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Top 5 Hip Hop Moguls

Revolver Ocelot said:
Jay might've surpassed Russ, but he deserve a spot on the list.

Both him and jay. Fuck what CTB talking bout.
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I aint mad at that tho

To leave Jay off is some hating ass shit. I get the other arguments to a degree but Jay? Not making the list is crazy to me
 
Chicity said:
What you mean??? Everything Russ did Jay did times 5, at least

How he aint caught Russ yet??
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Russ had way more stuff than. Of course the money not the same cause people make tons more than they did in the 80's but Russ's businesses would be more profitable in this era than what Jay 's is doing.
 
Chi-town B said:
Fam your opinions been trash, if you ever agree with me then i know I'm in the wrong
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Chi-town B said:
Never seen TZ and not that big a fan of The Wire.
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Yeah my opinions are the trash ones.....
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I noticed I'm the only person that mentioned Sylvia Robinson. She was the first Hip Hop mogul.

She saw what people were doing in the parks and found some rappers who were willing to go to a recording studio and cut a record. That record was Rapper's Delight. It reached #4 on the Soul charts and #36 on the top 40 charts. Rapper's Delight was certified 2X platinum in the 80s. Lord knows how many copies it's sold since then.

By 1984 Sylvia Robinson had most of the well known rappers signed to Sugarhill Records; Spoonie G, The Treacherous Three, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Trouble Funk, Funky 4+1, Busy B, also Sequence.

She is really the first Hip Hop mogul. Her product/brand was Hip Hop. Whereas people like Puff Daddy and 50 Cent are known for vodka, or vitamin water, Sylvia Robinson was the first to look at Hip Hop as a product and market it.

Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
Freedom - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
That's The Joint - Funky 4+1
8th Wonder - Sugarhill Gang
Showdown - Sugarhill Gang feat Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Making Cash Money - Busy B
Spoonie Is Back - Spoonie G
Monster Jam - The Sequence feat Spoonie G
Pump It Up - Trouble Funk
We Are Known As Emcees - Crash Crew
On The Radio - Crash Crew
Yes We Can Can - Treacherous 3
The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Survival - Grandmaster Flsh & The Furious 5
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
We Got The Funk - Positive Force
Beat Street - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Turn It Up - The Treacherous 3
Xmas Rap - The Treacherous 3


^^^ Those songs sound dated nowadays, but there was an era where you could walk in to a record store and if you saw anything with the Sugarhill record label, it was an instant cop. Sugarhill was the first Hip Hop brand, and it was all Sylvia Robinson's brainchild.
 
Chi-town B said:
Russ had way more stuff than. Of course the money not the same cause people make tons more than they did in the 80's but Russ's businesses would be more profitable in this era than what Jay 's is doing.
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Russ being ahead of is wild

Cause he had a debit card?
 
5 Grand said:
I noticed I'm the only person that mentioned Sylvia Robinson. She was the first Hip Hop mogul.

She saw what people were doing in the parks and found some rappers who were willing to go to a recording studio and cut a record. That record was Rapper's Delight. It reached #4 on the Soul charts and #36 on the top 40 charts. Rapper's Delight was certified 2X platinum in the 80s. Lord knows how many copies it's sold since then.

By 1984 Sylvia Robinson had most of the well known rappers signed to Sugarhill Records; Spoonie G, The Treacherous Three, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Trouble Funk, Funky 4+1, Busy B, also Sequence.

She is really the first Hip Hop mogul. Her product/brand was Hip Hop. Whereas people like Puff Daddy and 50 Cent are known for vodka, or vitamin water, Sylvia Robinson was the first to look at Hip Hop as a product and market it.

Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
Freedom - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
That's The Joint - Funky 4+1
8th Wonder - Sugarhill Gang
Showdown - Sugarhill Gang feat Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Making Cash Money - Busy B
Spoonie Is Back - Spoonie G
Monster Jam - The Sequence feat Spoonie G
Pump It Up - Trouble Funk
We Are Known As Emcees - Crash Crew
On The Radio - Crash Crew
Yes We Can Can - Treacherous 3
The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Survival - Grandmaster Flsh & The Furious 5
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
We Got The Funk - Positive Force
Beat Street - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Turn It Up - The Treacherous 3
Xmas Rap - The Treacherous 3


^^^ Those songs sound dated nowadays, but there was an era where you could walk in to a record store and if you saw anything with the Sugarhill record label, it was an instant cop. Sugarhill was the first Hip Hop brand, and it was all Sylvia Robinson's brainchild.
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No one needs a history lesson Pops. She was as bad as the Jews during the 60's and 70's

Even still, what she do with her earnings since being a hip hop mogul? What's her portfolio look like?
 
Chicity said:
No one needs a history lesson Pops. She was as bad as the Jews during the 60's and 70's

Even still, what she do with her earnings since being a hip hop mogul? What's her portfolio look like?
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She died a few years ago.

Nobody knows what her portfolio looks like because it was an ongoing lawsuit for decades. Apparently she ripped everybody off, but that's probably true with most moguls.

But for the simple fact that she saw a vision in Hip Hop, made the first Hip Hop hit, and within a few years had almost all of the popular artists signed to her label says alot about her business acumen.

You guys are arguing about headphones and liquor.

The O/P says, "Hip Hop Mogul". That's what she was, a person that came up with the idea of marketing Hip Hop".




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5 Grand said:
I noticed I'm the only person that mentioned Sylvia Robinson. She was the first Hip Hop mogul.

She saw what people were doing in the parks and found some rappers who were willing to go to a recording studio and cut a record. That record was Rapper's Delight. It reached #4 on the Soul charts and #36 on the top 40 charts. Rapper's Delight was certified 2X platinum in the 80s. Lord knows how many copies it's sold since then.

By 1984 Sylvia Robinson had most of the well known rappers signed to Sugarhill Records; Spoonie G, The Treacherous Three, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Trouble Funk, Funky 4+1, Busy B, also Sequence.

She is really the first Hip Hop mogul. Her product/brand was Hip Hop. Whereas people like Puff Daddy and 50 Cent are known for vodka, or vitamin water, Sylvia Robinson was the first to look at Hip Hop as a product and market it.

Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
Freedom - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
That's The Joint - Funky 4+1
8th Wonder - Sugarhill Gang
Showdown - Sugarhill Gang feat Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Making Cash Money - Busy B
Spoonie Is Back - Spoonie G
Monster Jam - The Sequence feat Spoonie G
Pump It Up - Trouble Funk
We Are Known As Emcees - Crash Crew
On The Radio - Crash Crew
Yes We Can Can - Treacherous 3
The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Survival - Grandmaster Flsh & The Furious 5
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
We Got The Funk - Positive Force
Beat Street - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Turn It Up - The Treacherous 3
Xmas Rap - The Treacherous 3


^^^ Those songs sound dated nowadays, but there was an era where you could walk in to a record store and if you saw anything with the Sugarhill record label, it was an instant cop. Sugarhill was the first Hip Hop brand, and it was all Sylvia Robinson's brainchild.
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Different type of argument here.

But I can respect it.
 
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