At first it was unclear where M.O.P. would find a recording home after being seemingly torn between the newly-formed Damon Dash Music Group and Jay-Z-helmed Roc-A-Fella Records. The Brownsville Brooklyn team and Dash initially revealed they would embark on a label deal through DDMG, but now group manager Laze E. Laze says the group will make a clean, amicable break from all parties.
In a statement, Laze said, ??€?You see Roc-A-Fella was never our home. It was the home of Jay-Z, Biggs and Damon Dash. No, that??€�s not us, or Kanye or Cam??€�ron, It??€�s the house that Jay-Z, Biggs and Dash built. And those days are gone.??€?
Laze continued to explain and even say sorry for signing to The Roc in the first place, an act that occurred in 2002, but never produced an album from M.O.P. The band released street singles like ??€?Put It in the Air, ??€? which featured Jay-Z. Earlier still, they featured a scorching appearance on ??€?U Don't Know,??€? a remix from Jay-Z??€�s The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse. Although they made other sporadic appearances and indie albums, their Roc debut, Ghetto Warfare, never materialized.
??€?I want to apologize to the fans of M.O.P. for signing a deal with Roc-A-Fella Records. Well, I didn??€�t do it alone. We all had to sign. So, from Bill [Billy Danz], Lil??€� Fame Foxx, Rocko, Flip [and] the whole First Family - we apologize,??€? Laze furthered. ??€?With that I think every other act that signed owes the same apology, with the exception of Bleek, Beans and Amil.??€?
Laze E. Laze said he had a reflective revelation at Dame Dash??€�s recent birthday party.
??€?It became so clear to me when I looked at these guys together again. At Damon??€�s birthday, party Jay and Dame looked natural. It was like they never split. Jay [was] effortlessly handling the overwhelming stares of groupies and super groupies and Dame seeming to gain confidence with Biggs on one side and Jay on the other. It??€�s the ROC,??€? he said.
??€?No, we didn??€�t belong there. That??€�s our cousin??€�s house. We love our cousins and we are welcome, but we never lived there.??€?
??€?[Jay and Dame??€�s split] was the classiest divorce I??€�ve ever seen,??€? Laze said, but said he realized that M.O.P. is a group that charters a different path. ??€?M.O.P.??€¦we were destined to travel the desert, vagabonds, wild hyenas searching for bones or a fresh kill. We aren??€�t classy we are rough, hard a** ashy knuckle ass n***as.??€?
??€?And the only peace we are ever going to have is when there is a war going on, that??€�s our lot in life.??€?
Concluding, Laze said that M.O.P. has secured an unspecified recording deal domestically and are seeking another for the international market.
M.O.P. Departs The Roc/Dash Music Group
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??€?M.O.P.??€¦we were destined to travel the desert, vagabonds, wild hyenas searching for bones or a fresh kill. We aren??€�t classy we are rough, hard a** ashy knuckle ass n***as.??€?
se pare ca MOP se va indrepta catre Premier, ceea ce e un lucru foarte tare. oricum, si ultimele doua piese produse de heatmakerz si 9th wonder au sunat f f bine. in prezent, MOP lucreaza cu ayatollah.
Island Def Jam tocmai a reziliat contractul cu Dash Music. toti artistii care aveau contract cu grupul lui nu-si vor mai putea lansa albumele la datele programate.
http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28F4 ... 68XB56S00N
si un articol din New York Post:
Only three months after signing with Island Def Jam, reports are surfacing that Damon Dash's Damon Dash Music Group is close to leaving IDJ.
According to New York Post reports, Dash began demanding more money on marketing and promotion after inking the deal. Word is Universal wasn't too pleased with Dash persistently seeking an executive position within Universal. The two parties reportedly started negotiating an exit package last week.
"He was demanding more money spent on him and more time and attention," a source close to the deal told the NY Post. "And he wanted a bigger role at the company."
In December 2004, Dash, Kareem "Biggs" Burke and Jay-Z split after Def Jam bought the remaining 50% of Roc-A-Fella it didn't own for $10 million. Hov, who is now Def Jam's president, was overseeing Dash's joint venture. An official announcement is likely to come as early as this week.
Despite his numerous ventures, which includes Rocawear, Armadale Vodka, America magazine and Pro Keds, word is labels haven't been showing much interest in Dash.
"The problem is nobody is courting him," said a prominent music industry executive.
Earlier this year, the DDMG released Beanie Sigel's third album, The B. Coming under the Def Jam joint venture. M.O.P. announced that they were leaving the label last week.
http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28F4 ... 68XB56S00N
si un articol din New York Post:
Only three months after signing with Island Def Jam, reports are surfacing that Damon Dash's Damon Dash Music Group is close to leaving IDJ.
According to New York Post reports, Dash began demanding more money on marketing and promotion after inking the deal. Word is Universal wasn't too pleased with Dash persistently seeking an executive position within Universal. The two parties reportedly started negotiating an exit package last week.
"He was demanding more money spent on him and more time and attention," a source close to the deal told the NY Post. "And he wanted a bigger role at the company."
In December 2004, Dash, Kareem "Biggs" Burke and Jay-Z split after Def Jam bought the remaining 50% of Roc-A-Fella it didn't own for $10 million. Hov, who is now Def Jam's president, was overseeing Dash's joint venture. An official announcement is likely to come as early as this week.
Despite his numerous ventures, which includes Rocawear, Armadale Vodka, America magazine and Pro Keds, word is labels haven't been showing much interest in Dash.
"The problem is nobody is courting him," said a prominent music industry executive.
Earlier this year, the DDMG released Beanie Sigel's third album, The B. Coming under the Def Jam joint venture. M.O.P. announced that they were leaving the label last week.
50 Cent interested in Mobb Deep and M.O.P.
Mobb Deep already claimed they were free agents, a few weeks ago, we reported that M.O.P. was leaving the Damon Dash Music Group, now it seems that 50 Cent considers signing both acts to his G-Unit label, MTV reports.
"We've been talking to 50 for a minute, maybe a month," Mobb Deep's Havoc told MTV News' Shaheem Reid. "Initially we were gonna sign to Interscope. After a while we saw it best [to sign] with 50 because of the style of music [we do]. We sat down with 50 and he let us know what he could do for us. We're satisfied with the move. I don't know how other people are gonna feel about the move. It's probably gonna be a lot of hate in people's blood, but we don't give a f---. We're gonna continue making our music. I feel we have a bigger platform. I can't wait. The adrenaline is pumping. I just wanna get it started."
Mobb Deep already claimed they were free agents, a few weeks ago, we reported that M.O.P. was leaving the Damon Dash Music Group, now it seems that 50 Cent considers signing both acts to his G-Unit label, MTV reports.
"We've been talking to 50 for a minute, maybe a month," Mobb Deep's Havoc told MTV News' Shaheem Reid. "Initially we were gonna sign to Interscope. After a while we saw it best [to sign] with 50 because of the style of music [we do]. We sat down with 50 and he let us know what he could do for us. We're satisfied with the move. I don't know how other people are gonna feel about the move. It's probably gonna be a lot of hate in people's blood, but we don't give a f---. We're gonna continue making our music. I feel we have a bigger platform. I can't wait. The adrenaline is pumping. I just wanna get it started."
m.o.p. rules.....niste criminali 
imi plac la nebunie
M.O.P. Signs With G-Unit, Billy Danze Speaks
By Kye Stephenson
Date: 7/29/2005 3:00 pm
Rumors have persisted in recent weeks that Brownsville, New York rhyme posse M.O.P. has been on the verge of signing with 50 Cent's G-Unit Records.
Group member Billy Danze confirmed with AllHipHop that the group is now officially signed with 50's label.
"It's a beautiful thing, it's working out," Danze told AllHipHop. "We're doing new joints for the album and we're currently on the Anger Management tour with G-Unit."
The group was originally signed to Roc-A-Fella, but when the label was broken up and sold off to the Island Def Jam Music Group in December of 2004, the group was caught in the crossfire.
M.O.P. ended up on Dame Dash's Dame Dash Music Group, but in May of 2005, group manager Laze E. Laze told AllHipHop that M.O.P. planned on a clean break from all parties.
Danze explained that the new situation with G-Unit has afforded them lots of new opportunities and he's looking forward to creating some new, dope music, which should come out in early 2006.
"We got a new situation, so we wanna start fresh," Danze said. "We cover all the grounds we need to cover now."
With the recent signing of Mobb Deep to G-Unit confirmed as well, fans of the group should expect the possibility of some high-profile collaborations. According to Billy, no matter the label, it's still all about the hardcore.
"It doesn't matter who you're making music with or what label you??€�re signed to, as long as you're doing it the way you've done it for years," Danze explained. "We listen to dudes from everywhere, it don't make a difference who you are as long as you got good music."
Still, many loyal M.O.P. fans may feel like the group might change now that they are aligned with an international star like 50 Cent. Billy feels that fans should embrace the new label deal.
"Because you don't like the situation that I put myself in - which is a better situation - you don't wanna f**k with me no more? That doesn't make sense to me. What it means to me is you weren't really down with us anyway," Danze told Allhiphop. "We do music from the bottom, we represent the parts of society that people try to forget about, and we will continue to do that, regardless of our [label] situation."
As Billy puts it, true fans will ride or die and keep showing the love. "If you're a real fan, you're gonna want me on the winning team," he said.
You can currently catch M.O.P. performing at various venues across the country performing on the Anger Management Tour.
By Kye Stephenson
Date: 7/29/2005 3:00 pm
Rumors have persisted in recent weeks that Brownsville, New York rhyme posse M.O.P. has been on the verge of signing with 50 Cent's G-Unit Records.
Group member Billy Danze confirmed with AllHipHop that the group is now officially signed with 50's label.
"It's a beautiful thing, it's working out," Danze told AllHipHop. "We're doing new joints for the album and we're currently on the Anger Management tour with G-Unit."
The group was originally signed to Roc-A-Fella, but when the label was broken up and sold off to the Island Def Jam Music Group in December of 2004, the group was caught in the crossfire.
M.O.P. ended up on Dame Dash's Dame Dash Music Group, but in May of 2005, group manager Laze E. Laze told AllHipHop that M.O.P. planned on a clean break from all parties.
Danze explained that the new situation with G-Unit has afforded them lots of new opportunities and he's looking forward to creating some new, dope music, which should come out in early 2006.
"We got a new situation, so we wanna start fresh," Danze said. "We cover all the grounds we need to cover now."
With the recent signing of Mobb Deep to G-Unit confirmed as well, fans of the group should expect the possibility of some high-profile collaborations. According to Billy, no matter the label, it's still all about the hardcore.
"It doesn't matter who you're making music with or what label you??€�re signed to, as long as you're doing it the way you've done it for years," Danze explained. "We listen to dudes from everywhere, it don't make a difference who you are as long as you got good music."
Still, many loyal M.O.P. fans may feel like the group might change now that they are aligned with an international star like 50 Cent. Billy feels that fans should embrace the new label deal.
"Because you don't like the situation that I put myself in - which is a better situation - you don't wanna f**k with me no more? That doesn't make sense to me. What it means to me is you weren't really down with us anyway," Danze told Allhiphop. "We do music from the bottom, we represent the parts of society that people try to forget about, and we will continue to do that, regardless of our [label] situation."
As Billy puts it, true fans will ride or die and keep showing the love. "If you're a real fan, you're gonna want me on the winning team," he said.
You can currently catch M.O.P. performing at various venues across the country performing on the Anger Management Tour.
Deci se ard pe bani si au lasat muzica deoparte cu G(ay)-unit'u lor cu tot...Changed wrote:Acum ca ii au de partea lor pe M.O.P. si pe Mobb Deep cred c?? G-Unit ca grup vor face treaba buna,mie unul imi place multitudinea de genuri abordate de fiecare artist in parte...Sper sa le iasa pe viitor albume cat mai bune posibile
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M.O.P. Keeps It Street
Don't get the G-Unit affiliation twisted, M.O.P. is still hard as hell and are set to drop The St. Marxmen through Koch Records. The release is promoted as a street album for the hoods and blocks worldwide. After paying their dues and rockin the underground for years with bangers such as 'How About Some Hardcore', 'Hilltop Flava', 'Rugged Never Smoove', and the anthem 'Ante-Up', M.O.P. has consistently stayed loyal and given their fans the hardcore sound despite shady label politics. The 17-song disc contains collabos with Jay-Z, the late, great ODB, and Teflon.
Don't get the G-Unit affiliation twisted, M.O.P. is still hard as hell and are set to drop The St. Marxmen through Koch Records. The release is promoted as a street album for the hoods and blocks worldwide. After paying their dues and rockin the underground for years with bangers such as 'How About Some Hardcore', 'Hilltop Flava', 'Rugged Never Smoove', and the anthem 'Ante-Up', M.O.P. has consistently stayed loyal and given their fans the hardcore sound despite shady label politics. The 17-song disc contains collabos with Jay-Z, the late, great ODB, and Teflon.
Artist: M.O.P.
Title: M.O.P. Salutes the St. Marxmen
Rating:****
Reviewed by: Bill "Low-Key" Heinzelman
Whether you love or hate G-Unit, you have to be happy for M.O.P. For over a decade Billy Danze and Lil' Fame have repped hardcore Hip-Hop to the death, only to be shunned by the mainstream. With their upcoming G-Unit debut, the duo hopes that all changes. For the meantime, M.O.P. offers their second installment in their St. Marxmen series to hold fans over. M.O.P. Salutes The St. Marxmen (Family First/Koch Records) features old and new material that follows the typical Mash Out Posse formula.
"Muddy Waters" finds Danze and Fame reminiscing about street soldiers lost in the struggle, as well as contemplating their own situation, as Danze states, "I was driving an eighty thousand dollar car before I got with Dash/But I won't lie and say this ain't about the cash." The 9th Wonder produced "Instigator" continues to display vivid street tales, as 9th provides a harder beat than usually expected, while M.O.P. spits their usual fire on the mic. The only DJ Premier produced track, "Pop Shots Remix," is a successful collaboration with the late great ODB. As always, it gets no better than Primo and M.O.P. The mixtape favorite, "Big Boy Game," is also included, even though 50 Cent is notably absent. You didn't think 50 would be on a Koch album - did you?
While Salutes The St. Marxmen will please diehard M.O.P. fans, the production isn't as fulfilling as previous releases. Wyclef lends his guitar and vocals to the poorly executed "Hip Hop Cops," which sends a strong message, but lacks the necessary pizzazz behind the boards. Similarly, the choppy guitar riff of "Party Like A Rockstar" makes it hard for Danze and Fame to build up any momentum, therefore, ending in a bland effort. Nevertheless, M.O.P. Salutes The St. Marxmen is another solid outing that should tide fans over until the duo's long awaited G-Unit release. Salute!
Title: M.O.P. Salutes the St. Marxmen
Rating:****
Reviewed by: Bill "Low-Key" Heinzelman
Whether you love or hate G-Unit, you have to be happy for M.O.P. For over a decade Billy Danze and Lil' Fame have repped hardcore Hip-Hop to the death, only to be shunned by the mainstream. With their upcoming G-Unit debut, the duo hopes that all changes. For the meantime, M.O.P. offers their second installment in their St. Marxmen series to hold fans over. M.O.P. Salutes The St. Marxmen (Family First/Koch Records) features old and new material that follows the typical Mash Out Posse formula.
"Muddy Waters" finds Danze and Fame reminiscing about street soldiers lost in the struggle, as well as contemplating their own situation, as Danze states, "I was driving an eighty thousand dollar car before I got with Dash/But I won't lie and say this ain't about the cash." The 9th Wonder produced "Instigator" continues to display vivid street tales, as 9th provides a harder beat than usually expected, while M.O.P. spits their usual fire on the mic. The only DJ Premier produced track, "Pop Shots Remix," is a successful collaboration with the late great ODB. As always, it gets no better than Primo and M.O.P. The mixtape favorite, "Big Boy Game," is also included, even though 50 Cent is notably absent. You didn't think 50 would be on a Koch album - did you?
While Salutes The St. Marxmen will please diehard M.O.P. fans, the production isn't as fulfilling as previous releases. Wyclef lends his guitar and vocals to the poorly executed "Hip Hop Cops," which sends a strong message, but lacks the necessary pizzazz behind the boards. Similarly, the choppy guitar riff of "Party Like A Rockstar" makes it hard for Danze and Fame to build up any momentum, therefore, ending in a bland effort. Nevertheless, M.O.P. Salutes The St. Marxmen is another solid outing that should tide fans over until the duo's long awaited G-Unit release. Salute!
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