners of the record companies.
The 90's was different, it's not like today generation of business / music etc.
Suge should have never let 2pac come over there and disrespect Dre, knowing that Dre was the man behind the music. There’s only one Dre and he got tracks that could damn near make anyone platinum
You dudes wasn’t there and love to blame everything on Pac!! I’m 100% sure Dre was gone before Pac start dissing him. People just don’t make a certain emotional move, that shit was in the work long before Pac got there. Remember who became Dre right hand man after he left right? ✍🏿🤷🏿♂️
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Pac was emotional man lol dude couldn't control himself.
Dre had dudes doing his beats for him.
Dre disrespected DEATH ROW by NOT supporting Snoops murder case. Very true that Dre was the sound at first. All Eyez On Me changed things and showed that they would still be successful with DJ QUIK taking over as lead producer and engineer. Dre only worked on 3 songs out of the 27 that made All Eyez on Me a classic
YOOOOO
Big Gipp is the big homie fashofasho, always keeping shyt real. These right here be some of your best interviews 4real keep it up bruh
When Suge Knight stopped getting mentorship from Dick Griffey that's when that street element started coming around
Basically
He always gives it to you more real than anybody. Great Interview!!
WOW! Words of wisdom! "This is one of the best messages about mixing the streets with the music industry. So ends the lesson. Big Gipp, thank you sir.
This was a powerful message!
Death Row Records downfall was simply bad business practice. Like not really paying the artists properly. Ask Snoop how much he made at Death Row Records vs when he signed to No Limit Records. Hood politics have always been part parcel in Hip Hop Culture. If the business is right irrespective of the boisterous mindset of some young men it can be sustainable. But it is rare for a label to sustain in the mainstream.
To play devils advocate here. Death Row put up a lot of money to keep Snoop out of prison.
That part!
They spent 4 or 5 million on snoop between his budget and that murder case. If snoop caught that case at no limit he would have ended up like Mac and c murder
Yup
Snoop made millions on death row. Do did kurupt and Daz and Dre. All the other artists got paid but they thought they should have been paid like stars when they didn't even have an album out
Suge destroyed death Row. Ruthless records never had the gang culture and they sold millions. Suge wanted to be a bona-fide gangsta and that was his downfall
Lol wrong. Eazy E; Crip , Above The Law ; Crip , MC Ren Crip, Brown side ; Surreneo (I think lol ) Kid Frost ( Surreneo)
Everybody on that label were gang affiliated except for Black Eyed Peas lmao
@@OlliWitta3_the gang culture never messed they business up is what he probably trying to say
The fan base was gang members. The shit couldn’t be separated.
Suge wanted to be a Mafia Boss.
There's was no gang culture in nwa. They may have been gang members but they never banged. By the way eazy was associated never a gang member, get your facts straight. With deathrow we knew mob James buntry neckbone and other piru members. Smh
Pac the greatest to ever do it!
@@bigprob8744 who u like?pac hater!!
I wouldn't say the greatest to ever do it. Maybe for that generation. Like the gemini Pac was he was conflicted and he spoke that and people followed that.
"Nobody is bigger than the program."
This is the problem. Hood politics and nobody being bigger than the program is not about equality. It's about telling more talented people that you arent special. And, if you think differently, you will be checked or receive a DP.
Look at what happened to Nipsey Hussle.
Wow. These are true words of wisdom.
Gotta say he's been speaking the truth and nothing but the truth respectfully. Salute to him and the south.
Damn, I love the fact that Art don't talk over his guests like that other guy.
Gip solid too
Gipp is on point, they introduced an element into the culture that was not needed. Hip-Hop was born as the answer to violence and instead we embraced what we tried to escape.
Peace
Downfall of death row was the gang politics.
And that’s what ultimately got them their clout as well so it was like a win/lose
Great interviewer + Great guest = Great interview 🙌
I hear you Gipp! Unfortunately Suge is not that smart or that remorseful of his mistakes. He still believes his model could have worked and he blames everyone but himself for the downfall of the label. He wanted to run Deathrow like a football team lol. The music business and football are two different things.
Common sense goes a LONG WAY 💯 Thank you BIG GIPP for reminding the few about the many 💯
Not sure if I know this gentleman, but this interview (radio version) needs to be turned into a book and taught throughout the halls of academia. This is profound and extremely relevant. Great interview and insight
Came up in a group called Goodie mob which was also part of a large crew from Atlanta called The dungeon family which also consisted of outkast.Give his group a look up you might like some of their stuff.Cee low was also a member of his group.
Thats true. I dont think Ice Cube was an actual gang member, but i know Mack 10 (Queens St. Blood) and WC (Neighborhood Crip) were. Cube brought them together and they sold many records repping their set, but leaving the politics out of it.
Suge on the other hand, was more interested in Piru politics... smh
Salute to you both, giving a phenonemal set of interviews. God bless you both & your families! Duces from Ca. L.A.
Gip needs a podcast asap👍🏽 he always makes sense about Life💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
No. He doesn't because all he does is ride Tupac dicks .. every interview he says people dick ride Jay z.... Yet he dick rides PAC every chance he gets
Maybe just continue to fine, support, and encourage others who have similar understandings and lifestyle choices.
This shit should be played 20 yrs from now cause this shit is gospel and will play over & over from many ppl mistakes
Suge should have kept the gang shit, away from the business cause Death Row was definitely the best label with the dopest artists so i agree with Gipp on this one.
Suge “does not stay in his lane” Knight 😂
"It's totally a subculture only to them," -- Big Gipp.
Gipp really said some real sh-- here. It's been a hot minute since L.A./the west coast, aside from a few artists here and there like Kendrick and Roddy Ricch, has been at the forefront of hip hop commercially. Alotta the same "politics" that derailed Death Row, unfortunately, has also carried over to this new generation, ie Nipsey Hussle and Drakeo The Ruler, two guys I thought had a real shot to blow outside of the region.
Death Row and Suge, ultimately, just didnt know when to "turn it off." I disagree with Gipp when he said every L.A. artist that signed shouldve distanced themselves from their neighborhoods, becuase if we're keeping it a buck, thats actually part of the allure in marketing these artists (see: The Game when Dre & 50 first put him out), or YG (Def Jam handed him to Jeezy for his debut album).
I think TDE, as far as L.A. hip hop, is the best example of who learned from Suge's mistakes. Unlike Suge, Top Dawg didnt have to pay to be from his hood, and was actually a real reputable in his section. TDE has just as many hoods around as Death Row, but you never heard any smut on its name. You'd never even know that TDE is a gsng affiliated label at first glance. Unlike Suge, played the background! And kept the streets seperated from the business.
Snoop said it best: TDE was what Death Row was supposed to be. I thought it was cool for Kendrick Lamar(Piru affiliate), Jay Rock(Bounty Hunters Bloods) and Schoolboy Q(Hoover Crips) to be labelmates of the same company with the CEO being from the Red Side(don't know his exact affiliation). Very reminiscent of Suge and DR's early days where artists from sides of the tracks were making money and good music together. Before PAC and Biggie were murdered to say the least. Cali artists with known gang affiliation like The Game(Cedar Block Piru) or YG(Tree Top Piru) saw an avenue to recreate the West Coast Hip Hop scene or Gangsta rap buzz that's been dominant in Hip Hop for decades. Although, the "set-trippin' was marketable to younger fans who weren't necessarily privy to LA gang culture or don't know the full history of it, which only added to the detriment of both Nipsey and Drako who became casualties of their violent environments. Ironically, now you got artists that are not even from LA(i.e., Chris Brown, Soulja Boy, Lil Wayne, Jim Jones) seeking to win accreditation by clicking up with certain Blood gangs. Looking for clout.
That's exactly right. As a musician myself I grew up with homies that were connected. I never joined in a gang. But when you got homies that are in the gang culture and you are just trying to get your g.e.d. and get a degree, it's hard to chill. Not to mention many of them got on that heroin. When you see your homeboy in the hospital in a coma because of an overdose, it hots you hard.
Maaaan, when I tell you Gipp preaching ✊🏾🖤 Keep dropping that knowledge brother!
Suge Should have just been all up in the videos dancin
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Hahaha 😅😅😂
Dre leaving was the beginning of the end at Death Row Records.
2Pac getting took out solidified the demise of it entirely.
LA gang culture definitely full of apex specimens running around.
Big ups to the OG for always keeping it real
Gipp is a real one. That’s why the Mob was the shit. The Nigga cut different. And he’s damn near a hip hop historian. MF knew a lot of people and his prospective is shared and heartfelt
Realist shit I ever heard 💯💯
Happy Gippie talks the truth !! I pray these young artists are Listening 👂 !! ..
I felt this interview.
"Thought Process" by goodie mob is my shit
Big Gipp aka the score keeper!! this is a great interview
Every clip is a fact he might have the best interview
Lets not forget that Suge was like giving homeboys a job doing money legally. He gave them an opportunity to make money in a legal way . Unfortunately things turned out the way he never expected. He helped alot of people in the streets helped families to eat .But when it was on him when things turned south. But it was a lesson though . It doesn't take away a good business man he was intelligent he was and a helping hand he was
Always dropping gems salute to big gipp
Peace to Gipp for spittin straight facts 💪🏾💯
Gipp speaking nothing but the truth
Nah he's not
He's not. Death Row survived all their other beefs because of how strong their Gang affiliations were. Compton Pirus and Long Beach Crips mashing TOGETHER. Never was seen before
@@OlliWitta3_ Gipp was speaking about business and street politics, and it you can’t mix them if you wanna be successful, also their aren’t no friends in the streets, ya dig!
See how respectful and careful he talk about LA culture and artist vs. NEW YORK
YOU PEEP RIGHT
THEY SHOWING DISDAINED ENERGY.
Suge is Aries. Hard-headed goat😂😂
Everytime this man talk 🗣 he be talking like a real triple OG suppose too. Stay dropping Gems and showing no bias nothing but Love and Respect for Big Gipp 🖤💯🖤
FYI his wife or ex wife I don’t know dad was Joe Gilliam jr 1st black quarterback to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers real talk
I ❤ listen to Big Gipp, always giving knowledge. Though im not in the streets. This advice applies to life in general.
Salute and much love and respect for Big Gipp..real recognize real and you listening to your knowledge and experience for the game is O.G...
All these people were young including suge
Same thing now you can't mix business with the streets it's one of the other you can't have one foot in and one foot out😮😮😮😮
Suge is A Aries...which is worst. But Suge fell in love with POWER
Lol does that stuff factor in leap years
Gipp should be teaching in colleges 🎓 I always enjoy listening to his perspective
i love this man, spoken like a person who been touched by love & God (YHVH), keep speaking my brother... word!!
Talk to em Uncle Gipp!! Always have LOVED him!!
This is a major cluster! Nothing good is going to happen at this reunion! It's so crazy and the tension is so thick, it makes you feel like you are there with them!
Facts. Had the whole coast to themselves.
Michael Concepcion was responsible for we all in the same gang
Man I like big gipp he’s a great story teller. I could listen to this King all day.
People act like puffy didn't put that hit on Tupac. That's why them dudes was at the casino.
EXACTLY 💯. That's also why Orlando tried to steal a Death Row chain weeks prior. Cuz of the bounty for a Bad Boy video.
FALSE!!!! Orlando and others went to see the Tyson match like everybody else. Orlando never went looking for Pac until Pac sucker punched him then jumped him.
@@TosereOjeme you're naive lol
@@OlliWitta3_ naaah it is common sense
Gipp said it best! The streets and business will never mix.
Yooooooooo! Starting at That 12:00 mark is on point!
Gipp is dropping knowledge.
Nothing but the truth on this one..... damn
When you're young coming from the hood its not easy making that adjustment over night. But I will say this even a fool can learn from his own mistakes but a wise man learns from the mistakes of others...
This is perhaps the most insightful interview ever on this platform. I agree with him, I bet Suge Knight ponders this everyday.
Big Gipp always on point
“Learning how to step away from certain things and separate yourself from different situations will help you grow and at the end of the day it might save your life.” Big Gipp brought straight knowledge and understanding and I pray these young brothas and sistahs going into the music industry will heed his words because that was phenomenal!!
This is real conversation...no doubt! Everything is a lick to gang members.
Limited mentality!
My Man Gipp dropping straight up facts!!!
He right about Mike Concepcion, my ex-manager was the true Chief of California before Suge, shout out to Grand Jury entertainment. He helped me secure a record deal with Motown records in the 90's and helped a lot of artist in those days.