MoreHeat (more like "MoreHotAir"): You obviously don't know the facts, so here we go:
1). MEMPHIS BLEEK
JT's been running Get Low Records for ten years. When you run a business, you have the right to copyright your name. Why do you think 7-Up asks for permission before someone uses their product in a movie? Bleek outright STOLE the Get Low name and was going to use it for his own label, which he had no right to do. Once someone else owns the rights to a name, no one else can use it without permission from those who own the rights. JT was not "whining"--as I understand, he bombed on Memph's ass real good. And yeah, JT had no beef with Jay-Z or Rocafella, just Bleek.
2). DAZ
Daz has a VERY bad rep for running his mouth and hiding when the heat comes. JT TOOK DAZ UNDER HIS WING and taught him how to sell CDs independently. He essentially put Daz back on, helping him found DPG Records. JT even gave Daz permission to sell the two CDs they did on his own website and on the streets in Southern Cali. Then Daz pulls a bitch move and tries to sue JT and Bayside. The bottom line here is that Daz burns his bridges with EVERYBODY he works with--Suge, Snoop, Dre, Kurupt, JT, everybody (Kurupt has admitted that Daz is borderline paranoid-schizophrenic). Then he starts talking shit on his webpage--real tough guys don't talk shit on the internet. JT offered to settle it like men, and create a situation where some $$$ could be made (with the DVD), but Daz refused JT's offer to settle it fairly (with fists and no guns). Daz started the shit (not JT), and when you start shit, you have to expect that you're gonna get tested.
3). NEW GET LOW CDS
In 2003, Get Low has put out some of their best shit in ages--JT's PROJECT POETRY, Game Inflikted's CHRONICLES, The Game's LIVE FROM COMPTON, The Gamblaz' THUNDEROUS MUZIK and D-Moe's GHOST WRITER are all dope. These CDs are far from "garbage" (The Game could flow all night if he had to)!
4). THE RECYCLING (let's put this topic to rest, please...)
JT did it because CDs that certain songs first appeared on didn't get much promotion or exposure outside Cali--many Get Low fans in the Midwest and overseas didn't get to hear, say, "Beware Of Those" or "Certified" because the OG version (not the Bayside reissue) of BEWARE OF THOSE got little or no promotion outside Cali when it first came out. So JT put those songs on SOMETHING CRUCIAL. Being distributed by Bayside, that CD did get a lot of exposure outside Cali, and now fans from the Midwest and overseas could hear two hot songs that they had initially missed out on (along with the new songs).
One more example: many of the recyled songs on HUSTLE RELENTLESS were originally on compilations, none of which (in their OG versions) got any real exposure or promotion outside Cali (and many people don't trust comps, myself included, so their sales suffered accordingly). So he put them on HUSTLE RELENTLESS, which, being distributed by D1A in its' OG version (and later, in reissued form) on Bayside, also got exposure outside Cali, thus allowing fans who never heard those comp songs in the first place (like me) to enjoy them.
For every, say, 5,000 fans in the Bay who did get to hear certain songs, there were millions more in the Midwest, South and overseas that didn't. That's what the recycling was for. You can always go to Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com, Northern-Ridaz.Com and LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY if you're worried about recycled tracks. And as JT once said, "the way you feel about recycling is the way I feel about bootlegging, CD burning. and downloading, so maybe we're both mad about something."
I agree that you have the right to post as much as you want, but leave JT alone and let him do his thing. All I'm worried about, really, is the music. As long as that stays tight (which it has so far), I'm cool. A lot of people who go into music (which is a business) want something for nothing. PEACE!
