I read about this, don't remember if I saw video or not. Any footage?
Some hiphop peace summit Farrakhan and N.O.I. Threw. It was real positive until Suge showed up lol
Dj Quik speaks on it
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Yeah, and their second went gold, which probably trickled to near plat later down the line.......Eastsidaz sold a million records ?![]()
SIMMONS, HARVEY AND DJ QUIK SPEAK OUT
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After Farrakhan spoke those of us who sat on the panel got to address the audience. This included myself, Michael Conception, a sista from the RIAA, Melanie Campbell of Black Youth Vote, Steve Harvey, DJ Quik, the DOC, Big Boy of Power 106 and Russell Simmons. One of the highlighted remarks came from Russell Simmons who pointed out some interesting statistics about the current state of Hip Hop music. He explained that rap sales were down by almost 20%. He noted that he felt it may have to do with the fact that what we are getting from many rap artists is manufactured and not truthful in the way that Minister Farrakhan described. He noted that nowadays people are looking toward artists like Jill Scott, Bilal and others who seem to be representing a truthful vibe for the people. He also pointed out the high ratings and current demand for spoken word artists who seem to have taken the place of rap artists in terms of speaking truth.
Steve Harvey spoke and pointed out what rap artists could expect from Radio One; the largest Black owned radio network in the country. He explained that the owner Kathy Hughes is now moving in a direction where she will not be playing a lot of the vulgar and degrading music. He explained that she as well as many who listen to her radio stations which can be found in 64 markets are tired of hearing about 'gats,' 'pimps' 'hoes' etc. He broke it down to the artists in the room by asking them to look at this scenario from a business stand point. Harvey laid out some figures and juxtaposed them with the dominant position Radio One has in numerous Black communities around the country. He concluded that it would not be cost effective for them to continue in the direction of putting out foul material.
DJ Quik wrote a moving statement. He said he was inspired by Minister Farrakhan's speech. He wanted to know if this Hip Hop Summit would result in change. He wrote that he was tired of attending meetings where everyone starts off feeling good, but as soon as they walk out the door, egos get in the way and we go back to acting ill. Quik's remarks definitely left us with a lot to think about.
SUGE KNIGHT BRINGS IT HOME w/ KNOWLEDGE AND INSULTS
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As we continued with our remarks, a sharply dressed Suge Knight complete with a lit cigar and shades arrived almost two hours late with an entourage of about 40 people. Among his folks were Mack 10, Kurupt and members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe. Some of those Boo-Yaa cats were so big, they made Suge look small and Suge is a big guy.
As soon as he rolled through you could feel the energy in the room start to change. Almost immediately the press rushed from the back of the room and started taking pictures even as cats were still speaking. There was no denying his charisma and presence-all eyes were on him. Suge seemed to relish the attention. Minister Ben gave Suge a nice introduction as he explained to the audience that he has gotten a chance to sit down with Suge and experience a more compassionate side to him.
Suge started out with some powerful remarks. First he responded to a remarks I had made when I pointed out that a lot of cats had successfully flipped their street hustle into a business hustle. He pointed out that nowadays such remarks will be used against people and get them sent to jail. He said its best to be silent on what people do with their drug money. He explained that he didn't wanna see any more brothers go to jail.
Next, he spoke about the music business and how it was important for artists to form a union. He pointed out that many artists have no health benefits and very little leverage in terms of negotiating for a better deal. He talked about artists and Hip Hop song writers positioning themselves so they could economically impact the 4 major record labels. He offered a couple of scenarios that definitely had you juiced. He also pointed out how the major labels stick together and will work with each other to try and keep artists from rising to certain levels. He noted how an artist who has beef with one label will leave and go to another only to find that the executive from label one will pick up the phone and tell the executive from the new label not to give the artist a good contract. Suge noted that the Hip Hop community needed to have that type of unity, leverage and power.
Suge spoke about the type of tactics that go on behind the scene where labels try to get rap groups to break up and go solo so they can make more money. He also spoke on how all the new boy bands are merely carbon copies of the Black Boy bands like Boyz II Men from a few years a back. He rhetorically asked the question as to where are they now? Suge also spoke on the state of today's male groups by noting that the industry has positioned them so they no longer have an identity. He pointed out if it wasn't for a video you would not no the difference between a 112 or Jagged Edge. He suggested this turn of events is a deliberate attempt to keep Black artists at a certain level.
A lot of cats seemed to be hearing Suge and was digging his remarks and break down of the music industry politics. Suddenly he appeared to take a left turn. He started talking about P-Diddy, Dr. Dre, Cash Money and Master P to name a few. He pointed out that none of these guys own their own masters and are essentially puppets for the major record labels. He explained that many artists who claim to have label deals only have logo deals. That means they stamp their name on a record label and are at the beck and call of the majors. He basically broke it down by explaining that majors allow these small labels to do all the A&R work for them.
Suge then made some remarks about Dr. Dre. He wanted to know how come Dre is from LA and did not show up to the Hip Hop Summit as promised. He then criticized Dre for signing artists like King Tee, Eve and others and never putting them out. He noted that the first artist Dre really got behind was Eminem who because of his skin color is allowed to say and do whatever he wants. He seemed to imply that it was Interscope Records calling the shyts and not Dre.
Suge also pointed that people like Snoop Dogg accused him of giving artists bad deals. He told the audience that he gave Snoop, 5 Million bucks when he was on trial for murder. He pointed out to Trey Dee who was sitting in the audience that he sold a million records but didn't have a million dollars. Suge wanted to know who was really giving artists bad deals.
Suge then launched into some unsavory remarks about P-Diddy, Master P and Cash Money. His tone and overall demeanor seemed to unnerve some folks. It didn't help when he made some off handed comments about the lack of East Coast rappers in attendance, gays, not liking snitches and eating p$#y. Former Death Row artist Jewel had apparently heard enough and started shouting at Suge from the back of the room. She said something to the effect of not wanting to stand there and let the devils work be done. Suge dissed her and continued onÉ Someone else shouted from the audience that she brought her kids to the conference and that these proceedings were supposed to be peaceful. Suge responded to her and wrapped up his remarks. As he left the stage more then half the room followed with cameras, tape recorders pens and pads.
His tone and overall demeanor seemed to unnerve some folks. It didn't help when he made some off handed comments about the lack of East Coast rappers in attendance, gays, not liking snitches and eating p*ssy.
Say what you want about Suge but this is some real knowledge right here & this was 10+ years ago. Now look at R&B & this reads like some kind of prophecy.
Steve Harvey spoke and pointed out what rap artists could expect from Radio One; the largest Black owned radio network in the country. He explained that the owner Kathy Hughes is now moving in a direction where she will not be playing a lot of the vulgar and degrading music. He explained that she as well as many who listen to her radio stations which can be found in 64 markets are tired of hearing about 'gats,' 'pimps' 'hoes' etc. He broke it down to the artists in the room by asking them to look at this scenario from a business stand point. Harvey laid out some figures and juxtaposed them with the dominant position Radio One has in numerous Black communities around the country. He concluded that it would not be cost effective for them to continue in the direction of putting out foul material.