Tue 10 Jun 2008
thank you sweet baby jesus for allowing me to hear this album a few weeks ago on a humble, with less than 5 people in the room, AC-fully functioning, and less than 2 blunts in the vicinity…but all the fellas (big up to Mr. Cee and my coworkers) seemed to have fun at the chaotic official listening session last night. Thank you to Mikey Fresh for the videos…
Dame Dash introduces Jim Jones:
Jim Jones intros Byrd Gang:
Jimmy makes intros pt 2:
Jimmy intros former Murder Inc. producer Chink Santana:
“We Flying”:
“Money Right”:
“Heartbeat”:
for more, go to Mikey’s spot.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
The fact that he can conduct business while twistin’ something makes me hate my life.
*Meanwhile back in the Thunder Dome the world awaits the imminent return of Cam’Ron.*
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June 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
F*ck Jim Jones! He aint gonna do sh*t without Bigavelli aka Max B aka The silver surfer.And he got the nerve to have another wanna be ass Max singing on the hooks (haha). Shit aint floating round here.
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June 10th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
“The fact that he can conduct business while twistin’ something makes me hate my life.” more immaturity than anything else i would say… its like a kid playing with his toys while his mom tries to get the kid to talk to the visitors… real business man
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June 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
LMAO @ dame trying to turn this WACK nigga into the next Jay. Judas will never ever EVER have another hit mark my words. I know thats your boy info but hes straight up basura.
Cam bring back the new set without Judas and Juelz and add A-mafia and Penz and MAx B I know you read this blog.
No Max B and no Stacks = no byrdgang. Who cares about that Jay-Z sound a like and the other wack dudes?
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June 10th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Questions yet to be answered
Where is camron? Is dipset ova? What is skullgang? Why does juelz always have to a sidekick ? Where is hell rell?
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June 10th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
1) Dame needs to start speaking like a grown up, there is no need to say ‘pause’, or even ‘no homo’ everytime his dick tingles over some way stretched gay double entendre. Hey Dame, how about assuming people aren’t thinking you mean ‘ASS SEX’ when you say ‘it seems like there’s cetain voids in this market place that need to be filled’. You think Jay-Z was talking like that when he got 150 Million from Live Nation. Grow the fk up dude…you’re a role model, don’t lose that title.
2) On Jimmy rolling one. To be fair, let the man do what he do. It’s immature and a very fake obviously ‘…can’t take the street out of the dude’ cliche, but it’s not as bad as Kay ‘eat cereal whilst taking a shit while Vlogging, and setting my people back 400 years’ Slay. The blunt didn’t show how ‘real’ you are, it’s way easy to see through, and done way too much ‘for the record’.
3) I see a whole bunch of (boys to) men, giving it the whole ‘family’ / ‘ride till I die’ BS rhetoric. It happens with all new crews who take some talent off the street with little to no positive male/father-type role models. They have latched onto Capo’s teet, but we seen it before with Dipset, chain gang/State property, G-Unit and every other ‘movement’. Ironically all that same talk and need for affilliation makes them less individual. I only got interested when Jimmy bigged them up, he packaged it and sold it, the way Dame USED to.
4) ‘We Flying’ sounds like Yayo did the hook. May as well bin that now.
5) Good to see people showing Sway his respect.
So to conclude, I don’t get it. The Dipset thing starts and ends with Jimmy and Juelz. The rest is ametuerish. If they do this next year in the grand ballroom of the waldorf astoria and MSNBC are there to cover it, it’s a different story. Otherwise, seen it all, heard it all. No-one buys CDs, and the tours come and go. The movement lifecyle has just started, and will end in about 2.5 years, quote me, I’ll put ‘real Byrd Gang money’ on it.
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June 10th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
@raj….hahaa @ ass sex!
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June 10th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Jimmy been keeping the lights on over at Diplomat Records coz Cam ain’t doin much 4 real, apart from f*cking with Juelz money and putting out garbage mixtapes and weak albums we need the old Cam with club bangers Killa Cam sucks!.
Jimmy been keeping Dipset relevant, if Jimmy didn’t put out his last album,byrd gang mixtapes e.t.c the 50 Cent Vs Cam’ron beef would’ve been a whole lot different.
Shout out to Jimmy for trying to keep Dipset up & above water coz Cam seems to want to sink and abandon ship with Juelz & Jimmy in it.
Money right is my joint. Dame is a loyal dude though coz Jay already said he created friction between them and distanced himself coz he wanted to do his own thing without having to confide or worry about anyone else’s opinion. Jay’s a hustler/Dame got hustled, ya dig?
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June 10th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
“Cam don’t write nothing!” On the second clip at about 2:14-15 minutes in it sounds like one of the guys in the background says this. Am I hearing things?
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June 10th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Jimmy is that dude, he’s the only one keeping the lights on over at Diplomat records.
From the outside looking in, it seems killa Cam is trying to Sink & Abandon ship with Jimmy & Juelz in it. Jimmy been keeping the ship above water for a minute. The whole 50 Cent Vs Cam’ron beef could have gone way differently if Jimmy didn’t put out 1 of the hottest hood tracks in 07. We Fly High was a banger, still is.
Cam ain’t put out good music in a minute Purple Haze was aiight, Killa Season was trash we need Club Bangers from Cam not shoot em up, kill, murder music coz Cam aint that dude.
As for Max B, get it correct, Max B ain’t sh!t without Jimmy. Max B ain’t getting signed by no majors trust me. No 1 knew this dude before Jimmy put him out there. He got himself into some dumb sh!t and he should have known better.
If JR Writer can’t get on a major how the hell will Max B get on? Hell Rell too. Jimmy seems to want to let everyone build their own empire Cam wants everything to run through him. Thats not gonna work its either 1 or the other.
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June 10th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
This is the 1st time I heard Jim say something truthful..paraphased..”I’m not much of a rapper” was the LeBron comment another shot @ Jay? I can’t respect nutha Jim says cuz I know his true rep in Harlem. Why wait unil ur 30 yrs old to start flagging? that’s wack so Jim stop cock riding the West so hard. Dame is back where he started in a dark smoky windowless basement room lol. I guess Dame finally got the company memo…Watch how you treat ppl on ur way up cuz those are the same ppl that you’ll see on ur way down. Shout out to Gangsta Lou Mobstyle.
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June 11th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Clap Clap Clap…LOL
I cant knock a man’s hustle
But I can agree with Jimmy on this….
“I’m not much of a rapper”
Applause Please… Clap Clap Clap..
Now this is true..
Anyway…
Jimmy again confirms the fact that him and the team are still all Dip Set..
So once again I ask where the fuc is Cam??
From a concerned fan..LOL..
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June 11th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Kinda agree with no.4 “y2dre” – don’t forget that Tom Gist cat riding with Killa. At the end of the day if any clique makes good music its a good look to me. In this whole Dispet/Byrd Gang movement I’m interested in Cam, Juelz, SAS (UK) and wanna hear more from Tom Gist and that Jay sounding cat who I think MIGHT actually have bars! Pity all the unity has disintegrated and these cats don’t/won’t roll together anymore. PS. How was Jimmy spitting on nearly every verse I heard? Even two Jim Jones verses is pushing it….wish he’d fall back a little
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June 11th, 2008 at 4:25 am
First off the album is titled Jim Jones and the Byrdgang! What a team player!
Second, no mention of Stack? Max, i can understand but cmon, Stack (along with Max) helped the group seem somewhat credible. Show a fallen soldier who lived the life you get paid on, some respect and at least give him the cliche “RIP shoutout”
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
@ ya boy – SAS are NOT signed to Dipset, Byrdgang, SkullGang, etc…they USED to be affiliated with them but due to disorganization and general retardation coming from the camp, they X-ed their affiliation. It’s SAS/EUROGANG…that’s who they rep
@enriko – Today marks a year since Stack’s death and not once has this juiced up snake Jim Jones approached any member of his family with plans to release Stack’s music.
RIP Stack. You will always be missed by those of us who really knew you and were able to be touched by your light.
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June 11th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
How the fuck did Jimmy make Max B the hottest up coming dude on the streets right now………Max B PD 3 is more hyped than this byrdgang shit….nobody checking for that, plus Max gave them dudes they wave(even though Jimmy doggy paddled) but Max wrote or co wrote anything splashing that Jim Jones has done that is actually listenable. Now they got the lip singing goin on and a fake Jay Z, they tryin to manufacture a movement just like Dame tryin to make anotha hov……..
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
or everybody who asking where cam is. cam got a nu song out called my aura go search for dat shit!!! i would recommend youtube first
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I find it pretty interesting that Cam has done nothing but his name is still heavy on boards and such.
Cam’s still puts out some heat (see My Aura) but he is not an artist. He is an entertainer that has mastered the art of really never falling off by staying fresh in alot of our minds.
I see Juelz put out Skullgang, i hope he is wise to know that artists stand the test of time and dont have to have clothing lines, movies, label, shoes, liquor, energy drinks to be considered succesful. Look at Nas and the respect he has, and I dont recall any “Nas-Wear” Or NAS-Tea energy drinks.
RIP Stack we miss you and your music!
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June 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I’m confused about these Max B comments i’ve got all them Public Domain albums and all those albums is trash. How many hits or dope tracks does this dude have?
If this cat was hot and a dope lyricist I mean c’mon, Dipset/Byrdgang Lyricists are Juelz Santana, JR Writer, Un Kasa, Killa Cam, 40 Cal & Hell Rell. Cam’s artists on PE Mixtape sound dope too.
Max B is no lyricist, he’s a cat like the Bad Boy Mad Rapper, the cat you throw on to fill the empty spaces on an album, how come no 1 from dipset followed this cat if he’s got that Frank Lucas “blue Magic” type product to form their own movement.
Harlem’s American Gangster was dope without him, Long Live The King of Harlem, Byrd Gang Money c’mon Max B is dudu!
C’mon Max B is only gettin any attention coz y’all don’t like Jimmy. Jimmy dissed Jay & Nas and y’all mad. Name the Max B joints without Jim Jones which are hot? Why aint Rick Rubin reach out to Jimmy and not Max huh?
@enrikogates it depends on what your definition of success is, them cats with ventures make millions artists without make thousands and go broke you do the math, Forbes 1,2,3. C’mon the rap game is the new crack game -That potent Product= $$$ Money in the bank it’s that simple.
Carter 3 rumours suggest Weezy is gold in 2 days, is that true Miss Info?
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June 14th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Max wrote for Jimmy,that how he got that deal@ Yung Rich.Idont like Jimmy because he sucks not because he dissed Nas and Jay.Jimmy will not make another hit record watch.Ballin is all he had,and the dude that wrote that for him is gone.smh @ out of touch Rick Rubin signing Jimmy off the strengh of one song.Cam is trash too but he was them dudes meal ticket and how they repay him?by hanging with a dude that ridiculed him.but when Nas simply said step your game up Jim jumped all in,and when Jay said he didnt want Cam to hold that VP spot(or whatever spot it was)Jim went all out.but for G-Unit he all smiles.loyalty means nothing in music.
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