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DAM E DAS H RECENTLY WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ONE OF HIP HOPS, AND THE BUSINESS WORLDS MOST DOMI NANT PERSONALITIES.. WE WERE SUR PRISED BY SOME OF THE HONEST AN SWERS WE GOT FROM DAME DASH.. MR. UNFADEABLE! LISTEN TO AUDIO INTERVIEW HERE! A: HEY, MR. DASH HOW ARE YOU? D: WHATS HAPPENING? A: THE NICKY BARNES STORY, LETS TALK ABOUT THAT D: OK, IM FROM HARLEM, AND IM FROM REAL HARLEM, EVERYTHING THAT AF FECTED HARLEM KIND OF EFFECTED ME, AND WHEN I WAS COMING UP THE GUYS THAT WERE OLDER THAN ME WERE REA LLY AFFECTED BY NICKY BARNES, HE SEEMED LIKE THE GUY EVERYBODY LOOKED UP TO AND THE GUY EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE LIKE , WHO ESTABLISHED POLICY, WHO SAID LIKE SNITCHED MUST DIE THOSE KIND OF THINGS, HE HAD THE BEST CARS AND THE BEST GIRLS, HE BEAT THREE TRIALS, ONE OF THEM BEING A MURDER EVERYBODY KNEW HE DID NOT COMMIT, HE WENT RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE AND DIDNT TELL, PEOPLE RESPECTED HIM, AND UM HE WENT TO JAIL AND PEOPLE WE APPEALING FOR HIM AND FIVE YEARS LATER HE TOLD ON HIS FRIENDS AND 70 OTHER PEOPLE, AND IT WAS JUST A 100% CONTRADICTION OF EVERYTHING HE HAD INSTILLED INTO THE HARLEM COMMUNITY AT LEAST THE PART THAT AH HE LIVED A CERTAIN WAY AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST BETRAYAL OF ALL TIME, HE PROBABLY WAS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN HARLEM AND WHEN THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN HARLEM DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT EFFECTS THE WHOLE EN TIRE UNIVERSE BECAUSE HARLEM TO ME EFFECTS THE WHOLE WORLD. YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING?
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D: LIKE HARLEM SPOKES PERSON, SO, I WAS VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY HE DID IT AND I KNEW THAT THAT WAS THE STORY THAT EVERYONE WOULD WANT TO HEAR AND I HAD TO TRY TO MAKE THAT MOVIE , PLUS I HAD TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE UN DERSTAND WHAT THE REAL DYNAM ICS OF WHAT A REAL RAT BASTARD IS AND WHAT IT IS IN A PERSON THAT THAT THAT TREATS PEOPLE LIKE FAM ILY THAT HE DOESNT HAVE TO AND HE STARTS TO MAKE MONEY WITH THEM AND THEY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTH ER AND THEY WOULD TAKE A BULLET FOR EACH AND DIE FOR EACH OTHER AND THEY KNOW EACH OTHERS FAMILY AND THEY KNOW EACH OTHER MOTH ER AND DAUGHTERS AND GO TO THEIR KIDS CHRISTENINGS AND BIRTHDAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT SO THEY DONT DO TO JAIL THEY PUT THEIR FRIENDS AND BROTHERS IN JAIL INSTEAD OF THEM. THATS THE WORST KIND OF INDIVIDUAL .YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN A: I GOT YOU D: IM NOT SO MAD AT COPS, YOU KNOW, I CAN DIG IT, BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE THERE AT AND WHERE THEY STAND BUT THE BETRAYAL IS THE PART THAT REALLY GETS ME THE MOST, WHEN YOU BETRAY YOUR PEOPLE, YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS ITS JUST A HEINOUS THING, AND I SO TRIED TO MAKE THE MOVIE A: UH HUH D: AND UM I HAD SCRIPTS WRITTEN AND NO ONE GOT IT , ITS FUNNY, IT TOOK THE WHITE MAN TO TAKE THE STORY OF FRANK LUCUS FROM A VANITY FAIR ARTICLE AND MAKE A MOVIE FROM PEOPLE WHO DIDNT EVEN CARE ABOUT WHAT WENT ON IN HAR LEM EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE FROM
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A: RIGHT, WELL I WANT TO TOUCH ON A POINT THERE BEFORE WE GO ON, RIGHT NOW THERE IS A DISCUS SION OF THE VIOLENCE GOING ON IN THE HOOD AND ALL THAT, AND THAT PEOPLE SHOULDNT SNITCH, BUT SNITCHING IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GOT TO TRUST IN SOMEBODY D: RIGHT, WELL, THATS WHAT IM SAYING HARLEM VALIDATED IT WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH SCRIPT FROM THE LAST 7 YEARS, BUT WHEN I HEARD THEY WERE MAKING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NICKY BARNES AND MARK LEVIN WAS DOING IT AND I KNEW HIM BECAUSE OF SOMETHING ELSE HE WAS DOING I WAS HAPPY BECAUSE I KNEW PEOPLE WOULD FINALLY GET TO SEE IT, AND IT DIDNT HIRE BECAUSE THE REASON WHY NICKY BARNES I WAS LIKE OH GOD AND THE REASON WHY BECAUSE IT WAS A MOVIE MADE ABOUT FRANK LUCAS AND HE DIDNT WANT FRANK LUCAS TO GET ALL THE CREDIT AND WANTED HIS VOICE TO BE HEARD SO ONCE I HEARD THAT I WAS LIKE..OH MAN, I GOTTA BE A PART AND I GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY SEES THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE NEEDS TO SEE HOW CRAZY THIS CAT IS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANIN HIS MIND, THE THING ABOUT IT IS HE IS VERY INTEL LIG ENT VERY ARTICULATE YA KNOWHE ALMOST REMIND ME A LITTLE BIT OF ME YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN AND THAT SCARED MEBUT AT THE END OF THE DAY
D: SNITCHING ISNT LIKE A CIVILIAN OR SOMEONE THAT HASNT CHOSE THIS LIFE AND SEES A CRIME TELLS TO NOT GET HURT OR TO HELP IM NOT MAD AT THATIM MAD AT THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED TO THIS LIFE YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGAIN BETRAYS THE TRUST, HE DOESNT TELL ON SOMEONE BECAUSE HE CARES ABOUT WHETS GOING ON HE JUST TELLS ON SOMEONE BECAUSE HE DOESNT WANT TO GO TO JAIL.. A: RIGHT D: SO, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, # 1 WHAT SYMBOLIZ ES SOMEBODY NOT TO HUSTLE IF THEY KNOW ALL THEY GOT TO DO IS TELL ON SOMEBODY WHEN THEY GET CAUGHT, WHATS GONNA STOP PEOPLE, THAT GIVES YOU A WAY TO SAY YO I GOT A GET OUTTA JAIL FREE CARD, SO IM HUSTLE UNTIL I GET CAUGHT THEN IM A TELL. THATS WHAT THAT PUTS OUT THERE, SO IM
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NOT MAD AT PEOPLE/ BY STANDERS THAT ARE SEEING THINGS AND TRYING TO HELP THE WORLD BUT WHEN YOURE DOING SOMETHING AND ONLY TELLING BECAUSE THEY GOT CAUGHT, AND THE ONLY REASON YOU TELLING IS BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO GO TO JAIL BUT YOU WANT YOUR BEST FRIEND TO, THATS WHAT A RAT BAS TARD IS A: RIGHT D: ITS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING, IM NOT MAD AT A CIVILIAN DOING THAT, BUT, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO BE A CIVILIAN THAT YOU LIVE BY A DIFFERENT CREED OR CODE, YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME KIND OF HONOR. A: YEAH, I SEE NOW WITH THE NIC KY BARNES STORY AND THE ECONOMY, I DONT REALLY SEEING THAT BEING MUCH DIFFERENT FROM WHAT AMERICA IS BASED ON WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS PEOPLE DID TO GET THE RICHES THAT THEY GOT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, OTHER WHITE COM MUNITIES MORE OR LESS , HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT WHOLE SCENARIO? AS FAR AS LIKE PEOPLE BASICALLY BRINGING MONEY INTO THE COMMU NITY BY ANY MEANS NESSACARY D: UMM, I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE CONDITIONED IN A CERTAIN WAY WHEN YOUR BORN INTO VIOLENCE ITS JUST NORMAL , WHEN YOUR BO RN INTO THE DRUG DEALING ITS JUST NORMAL YOU DONT KNOW HOW BAD IT IS, YA KNOW, IT TOOK ME TO MOVE OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 15 YEARS TO SEE HOW MUCH BAD IT IS TO BE HUSTLING IN IT, BUT WHEN I WAS THERE I DIDNT SEE IT TO BE SO BAD BECAUSE YOUR CONDITIONED , YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING, SO I THINK SOMEONE THAT KNOWS HOW BAD IT IS AND CONSCIOUSLY DOES IT AND IN THEIR HEART KNOWS HOW BAD IT IS BUT HAS THE RESOURCES TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, THERES A PROBLEM THERE , BUT IF THATS ALL YOU KNOW, YOUR HERO IS THAT GUY YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN , YOUR FATHER THATS GUY, YOUR UNCLES THAT GUY, YO UR BEST FRIENDS FATHER THAT GUY, ITS HARD TO THINK ITS WRONG , YOU UN DERSTAND WHAT IM SAYING, BUT,
YOU DO THOSE THINGS, YEAH ITS PRETTY COOL IF YOU DONE IT STOP AND TRY TO REBUILD THE COMMUNITY AND STOP DO ING THINGS AND DO LEGAL THINGS GET JOBS AND GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE THEM , THAT IM NOT SO MAD AT, YA KNOW, ITS JUST LIKE A ROCKEFELLER OR JUST LIKE A KENNEDY A: EXACTLY D: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, ITS DOCU MENTARY ABOUT JOE KENNEDY AND ROCK EFELLER JUST THE SAME AND THEY ARE STILL PILLARS IN THIS COMMUNITY A: OK D: ONE WAS A PRESIDENT, YA KNOW A CRIM INALS SON WAS THE PRESIDENT PERIOD, YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING A: EXACTLY, EXACTLY D: AND STILL AND STILL IS, YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING HOW MANY CRIMINALS KIDS ARE PRESIDENTS, YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN THINK ABOUT THATYA KNOW WHAT I MEAN , HOW MANY REAL SERIOU S CRIM NALS, MOTHER FUCKERS THAT GOT PEO PLE KILLED AND RAPING ALL THE COMMU NITIES NOT JUST THE BLACK ALL OF THEM NOW HAVE THEIR KIDS IN POWER AND THEIR TELLING THEIR KIDS HOW TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT AND LOOK WHATS GOING ON A: RIGHT RIGHT D: ITS NOT A BLACK THING AT ALL A; RIGHT, BUT THEY REALLY DONT WANT TO SEE ANYBODY ELSE COME UP THAT WAY, IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME ANYWAY D: THE MOVES THEY MAKE ARE CRIMINAL MOVES A: RIGHT D; I MEAN WHEN YOU HAVE NO REGARD FOR LIFE, THATS THE BIGGEST CRIMNAL THING ON THE PLANET, A: EXACTLY
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A: YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENTURES MAN, AMERICAN MAGAZINE, ARMADALE VODKA, PROKEDS, I MEAN, YOUR DIVERSIFIED, LETS PUT IT THAT WAY D: IM SCARED A: YEAH D: IM SCARED THAT ONE BUSINESS , BUSI NESSES DONT LAST TOO MUCH, THEY DONT LAST TOO LONG, THINGS ARE FAST , THINGS ARE TRENDS, AND WHEN I SEE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, WHEN I WAS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS AND SOLD 5 MILLION RECORDS AND SEEING THE MONEY THAT WAS MADE I SAID I CANT RETIRE ON THIS WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS TEMPORARY AND THATS WHY I STARTED ANOTHER BUSINESS AND THATS WHY YOU SEE EVERYBODY IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS NOW SCARED TO DEATH AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND EVERY BODIES RUNNING MAKING IT INTO A BRAND AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF
BRANDS JUST BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE TO EVOLVE AS A BUSINESS MAN AND ITS SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR GUYS LIKE US TO DO THINGS RIGHT PEOPLE WILL LOVE OUR EXPERIENCE BUT ITS NOT PRESENTED CORREC TLY WHICH IS WHY I TRY TO DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE BOX NOT JUST GO OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF URBAN BUT GO WITH THE URBAN POINT OF VIEW A; DO YOU THINK THAT THAT COMES FROM THE URBAN UPBRINGING OR THE HUSTLE MODE D: FOR SURE, HELL YEAH A: OK, OK YEAH I MEAN LIKE ITS YOU , JAY, RUSS, YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING, AND ALL THAT WAS LIKE E DU CATION, FOR LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW YOU GOT TO HUSTLE FOR ONE POINT, THEN FLIP OFF OF THAT TO SOME THING ELSE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN D: AS IM LOOKING AND MEETING ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, EVERYBODY DOES
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THAT A: RIGHT D: EVERYBODY DOES THAT A: OK D: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, LIKE, THEY JUST LOOK AT US CAUSE WE BLACK A ND WE YOUNG AND FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE, ALL THE GUYS I KNOW. THE BIG MONEY DUDES, THATS ALL THEY DO, BUY BUSI NESSES AND FLIP EM AND SELL THEM AGAIN, AND THEY GOT 10 OR 15 AT A TIME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE JUST REALLY DOING IT, THATS JUST HOW AMERICA ROLLS, NOT MANY PEOPLE ONLY HAVE ONE HUSTLE, AND THATS SUCCESSFULTHEY ALWAYS HAVE 10 , THE DIF FERENCE WHICH I WANT TO START TO DO NOW IS, BETWEEN US AND THEM IS THERE NOT IN FRONT OF EVERY BRAND THEY WE SELL, WERE IN FRONT OF EVERY BRAND , THERE
NOT, YOU DONT KNOW WHO OWNS CERTAIN COMPANIES WHO BOUGHT THAT COMPANY, WHO SOLD THAT COMPANY WHO BOUGHT IT BACK AND WHO SOLD IT THE COMPANY, THE BRAND STANDS ON ITS OWN, BUT WE BECOME THE BRAND , YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN, A: ALRIGHT D: IF I HAD A MAGAZINE, THATS DAME DASH MAGAZINE, IM READING IT BE CAUSE ITS DAME DASH , DAME DASH IS THE BRAND BUT WHAT ID LIKE TO DO NOW IS EMPOWER BRANDS FROM THE SIDE LINES OR BEHIND THE SCENES AND LET THE BRAND SPEAK FOR ITSELF AND THEN ONCE I SELL THEN THEY KNOW ITS ME A: OK, I MEAN THAT GIVES IT CREDIBILITY RIGHT D: YES BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW REAL BUSINESS, THATS BECOMING CORNY IN THIS DAY AND AGE, THE URBAN MARKET OF CLOTHING IS COMPLETELY DEAD,
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D: ITS GOING GOOD, ITS A SOCIAL NETWORK, ITS A VERY CLEVER AND INTRIGUING WAY TO GO ABOUT IT AND I THINK ITS GOING TO DO WELL, IM TRYING TO STAY, I MEAN I USE A LOT OF MY CONTENT TO DRIVE TRAF FIC BUT I TRY TO STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM IT AS I POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE AGAIN I WANT IT TO GO BY ITS OWN MERITS, I WANT PEOPLE TO GO THERE USE IT LIKE IT AND THATS THE REASON WHY THE MESS WIT IT, I WANT A PERSON THAT HATE DAME DASH TO GO ON THERE AND LIKE THE EXPERIENCE
D: NO ONE WANTS TO BUY CLOTHES FROM SOMEONE THAT DOESNT DO IT EVERY DAY, THAT NOT THEIR DAY JOB, IF I HAD A CHOICE TO BUY SOMETHING FROM GUC CI OR SOMETHING THATS MADE MY SOME ARTIST OR ACTOR , IM BUYIN GUCCI, BECAUSE GUCCI IS A BRAND D: IM BUYIN RALPH LAUREN BECAUSE THATS WHAT HE DOES ALL DAY LONG D: AND THE MARKETPLACE IS BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED AND HIP TO THAT, THIS IS NOT YOUR DAY JOB YOU DIDNT GO TO ITALY AND SOURCE THAT FABRIC OUT , YOU DIDNT DESIGN THAT, ITS NOT YOUR POINT OF VIEW, AND ACTUALLY I DONT LIKE YOUR POINT OF VI EW, YOU KIND OF CORNY, AND THATS WHATS GO ING ON, SO THE FOREFRONT AND THE PLACE FOR ME TO BE RIGHT NOW NOW I THINK IN THE BACKGROUND.. NOW RA CHEL ROY NOW THATS MY WIFE SHE JUST DID A PRESENTATION YESTERDAY AND THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE OF THAT I MEAN I OWN THAT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIVERSE KIND OF PEOPLE WORK FOR ME VOGUE WAS IN THE HOUSE AND BAZZAR WAS IN THE HOUSE WWD WAS IN THE HOUSE NOT VIBE OR NONE OF THAT AND THE REASON WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME WAS BECAUSE I CAN DO THINGS AND SELL THINGS WITHOUT ME HAVING TO PUT MY NAME ON IT AND WITHOUT ME HAVING TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT AND PUSH IT OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE MY CULTURE AND LOOK AT ME AND IDENTIFY WHAT IM DOING, THATS HOW QUAL ITY IS A: OK, AND THATS WHAT IT TAKES TO DEAL WITH A GLOBAL MARKET, CORRECT? D: FOR SURE A; NOW, BLOCK SAVVY, LETS TALK ABOUT THAT
A; THE CONCEPT IS SO DIFFERENT THO, I MEAN YOU GO IN YOUR APARTMENT, YOU GETTING GEAR, I MEAN AND ALL THAT PLAYS WELL INTO THE WHOLE MARKET SCENE, I THOUGHT IT WAS GENIUS REALLY D: I WISH I COULD TAKE THE CREDIT FOR THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT, I JUST FUNDED IT A; I GOT YOU D: I MEAN THERE I CERTAIN THINGS I WILL FUND BECAUSE I TRUST THE PERSON, KWIME BOUGHT IT , I TRUST THE PERSON AS SOMEONE THAT CAN EXECUTE THAT VISION AND THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I GOT TO BUILD FROM SCRATCH , BUT THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. I JUST CUT THE CHECK AND SUPPLIED THE CONTENT AND WE SPEAK ABOUT MARKETING THINGS AND ALL THAT BUT IT REALLY STANDS ON ITS OWN. I THINK ITS A GOOD SITUATION AND I THINK IT WILL WORK OUT, WE EVOLVE IT IT AND MAKE IT SIMPLE TO USE, AS MUCH AS WE POS SIBLY CAN, BUT I DONT REALLY WANT PEOPLE THAT NEED, I ALSO WANT TO CULTIVATE A MINDSET THAT SOME ONE HAS THE TIME TO BE PATIENT AND LEARN HOW TO USE CERTAIN THINGS, AMERICAN JUST WANTS TO USE THINGS THAT ARE EASY
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D: AND THAT WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LAZY, I WANT PEOPLE ON BLOCK SAVVY THAT I CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND SAY THAT PERSON WOULD MAKE A GOOD ENTREPRENEUR, BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE TIME TO BUILD THAT AND THEY TOOK THE TIME TO EARN, AND TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE MONEY AND GROW AND INVOLVE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENING . A: AIGHT, NO DOUBT, WHATS YOU OPTION ON THE STATE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ECONOMY, IM SAYING THIS IN LIGHT OF LIKE BLACK WALL STREET , UMM YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS WORKING TOGETHER TO COME UP BUT SEEMS LIKE ITS A LOT OF SEPA RATISM AT THIS POINT AND TIME D: ITS ALL SEPARATISM IN ALL CULTURE THATS THE PROBLEM WE DONT STICK TOGETHER AND USE EACH OTH ERS RESOURCES , WE KEEP OUR RE SOURCES TO OURSELVES BECAUSE WE AFRAID SOMEBODY GOING TO TAKE OUR SPOT , WHICH IS BULLSHIT, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS EM POWER SOMEBODY , HELP THEM AND SEE THEM MAKE THE MISTAKES YOU MADE, FOR EXAMPLE RIGHT- WHEN I STARTED ROCKEFELLER RECORDS EVERYBODY THAT STARTED WORKING FOR ME .. I SAID LISTEN THIS IS THE PLAN IN 10 YEARS IM OUTTA HERE I WANT YOU GUYS TO BE RUNNING THIS INDUSTRY AND IF I WANT TO GET BACK INTO THE BUSINESS IM ONLY GOING TO DO IT THROUGH YALL , YA KNOW WHAT IM SAYING A: YES D: SO RIGHT NOW, HIP HOP WAS MY FIRST INTERN.. HE RUNS SONY UNI VERSAL AND THE REGROUPING. MAR KETING AND BRANDS.. IS LIKE MY OTH ER INTERN. JIMMY JONES WHO UH, I KNEW HIM SINCE HE WAS 6 YE ARS OLD HAD A CO-VENTURE AT SONY WHICH IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN THE CO VENTURE I HAD AT ROCKEFELLER, I JUST WATCHED JIMMY AND JUST PASSED THE TORCH AND IF I EVER WANT TO GET BACK IN THE BUSINESS I WOULD JUST GO THROUGH THEM AND NOT
MESS WITH ANYONE ELSE, YOU UN DERSTAND WHAT IM SAYING A: YEAH D: THATS THE WAY THINGS ARE SUP POSED TO BE, YOUR SUPPOSED TO BREED PEOPLE AND HELP THEM GET TO WHERE THEY GOT TO GO AND THEY CAN HELP YOU IF YOU EVER NEED THEM A: RIGHT, RIGHT, I SEE STATE PROP DOWN HERE OUTTA THE WHOLE DYNASTY YA KNOW WHAT IM SAYING D: I TRIED, I TRIED MY BEST A: THATS IMPORTANT, THATS IM PORTANT I DONT EVEN WANT TO UNDER ESTIMATE THAT AT ALL, A LOTTA PEOPLE CAME UP BECAUSE OF IT AND IT MAKES FOR A WHOLE BETTER SITUATION I SEE THAT , YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANWHATS IN THE FUTURE? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT FOR THE FUTURE? D: IM ABOUT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THE STRIKE AND MOVIES MR. UNTOUCHABLE AND TELEVISION , UH A SET UP OVER AT SHOWTIMES TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THE BLACK SOPRANOS BASED ON THOSE TIMES , AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS IMPECCABLY A: THATS HOT D: AND UH, AND I GOT A COUPLE MOVIES, I GOT A LOT OF INDEPEN DENT MOVIES IF ANYBODY BEEN LOOKING AT MY CAREER THERE STATE PROPERTY, STATE PROPERTY 2, BUT IVE ALSO DONE WOODSMAN, SHADOW BOXER, THE PROPOSI TION AND VERY EDGY UM INDEPEN DENT MOVIES. IVE BEEN VALIDATED IN THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE I HAVE DONE AND MADE THE SACRI FICE. AND I LIKE THE GAME NOW IM ABOUT TO APPLY ALL THAT IN A MAJOR WAY I WANT TO GET THAT OSCAR AND WANT TO CRACK ONE OUT OF THE PARK AND DO A 100 MILLION DOLLARS SO FAR MY IN STINCTS BEEN SPOT ON AND I GOT THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THINGS
HAPPEN AND NOW IM ABOUT TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES , HOPEFULLY I WILL AND ITS NOT EASY , THE THING IS YOU CAN HAVE AN IDEA, BUT THE THING ABOUT THE IDEA IS YOU NEED THE 10 OTHER COMPONENTS TO MAKE IT HAP PEN OR IT CAN GET FUCKED UP OR YOU CAN HAVE 8 OR THOSE AND 2 O F THOSE COULD BE WRONG AND IT COULD GET FUCKED UP A: RIGHT D: SO, I TRY TO MAKE IT WHERE I DONT NEED 8 PEOPLE TO GET SOMETHING TO HAPPEN I LIKE TO DEPEND ON 2-3 PEOPLE I CAN TRUST SO FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS IVE BEEN EDGING OUT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THOSE 8 IM DOWN TO 3, 3 POWERFUL MOTHER FUCKERS THAT CAN HELP ME TAKE MY VISIONS AND IDEAS AND TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT A REALITY THEN YOU CAN FAIL THEN I KNOW, LETS SAY I HAVE A IDEA WITH THE WRONG PARTNER THEN I DONT KNOW IF THE IDEA WOULD HAVE WORKED OR NOT, BUT THE PARTNER FUCKING EVERYTHING UP D: THATS WHY I LEFT ROCKAWEAR, THATS WHY I LEFT ROCKEFELLER, THATS WHY I LET ALL THAT SHIT GO LIKE MY PARTNER JUST NOT DOING WHAT HE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING SO IM DONE, YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING A: OK, UH, WHAT ABOUT THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE YOU THINK THAT THATS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH MR. UNTOUCHABLE?
D: I MEAN LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU, YOU MIGHT MAKE SOME MONEY ON THE ACTUAL SALE OF THE DVD BUT RATHER I DO OR NOT IT CAN HELP ME BUILD OTHER THINGS AND BUILD IT AS A BRAND AND DO A MAJOR MOVIE OFF OF IT NOW I MEAN OF COURSE I CAN MAKE MONEY BUT I LOOKED AT THAT FOR THE AS MARKETING FOR THE BIG GER PICTURE OF IT D: YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IM SAYING.. LIKE THATS HOW YOU LOOK AT THE MUSIC BUSINESS NOW LIKE THAT YOU COULD I THINK IF THE RIGHT ARTIST CAN SELL RECORDS BUT LETS SAY SOME THEN MEDIOCRE DUDE LIKE EVERYONE THATS OUT NOW, YA KNOW, HE DOESNT MAKE ANY MONEY WITH THE RECORD ITS THE FACT THAT HE HAS A RECORD THAT ALLOWS THAT HE CAN DO SO MANY OTHER THINGS A: ITS A BRAND
D: IT WAS IN THEATER BUT YOU KNOW I MEAN THE PURPOSE WASNT FOR IT TO BE A BIG THEATRICAL IT WAS TO ESTAB LISH THE BRAND AND UH HAVE A PRES ENCE, I THINK UM, IT WILL HELP US GET TO TELEVISION BUT ITS A GREAT DOC.
D: ITS THE DUDE THAT HAD HIS BACK THAT WAS TRYING TO MAKE MONEY IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS THAT WAS THE LABEL NOW ITS THE FORBIDDER, THATS THE GUY THATS GOING TO MAKE THE REAL MONEY, IT MIGHT BE A 100,000 IN THE BANK BUT YOU CAN MAKE UP A 100,000,000 ON THE FORBIDDER
A: WELL I MEAN WITH THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE THE DIGITAL DISTRIBU TION DO YOU THINK THATS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND HOW MUCH YOU SPENDING OPPOSED TO HOW MUCH YOU MAKING BACK ON THE FILM DISTRIBUTION
A: RIGHT, OK, FOR THESE YOU NGSTERS COMING UP THEY LOOKING AT YOU, YOU THE PROFESSOR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THEY NEED TO HEAR WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WHAT WOULD YOU NEED TO TELL THEM?
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IF BRUCE WAYNE WORE A WATCH, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? TIRET NEW YORK TRIED TO IMAGINE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND CAME UP WITH THIS – THE GOTHAM COLLECTION. INSPIRED BY THE BATMAN UNIVERSE’S VERSION OF NEW YORK CITY, THE TIMEPIECE LOOKS EVERY BIT AS DARK AS THE SETTING THAT INSPIRED IT. SPORTING ART DECO SENSIBILITIES AND MODERNIST FLAIR, IT’S A PIECE I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE MILLIONAIRE VIGILANTE ROCKING. THE GOTHAM COLLECTION CONSISTS OF TWO MODELS, ONE CHRONOGRAPH (BROWN BEZEL AND STRAP AFTER THE JUMP) AND ONE POWER RESERVE (BLACK BEZEL AND STRAP PICTURED ABOVE). BOTH ARE DECKED IN A VARIETY OF FINE MATERIALS, IN CLUDING WHITE GOLD, STEEL, CERAMIC AND NATURAL RUBBER. BUYERS CAN ALSO REQUEST PRECIOUS GEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE MIX. THEY USE SWISS ETA 2897 MOVEMENTS FOR THE TIME-TELLING MECHANISM, WITH A VALJOUX 7750 FOR THE CHRONOGRAPH. [VIA] THE TIRET NEW YORK GOTHAM COLLECTION HAS BEEN LIMITED TO 300 PIECES. NO WORD ON PRICE, BUT LET’S JUST SAY DAME DASH ISN’T KNOWN FOR HIS MODES TY. HIT THE JUMP TO SEE DAME’S TIRET FEATURES WITH CAMEOS BY STACEY DASH, CURREN$Y AND HIMSELF.
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N E-YO SHAFFER CHIMERE SMITH (BORN OCTOBER 18, 1982), BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME NE-YO, IS AN AMERICAN POP AND R&B SINGER-SONGWRITER, RECORD PRODUCER, ACTOR, AND OCCASIONAL RAPPER. SINCE HIS DEBUT, NEYO HAS HAD FIVE TOP TEN SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 AS A LEAD ARTIST AND TWO NUMBER-ONE ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200. NE-YO HAS ALSO AMASSED A CATA LOG OF CHART-TOPPING SONGS THAT HE HAS WRITTEN FOR OTHER ARTISTS. NE-YO BROKE INTO THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AS A SONGWRITER, PENNING THE HIT “LET ME LOVE YOU” FOR SINGER MARIO. THE SINGLE’S SUCCESSFUL RELEASE IN THE UNITED STATES PROMPTED AN INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN NE-YO AND DEF JAM’S LABEL HEAD, AND SIGN ING A RECORDING CONTRACT. IN 2006, HE RELEASED HIS DEBUT ALBUM, IN MY OWN WORDS, WHICH CONTAINED THE US NUMBER ONE HIT “SO SICK”. THEN IN 2007, HE RELEASED HIS SOPHOMORE AL BUM, BECAUSE OF YOU WHICH CONTAINED THE US TOP 3 HIT, “BECAUSE OF YOU”. IN 2008, HE RELEASED HIS THIRD ALBUM, YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN, WHICH CONTA INED THE TOP 10 HITS “CLOSER” AND “MISS INDEPENDENT”. HIS FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM “LIBRA SCALE” IS SET TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 19. NE-YO HAS SO FAR RELEASED THREE SINGLES OF THE UPCOMING ALBUM, “BEAUTIFUL MONSTER”, “CHAMPAGNE LIFE” AND “ONE IN A MILLION”.
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