Comments on: Exclusive: Jermaine Dupri’s TAG Records in financial trouble

By: Bay

Bay — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:55:18 +0000

I dont even know who Q da Kid is all I kno is this was a terrible mistake and Jermaine Dupri should have known better

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TAG Records in Financial Trouble « STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:16:21 +0000

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By: Corey F

Corey F — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:41:34 +0000

The real reason I think this labeled flopped was because Jermaine Dupri does not have original ideas. He lives in a glass box. To solidify that point, take for instance Kanye West. Kanye started out on the hip hop tip then he ventured into some new shit (singing,, collaborating with other artists outside of hiphop, his fashion game, etc.) Kanye is and will stay relevant because he's a very eccentric and a different type of dude that's done a lot for modern hiphop by way of just being willing to do his own thing and not follow the status quo. Now Jermaine Dupri's not a very original dude. He's a stooge and a clone. If you look at his body of work, the shit is in the same lane, same style, boring, pedestrian, expected. In essence, I can't believe no one at Tag saw this coming. And lastly, pusing another boring rapper to make your company relevant in the public eye? Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Q's no more than a regular MC with ok rhyme skillz. There's millions way way nicer and with dope productions. What all these companies that's trying to push to the new urban market need to do is find the artists that are doing ground breaking shit that's far encompassing. Probably why Kanye is so popular with the MTV market. Have them be the flag bearers. Kanye West, Pharrell, maybe Ryan Leslie (might be a reach), and more. If you're a large company reading this shit, take heed. The world is ever changing and diverse. Nobody is hearing that pedestrian, Get money, Buy the bar shit type anymore…

By: woooha

woooha — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:12:59 +0000

On paper it's a solid idea. Split the costs of marketing and both parties can benefit. Problem is if no one cares about body spray or Q then there is a big problem.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:08:19 +0000

HAG Records in the house!!! This is no suprise here

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:45:57 +0000

agreed. the record label structure today is flawed. music biz needs to change as a whole to have any profitability to it for the 99% of artists who are not Hova or Kanye or 50. This is not a surprise to hear TAG is going down. It was a mess to begin with.

By: AB

AB — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:34:37 +0000

individual music licencing deals with artist is the way for corporations to go…not making record labels…record labels are whats wrong…not whats right.

By: JL

JL — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:54:12 +0000

So the real victim here is the artist – what a f'in surpris there eh? Q is left pushing for himself ” Q is the only one trying to keep TAG Records ” thats just sad

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:51:28 +0000

Great story. I wondered what happened to this deal.