JD never gave no fukks
cardan was mase's guy tho.
thats really not biting.
besides, puff intercepted mase when he was headed to atlanta to sign with JD anyway. mase was supposed to be on so so def like homie said earlier.
JD was national in 92 with Kriss Kross and TLC, before bad boy was a thought, then he dropped Xscape in 93/94 before puff ever thought of a total. JD was a pioneer of the whole building an urban label from the ground up, far from a biter. He resurrected Mariah's career and saved Usher's careers and made him the superstar we know when Diddy failed to launch him correctly. Like I said, nah, biter he wasn't...
jermaine dupri was that dude for a good 15 years.
i wouldnt say he pioneered the 'urban label from the ground up' thing, but hes one of the OGs.
so so def was the chit. and then you had all the affiliates like mariah, monica, usher, etc. kriss kross kinda counts as affiliates too since they werent actually signed there.
but yea, JD was a follower half the time tho but realistically speaking, that could be said for most of the game, so why knock JD? hes the modern-day herbie luv bug, whose legacy is also taken for granted. but very few producers can f*ck with either of them and their products so its whatever.