Beanie Sigel interview on Art of Dialogue: Jay-Z Forced Me To Stop Writing. Jay-Z Wore Biggie's Personal Jesus Chain While Recording His Albums

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I hate YT channels where they split an interview into 10 parts trying to get clicks. that's an easy way to get me NOT to watch their content, cuz they are blatantly milking it.
 
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One of the biggest myths in Hip Hop is this whole “Dame took a chance on/believed in Kanye when nobody else would” bullshyt

The Jean-Yuhs documentary and Dame’s own words in various interviews have proven that beyond his production skills, NOBODY in the upper Roc-A-Fella brass believed in Kanye West as an artist. They even froze his budget after he recuperated from the car accident and he used his own money to shoot the Through The Wire video and used his own connections to get it played on MTV. It wasn’t until after Kanye had done ALL the leg work that Dame and Jay opened his budget, and then it was with the understanding that Kanye would throw a bunch of Roc-A-Fella artists on the album and basically make it a compilation.

Nobody had any inkling Kanye would become “Kanye” except KANYE which is why he’s such an egomaniac today. He’s the one and true example of manifestation and thats why he gets so many passes for the dumb shyt he says. People like to look to him to believe that with confidence in self they too can achieve the impossible.


Dame should get just about as much “credit” for Kanye’s success as Jay does. Very minimal
 

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That's dope having an iconic piece like that in his collection

If I had money like that I would be copping items such as Tupac's ring/rollie etc.

Have Biggie's crown on a shelf...framed Coogi sweater on the wall lol
it's different because he knew biggie. Ross has a MOB ring and Tyga has a chain inspired by death row, both look lame imo.
 

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It was on Dame's label, but that was a dope one too.

I think lyrically he was in his prime on The Reason. "Nothing Like It" era was Beans at his best, to me. He got locked up right after recording The B Coming, and that was when everything fell off for him.
that is one of the craziest sample flips ever
 

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Is Beanie aight?

1) A flex in the ability to memorize in quick fashion, lending to a belief that you can be prolific in making records.
2) Some believe it lends to a more "natural" or "convincing" delivery, as sometimes it can be obvious that you're reading off a paper (though that can be worked on while still reading). You wanna be far away from the prime Diddy delivery as possible.
I HATED that on No Way Out
 
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