MyFox Atlanta looked and sounded like retards the other day when they made their report on how the RIAA dropped in on DJ Drama and them like they were raiding Tony Montana or somebody. Keep in mind that these are prominent DJ’s from the hood tha…

On the real, though, Sara, I agree. I think this is going to be a wake-up call in more than one way – like we said in the interview, this is going to change a lot of things.

Chris – no worries, no “inflamed emotions” here. I remember when that Wired joint dropped, and it was cool. I feel like the industry is changing no matter what – we may very well be moving towards the model that you and Khadijah are talking about, because really a lot of the value that major record companies used to bring to the table simply isn’t necessary anymore. This is an instance of the opposite – independents doing something that majors just aren’t capable of doing – and getting raided for their efforts. Regardless of the outcome, people are going to keep this in mind when they start promoting their next projects.

Again, though, this is getting a relatively large amount of airtime in comparison to the issue of Kilgo&Company rolling through with guns and dogs because they thought somebody was copying music.

What up Dex: I thought I’d show up and be dick to you on your own messageboard so I can make a longwinded point about the way things should work, instead of the way things actually are. I might even have a valid point or two, but either way it’s going to be marred by the fact I go out of my way to start some shit by calling your interview a ‘hollow gesture’ and say you miss the point before I actually get around to making it.

props to dex for not deleting you in the first place. christ.

On the me giving permission to use my work, I’ve always done that, from the beginning. Me mentioning that is just for convenience for people who may be checking the site/show for the first time.

And I’m going to guess that you were taking some sort of sideways shot at Drama’s mixtapes. If you listened to the interview, or have listened to any of the Gangsta Grillz mixtapes (I’m no expert but I have a couple of them), the tapes are artist-sanctioned. A good portion of the tracks are freestyles and original tracks, and the tapes are more often than not used with artist approval and at least tacit approval of the labels. This is generally the case with any prominent mixtape DJ.

Or did I miss something?

Chris – hey, junior, you wanna tone the sarcasm down a little bit and rephrase? I don’t want to misconstrue any sort of point you may be trying to make.