It's common knowledge in the industry that Def Jam, Epic, and RCA have gone down the drain, so she was right to leave, but she deserves a real label like Columbia, Republic, or even Capitol. Roc Nation is a distributor, Tidal flopped, and Kanye West's taste has been in the gutter post-Graduation.
It'll be a miracle if there's anything on this that's salvageable. Steve Bartels is the worst and he's and a first class asshole for passing her onto to Kanye before she left Def Jam. She could've make a more progressive, critically acclaimed, commercial, and timely album in a year or two with anyone else. Hopefully she's learned her lesson.
Rih is fiercely loyal. She probably feels indebted to Jay for giving her such a platform to the world which is why she puts up with him, they are like family after all. Even though it was her alone who made herself into a huge star she is.
Rih is fiercely loyal. She probably feels indebted to Jay for giving her such a platform to the world which is why she puts up with him, they are like family after all. Even though it was her alone who made herself into a huge star she is.
Jay Z would be nothing without Mariah Carey, and you didn't see him running for her flop labels in the late 90s and early 2000s. There's not a great producer or songwriter who wouldn't work with her.
As for loyalty, she could've been the face of Kanye's ugly fashion for one of his collections and thanked HOV by putting him on a remix of a hit and finding a wealthy venture capitalist to buy Tidal back.
Yeah, a few exceptions on that one ("Monster," "Power," "All of The Lights," "Gorgeous"), but it still doesn't hold a candle to his first three. It was a promising return, but as Yeezus (exception: "Bound") and his latest crap shows, it may have been a fluke.
Jay Z would be nothing without Mariah Carey, and you didn't see him running for her flop labels in the late 90s and early 2000s. There's not a great producer or songwriter who wouldn't work with her.
As for loyalty, she could've been the face of Kanye's ugly fashion for one of his collections and thanked HOV by putting him on a remix of a hit and finding a wealthy venture capitalist to buy Tidal back.
Jay Z would be nothing without Mariah Carey, and you didn't see him running for her flop labels in the late 90s and early 2000s. There's not a great producer or songwriter who wouldn't work with her.
As for loyalty, she could've been the face of Kanye's ugly fashion for one of his collections and thanked HOV by putting him on a remix of a hit and finding a wealthy venture capitalist to buy Tidal back.
If there is a person without who Jay would be nothing it's only Biggie.