Big K.R.I.T. Off Def Jam

[IronFist]

According to a tweet from Big K.R.I.T. on Tuesday night (July 5), the versatile rap star/producer is no longer signed to Def Jam.

Following the release of his breakout mixtape K.R.I.T. Wuz Here in 2010, Big K.R.I.T. signed to Def Jam where he released only two major albums in 2012's Live From The Underground and 2014's Cadillactica. The later eventually earned the Mississippi native HipHopDX's Emcee Of The Year award and Verse Of The Year for "Mt. Olympus."






Request for comment from Def Jam and Big K.R.I.T.'s management were not immediately returned.

The announcement came shortly after he released his 12 for 12 freestyles mixtape where the King Remembered In Time dropped 12 tracks every hour of him spitting on instrumentals ranging from "Drug Dealers Anonymous" to "THat Part."

K.R.I.T.'s last project underneath the Def Jam umbrella was the It's Better That Way mixtape, which was released in October 2015, alongside DJ Drama.


Big K.R.I.T. Off Def Jam

 

[Heretic]

Good, now we might get a REAL K.R.I.T. album.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

The label was not supporting him anyways. He is way too talented to not be bigger than he is. Krit is defintely my favorite.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Sample-based KRIT

 

[tremonthustler1]

It's not gonna change anything until his production changes on the albums as opposed to his mix tapes. Not sure if this improves matters because sample clearances cost $$$

All this means is Big KRIT has given up on chasing stardom

 

[SuburbanPimp]

I'm excited, Def Jam wasn't helping him.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I'm excited, Def Jam wasn't helping him.

He wasn't helping himself with those records he was giving them. It felt like he was purposely submitting subpar shyt to the label while giving the real good shyt away for free.

But at the end of the day, as talented as he is, some acts just aren't meant to be huge. Wherever KRIT goes, he just needs to make sure his samples get cleared and his mixtapes become barcoded. Besides that, a label can only do but so much with him

 

[Kingshango]

Samples galore.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Hes is toxic to a label

 

[Romey Rome]

Good. Everything he put out with def jam was trash. How is it everything before the deal was dope. The album comes it's trash a mixtape comes it's dope. Second album comes it's trash next mixtape it's dope. Def jam didn't help him at all

 

[Sauce Dab]

Def Jam didn't push him and samples are expensive and hard to clear
He's about to be making good music but it's looking like he gave up on being mainstream
Or maybe he'll sign into a better situation in the future

 

[Monoblock]

Sample clearance issue gone. This what Live From The Underground should have sounded like.

 

[cam]

he may need to hire musicians to play the music then he can sample that.

 

[Raheem95]

Def Jam is a terrible label to sign to tbh. Hopefully K.R.I.T. makes great music and stays independent. If he stays Independent then he can make so much money.

 

[Apollo Creed]

It's a damn shame that dude ain't bigger than he is. Hopefully he has the capital to be self sufficient on the indy side