L.A. Reid Released From Def Jam ?
September 21, 2010 @ 2:29 PM EDT
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Time to chuck the deuces? Rumors are circulating today that Def Jam has fired L.A. Reid. For six years, Reid has served as the label’s Chairman after founder Lyor Cohen’s departure. Although he’s had success with artists like The Killers and Justin Bieber, he faced scrutiny for signing acts like Jennifer Lopez and Shyne. Let’s see how this one unfolds.
UPDATE: XXL reached out to a label rep who said, “[The rumors] are completely untrue and without merit.”
They should let him go for that Shyne nonsense. LOL
Lmaooo. This isn’t a surprise to me at all. Anytime when you sign Shyness no rapping ass.. you deserve to get fired.
The-Dream got the boot as well!
Who Will Be Appointed As The Prez Of Def Jam, And The Reason L.A Was Let Go Is Cause Doug Morris (CEO Of Universal Music Group) Was Replaced By New One.
I am told I have “No Comment”
How much did they give shyne anyways?
BATTLE OF SEXES = FLOP
FABOLOUS’ LAST CD= MAJOR FLOP
DREAM’S LAST CD=FLOP
TEFLON FLOP= CERTIFIED PLASTIC
YEAH…
HE DESERVES TO BE DROPPED…
“LEONARDO IS A BRAND, LEONARDO IS THE ILLEST”
shyne reportedly got a multi-million dollar deal. def gotta let Reid go for that silly shit
Didn’t see this one coming (sarcasm)
All the money they pumped into officer Ricky… I would have dropped his ass too. not to mention the shyne shit.
I don’t feel sorry 4 him at all I heard from a friend that was about 2 get a record deal but the only way he could get sign was 2 get fucked up the ass ! No deal was made. Real Talk
once he signed ace hood and them swag surfin niggas and then shyne, i knew the def jam heads didnt have a eye for talent anymore, he lucky usher brought them JB last year
J.LO was the last straw ! C’mon son!
oh and lil ru smfh
Wait, I think you guys have a picture of Randy Jackson up instead of L.A. Reid. (no shots)
Whoever takes over the next regime at Def Jam, remember Def Jam was built on ARTIST DEVELOPMENT, not just hit records, and pop stars…
Lyor would NEVER have let it get this bad…go plan a sweet 16…patna…
def jam new president will be founder russell simmons
@SEEMORGAN
YEAH BLAME IT ON OFFICER FLOPPY.
HE DONE FUCKED UP A LOT OF MONEY.
HE CAN ALSO THANK GOD, AUBREY WASN’T A DEF JAM ARTIST WHEN FLOP ME LATER DROPPED…
“LEONARDO IS A BRAND, LEONARDO IS THE ILLEST”
no surprise here, im impartial to all of his bad signings to be honest but I am still a little tight about the lack of support for Nas’ projects. It’s sad but I think Lyor would’ve did a better job
Leonardo is a fag, and he’s the fruitiest!!
Queer ass Internet thug! If u hate hiphop so much go to another site!
Wouldn’t it be funny if they appointed my nigga 50
Long over due.. The nail in the coffin had to be shyne.. He must have def jam in debt..
La reid = george bush of hip hop..
This was long overdue damn. The calibre of artist from the early 00’s is not comparable to the GARBAGE they kept promoting. Nas gets locked in the head office bathrooms. And trash Shyne, Rihanna(+-), dream, fabolous n them get the machine push FOH. Enjoy your golden handshake.
Yea labels should sign a bunch of underground rappers who cant billboard chart toppers. The world is bigger than just one genre. Rap is not selling cus these kids dont know how to write big records. Im a songwriter in NY and everyday i get a list of artist who need hits writin for them. Its sad
That Shyne deal and J-Lo did Reid in. Oh and that Ross Flop!
they should drop all the niggaz who sell less than 100k (INCLUDING NAS LOL) and people that no 1 gives a fuck about in 2010 (INCLUDING NAS) LMAO
Rick Ross Flopped but he sold double Distant Relatives Album First week LOL Gtfoh… they should easily drop Nas put him in G-Unit let him be a nigga Bitch or something…
Read my in depth assessment of this situation right here!!! Money Miz’s MEMO to L.A. Reid is one of the most scathing articles written in 2010. The Shyne deal was the biggest disgrace in all of Def Jam’s history. read more right here…
http://hiphopandbs.com/2010/09/memo-to-antonio-l-a-reid-of-def-jam/
y’all blaming LA, but the same NY elitist media put Shyne on the cover of XXL, put his boring ass songs on all the blogs. He probably thought it was good idea since everyone at the building were only curious to know what he was gonna say about Diddy. 50 was right. The son of Diplomat/Jew/Blood gang affiliated makes horrible music; hopefully LA’s legacy won’t be tarnished by such trash
Nas is top 3 with or without def jam. RR fools
ah 50 as ceo of de3f jam or dre moving aftermath to new york letting interscope do mega acts like gaga and dejj am goes back be-in hard like public enemy/beastie boys produced by rick rubin
So 50 Will Be Appointed As The Prez Of Def Jam ?
Let me be the first to say this … 50 for president
Let me be the first to say this … 50 for president
Let me be the first to say this … 50 for president
Let me be the first to say this … 50 for president
L.A. Reid firing was long overdue due 2 da fact la Reid just ran with da artists that were hot @ da time rhiana ne-yo etc 4 getting about the artists that kept the lights on n da building methodman redman/ ll cool j etc.
La Reid is not an hiphop type of CEO hint laface
records/ just let all da rap artists @ def jam go
THIS FUCKIN’ IDIOT ALMOST RUINED DEF JAM!!!! SUCKA ASS NIGGA!!!! HE ASKED FOR IT!!!! GOOD RIDDENS CHUMP!!!!
….WHERE U AT RUSS???
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
ayo yo listen, that’s a fact. this track’s dope
“roller song” (by shyne) video iz coming soon
SHYNE CAN PUT A GOOD ALBUM FOR SURE
if he stays on the quality of this song during a whole album
all those shyne’s freestyles in the internet was a damn bad buzz
a real whack ass promotion for a comeback…but now let shyne shines wit his new LP
then.. for this Jennifer Lopez’s deal on DefJam. It’s just because she’s a famous celebrity now
rich & successful during his whole career. now she’s older and mother of twins but
she signs a deal wit American Idol ($12milli) so she ain’t totally dead in the biz
ps: okay when u one some reality tv or tv show like these, it’s cuz u’r buzz ain’t really as great as your greatest success in the past, buz thi$ deal proves that she still big notorious person
so if Louboutinsong was ehhh maybe L.A. Reid did a good move. Only futur will talk !!!
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what genius didn’t se that coming after the Shyne signing?
Once h’es gone Shyne will indefinitely be shelved. lol
@mike is that you Mr. Reid? LMFAO
Good, his days were done after LaFace Records dismantled. He had a great record to promote, “Distant Relatives”, and what did he do? Nothing..
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The problem is, these industry Fucks stopped caring about the music a long time ago. Instead of giving his artist the push they need, he’s on MTV celebrating his gay son’s Sweet 16. What the fuck is this world coming to? It even took Rihanna some time to pop off with her last record because of this idiot.
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Yeah he was in it for the money so he actually had no talent just making rich people richer dam!
I bet they felt stupid for letting Jay-z go and not getting all the talent he has (Willow, J Cole, Bridget Kelly,etc)
Lucian Grainge/Doug Morris would never hire 50 to run Def Jam.
Not a suprise.
@ flawda
record execs don’t care about talent they care about sales, that being said why would they be losing sleep over Willow, J Cole, and Bridget Kelly when they’ve sold 0 commissions combined? I doubt there are any fans of hip-hop sitting on the board of directors at Def Jam anyway.
I just read an article on MTV.com that 50cent would be taking is position
lol @ flawda comments
L.A. Reid is not good when it comes to hip hop. He got lucky with Outkast but he seems to be great at find r&b rock alternative type acts. Def Jam needs someone whos a real boss. Def Jam is to big now it needs to go back and have people focus directly on hip hop instead of everything at one time.
ace hood, lil ru, rocko, sheek louch, shyne, jlo, etc bonehead plays. its like they just went on a fucking signing freenzy.
keep jada,nas, big boi for about one or two more albums.
jeezy, rick ross & luda’s contracts are about up so they will fade their way off the label.
they got big k.r.i.t., yg to start for new talent!
as much as l.a. reid fucked def jam up you know like I know he’s gonna get another executive position with another label!
That Shyne deal put the nail in his coffin..he was fuggin up the legacy anyway puttin out BS when he should have been tryin to put out quality music from the solid artists on the label and signing legitimate acts. Oh well….NEXT!!!!
Shyne mention on Belizean Independence Day? Ha!!
*Believe in Belize*
Happy Independence Day yall! 😛
J
This nigga put up a milli for Shyne! then signed J.lo, Bitch fell off long time ago…. LA has got to go…
Lyor Cohen is not the founder of Def Jam…
(Fred Sanford Voice): “You big dummy!”
WHY IS EVERYBODY SOOO CONCERNED WITH HOW MUCH LA REID GAVE SHYNE TO START WITH???WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUUUUUU????WHETHER HE FLOP OR NOT YA’LL SHOULD FOCUS ON GETTTING YOURSS!!NOT GETTING MAD AT HOW MUCH SHYNE IS GETTTING!!!AND WHO THE FUCK ARE YA’LL TO SAY SHYNE FLOP AND HIS ALBUM HASNT EVEN DROPPED YET…MOTHAFUKA JUS DID TEN FUKIN YRS AND DROPPED A FEW FREESTYLES RIGHT AFTER AND YA’LL MOTHAFUKAZ THROWING STONES AT DUDE AS IF TEN YRS IS NOTHING!!HE DID HIS THING ON RIHANNA RUDE BWOY FREESTYLE “YOU SAY YOU WANT A RUDE BWOY HUHH PLZ LET DA SHOTTA KNOW,THIS PENITENTERY PIPE GOT HER SINGING OPRAH NOTES……TELL JR FALL BACK NOW THAT DADDYS HOME”I BET YALL MOTHAFUKAZ STILL COULDNT WRITE RAPS CLOSE TO THAT.IS CAZ YA’LL HAD BIG EXPECTATIONS FROM HIM CAZ WITHOUT A DOUBT HE WASS GREAT AND STILL IS,HE JUST NEEDS TO REFIND HIMSELF ON THE OUTSIDE AND THATS REALITY…BUT YA’LL MOTHAFUKAZ RATHER SING BOUT A FUKIN LOLLIPOP THAN EXPRESS THE POVERTY AND PAIN WHERE THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE SUFFER…AND I PREDICT WHEN SHYNE HITS THE SCENE KILLS 50 AND ROLLS AFTER THAT ROLLER SONG YA’LL GONNA FEEL LIKE SHIT AND GET EVEN MORRRE MAADDD…ITS NOT COOOLLLL TO B SUCH UNREALISTIC PUSSIES…BELIEVE ME!!!!!
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