***** meth is independent too Both of dem is and the tour together all the time and put out project's independent. They got way under paid. They legends in the game but at the same time Def Jam didnt give them what they deserved. Big budget videos and shit they do what all labels do stick with who's hot and fuck over whos not
3:26 That is cold.. Thas why if it ain't Reggie Noble defjam has a visitor's pass to my music collection.. Red is pound per pound the most talented lyricist of all.
Facts 💯💯👏🏿👏🏿 people forget or don't know about it... he saved the label and one point AND was consistent and gave the label 4 Gold albums and 1 Platinum as a solo artist... Def Jam messed up
Man the name Def Jam was fucking infamous. You had dudes like DMX, Onyx, Mef and Red, Run DMC, LL, EPMD.... So many Dope artists. Now we have Trinidad JAmes.....
+CEEPMDEE He's already doing his own thing for some time now... He's independent, not on Def Jam anymore. Def Jam fell off... used to be the coolest label out there for years... but if they start dogging the artists that got them where they are... than they don't deserve that respect anymore.
The Culture of Music Changed. After Russell Simmons retired from the music industry and his title at Def Jam. LA Reid was the last result before being forced to resign. When you think of Def Jams Record which falls under Universal Music Group, Def Jam was booming when they had inner Record Labels within a Label such as Roc A Fella , Diplomat Records, DTP, Murder Inc and many more. After that saga was done with, the last results were Rick Ross, Rihanna, Neyo, Jeezy, Fab, Bieber and a few others like Jay Z as an Recording artist. The old music culture was pretty much done with. The New Generation music is winning right now because of the new ages with today's music art style. Other Major labels are winning because they were already in the "Cross Over" market where Def Jam was known as a Hip Hop/R&B base company. I don't remember the last time I have hear any news regarding a new artist they signed that was going to be the next thing beside people leaving left to right. I give it a few more years where Record Labels wont be around anymore and Artists will be more independent. Also posted a link on Wiki on some interesting facts on whats going today with Def Jams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings
The problem with Def Jam is that they are only interested in an artist if they are the top selling, multi million artist. Before, it was about having it's own artist that were unique (old school, non-biting days). It seems after Biggie and Tupac passed, everyone wanted to be the next Tupac and Biggie instead of themselves. Also, Jay-Z taking over fucked up the whole ideology about the company and made it only about him, and did not promote any other artist. Since Jay-Z was all about going diamond, he didn't bother singing and setting up new artist that can grow. They wanted ready made, multi-million selling artist with established fan bases. Yes it's a company and it is about making money, but this is also music and an art form, a culture, and that's what Def Jam was under Rick Rubin (more so than Russell Simmons). And that is the problem with the whole industry, it's all about making money than it is about making good music.
I do had in mind. Redman and Def Jam was the realest soundtrack in hip hop when I was young when he was brought to the game under Erick and Parrish - EPMD. Redman was the shiznit back in the day. Def Jam in the 90s was on top of their throne until when the 21st century (2000s) came, the "Real" music with Def Jam was no more. Yesterday's Def Jam was LL, PE, Slick Rick, 3rd Bass, Onyx, EPMD, Redman, Bo$$, DMX, Foxy Brown, Warren G, Beastie Boys, and Method Man was THAT real hip hop. Today's Def Jam is not the same match, it's corny music.
@Rundmc40 Or...he made business decisions and went with hot new artists like Jeezy, Ross, Kanye, etc. Jay took over in 05, and the game was changing. The South was taking over, and a lot of those dudes weren't selling before Jay even got the position. Red hadn't dropped an album in almost 4 years when Jay became president and that was gold even when ppl were buying records. Meth dropped in 04 right before Jay took over and sold like 400K. LL complained about Jay, but his album went gold. Do you know what his ladt 2 albums before Jay became prez sold? Gold! Niggas was mad b/c they wanted big budgets but the numbers wasn't returning the profit to justify it. That's business 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿.
I support was Redman is saying here. I'm not even that big of a fan of rap or hip hop but what he is saying is full on with what the industry is like nowadays. Here is Redman, who without a doubt helped build Def Jam into what they are and they treat him like he was some random temp.
Yes to a certain degree it is smart, because if you never address the issues then the ones writing the checks will think that all is well even when under the surface it isn't the case at all.
Yupp and the good thing is everyone was bangin with hits in the 90s i got everyone from Rakim to Wu Tang, NWA to Westside Connections. i got like 4 thousand songs in my library
He's an artist not a businessman, maybe he wants/needs to concentrate on his work and let others worry about the business. But I hear you, they should stick their heads together and build something huge, what is indeed easily possible.
i hope mainstream hip-hop labels can get it together before most of the artists start going independent. but maybe that is what inevitably needs to happen before things change for the better.
def jam isn't the same label anymore. if it wasn't for artists like Rihanna, ne-yo, jeezy and ross, they would've folded a long time ago. times have changed as well. artists both new and old have got to take their careers in their own hands and stop depending on the record labels to guide them. social media and the internet is the best shit created since the telephone. these artists have opportunity and hope right at their fingertips, use it. and quit blaming the record label for why your record sales, finances and popularity. be your own boss, create your own buzz . that's how you gotta do it in 2014. I love redman,i have all of his albums, but he needs to leave def jam. he been doing indy stuff, maybe that's the direction he has to go in for the foreseeable future. why stay loyal to a label if their not loyal to you? just a thought.
Solo cost more money.If you've never been in the biz,then you have little to no understanding of it.Independent means you have to pay out of your pocket for ads,promotions,contact clubs for concerts,contact radio stations,and even pay them for airplay.It all cost money.Most independent artist can't afford that.UA-cam isn't enough promotion,because it's hard to get millions of views and fools just bootleg your music right from youtube.
Keepskatin his buzz is better being an indy artist. he doesn't need a major label pushing him anymore, and yeh I been in the business promoting artists for years so I know what im talking about.
***** you do have a point, the internet is a wide open market, its for you the artiste to use your intellect and witts to market yourself but i see alot of people are hungry for the wrong things and are unable to do damage control when something negative goes out there. you have to sit and question the type of music and content you want to put out and the audience you want. if i want to make music about straight sex, raw and unedited then i can always do so but its how i deliver it and the image that i want you to have of me that counts, i can even become a household name just for that and still have people seeing me in a positive light. as for lil kim and nikki, i remember brandy said on an interview she once had that, if she was thinking smart from way back when the media chumped up a feud between her and brandy, they would have gone into alot of venture and make millions. i see the divide and conquer is still working on black people because i cant believe that absolutely no one in both of these girls camp have not given them this wise idea as how to remain rich and even become wealthy after the rap game. the white man is always pulling the strings and they are so foolish they chose to be blind.
That means he gotta brand his own Shyt and start his own label! This will be something new but that' same Doc 90's /2020 feel.. I don't see no failure outta this one! The fans is waiting! I put money on it my nigga !
We all know Def Jam lacks loyalty for their veteran artists, but if Redman thinks because he did albums that went Gold and Platnium in the past he is entitled to be treated a certain way in the present/future, then he's playing himself, hard. The current staff doesn't even have much of a history with him, and not a profitable one for sure. Russell, Lyor, Liles, Baby Chris, Tracey Waples... all of them moved on. He should probably do the same at this point. It's like being the star of your high school football team 20 years ago and going to your school today and being surprised that none of the teachers know who your are at this day and age.
i feeel what ur saying. but besides redman being just an iconic "def jam" artist...he's an iconic artist nonetheless and deserves to be respected as such. all the old presidents still maintain the label of "president" for eternity...why can't the same respect be had for icons in the hip-hop game?
Although it takes a big person to give love and respect to the new artist (what I said in my earlier commetn) I would like to see that redman, method man, wutang clan, bootcamp click, duckdown records, RA the rugged man, elzhi, royce da 5'9, and the rest of the real artist could simultaneously attack the current state of hip hop and bring back that real hip hop that we all like. We as consumer really need to be more critical with what we buy and support because artist are getting lazier.
Excellent interview he made plenty valid points without any attempt to completely shit on the label. Thats Honor, How can you not respect that and they had the nerve give a Def Jam Veteran a fukkin Visitors pass, Thats Foul!!!!!
My boy Red is getting old though... I started listening to Red when I was 12... Now I'm 30 and this cat still goin' hard. Much love to real hip hop. Oh yeah, Soulja Boy got 2 million plus followers on twitter, and only sold 13,000 copies of his album the first week... WOW!
From this interview you see that redman is devastated about the current state of hip hop. He shows love and respect to the new artist and that takes a big person to do. Because think about for instance the muddy waters album that album was muthafuckin ingenieus best album ever to drop in my opinion. And now some people just humming on the beat making funny noises call it hip hop and get 100 times the kind of money red got. That;s some straight bullshit if you ask me
I don't know if you can say they wouldn't be around cuz run dmc and ll cool j are really what kicked them off but mos definitely they wouldn't be as much of a force without red.
Def Jam was once a proud label now it's dead you don't discard the artist who built it.
lol, redman will be always redman, did you see the chicken wing bones next to him, lmao
Redman and Method Man both need to go independent. They had their run at Def Jam. It's time for them to venture out and find something new.
red has been independent for some time now, I'm not sure about meth tho
***** meth is independent too
Both of dem is and the tour together all the time and put out project's independent. They got way under paid. They legends in the game but at the same time Def Jam didnt give them what they deserved. Big budget videos and shit they do what all labels do stick with who's hot and fuck over whos not
Agreeable
A leader not a folower
How do u do it when that ain't ur schtick...Redman keeps tissues in his nose and we love him as such..We all know bidniz ain't he
Redman needs his own show! Love this dude!
3:26 That is cold.. Thas why if it ain't Reggie Noble defjam has a visitor's pass to my music collection.. Red is pound per pound the most talented lyricist of all.
He saved Def Jam in 92. You can see he really hurt.
Facts 💯💯👏🏿👏🏿 people forget or don't know about it... he saved the label and one point AND was consistent and gave the label 4 Gold albums and 1 Platinum as a solo artist... Def Jam messed up
3:34 EXACTLY 💯💯 When Redman dropped his debut album "What? Thee Album" it helped Def Jam in its early stages...
"A nigga that helped BUILD THIS BITCH... I gotta visitors pass..."
Man the name Def Jam was fucking infamous. You had dudes like DMX, Onyx, Mef and Red, Run DMC, LL, EPMD.... So many Dope artists. Now we have Trinidad JAmes.....
Good point. However, Run DMC were never Def Jam artists regardless of Run's family relationship with Mr. Simmons.
+Glenn Reed You right! Good point made but Run DMC wasn't on Def Jam, they were on Profile Records during their era.
+Jeramie Nellum Well shoot me. LOL. My bad.
How'd you leave off PE and Slick Rick?
+Ryan Cole I was just about to post the exact same thing.
REDMAN KEEP'S IT REAL YOU HAVE TO LOVE HIM FOR THAT
What's up Mike Tyson
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
+CEEPMDEE He's already doing his own thing for some time now... He's independent, not on Def Jam anymore. Def Jam fell off... used to be the coolest label out there for years... but if they start dogging the artists that got them where they are... than they don't deserve that respect anymore.
LMAO at Redman drawing the ENTIRE umbrella at 0:38. He's silly without even trying :)
Def Jam fell off along time ago
This dude is so underrated!
Your underrated
Redman always keeps it 100, love that dude.
Reggie hasn't changed one bit in the past 20 years. If you don't believe me check out the 'Can't Wait' video.
top 10 of all time don..muddy waters for life
Muddy Waters?? Whut?? Thee Album
The Culture of Music Changed. After Russell Simmons retired from the music industry and his title at Def Jam. LA Reid was the last result before being forced to resign. When you think of Def Jams Record which falls under Universal Music Group, Def Jam was booming when they had inner Record Labels within a Label such as Roc A Fella , Diplomat Records, DTP, Murder Inc and many more. After that saga was done with, the last results were Rick Ross, Rihanna, Neyo, Jeezy, Fab, Bieber and a few others like Jay Z as an Recording artist. The old music culture was pretty much done with. The New Generation music is winning right now because of the new ages with today's music art style. Other Major labels are winning because they were already in the "Cross Over" market where Def Jam was known as a Hip Hop/R&B base company. I don't remember the last time I have hear any news regarding a new artist they signed that was going to be the next thing beside people leaving left to right. I give it a few more years where Record Labels wont be around anymore and Artists will be more independent. Also posted a link on Wiki on some interesting facts on whats going today with Def Jams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings
The problem with Def Jam is that they are only interested in an artist if they are the top selling, multi million artist. Before, it was about having it's own artist that were unique (old school, non-biting days). It seems after Biggie and Tupac passed, everyone wanted to be the next Tupac and Biggie instead of themselves. Also, Jay-Z taking over fucked up the whole ideology about the company and made it only about him, and did not promote any other artist. Since Jay-Z was all about going diamond, he didn't bother singing and setting up new artist that can grow. They wanted ready made, multi-million selling artist with established fan bases. Yes it's a company and it is about making money, but this is also music and an art form, a culture, and that's what Def Jam was under Rick Rubin (more so than Russell Simmons). And that is the problem with the whole industry, it's all about making money than it is about making good music.
You are right,more artist are becoming more independent. Running their own labels and partnering up with distribution companies.
he said it perfectly...it's all about building an artist.
The one chicken bone on the plate to his right on the table - priceless...
That visitors pass is disrespectful, he should be able to walk in and kick anyone out of their office just to smoke if he wants
KEEP YOU HEAD UP REDMAN!MUCH PROUD PERSON YOU ARE! SUPER FAN FROM MONTREAL CANADA
Def Jam LEGENDS: LL Cool J / Beastie Boys / Public Enemy / Redman / Method Man / DMX / Ja Rule
Yo thatz crazy....redman rocking out wit a visitor pass....at def jam he help build..wow
one of my all time favorites!! LEGEND no question
I do had in mind.
Redman and Def Jam was the realest soundtrack in hip hop when I was young when he was brought to the game under Erick and Parrish - EPMD. Redman was the shiznit back in the day. Def Jam in the 90s was on top of their throne until when the 21st century (2000s) came, the "Real" music with Def Jam was no more.
Yesterday's Def Jam was LL, PE, Slick Rick, 3rd Bass, Onyx, EPMD, Redman, Bo$$, DMX, Foxy Brown, Warren G, Beastie Boys, and Method Man was THAT real hip hop.
Today's Def Jam is not the same match, it's corny music.
That's real talk right there
I still bump his debut album, classic
no def jam died when Jay-Z took over
In a way that is accurate .
Facts
All the dudes Jay came up with in the game in the 90's..Jay shitted on them when he became president of def jam
@@Rundmc40 Exactly DM❌ said the same thing. ,It's a difference in being wrong & doing wrong !!!
@Rundmc40 Or...he made business decisions and went with hot new artists like Jeezy, Ross, Kanye, etc. Jay took over in 05, and the game was changing. The South was taking over, and a lot of those dudes weren't selling before Jay even got the position. Red hadn't dropped an album in almost 4 years when Jay became president and that was gold even when ppl were buying records. Meth dropped in 04 right before Jay took over and sold like 400K. LL complained about Jay, but his album went gold. Do you know what his ladt 2 albums before Jay became prez sold? Gold!
Niggas was mad b/c they wanted big budgets but the numbers wasn't returning the profit to justify it. That's business 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿.
Im 35...those days you speak of were EPIC!
🎉🎉 REALLY LIKE THOSE COMMENTS! YOU MAKE ME LAUGH! SUPER FAN FROM MONTREAL CANADA
Def Jam ain't the same as it use to be.. Redman was right, straight 💯 with it!!!
I support was Redman is saying here. I'm not even that big of a fan of rap or hip hop but what he is saying is full on with what the industry is like nowadays. Here is Redman, who without a doubt helped build Def Jam into what they are and they treat him like he was some random temp.
Yes to a certain degree it is smart, because if you never address the issues then the ones writing the checks will think that all is well even when under the surface it isn't the case at all.
Yupp and the good thing is everyone was bangin with hits in the 90s i got everyone from Rakim to Wu Tang, NWA to Westside Connections. i got like 4 thousand songs in my library
word..real talk
TRUTH! Redman was that dude I still BANG Muddy Waters, Docs the Name and Red gone wild some of my favorite hip Hop albums PERIOD!
Boston, Ma
redman is the shizzle always held def jam DOWN for a while
Redman needed them early career now independent is the way to gob
Don't lose that pass red security be walkin yo ass out...
you never lied,warren g helped save def jam too..
What's up Trayvon Martin
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
I really want to hear what Redman has to say when the cameras and tape recorders are turned off. He held back in this video.
A REDMAN ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING!LOL!
jersey baby!!!
LL Cool J didn't retire, his contract ended and now he's releasing a new album next month on a different label.
VLAD be setting niggas up. After asking Redman to critique Def Jam he says he doesn't think it's smart to critique Def Jam
He's an artist not a businessman, maybe he wants/needs to concentrate on his work and let others worry about the business. But I hear you, they should stick their heads together and build something huge, what is indeed easily possible.
Redman done so much for dej jam they would not even be around if it was'nt for his hard work. I really feel for this dude.
No matter what, whenever Red drops an album. I cop dat shit!!!! Most Def!!!!
i hope mainstream hip-hop labels can get it together before most of the artists start going independent. but maybe that is what inevitably needs to happen before things change for the better.
Real Shit... Real Dude!!!!! Much RESPECT REDMAN!!!
def jam isn't the same label anymore. if it wasn't for artists like Rihanna, ne-yo, jeezy and ross, they would've folded a long time ago. times have changed as well. artists both new and old have got to take their careers in their own hands and stop depending on the record labels to guide them. social media and the internet is the best shit created since the telephone. these artists have opportunity and hope right at their fingertips, use it. and quit blaming the record label for why your record sales, finances and popularity. be your own boss, create your own buzz . that's how you gotta do it in 2014. I love redman,i have all of his albums, but he needs to leave def jam. he been doing indy stuff, maybe that's the direction he has to go in for the foreseeable future. why stay loyal to a label if their not loyal to you? just a thought.
Solo cost more money.If you've never been in the biz,then you have little to no understanding of it.Independent means you have to pay out of your pocket for ads,promotions,contact clubs for concerts,contact radio stations,and even pay them for airplay.It all cost money.Most independent artist can't afford that.UA-cam isn't enough promotion,because it's hard to get millions of views and fools just bootleg your music right from youtube.
Keepskatin his buzz is better being an indy artist. he doesn't need a major label pushing him anymore, and yeh I been in the business promoting artists for years so I know what im talking about.
***** you do have a point, the internet is a wide open market, its for you the artiste to use your intellect and witts to market yourself but i see alot of people are hungry for the wrong things and are unable to do damage control when something negative goes out there. you have to sit and question the type of music and content you want to put out and the audience you want. if i want to make music about straight sex, raw and unedited then i can always do so but its how i deliver it and the image that i want you to have of me that counts, i can even become a household name just for that and still have people seeing me in a positive light. as for lil kim and nikki, i remember brandy said on an interview she once had that, if she was thinking smart from way back when the media chumped up a feud between her and brandy, they would have gone into alot of venture and make millions. i see the divide and conquer is still working on black people because i cant believe that absolutely no one in both of these girls camp have not given them this wise idea as how to remain rich and even become wealthy after the rap game. the white man is always pulling the strings and they are so foolish they chose to be blind.
Redman should be tha President of def jam. word
Redman... muddy waters... 96... saved def jam!
real nigga shit red we stilll feel like u one of the legendz to underground rap...dare iz a darkside one of my favorite albumz
all you need to know about modern Def Jam: Trinidad James
what game was that from :D I played it before
A very interesting article. Sounds like the truth for both sides.
Luv ya big homie(Funk Doc). JerZ is proud of you. Shout out from Plainfield.
jay hasn't ran def jam since like 07 he left his position as president and signed a deal with live nation
That means he gotta brand his own Shyt and start his own label! This will be something new but that' same Doc 90's /2020 feel.. I don't see no failure outta this one! The fans is waiting! I put money on it my nigga !
Red keeps it funky #Str8Up
Red an meth should own def jam he is rite!!!! Wtf visitors pass shame on def jam
We all know Def Jam lacks loyalty for their veteran artists, but if Redman thinks because he did albums that went Gold and Platnium in the past he is entitled to be treated a certain way in the present/future, then he's playing himself, hard. The current staff doesn't even have much of a history with him, and not a profitable one for sure. Russell, Lyor, Liles, Baby Chris, Tracey Waples... all of them moved on. He should probably do the same at this point. It's like being the star of your high school football team 20 years ago and going to your school today and being surprised that none of the teachers know who your are at this day and age.
i feeel what ur saying. but besides redman being just an iconic "def jam" artist...he's an iconic artist nonetheless and deserves to be respected as such. all the old presidents still maintain the label of "president" for eternity...why can't the same respect be had for icons in the hip-hop game?
Fuck that red man is a legend and idgaff what y’all say
@@MaleazyVEVO I swear folks don't know how to read.
Although it takes a big person to give love and respect to the new artist (what I said in my earlier commetn) I would like to see that redman, method man, wutang clan, bootcamp click, duckdown records, RA the rugged man, elzhi, royce da 5'9, and the rest of the real artist could simultaneously attack the current state of hip hop and bring back that real hip hop that we all like. We as consumer really need to be more critical with what we buy and support because artist are getting lazier.
yeah they got sheek louch, redman and ghostface album all out this month with no promo smh
preach on brother...preach on!
Excellent interview he made plenty valid points without any attempt to completely shit on the label. Thats Honor, How can you not respect that and they had the nerve give a Def Jam Veteran a fukkin Visitors pass, Thats Foul!!!!!
yes it is a smart move , cuz ur in a one on one relationship with the label , its red and defjam, together forever fareal
My boy Red is getting old though... I started listening to Red when I was 12... Now I'm 30 and this cat still goin' hard. Much love to real hip hop. Oh yeah, Soulja Boy got 2 million plus followers on twitter, and only sold 13,000 copies of his album the first week... WOW!
Oh great, now I need to play that game again ;)
Redman was at my uncles gym in New jersy lol just acouple days ago
REAL TALK REDMAN
*smdh*
Best
UA-cam
EVER
bless yer heart my duide and hold it down Red - for all of us
The problem with def jam is they're not about art. They're only about money. That label need some balance.
red really didnt have to say shit the visitors pass spoke for itself
Red n Meff is the realest.
Real Talk Red Man!
The Jimi Hendrix of rap ~!
Red is Right!
Thats real man.. i mean the 90s was the shit and stil is-best rap beats period along wit da 80s of course... 'gizmo's cuttin..' ya'll kno dat ish!
keep ya head up Red...if ya feelin down you can always look at soulja boy's sales.......instant smile lol :D
Real talk! Def Jam... You need to be there for the ones who started the shit!
Damn.. i feel u rite man.
thats real talk and im bout to take the game back to the real shit in march....im a emcee mid90's styles mannieface aka donnie bangout look for me
red is hotter than any new artist out nowadays
I agree
He was eating chicken. If you look to his right, or your left, you can see the bone.
When Reggie's nose starts twitching, know that hes high lol.
gotta love redman. funny as nigga
From this interview you see that redman is devastated about the current state of hip hop. He shows love and respect to the new artist and that takes a big person to do. Because think about for instance the muddy waters album that album was muthafuckin ingenieus best album ever to drop in my opinion. And now some people just humming on the beat making funny noises call it hip hop and get 100 times the kind of money red got. That;s some straight bullshit if you ask me
I was rolling when I saw it...LOL
yo red your the truth ..brainstormlive
I don't know if you can say they wouldn't be around cuz run dmc and ll cool j are really what kicked them off but mos definitely they wouldn't be as much of a force without red.
Damn redman is reduced to a visitors pass..how you going to to treat a one othe building blocks to your company like an outside$shameonyoudefjam...smh
1:07 weed kicked in
You're a smart kid. I have faith in the future.
Every 1 checkout Tre ft "Krayzie Bone" song called take your time.Bone Thugs/Mo Thugs is the best/greatest and the most talented.
Pause @3.34 to find out Red man's name and other details in his visitor pass
Redman saved Def Jam, and now they shittin on him.