I think tupac destroyed suge knight and death row records

[Schreibs_21]

deez is right on about the Dre situation, but wasn't Dre part owner also? I remember hearing he could have sued death row or got his fair share but just left instead, i know the only thing suge got out of Dre leavingl was the masters that Dre had, well at least the ones that suge knew of.

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

deez is right on about the Dre situation, but wasn't Dre part owner also? I remember hearing he could have sued death row or got his fair share but just left instead, i know the only thing suge got out of Dre leavingl was the masters that Dre had, well at least the ones that suge knew of.

I don't remember Dre's exact position in Death Row, but if you look in your Death Row Greatest Hits booklet (which I don't have in front of me), the opening pages calls Dre the "former president" (since he had left several months prior to the album's publishing). As far as ownership goes, it was never Dre's company from a business standpoint, but it was his in the sense that he had called all the shots as far as music in the beginning (The Chronic, Doggystyle, Murder Was the Case).

Suge got more than what you listed from Dre's departure. With Dre willingly leaving, Suge wouldn't be legally obligated to pay him. Despite the fact that Suge didn't pay him what he was owed beforehand anyway, Dre could've sued him to get the money that belonged to him based on his contracts while he was still on the label, but that would've only created more problems since Suge's cronies would've threatened him for real, and Dre didn't have the muscle to put up with it. This way, Suge wouldn't owe him shit. Plus he got the masters, as you mentioned, which he collected by "visiting" Dre. (There are a couple versions of the story, but what all of them indicate is that Suge went to his house and demanded the masters, and Dre ended up turning them over after copying them for himself.)

 

[Schreibs_21]

If you've ever watched the i think it was "behind the music" on vh1, i have the Dre one and he actually says that Suge went to his house with some dudes and said that all you have to do to leave Death Row is hand over all your masters from his time there, and Dre said he didn't hesitate one bit and gave them to him, i think it would be obvious that Dre copied them, and plus you have beats like the Blunt Time one on the Aftermath Presents.... when that was also the beat for the Blunt Tyme with 2pac. (assuming thats an actual track with 2pac)

 

[cookiesoda]

Suge Knight destroyed Death Row Records.
After they lost Dre it was all downhill from there.
7 Day Theory didn't sell as much as it should have for a number of reasons but I think the camp was expecting it to better AEOM sales in the first 1/4.

 

[Rahim]

Suge Knight destroyed Death Row Records.
After they lost Dre it was all downhill from there.
7 Day Theory didn't sell as much as it should have for a number of reasons but I think the camp was expecting it to better AEOM sales in the first 1/4.

I agree.