Welcome To The Traphouse…
GENERAL By Gotty™ on January 17, 2007 at 10:53 am
Atlanta news reports indicate that DJ Drama & DJ Don Cannon were arrested and their Aphiliates offices raided, all for selling “illegal cds.”
This is foul because…
1. That means Cannon tapes are on hiatus for a sec. and we won’t be hearing the world’s best drop…”CANNNOONNNN…..STEPPP BACKKK!”
2. They seized a Beanie Gangsta Grillz tape that was prolly en fuego.
3. Yes, there are some copyright infringement issues here, but be serious. Labels PAY Drama to put out tapes.
4. All the crime and mayhem in the streets and this is all the APD has time to do? And we’ll assume this police department isn’t exactly full of angels & geniuses, considering this is the same department who fatally shot a 88 year old woman.
5. SMH @ the news reporters making it seem like they were selling “traditional bootlegs,” i.e. counterfeit material. I’d rather these fools crack down on fake sellers on eGay.
Also, add on the cops for misleading and insuiating that drugs are usually found in similar raid situations. Yeah, Drama did drop Welcome To The Traphouse but I sincerely doubt…nevermind.
6. It’s kind of disheartening knowing that the mixtape game and that avenue for artists, could possibly be undergoing an impending change based on this situation. As much many may hate to admit, 50 and G-Unit’s early mixtape run produced some classic material. The same can be said for Budden, Saigon, Papoose, and Young Jeezy. Hell, even Lil Weezy.
Imagine the rap game without these artists and the medium thru which they recieved early acclaim.
Disheartening if you ask me.
To the homegirl J (I ain’t forgot your flowers folk! Cala lillies!), Dram and Cannon, hold your head. Everybody’s here vocally supporting you all.
Long live The Ipod King!
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You can catch the second video story from Fox 5 News aired this morning (Wednesday, January 17) at http://hip-hopreneur.blogspot.com/2007/01/another-story-on-dj-drama-and-dj-don.html
“CANNNOONNNN…..STEPPP BACKKK!”
Thats fucked up that this is the kind of thanks mister thanksgiving gets.
man i just saw the news clip….FUCK the authroities!!!
wtf!
dont they got something better to do?!
man this aint cool.
one
ps. anyone got any old common albums. if yes thanks in advance. my girl got my on a common tip.
WOW! THEY TRYING TO KILL THE UNDERGROUND SCENE… THEY’LL NEVER WIN. THEY CANT GET US ALL! PROPS FOR THIS GOTTY!!!
I just dont’ get this whole thing. Drama must have pissed somebody off becasue if anything he was making money for these people. The labels KNOW the mixtape hustle and they welcome it, wether they admit it or not. They’ve been looking the other way for years until now, why would they shit onthe biggest name in the game?
The authorities raided WITH A SWAT TEAM. After they said they’ve been investigating for some time. If it was just a case of copyright infringement, wouldn’t a “cease and desist” letter been mailed first? No matter how illegal the sale of these mixtapes are, these things go to court. There are lawsuits, not police raids.
SMH @ the news reporters making it seem like they were selling “traditional bootlegs,” i.e. counterfeit material. I’d rather these fools crack down on fake sellers on eGay
WORD! so are mixtapes dead now?
that fucking riaa idiot goes “atlanta has a booming hip hop community.” wow. MOST OF THE BIGGEST HIP HOP ARTISTS IN ATLANTA RIGHT NOW STARTED OUT AS MIXTAPE ARTISTS YOU FUCKING IDIOT.
and seriously, who the fuck wakes up and goes “hmmm…i need bootleg cds, time to make a trip to atlanta.” my ass is either going to 125th, tss or datpiff and getting what the fuck i need.
i don’t know if this happened overnight, but i just went on mix unit and they don’t sell mixtapes anymore….only retail cds, shirts and dvds….what….the…hell is going on
^they not tryin to catch a case. word is that an insider snitched. record lables arent happy about their artist doing mixtapes for little to nothing, and the dj getting the big check. they want in. if mixtapes weren’t making any money they wouldnt give 2 fucks. just so happens in this case that they realized dj drama and co. are a big name now and their pushing 645’s…
I don’t get it aren’t bootlegs cd’s or movies sold without the artist consent. The last time I checked Gangsta Grillz mixtapes(I own 26 of them)were made with the artist and it cost you just to make a mixtape with DJ Drama and the rest of the affiliates. How are these cd’s counterfeit?
The discs are counterfeit cus they dont ahve consent from the label really. When artists sign deals they sign to taht label. Its not like a label is gonna let them go drop verses on another tape without them seein any money. People might be saying fuck authorities and all but the rapper signed the contract so he is and DJ Drama is in fault. I think its bullshit too but nothing you can do about it really. Work with Indie artists I guess.
This why the riaa = the scum of the fucking earth
Yo the artist want the mixtape. the people want the mixtape. The jewish run riaa doesn’t want it because they ain’t bankin off it. bullshit.
oh shit! my favourite spot for mixtapes mixunit.com has no mixtapes any more! what the fuck??!!!
RIAA has been after mixtapes for a while now. I’m pissed about it but the riaa is a business and its trying to protect their money. I agree that they suck and hopefully one day will see the error of their money hungry ways.
That’s some straight bullshit.
But it’s also not the first time shit’s gone down like that..I believe that Tape Kings and Hip Hop Connection both had similar issues in the late 90’s….
I guess it’s one of those Grey Areas for the music biz….
Must have forgotten the For Promotional Use Only stickers.
Just watched the second news story…These reporters are some JACKASSES…and the HERB as RIAA dude is an idiot as well..
Now I been into Mixtapes since they started, and I never been to Atlanta to get them…WTF are these guys thinking?
WTF kind of assinine bullshit is this. That news story didnt evenpoint out the what bootlegs are, what about the dj drama mixtapes that contain material he was authorized to use? and wtf did they need to raid him for?
How you gonna stop a mixtape! HOW you gonna try now in 2007 during this new ipod generation all its gonna do is force everything to go digital. This is nothing but an excuse for a bunch of fucking flunkies to get a paycheck i mean please these people donteven understandwtf a bootlegis ..mixtapes THAT PROMOTE a certain artist they are tools to get you to buy the album which has the full length um mixed version man whats next