Dave Mays on Launching & Losing The Source, Benzino, Eminem, Suge Knight, Snoop (Full Interview)

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  • @brokefolkstv5833
    @brokefolkstv5833 2 роки тому +9

    I can't believe this vid doesn't have more views, this is hip hop history and incredible

  • @adamrideout6715
    @adamrideout6715 3 роки тому +14

    Yo, they have GOT to make a movie about The Source! I have no doubt it would blow up!

    • @Zona_Boy_Records
      @Zona_Boy_Records Рік тому +1

      Benzino is working on it and 2Pac and Big are a big part of it he said.

  • @craigdoughty8803
    @craigdoughty8803 3 роки тому +30

    "Would you say that was the final nail in the coffin for the Source" The interviewer definitely threw that line in there for a reason.

    • @ShareTheSecret
      @ShareTheSecret 2 роки тому

      Lol you're good.
      It's funny one Ems line on the hook was .
      I'm only being real when I say nobody wants to see their grandfather rap. Em near 50 and still rapping

    • @baconisntyummy7181
      @baconisntyummy7181 Рік тому +1

      @@ShareTheSecret he's 50 but he can spit better than the %90 of these new rappers

    • @azraelfaust487
      @azraelfaust487 Рік тому +2

      @@ShareTheSecret difference is, Benzino wanted to start a rap career and blow up at 40, Eminem had 2 diamond albums at 28, he can do whatever the fuck he wants

  • @95alive77
    @95alive77 3 роки тому +16

    I never even saw any clips of this interview. Never even knew about it

  • @rayb7429
    @rayb7429 3 роки тому +10

    Dave kept it real all the way through I respect ✊🏽 that

  • @greglouch
    @greglouch 3 роки тому +8

    Dave has been invited to the BBQ since 86'. True legend of the culture 💯 Great Interview.

  • @goddessgoddess7069
    @goddessgoddess7069 3 роки тому +12

    This was a very informative interview. Good Stuff 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

  • @RayNagin504
    @RayNagin504 11 місяців тому +7

    Benzino punked this man into giving him ownership

  • @djflashback8343
    @djflashback8343 3 роки тому +1

    Incredible interview - great job Prez!

  • @Tfranklin5859
    @Tfranklin5859 3 роки тому +2

    This is the best interview I've seen regarding hip hop word up

  • @Ol-iveBranch-2018
    @Ol-iveBranch-2018 3 роки тому +18

    It’s interesting that he still doubled down on his controversial moves like trying to discredit Eminem & firing Kim Osorio after all this time that he could’ve reflected on those things

    • @rayb7429
      @rayb7429 3 роки тому +1

      Old habits die hard lol

  • @mayhemcbs
    @mayhemcbs 3 роки тому +6

    Prez is an absolutely exceptional interviewer .Vlad isn't playing games with this historical content .

  • @shawnwayne6796
    @shawnwayne6796 3 роки тому +1

    Wow great interview

  • @sycamoreceo4409
    @sycamoreceo4409 11 місяців тому +2

    Dey turned down 50 million wen dey was hot got cold n sold 6 million 🤦🏾‍♂️😩😩😩 business is like fries u gotta sell wen you hot 🥵

  • @delbertprince5302
    @delbertprince5302 3 роки тому +9

    I was a big customer in buying the Source Magazine…..

  • @michaelcini5642
    @michaelcini5642 3 роки тому +10

    "You cowardly hearted you couldn't make it on your own,
    fuck The Source I'm on the cover of Rolling Stone" - 50 Cent

  • @rayb7429
    @rayb7429 3 роки тому +1

    23:00 🕚 minute mark they start talking about how him and Ray met ❗️👌🏽🔥

  • @JoseCalderon-qx8mq
    @JoseCalderon-qx8mq 3 роки тому +2

    Shout out too this guy.... A blessing to this beautiful art.

  • @bobdabuilda1388
    @bobdabuilda1388 3 роки тому +2

    Grew up on this magazine this man a 🐐

  • @deem10
    @deem10 3 роки тому +3

    For those not familiar, Most areas of Maryland have more street cred than Upper Northwest in DC 🤣. Dave Mays is still a legend though!

  • @RappersDigest
    @RappersDigest 3 роки тому +1

    Legend to the building

  • @roberto-fu8lx
    @roberto-fu8lx 2 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed the interview but there is something about the interviewer that feels off. Like he doesn’t have the voice for interviewing.

  • @JA-vy1gp
    @JA-vy1gp 3 роки тому

    Dope to hear he’s starting a series on Larry Hoovers life.

  • @massindinero7777
    @massindinero7777 3 роки тому +1

    That’s crazy 🔥🔥

  • @K_Type
    @K_Type Рік тому +6

    One of Em’s best disses….
    “Ray’s got AK’s to Dave May’s head
    Every issue there an 8 page Made Men Spread”

    • @Zona_Boy_Records
      @Zona_Boy_Records Рік тому

      Eminem is trash and did mess rap up in some ways. Every white kid who don't belong on the mic who lives in their moms basement started trying to rap. All these kids trying to push their UA-cam channels who live in the nicest parts of town are trying to rap. I've recorded for all kinds of privileged brats who came through wanting to Rap who shouldn't and ran with it. They ruined the whole sound of rap.

  • @PrAnG2000
    @PrAnG2000 3 роки тому +3

    33:33 - "…We're goin' off and of course all ya suckas are lost
    You wanna hear a fresh rhyme? You've come to the source." ~ Boogie Down Productions - Ya Slippin’
    Giving props to KRS One for inspiring the magazine title.

  • @getmoney5810
    @getmoney5810 3 роки тому +2

    Dave maze a is legend 🙌 icon for real

  • @greedyebk7146
    @greedyebk7146 3 роки тому +4

    The first hour and half was a great for this guy then when he brought up the downfall and Eminem his demeanor changed and was getting frustrated. You could tell.
    EMINEM IS KING AND DESTROYED THE SOURCE
    🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣

  • @StaGeeOfficial
    @StaGeeOfficial 3 роки тому +5

    Man’s not taking accountability for shit, and the source was most def funding Benzino career

  • @brabbit8242
    @brabbit8242 3 роки тому +9

    '4½ or 5 means ur Biggie, Jigga, Nas or BENZINO'. - Em
    We all know why Ray Benzino got 5 mics.😅😅😅😅😅

    • @mutedmutiny9542
      @mutedmutiny9542 3 роки тому +1

      Benzino never got 5 mics. It was his Made Men project after RSO and they got 4.5, not 5 - but even giving them that was shocking and undeserved. Even they knew they couldn’t give them 5 though, that would have completely ruined all their credibility instantly. That almost happened anyway and it wasn’t even 5 mics. Just trying to be accurate though

    • @brabbit8242
      @brabbit8242 3 роки тому

      @@mutedmutiny9542 my bad, it's 4½, thought it was 5. But still...😅😅😅

  • @hiphopjewels
    @hiphopjewels 3 роки тому +8

    He seems like a very interesting guy. They should have gotten more into his parents and upbringing, because he was apparently raised by and around some interesting people to have a lawn mowing business back in middle school. I'm from Boston and everything he said about the city at that time is true. I think his mistake was linking up with Benzino. He is apparently a loyal guy, but he got talked into going a route he shouldn't have gone. Everything they were saying about Eminem is true, and it needed to be exposed. But, the way they did it, should have been different. Benzino was trying to make a career off that, because nothing else got him the notoriety he wanted at that time. They ruined The Source to gamble on Benzino's music career. I still have that issue that exposed Eminem as a racist. It is a respectable issue and controversial, but the same points could have been made without Benzino involved. The Source needs to come back, even if it's under another name. Dave should have studied business at Harvard and went to his classes. He could have avoided a lot of the pitfalls. He is NOT who I envisioned all these years that I heard The Source was owned by a Harvard educated white dude. Dave has some flavor. Respect!

    • @AfricaGeo
      @AfricaGeo 3 роки тому +1

      Well said ,

    • @hiphopjewels
      @hiphopjewels 3 роки тому

      @@AfricaGeo Thank you. 🙏🏾

    • @seymoregreen
      @seymoregreen 2 роки тому +1

      I'm from Boston too everything you said is 100 pure facts

  • @shalefamsmokeshalefamrecor3710
    @shalefamsmokeshalefamrecor3710 3 роки тому +12

    Dude lost his company betting on benzino rap career

  • @dogsareepic6197
    @dogsareepic6197 3 роки тому +8

    Benzino ruined everything! Plus made men sucked. He still sucks he’s horrible on TV.

  • @carlitocafe8101
    @carlitocafe8101 3 роки тому +1

    De la soul got 5 mics twice too

  • @18Dummy18ISaid
    @18Dummy18ISaid 3 роки тому +1

    As I’m strolling down why do I keep thinking this is Bizzy Bone?

  • @bellydanza85
    @bellydanza85 2 роки тому +1

    Dave took ownership of his failed investment in the .com era. He put little weight on Benzino’s beef with Eminem. Overall, Prez did a great job with this interview.

  • @Ramble79
    @Ramble79 3 роки тому +6

    The source fucked up a few times on the album ratings. Ready to die needed to be a Classic, Da chronic should’ve been a classic, reasonable doubt and ob4cl as well

    • @mutedmutiny9542
      @mutedmutiny9542 3 роки тому +2

      That’s the thing though - those albums weren’t regarded as instant classics when they first came out. They were all really well received albums but you can’t really call something an immediate classic unless it’s something so special, like Illmatic. That’s why their ratings were so meaningful, almost no one got 5 mics and it was a huge deal when it happened. I will point out though that all the albums you mentioned were reevaluated and re-scored as 5 mic albums, which they clearly are now it just wasn’t obvious when they were first released.

    • @zl5464
      @zl5464 3 роки тому +3

      C'mon man, we all love to look back on Reasonable Doubt with rose colored glasses, but outside of NY nobody was checking for Jay-Z in 96. I didn't know who Jay was until Pac dissed him and I'm a hip hop head.

    • @Ramble79
      @Ramble79 3 роки тому +2

      @@mutedmutiny9542 I agree, but Da Chronic and Ready to Die were highly anticipated and special albums at the tjme. Da Chronic reintroduced Dre as a solo artist and producer. The streets and the industry were waiting for Big to drop. I remember the source knocked a half a mic because of the jodeci skit.

    • @Ramble79
      @Ramble79 3 роки тому +1

      @@zl5464 I agree about Jay’s popularity outside of NY. It was a tough time for new artists to drop. Still the lyrics and the sound were on point from beginning to end. Jay’s second albums was far from a classic he had the softmore jynx.

    • @mutedmutiny9542
      @mutedmutiny9542 3 роки тому +1

      @@Ramble79 I agree and I think both albums got either 4 or 4.5 mics on release, which was still a very strong review back then. 4 or above was rare and you could bet on any album above 4 mics being really really strong. That is why when Made Men (Benzino’s project after RSO) got 4.5 mics - not 5 like some people say - that was pretty shocking and in some ways a scandal. Pretty much everyone knew it wasn’t deserving of that score and wasn’t on par with other 4.5 albums.

  • @lastfirst9101
    @lastfirst9101 3 роки тому +1

    All that talking he was doing I was glad to see him take that lil sip of water @ 27:39 💀

  • @thinner299
    @thinner299 9 місяців тому

    I don't understand why Vlad wouldn't conduct this interview

  • @MrMeenstreek
    @MrMeenstreek 5 місяців тому

    My favorite magazine of all time. Hip Hop Quotables was my shit.

  • @kenshiroFNS
    @kenshiroFNS 3 роки тому +2

    Beefing with Em single handedly took The Source down

    • @terrytees
      @terrytees 6 місяців тому

      People stopped taking the source seriously before that happened, for me I gave up once it turned into an advertising mag, it doubled in size and you have have to go passed 4 pages of pull out adds before you got to the first page, it become a money grabing joke.

  • @kristin9905
    @kristin9905 3 роки тому +3

    Royce buried this dude already 😂

  • @shawnwayne6796
    @shawnwayne6796 3 роки тому

    He speaking the truth finally

  • @lt2cool4u
    @lt2cool4u 3 роки тому +2

    Prez cappin this interview getting no views dude who got punked by benzino

  • @ProdbyCeeSick
    @ProdbyCeeSick 3 роки тому +2

    I came up during the Eminem and Benzino battle and I gotta admit back then like most I was a 50 Stan so when he said Fk Dave an Zino I was wit it but now being older and watching bro on here,….shidddd , he cool man. Can’t Front 🤷‍♂️ an he from the DMV too.👌✌️

  • @Peter-w4s1e
    @Peter-w4s1e Рік тому +1

    He got lucky that Benzino was a raw hardcore, underground rapper that was battle tested on the mixtapes, and Benzino launched the Source with his raw hip hop sound.

  • @KatoOnTheTrack1
    @KatoOnTheTrack1 3 роки тому +1

    I know Black people from BK that went to Harvard honestly

  • @bradbowling8966
    @bradbowling8966 3 роки тому +1

    As a host why don't you offer that man some water?? I've actually listened to him dry swallow at least 20 times throughout this interview..

    • @hiphopjewels
      @hiphopjewels 2 роки тому +1

      They might not be in the same room (via satellite). If Dave wanted a break, he could take one and they’d edit it out later. Not the interviewer’s fault if he’s thirsty. He has to speak up.

  • @saj8
    @saj8 3 роки тому +1

    Reggie Dennis told us the real about Mays a long time ago.

    • @rayb7429
      @rayb7429 3 роки тому

      Video?

    • @saj8
      @saj8 3 роки тому

      @@rayb7429 Old HipHopDX interview back in 2005.

    • @saj8
      @saj8 3 роки тому +2

      @@DarthKekius Reggie was basically saying in the interview that Mays was getting extorted by Benzino.

  • @michaelmelendeztv
    @michaelmelendeztv 3 роки тому +1

    that hiphopWEAKly magazine is a big time joke gotta laugh 🤣

  • @DOTcalm614
    @DOTcalm614 3 роки тому +4

    Whoever is doing this interview, word of advice! Find a new position with the company, your voice is not inviting!

    • @rayb7429
      @rayb7429 3 роки тому

      You in deep bro lol 😂

  • @akcoop
    @akcoop Рік тому +1

    To be fair to the editors, the Mighty RSO did suck…. i mean they were really bad.

  • @Peter-w4s1e
    @Peter-w4s1e Рік тому +1

    He made Biggie ..... Fine, u made buggie, Make another BIGGIE

  • @LaymanGamin
    @LaymanGamin 2 роки тому

    I feel Dave u did right. U supposed to stick wit ur mans. N give him 4 🎤 in the source

  • @zsadiamonds2249
    @zsadiamonds2249 3 роки тому +3

    Spoken Like a true Boss…fuck your statistics…Dave and Zino made history!!!! There has not been another source..ever again why because there is no authenticity in hip hop…the power was taken from the people by a movement created by the people for the people…not this clown show or corporate funded murder music movement we see now!!! No regrets but the loan…stand your ground Dave!!!! We salute and appreciate you! Love Hip Hop

  • @OGROBBC
    @OGROBBC 3 роки тому +2

    Dude sounds like a fraud tryna get credit for em, big ,cypress n more 😂

  • @gabrielrivera4600
    @gabrielrivera4600 3 роки тому

    As much as people don’t like Vlad but I don’t like that other people are doing these interviews

    • @Peter-w4s1e
      @Peter-w4s1e Рік тому

      Everyone hates vlad til they don't....

  • @dukinhower
    @dukinhower 3 роки тому +1

    Vlad funny as hell. He always sounded tough piggybackin off Jamar and Nick Cannon going in on Em and more than happy to come off as a more acceptable white boy with all that Guest in the house of Hip-Hop talk.
    But first with Benzino and now this dude, Vlad is nowhere to be found...

    • @Peter-w4s1e
      @Peter-w4s1e Рік тому +1

      Vlad knows it's not a good look, white on white crime

  • @j33pfyn4tik6
    @j33pfyn4tik6 Рік тому

    YOU HEARD!!!!

  • @Peter-w4s1e
    @Peter-w4s1e Рік тому

    Shoulda gave Benzino a Source Award, David left his artist out to dry

  • @jsreye101912
    @jsreye101912 3 роки тому +1

    I'll be back when vlad starts interviewing, all these interviews lately could have been better if vlad did the interview. Hopefully , vlad does the follow up interview.

  • @concernedcitizen5614
    @concernedcitizen5614 3 роки тому

    Prez spent a lot of time trying to get him to shit on Benzino.

  • @delbertprince5302
    @delbertprince5302 3 роки тому +2

    Dave can speak well….

    • @DDot-im3jr
      @DDot-im3jr 3 роки тому +1

      He went to Harvard... 🎒 Cambridge Massachusetts

  • @kahlilelledge499
    @kahlilelledge499 Рік тому

    Very surprised on the views these kids today don’t no who he is he was instagram before instagram

  • @therealsincerelyyours
    @therealsincerelyyours 3 роки тому

    @Karceno4life was right

  • @LaymanGamin
    @LaymanGamin 2 роки тому +2

    Eminem was the beginning of the end of real hip-hop . Big Facts. He changed hip hop to a joke thing. Government placed :

    • @210yaytowncraetown6
      @210yaytowncraetown6 2 роки тому

      truth, who could name themselves a candy conglomerate and Not get sued! Especially a rapper!

    • @dancerkris95
      @dancerkris95 Рік тому

      ​@@210yaytowncraetown6He didn't name himself after a candy though.. He used his first and last initials M.M and spelled it out Em.in.em.

    • @210yaytowncraetown6
      @210yaytowncraetown6 Рік тому

      @@dancerkris95 oh, then that makes a big difference. I will name myself Nike and I will give that answer when I get sued. Nike don't give a fk. Neither does any business for that matter. Not mathers . Hah No person of otw. Other than white can do that. Even my white buddies say, he's a plant in hip hop. Probably by M&Ms. Lmao

    • @210yaytowncraetown6
      @210yaytowncraetown6 Рік тому

      Now I want some Eminem's. Hah you get it now?

  • @ceezedgerman
    @ceezedgerman 2 роки тому +2

    David mays is kidding himself about larry hoover. He was convicted of ordering murders from inside state prison that's what got him in ADX prison.

  • @DeLuca101
    @DeLuca101 19 днів тому

    Dave mays wants to be a partial black guy

  • @slomo6663
    @slomo6663 3 роки тому

    YOU BETTER SAY YOU REGRET EVERYTHING YOU EVER DID!!!!! Lmao these host are legit bad people and the guests let them get away with it smh

  • @hansbriggs1991
    @hansbriggs1991 2 роки тому

    Vlad gotta do somethin bout these interviewers…..

  • @RayNagin504
    @RayNagin504 11 місяців тому +1

    WHY IS THIS JEW GETTING CREDIT FOR HIP HOP?

  • @starkade
    @starkade 3 роки тому +1

    Let it go, man. The Sauce magazine lost so much credibility the longer it went on.

  • @mekkathoughts5767
    @mekkathoughts5767 3 роки тому

    That do not sound like vladtv voice

  • @mannyfresh2deff
    @mannyfresh2deff 3 роки тому

    As long as ppl got paid who cares were thd profit goin shit he built the company spend all ur profit its yours

  • @Joshua_Urich1024
    @Joshua_Urich1024 Рік тому

    Break beat bigger than the source ever was??. Bahahaha

  • @smokeyliver5736
    @smokeyliver5736 3 роки тому +11

    This guy is a joke

    • @brentwoods1153
      @brentwoods1153 3 роки тому +2

      That guy has made a couple hundred million is his life time .... your commenting on u tube

    • @DDot-im3jr
      @DDot-im3jr 3 роки тому +2

      @@brentwoods1153 lol exactly everyone { Brokeaires ) has so much to say about Millionaires and Billionaires

    • @terrytees
      @terrytees 6 місяців тому

      @@brentwoods1153 also lost a couple hundred million

  • @dustinblack8421
    @dustinblack8421 3 роки тому +5

    I call bullshit Eminem destroyed the source!!!

  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  3 роки тому

    Watch the full interview now as a VladTV UA-cam Member: ua-cam.com/channels/g7lal8IC-xPyKfgH4rdUcA.htmljoin

  • @ramonvelasquez9189
    @ramonvelasquez9189 Рік тому

    Horrible finances and ignorance mismanagement by Dave as the white man he was supposed to fortify the financial future of the company this interview upset me smh

  • @allen3xi
    @allen3xi 3 роки тому +1

    Newest member of NWO

  • @thom4371
    @thom4371 3 роки тому +5

    Legend 😂 he’s a has been liar

  • @ElBambinShon_BX78
    @ElBambinShon_BX78 3 роки тому

    💯

  • @InterGalactic2001
    @InterGalactic2001 2 роки тому

    🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

  • @lakimfrancis
    @lakimfrancis 3 роки тому

    just finished watching the benzino interview. now onto this...