Best Posts: Jon Connor shelved (Aftermath signee)

  1. DKC
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    Aug 5, 2019
    I'll never forgive @YNW Squiddy for telling me he's good and told me to listen to a mixtape where he rapped over recovery beats
     
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  2. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Aug 4, 2019
    cuz he sucks
     
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  3. henzINNIT
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    Aug 4, 2019
    Bishop Lamont is still my #1 lost Aftermath album. Man that vault must be overflowing with music by now.
     
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  4. Buddha
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    Aug 4, 2019
    I’m still pissed we never got that Joell Ortiz aftermath debut album
     
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  5. Custommustardstain
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    Aug 4, 2019
    WTF happened here - The album was done, he dropped a Dre endorsed freestyle at the beginning of last year, and also shot the video to the first track off the album (feat Anderson Paak. and Candace Pillay), but nothing happened.

    Any idea why he got shelved? I speak to him on instagram sometimes, and he could never tell me. All i know is that he is releasing independently soon. It's such a pity, because Dre sat on him for so long. TBH, he sounds like he was a better version of Joyner (I love Joyner) before Joyner's time?

    Before someone says, "it's the Aftermath curse", perhaps people have more knowledge?
     
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  6. Lil Squeed
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    Lil Squeed French Montana Stan

    Aug 5, 2019
    I also got really baked once and said Raury's album was better than Kendrick's discography lol it's best to completely disregard all of my opinions on here
     
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  7. Detroit24
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    Aug 5, 2019
    Classic Aftermath graveyard of artists...never to be heard of again...it’s sad that a lot of us predicted this outcome...so much promise in the beginning
     
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  8. Buddha
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    Aug 4, 2019
    Haha yea I wanted that Rakim album so badly. The only reason it’s 2nd on my list after Ortiz is because Ortiz signed to aftermath right after he released the bodega chronicles and was in his youthful prime exploding onto the scene. He still had that raw, untapped and unpolished sound whereas Rakim was a long time seasoned vet by the time he signed with aftermath.

    Dude Dre’s vault must be packed to the brim with so many classic songs and beats. He’s worked with so many amazing producers. Imagine all those unused beats just sitting there collecting dust. And all the unreleased songs he’s worked on: Solo Dre tracks, Snoop, Daz, Kurupt, maybe even some unused Pac verses, Em, 50, Busta, Rakim, Ortiz, plus all the other Shady and aftermath signees, etc.

    f--- man, I really hope someday we get to hear some of it.

    Edit: I wonder if he has any unused Nate Dogg or Devin the Dude hooks? Dammit Dre start releasing that s---!
     
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  9. henzINNIT
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    Aug 4, 2019
    Aftermath curse.

    Yeah I know. But I doubt there's really more to it. Dre is a f---ing immovable object. I'm sure he's a great mentor in a lot of ways but you won't release an album under him unless you have the clout to do it without him.
     
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  10. Enez
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    Enez Purple Heats Forever

    Aug 4, 2019
    Dre is the Jay Electronica of producers.
     
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  11. Ricky
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    Ricky Hip-Hop CEO ™

    Aug 4, 2019
    Holy s---, you're amazing! That album could be soopoooo dope.

    Same as Rakim's Aftermath album... Get Rich Or Die Trying beats were meant to be Rakim's
     
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  12. MichaelsMad
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    Aug 9, 2019
    I've always been curious as to what goes on behind the scenes. Are they allowed to do as many mixtapes, freestyles etc to keep their name circulating. Interviews or whatever or do they have outlandishly strict guidelines. Remember when dre said "I was a starving artist, so I would never starve an artist" but seems like they all just get put on the bench until their name dies off or the artist loses the passion entirely. It's crazy how many of the people that are looked to as idols but they do nothing to help the artist or even a fraction of the help they got from their mentors. I know dre is f---ing obsessive though. I know it's been addressed in INAD and defiant ones, but you can tell that guy wrestles with self doubt and over analyzes everything. I almost think EM going on hiatus f----- with him. Or I feel like dre has started to buy into his own legend, and is afraid of his own talents or afraid to put s--- out in fear of the possible negative feedback. I think he works on things so long, and to the finest details for God knows how long so if one person says something negative about it, it crushes him. I'm sure hes spent months on songs or beats maybe even a year plus on one song or beat and then trashes it before someone can give an opinion. Him, kanye, EM. They all fit that "tortured artist" profile of people who live their creativity, to where everything is real to them. To where it's not just music it's their lively hood and negative criticism just sends them over the edge. Bc to them it's not just criticism, idk what you would call it but it's way more than that to them.
     
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  13. Detroit24
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    Aug 7, 2019
    Stat Quo was another other classic artist that worked for Dre/Em had for years, remember their was a leaked track list of Statlanta original Shady/Aftermath and it looked legit...fast forward years later that guy is done....

    Last I heard of him he was trying to do a go fund me to get his Shady/Aftermath tracks that were completed...had a few Dre, Em, 50 features lol no way he got enough money to get Shady or Aftermath to give him those masters lol
     
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  14. LasiK
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    LasiK d-mn fine coffee

    Aug 5, 2019
    What work ethic? :')
     
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    Mudkip RIP 3PAC

    Aug 5, 2019
    dre electchronica
     
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