Ma$e’s history with Bad Boy records is a complex one. Ma$e signed with Bad Boy records in 1996 and released his debut Harlem World to multiplatinum success; however, the rapper “retired” for religious reasons prior to the release of his sophomore album, Double Up. Afterwards came comebacks and subsequent retirements.
Recently adding to the mystique that has been Ma$e’s career was D-Dot, renowned producer and member of The Hitmen. D-Dot, who was serving as head of A&R and Vice-President of the label, spoke on the first time he met Ma$e, during Cipha Sounds’ “Take It Personal” Improv Show earlier this week.
“Puff Daddy signed this guy from Harlem,” recalled the producer. “I was thoroughly impressed with his demo. His name was Murda Mase. So everything was, ‘Shoot ’em up, bang!’ …You know, all of that. It was the ’90s, so I was like, ‘Yes, this is hot!'”
D-Dot recalled that Ma$e wouldn’t even shake is hand. “I walk into the studio, and I congratulate him, and I’m puttin’ my hand out, and he hits me with the [mumbling] ‘I just wanna make some money, you know what I’m sayin’.”
D-Dot remained unfazed, despite Ma$e’s attitude. “I was like, ‘Alright, cool, make some money, I got some hit records for you, the Hitmen, we gon’ do this shit up.'”
“He was like, ‘Yeah, but I need privacy. I do my shit all by my lonely in the studio.’ I was like, ‘You know, unfortunately, I gotta be here with you, ’cause I work for the guy who I gotta answer to, and I can’t just let you…,’ and he was like, ‘Alright, if you gotta be here, but over there, just sit in the corner.’ I’m VP, mind you.”
The Hitman took it in stride. “I was like, ‘Okay, I’ll go sit in the corner.’ …I’m sitting way in the corner, he’s got his Harlem guys, and every record that comes on, they gotta dance to it…”
“That’s pretty much the bad attitude story I have,” concluded D-Dot. “We ended up selling, you know, [millions] of records, so it ended up doing real well.”
Watch D-Dot tell the story below (courtesy of AllHipHop):
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Who gives a shit they all irrelevant now and nobody checkin for MASE or this nigga
Go fuck yourself hank.. you get mad cause this nigga telling a story?? you and the rest of these new generation kids are idiots.
damn man, stop hatin on everything would ya?
his sn is hank hill…..ya think he being serious. a troll telling ya been trolled Sheesh
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Go fuck yourself hank.. you get mad cause this nigga telling a story?? you and the rest of these new generation kids are idiots.
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REAL FUCCIN TALK
^ He has a point ^
he ‘may’ have a point but he’s an idiot. its called trolling. u ppl fall for this shit thinking ppl are serious. why is it that fag dentaldamboy is always posting cause of morons like ya.
Thats weird. I’m guessing it was just Mase being young and immature, still trying to find his way in life. I always like stories of behind the scenes stuff though, so this is interesting. Oh side note, Mase is actually from Jacksonville FL. not Harlem.
He was raised in Harlem since he was three. So he’s from Harlem.
some people cant tell the different between where you wre born and where you were raised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a1dxE1tVoA
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so an irrelevant nigga tells a story about another irrelevant nigga? who cares? it’s all bout Lil Wayne and YMCMB. swag
Who gives a fuck about BADBOY they the wackest label around and puff daddy doesnt love hiphop or his fans he only loves money. Badboy aint hot since 1999/2000 Black Robs Life Story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiGBFzfof-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IN_QgrLxPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWvSwaC4Kg8
Ma$e would get bodied for the comment about sitting in the corner.
LMFAO, I want to see MaSe say that to Gucci Mane, T.I or Uncle Murda in the studio.
HAHA!
you went to sit in the corner?? you just made it sound like you got bitched n put in timeout– you shoulda rehearsed this story in the mirror a few times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YRYe-jk_SA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZUGpOjswDk
PRODUCERS LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THE ARTIST
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U MOTHER FACKER
fuck you mother fuckers
sit in the corner and collect haha
Why is this news now??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPBKtyE0X9U
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