It is not new to the music industry, or any industry for that matter, that bosses and employees fall out sometimes. But it was a bit of a surprise with this two, cos it seemed they got along well. So, when Freddie Gibbs started throwing shots and making beef songs aimed at Jeezy, people were shocked. Gibbs was with CTE for about a year (between 2011 and 2012), but when things weren't working the way he and Jeezy had hoped, they had to cut ties. During Jeezy's recent interview with The Truth, he said he went all the way for Freddie Gibbs, but thing just didn't pop off. He also felt they ended their business ties amicably, and was shocked when Gibbs started making diss records directed at him.
"I put him on a song with Eminem. I put him on a song with T.I. I put him on numerous mixtapes that I had. I took him on tour. Took him around the world. I spent money on videos that he didn't use cause he didn't like em. And it wasn't his money. So, at the end of the day my whole thing was to him was 'I took you to every label in the game. They don't wanna sign you. I don't have no reason--I love you. ... I So, at the end of the day when I called him up I was like 'Yo, I can't really spend my money on you. I got family, other sh*t I gotta take care of. So, I'll help you all I can, but I can't fund it anymore.' Cool. Conversation went well. We got off the conversation it was straight, love. I hear diss records. What I'm supposed to do? I'm not replying to that. Nigga, we getting money...At the end of the day we all tried. It didn't work. That shit happens in business all the time." ("The Truth")
Hmm! So sad their working relationship had to end on a sad note.
Beanie Sigel. I'm going to put Beans in my Top 5. Obviously I have him on here for what he did for my city. He brought gangsta rap back. People know the Roots were doing their thing but it was something different. Beans brought back gangsta rap and made it cool. He made rapping cool in Philadelphia with the whole State Property movement and the Roc-A-Fella sh*t. So I've got Beans for that.
Raekwon. I'm going to put Raekwon the Chef in there. I have him on there because of the Purple Tape. You can't talk about hip-hop without talking about the Purple Tape. One thing I've got to give it up to Rae for is that he's always shown love to n*ggas on the come-up. He didn't forget about the n*ggas on the come-up. He's a n*ggas that's always watching what's going on and showing love. He's legendary.
LL Cool J. I'm going to pick LL Cool J. His longevity is one thing but also his battles were classic. He battled with everyone and then went on to host the f*cking Grammys. You look and see he's the first n*gga on Def Jam and look at where he's come to now. Salute to LL.
Black Thought. He's one of the ultimate emcees. He's an emcee's emcee. I remember hearing that record he did off of Big Pun's [Capital Punishment] album, they go back-and-forth. Coming from Philly, you know we learned a lot by just watching Black Thought hold it down. The legendary Roots crew, you can't talk Philly without speaking of Thought. So big salute to him.