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Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby Atone » May 21st, '13, 07:47

i was on google looking for Master P - Hip Hop History with his son Romeo, and came across this

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.2 ... it-records

Arguably the greatest hustler in Hip Hop history, Master P revealed to HipHopDX yesterday (January 31st) that, had it happened, his most impressive score would have been adding the legendary Tupac Shakur to his once mighty No Limit Records roster.

“To be honest wit’chu, at one time, I was thinking about signing Tupac,” replied P when asked by DX if there were any other big-name free agents, in addition to Snoop Dogg, that The Colonel tried to bring over to Hip Hop’s most successful label of the 1990s.

According to Master P, he attempted to sign the Oakland-based Tupac several years before No Limit’s commercial explosion, when the label had yet to center its operations in P’s native New Orleans, Louisiana and was still headquartered in Richmond, California as one of several up-and-coming Bay Area independent labels.

“[Tupac] was liking the movement of what we was doing,” explained P, “but we wasn’t fully there yet. … That was one little piece that I was looking at like, ‘You know what? This could be alright.’”

While there is no known video footage or photos of Master P and Tupac together, the head honcho of the rechristened No Limit Forever label revealed that he and his currently incarcerated brother C-Murder were once opening acts for the future icon of Reality Rap, and additionally confirmed to DX that he subsequently spoke to Tupac directly regarding Interscope Records’ then biggest Hip Hop signee possibly joining “the tank.”

“Everybody was interested in No Limit,” replied P when asked if ‘Pac personally expressed interest in enlisting as a No Limit soldier. “I don’t think there was one person in the music business that wasn’t interested in being a part of that movement.”

Stay tuned to HipHopDX for Master P’s full feature interview, in which The Colonel explains the stray shots at dress-wearing, skateboard-riding youth culture included on his just-released Al Capone mixtape, his parental relationship to Chief Keef and why he “can’t change” who he is and was forced to abandon his attempt at curse-free, positive Rap. The man who was once responsible for over 75 million albums sold also revisits No Limit Records' past – including if P’s hoop dreams destroyed the tank, why he refused to negotiate with Beats By The Pound and what the real origins of “Bout It” are, contrary to Mannie Fresh’s version of events.
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby Francesco » May 21st, '13, 13:25

It is true... Master P's brother C-Murder was like Pac's southern version too.
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby eXceL » May 21st, '13, 18:14

^if you mean he was a pac biter then you are correct lol. that woulda been terrible tho in all honesty
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby King Lance » May 21st, '13, 22:05

eXceL wrote:^if you mean he was a pac biter then you are correct lol. that woulda been terrible tho in all honesty
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby Francesco » May 21st, '13, 23:52

eXceL wrote:^if you mean he was a pac biter then you are correct lol. that woulda been terrible tho in all honesty


He wasn't Pac biter... he was a very good rapper & No Limit rappers were deep if we talk about that thug life thing... that made people label him Pac of the South. He never bit Pac's shit or tried to look/sound like him. He was his own self artistically & if I gotta be honest even deeper than Pac into the thug life thing.

Pac's ultimate biter was The Realest... this dude was just ridiculous at trying to look & sound exactly like Pac.
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby Francesco » May 21st, '13, 23:57

bigray wrote:nothing to do with the article but after Pac died everyone said they almost signed Pac or some stupid BS story about Pac.


This one is true... but you're on point in general.
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby eXceL » May 22nd, '13, 00:06

Francesco wrote:
eXceL wrote:^if you mean he was a pac biter then you are correct lol. that woulda been terrible tho in all honesty


He wasn't Pac biter... he was a very good rapper & No Limit rappers were deep if we talk about that thug life thing... that made people label him Pac of the South. He never bit Pac's shit or tried to look/sound like him. He was his own self artistically & if I gotta be honest even deeper than Pac into the thug life thing.

Pac's ultimate biter was The Realest... this dude was just ridiculous at trying to look & sound exactly like Pac.


definitely was, rapped same style and imitated the voice, he even bit a whole unrealesed pac song and tried to pass it off as a tribute, laughable lol. the guy im talking bout is named Krazy i believe or something like that. he even had a song called dear mama 2, cmon son lol
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby Francesco » May 22nd, '13, 00:13

eXceL wrote:
Francesco wrote:
eXceL wrote:^if you mean he was a pac biter then you are correct lol. that woulda been terrible tho in all honesty

He wasn't Pac biter... he was a very good rapper & No Limit rappers were deep if we talk about that thug life thing... that made people label him Pac of the South. He never bit Pac's shit or tried to look/sound like him. He was his own self artistically & if I gotta be honest even deeper than Pac into the thug life thing.
Pac's ultimate biter was The Realest... this dude was just ridiculous at trying to look & sound exactly like Pac.

definitely was, rapped same style and imitated the voice, he even bit a whole unrealesed pac song and tried to pass it off as a tribute, laughable lol. the guy im talking bout is named Krazy i believe or something like that. he even had a song called dear mama 2, cmon son lol


Ok I get it then... I thought you were talking about C-Murder.
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby Atone » May 22nd, '13, 07:03

Some tracks if C-Murders i could not get into, i'm guessing they were the handful he recorded in Prison, because he sounded like he was talking over a beat with no emotion (cue the jokes about my own music)

but then alot of C-Murders tracks sound awesome, i havn't got into his Discography yet, i just finished going thru all of Master P's collection, i'm going thru each No Limit artist 1 by 1,

In my opinion, i think Master P's best album has to be a tie between Ghetto Bill and Game Face, i mean this by quality wise, his older stuff was good to, but the quality and features made tracks hard to listen to at times

before hte Snoop Dogg Era, Silkk sucked balls, and his features made me hate the songs he was on, i had to edit him out of a few, after the Snoop Dogg Era, Silkk got a lil better,
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby BigBoss » May 22nd, '13, 07:35

Ayyyeeee Richmond represent
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Re: Master P says he almost signed 2Pac

Postby Francesco » May 22nd, '13, 11:20

BigBoss wrote:Ayyyeeee Richmond represent


That's right... it all started in Richmond,VA... but all the credits go for New Orleans though. If I'm not mistaken the first TRU album was made in Richmond though.
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