The Beanie Sigel Promotional Tour, minus Beanie Sigel
I've been seeing Dame Dash everywhere lately, but I didn't know he's been specifically doing a promo tour for the incarcerated Beanie Sigel's new album. I saw Dame on a couple of BET shows, heard him do some radio interviews, and read flattering articles about him in the NY Post, and the NY Times.
In all of those appearances and articles, Beanie's album barely gets mentioned. After reading the Post, I was more excited about Dame revealing an upcoming Jamaican flag colored Pro-Ked sneaker, than any album release on his label.
It's a bad look when your record has to compete for media coverage against your boss. Guess who always wins in that equation. Beanie dealt with that when he rolled with Jay. Now it seems to be the same, even though things have slimmed to just Dame.
Posted by SOHH Hashim at April 4, 2005 11:25 AM
You seemed surprized at Dame actions. Dame and Baby are the two most self centered muthafuckaz in Hip Hop hands down. They go out of their way to out shine their artist. Its titled a Beans promotion tour but it should be titled, "Prove to the world I can make it with out Jay-Z. Everybody has counted Dame out and stamped failure on his name and he is out to prove them wrong. That's why you see him every where talking about all these things he's involved in. Unless he finds a big time artist his ship is about to sink. He is hurting for major platinum artist at this point. I wish the brotha luck, but damn he lame ass hell.
Posted by: King Kong at April 4, 2005 3:41 PM
lord he needs to get over himself, he don't care 4 beans never need damn thats a shame he using beans for hisself. money will be his down fall
Posted by: bobo at April 5, 2005 6:58 PM
Dame is really smart, b/c Beans in in prison for some drugs sales and shit. That's drama, look at Gotti and Murder Inc, it's too hot right now, to be promoting any thing, dealing with that type of drama. Feel him, that he trying to eat.
Posted by: spre at April 6, 2005 5:03 PM
Too hot? Dawg the music business ain't the block. Muthafuckaz ain't gone catch no case for promoting a record. Spre, what has Dame done that gives you the impression he is smart?
Posted by: King Kong at April 7, 2005 4:04 PM
Damn, give the man Damon Dash a break! This is the brother who always got artists` contracts upgraded - like Memphis Bleek who enjoyed being the little bitch he is by having pops at Dame in XXL an issue back.
For a Jay Z to be as successful as he was and is, there needs to be somebody doing the hard grind, not tolerating bullshit, showing that business interests come first in an industry riddled with corporate bloodsuckers of minority-made cultures.
Damon Dash DID that for Jay Z. Without the hustler Dame, there wouldn`t be a Jay Z. And if you`re gonna cast aspersions on the Dame Dash Music Group`s viability - look at how Bleek and Young Gunz stiffed again. I`d support them if they were talented but they aint talented.
Dame Dash is gonna have the last laugh.
Posted by: Raucous at August 9, 2005 2:10 AM