Young Jeezy named Senior VP of A&R at Atlantic Records

[kevin arnold]

isn't alley boy on atlantic....wonder if he's going to give him that push he needs....

 

[Ineedmoney504]

Himself and Boyz-n-da-hood, USDA were bunch of unknown cats that went gold as well but the artists couldn't capitalize of the buzz same as BNDH.

I don't see to many artists taking an unknown rapper and making him famous today, that's maybe not what Jeezy is gonna do.
He might work with nikkas who are already on. Ross took Wale a dude who sold 200k something with his first badly promoted album, with a management deal with Roc Nation and all that and made him sell 400k with his second album. I got to give mad props to Ross for Meek though, that's his artist straight up.

Jeezy makes it hard on himself, he should stop signing nikkas based on how many eightballs they sold and looking at how many mixtapes they sold instead.
Or how much they underachieved with their first album. Trying to take a completely unknown nikka and making him famous is nearly impossible unless you have the deepest ear for music/sales. Like Kanye, Birdman/slim, Puff etc.

if it about making talent bigger than cam made vado bigger than anybody on cte, shyt stalley is bigger than anybody on cte outside of gibbs, and gibbs been in the same position since before jeezy signed him

 

[Danie84]

Thought he was on Def Jam.

 

[mortuus est]

isn't alley boy on atlantic....wonder if he's going to give him that push he needs....

alley boy wants in my niggy

 

[FreshFromATL]

Am I wrong in thinking a&r scouts and develops talent? If so...uhhh that other rapper has been doing this without an official position for the past three years. I hate to bring him into it but I'm just saying...and what talent has jeezy found and developed?

This is the elephant in the room right here. I like Jeezy and wish him much success but he'll be the type of nikka that sign a "alley-boy" type rapper and expect him to blow and shyt, smh. Like you said, Rick Ross has been doing this for the past 2-3 years, without the title.

 

[Reggie]

So like the other cats have said he ain't on Def Jam anymore.

 

[kingstl]

Can someone explain to me what an A&R does? I have never understood this aspect of the music business.

Also, does this means jeezy is working a 9-5 rockin business casual, sitting at a desk and getting benefits? That's a over rapping.

I dont understand either....based off what other people are saying, i'm thinking dude is a paid talent scout



Dude gone be at the convention center like American Idol doing talent shows

 

[Colilluminati]

if it about making talent bigger than cam made vado bigger than anybody on cte, shyt stalley is bigger than anybody on cte outside of gibbs, and gibbs been in the same position since before jeezy signed him

You saying Vado is bigger than Gibbs?

 

[Mask and Da Glock]

that is definitely arguable man. I've never heard anyone outside of the internet bump freddie gibbs but people into cam's new movement really listen to vado like that...the internet would have you believe otherwise

 

[LOUDaffair]

This is the elephant in the room right here. I like Jeezy and wish him much success but he'll be the type of nikka that sign a "alley-boy" type rapper and expect him to blow and shyt, smh. Like you said, Rick Ross has been doing this for the past 2-3 years, without the title.

Berry Gordy to the streets.

 

[Still Benefited]

this is probaly how Jesse Jackson felt watchin Obama win....Jeezy gon be givin real nikkas deals like Shyne got and just ride off into the sunset...but nah why nikkas tryna downplay this position like sum bytchez? The position is as serious as Jeezy takes it...he ain't just decide to start wearin suits and glasses for no reason,this is serious to him....I can't wait til B.o.b bring his album to the bosses and the boardroom full of cacs rockin to his shyt,but B.O.Bs eyes are focused on Jeezy bcuz his opinion is the one that matters to him...all he gets is the the entire meeting...back to the drawin board nikka

Can't wait til Plies comes to the offices and gets a budget worth a kings ransom with strict orders "take it back to 2006 my nikka"..there's a level of excitement in the building now...who gives a shyt who he developed he can tell these nikkas they shyt garbage bcuz his catalogue ain't....Y'all the same idiots that said Jays job meant nuthing and he wuz president...say what u will but the music comin outta defjam on jays watch wuz better than it had been in a while...whether it did numbers on not.

 

[Colilluminati]

that is definitely arguable man. I've never heard anyone outside of the internet bump freddie gibbs but people into cam's new movement really listen to vado like that...the internet would have you believe otherwise

I feel the same exact way about Vado breh.I never heard anyone say he was hot or anything close.I ain't hating on him at all.I think he will fade away just like Gibbs will.

 

[Mask and Da Glock]

fair enough then, there was a time when he had a "slime flu" thing going on though. whatever the fukk that meant i heard it everywhere

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Oh god. Not atlantic. Gibbs about to drop an album that sounds like a cross between lasers,rolling papers and strange clouds.

Freddie Gibbs ft. Michael Buble - Real nikka shyt will be the lead single

 

[kevin arnold]

he should sign starlito