Rapper Eve Reveals Jay-Z Called When Her Debut Album Dropped & Told Her Not to Get Her Hopes Up Because Female Rappers "Don't Really Do That Well

[Roid Jones]

Why can I hear him saying that with his laugh at the end

 

[L. Deezy]

Nah this had to be before

Let me edit that post.. I was being sarcastic..because what other reason outside of being her label head would you say that to her for

 

[Big Boss]

nikkas in here tryna defend and then wonder why X always felt a way about Jay during that time. Lol. nikka was pulling shyt like that. Meanwhile trying to push his own female artist in that time frame.

Facts and Eve sold more than Amil

 

[DontEemTry]

Let me edit that post.. I was being sarcastic..because what other reason outside of being her label head would you say that to her for

Well part of her memoir is going to be about how much misogyny she had to overcome in the industry. So this Jay story is probably light compared to what else she's gonna reveal. But if she wants to get people interested in her book this is the perfect excerpt to use as bait.

 

[MrRDU]

nikkas in here tryna defend and then wonder why X always felt a way about Jay during that time. Lol. nikka was pulling shyt like that. Meanwhile trying to push his own female artist in that time frame.

What kinda music did X make once Jay got the def jam gig

He was making wack ass music & mad Jay aint want to put it out

 

[vdfebduderocks]

until the memoir is released, then we have to wait and see how this quote plays within context. Maybe it was a fuel behind branching out to acting/TV.... or staying hungry so that she could have a great 2nd/3rd albums.... or being satisfied going like 3x plat instead of what DMX charted at.

Hard to honestly say until we find out where it lands.

 

[Deadman187]

If that's how he felt about female rappers, then why did he even bother signing Amil?

 

[BronxFleeZ]

Jealous because Eve popped off the way he thought Amil would

This is it

 

[Gaston]

Not to hate, but her career kinda proved his point, no? Might have been out of the loop, but didn't hear much about her after her debut.

After her debut album she went platinum with her second album.

 

[Redwood]

Yall really in here playing dumb lol. You named 3 sex symbols. And one of them was contreversial

Nonetheless, they still managed to exceed Jay & the executives expectations

 

[African Peasant]

He ended up being right.

 

[Standing on business]

If eve said any other former CEO said this 24 years ago would this even be a trending topic?

 

[Don Homer]

I mean he wasn't wrong in principle.. that's why they be shaking ass

he's not. Meg the Stallion is super popular, and she only sold like 65k first week

 

[Budda]

He ended up being right.

Outside of Nicki every female rapper ended up being a one album wonder, Lauryn included

Eve Missy Kim Foxy all had more than one successful album.

 

[re'up]

The framing of private, wildly incomplete, conversations to support one side or another....just weird.

even a transcript, you couldn't get tone, or intent, or the nature of their interactions.

The Eve/RR era was me at 14, it was a special time. Had everyone fukking with Eve mostly because of the RR sweeping of the industry.