Well I think Jay is smart, and he knows what he is doing by keeping kanye and Rihanna and letting go LL. I dont think that LL is gonna sell more records than they both to def jam and i have to admit that LL is a legend, but unless he comes with something hot that he doesnt have to present on a lightning screen tshirt and having to make a rap battle to give it publicity, he will remain just as that: "a legend, part of the history".
We all know all those legends, they made hip hop, they really did, they are gonna exist forever in our hearts and minds, and maybe in our old cds, but it doesnt mean that a record label owns them a job for life since thisiscall the music bussiness and just like the mlb, sometimes legends contracts get terminated, even though it hurts to see it happen.
Well, Bernie Williams was for the Yankees kind of a legend. And where is he now. And is steinbreinner done? are the yankees? nope, and I dont think that Jay z is going to be either. Rap battles nowadays are a joke, and publicity stunts just like the one pulled by 50 last month just make me laugh, i just pray to god that LL doesnt lose the respect i have for him making dumb choices like messing with the CEO of Def Jam.
And you people were right. He was the cornerstone of def jam, now he is working with 50 and maybe we will hear him chanting some "G-UNIT!" sometime soon, god forbids...