he wasn't just trying to touch him, people got killed and mase couldn't handle the pressure so he fled to atl, retired from music and became a pastor.
at him near slipping in he wrote on Ma$e album.
Ma$e could NEVER obtain the fanbase nor achieve the status that DRAKE has maintained so consistently over the past 5 years
Mase NEVER was acknowledged by the POP WORLD he wasnt n thier radar
White Folks didnt even know his name..he was Puffs sidekick to them
His HOOK game doesnt even come close to DRAKE
His subject matter revolved mostly around being a fly guy crack dealer
Hell even when he was in a collective "CHILDREN OF THE CORN" he was probally the weakest link next to Camron
The boy made hot club hits but chart wise he aint fukking wit Drake
His flow was teased as being borderline retard very slow rather basic
and for the record...MASE had ghostwriters too...they just ain't as dope as DRAKE's
You guys are so passionate with your hate for Drake that u say some outlandish things
that's NOT the full extent of the story....
i've actually interviewed someone who was a well known industry stylist in the Atlanta area and member of S.A.N.E ministries which is the church organization that Mase headed along with his wife.....
we had a off the record conversation about Mase...and she was only willing to share this because me and her (the stylist) had mutual friends in the industry and were once neighbors on Old National highway down in Atlanta
anyway she stated that the pressure from the Baby Lane issue was a small factor but not as a significant factor as Mase being Mase....a swindling unloyal type of guy.....
plus MASE always loved the south ..he use to stay in jacksonville and was a frequent patron of JUSTINS and was in the company of WOLF and the BMF clique in atl ..he was good there...had girls in atl and loved the scene and the ability to make $$$ without all the complexities that come with being in NYC
anyway
she said Mase really wanted to get into the "megachurch game" as a source of revenue and exit plan from the draconian BAD BOY deal he had signed with Puff.....
to Puff's credit....and i quote her..."he didn't wanna fulfill the obligations of the contract....inspite of the fact that he was locked in for more album options owed to puff"....she also said...Mase knew Puff has a soft spot when it comes to spiritual manners...similiar to him signing Hezikiah Walker the gospel singer to a sweet deal....Mase was able to convince Puff to release him from the deal inspite of the fact Mase breached the contract...
Mase had a plan he had Creflo Dollar as his "mentor/OG" and was trying to be in that "lane" ($$$) but found out just like the rap game it takes MONEY to make MONEY.....
so according to her MASE conjurs up this plan to approach NELLY whom had a mutual relationship with Mase former manager CUDDA LOVE ....Cudda and NELLY both ran FO REEL ENTERTAINMENT and got coerced into sponsering a set of luxury church vans for MASEs church and forking over some $$$
MASE ran that game on them...like he did Puff.....in exchange for the cash and transportation...he gave them the option of resigining him to bring forth a "clean pop styled" rap album with spiritual themes sprinkled in if he ever decide to excersise his option to go back in the rap game....
that never happened with Nelly and Cudda......he decided to return with a "bad boy gone clean" image with another mogul
...hence "WELCOME BACK" video via PUFFY.....in 2004
big fat advance...huge budget ...big rollout..then less like a year later walaaah he LEAVES again.....
puff is pissed he even stated in a radio interview how he lost millions of dollars investing in Mase's return....
which resulted in Puff and 50 having issues when it came to negotiating for MASE to come to GUNIT
so you can't hate on PUFF for wanting a 2 mill pricetag on that azz....
PUFF, CUDDA LOVE, NELLY and 50 to extent all got swindled......along with the church congregation and the fans
MASE is the "LEON" of the rap game
true MASE was a writer ...a damn good one at that
his bars on "niccaz don't started something" and his early children of the corn work are a testament to that
......everybody respected his penship game....from jada to nas
but it's no SECRET that towards the end of the final promotional run of his debut album and he was just doing features...
it was SKILLZ from VA and another N.Y "mixtape" cat whom made significant contributions to Mase craft
cause MASE was just "out there" i.e (partying...getting drunk ..high..running the streets as opposed to the studio)
hell yeah, that's 1 of my favorite verses from him
but hold up, you gotta name some songs you talkin' bout where he had help with... some of the double up album? the brian mcknight joint? the brandy joint? the 112 "love me" joint?
i never knew skillz was writin' for ma$e
yo im not hear to expose or slander Mase
for the record i am a BIG FAN of mase...when i went to clubs in the 90s whether it was the TUNNEL in NYC or 112 in ATL all i wanted to hear was MASE in the clubs...cause he made some damn good bangers
now when SKILLZ leaked the story that he wrote for MASE he never i recall revealed what songs or how many songs he did for ole boy
that's neither here nor thier with me
like i said I PERSONALLY HAVE NO PROBLEMO WITH GHOSTWRITING
cause the industry is one big dog and pony show....and once i got to actually sit in the studio with artists and realize that hey it's all ONE BIG MACHINE that pushes them.....i wasn't even mad ......
at either MASE nor DRAKE.....cause at the end of the day IT'S SHOW BUSINESS
Mase did great in that era. Could he have had a longer career..yeah. but some people have short careers that are great like Barry Sanders/mase others have long careers Like Kobe/jay-z (20 years). hell id like to hear mase keep rappin and putting out albums just like id love to see megatron, lynch and barry sanders have longer careers but it is what it is, they did what they did and now they're done.
