Scarface explains his opinion of what caused the decline of Rap-A-Lot Records to Noisey. He says that the label’s CEO, J. Prince, was trying too hard to emulate Master P and No Limit Records.
“J Prince wanted to Master P the game,” Scarface says. “I was like, ‘Wow like we fucked up so bad trying to do Master P when we should’ve just continued to do us.’ I feel like that was the fall of Rap-A-Lot Records to me. A lot of people may not see it like that, and some people might have gotten paid but from a creative stand point, trying be like Master P and put out albums every six or seven minutes fucked up our brand. I think greed fucked up the brand.”
The Houston rapper blasts Prince for trying to release more music than Rap-A-Lot could handle. He says The World is Yours, The Last of a Dying Breed and Balls and My Word are all projects that were compromised. He is especially critical of 2006’s My Homies Part 2.
“He put my name on My Homies 2,” Scarface says of J. Prince. “If anything, I feel like he was trying to ruin my career with cut-away material that never ever made the album. Just a totally disrespectful dude when it came to your shit. J didn’t give a fuck about you. He gave a fuck about him. He didn’t give a fuck about your family. He gave a fuck about his. He didn’t give a fuck who you fed. He only fed his people. That’s real shit. I’m not making this shit up.”
Scarface also analyzes the work he made as a member of The Geto Boys.
“There isn’t a Geto Boys album that I like,” he says. “I didn’t learn anything from it, and it was a bad time in life for me too. With the label, with life, whatever… it’s a point in my life where I was the most miserable. Everybody else was happy but I wasn’t. I did all of this shit for everybody else and nothing for me.”
In July, Scarface said a Geto Boys reunion album will not happen because the fans aren’t asking for it.
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The Foundation[geto boys] is one of my favorite albums period. That particular album had some very person songs that gave me a peak into each member of the group. There’s more than a couple quotes from that record that I use all the time when giving advice to people.
On the rapid releases that may explain why I almost completely wrote off Scarface so many years back. I bought 2 out of the 3 albums he mention and got ride of them. If it wasn’t for Emeritus I would be saying Scarface fell of to this day. That album is fantastic and I’ll be buying his next album the day of the release next week.
The Fix was a dope album
*peek
*got rid
SMH
That’s crazy because Master said he wanted to be like J Prince .Now face say J was trying to be like him. Now how you know when you made it, when the person you use to look up too is now following your style
Because Rap-A-Lot was the first true independent label but they weren’t making a ton of cash and has to rely on New York to sell early Geto Boys albums. P came along and flooded the market with product and was selling primarily in the south and was very successful by putting it albums with little to no advertising. The advertising came from the previous album promoting the next 6 albums and kept PPL wanting more. That’s the NoLimit Legacy!
J. Prince wasn’t trying to be like no damn Master P. Rap-A-Lot always had better music, but Prince ain’t never promote that shit except with the street team. That he got the Geto Boys and Big Mike Plat plaques is crazy because dude ain’t never did shit but have the Houston street team flood the market, shoot 1 or 2 videos for an album, and let the music speak for itself the way this shit was meant to be before all this Hollywood shit got mixed up in the game.
Scarface is 20% genius, 10% manic depressive, 20% talented artist, 15% business man, 5% southern dummy, 10% average Joe and 20% entertainer = 100% dope.
Scarface is handsdown one of the greatest ever. If only you could ask some of his greatest influences Tupac, Nas, Biggie, Ice Cube
You’re right about the greatness of Facemob, but Face came out after NWA, I’m just saying!
get ready for that j prince curtesy call
FACE comes across as bi polar. He flips out and then his next interview he’ll say the complete opposite. This is the 1st time I’ve ever heard someone speak so bad about J Prince. I don’t believe it. J Prince was letting other people run the label while he was handling his other business ventures. Face wrong for this
You don’t know anything about what J-Prince was doing with his label. Reality check! You know absolutely nothing about his life.
I can’t recall rap a lot every being nearly as prolific as no limit. I always thought rap-a-lot artists weren’t more successful because rap a lot didn’t put enough money in promotion. Z-ro is a perfect example of someone that should’ve blown up.
Love Ro, but that depressing music he does was never going to blow mainstream. He was built for a different era than the one he came out in because the first time I heard him, I was like this dude is a throwback.
I could believe it. Face is a lyrical, musical genius, never put out a weak album. He should be worth at least 10 mill. It broke my heart when i found out his net worth. Scareface and the geto boys made rap a lot. J prince is worst than birdman.
Face was always an artist. He was supposed to run Def Jam South but it never panned out. Face really didn’t go hard in the game as far as performance and just being visable to the public. J-Prince Owend the label. He put his money up to start the label. CEO’s always come out on top. Same with BIrdman. The label was there way before the Hot Boys. Artists always make the least amount of money. That’s the business.
Always complaining. Remember when Scarface was saying hiphop is shit music but he was the one doing songs with horrible rappers like: french montana, rick ross, young jeezy and other crap rappers. Scarface is bipolar. I never heard someone speak bad about JPrince. Scarface is broke thats his problem and is a bitter person now
Typical he broke comment. He said hip hop as a whole. Not every artists that’s done hip hop. Every artist you just named is on a major label. They have a budget so he got paid for the features. Get out your feelings sir. This is what happens when fans get to personal with rappers. I just listen to the music. Who am i to comment on something I don’t know? He feel how he feel. He has that right.
Well buddy you must not live anywhere close to the H. Yall better listen to what he is saying. It’s not whining..he can finally say shit now because he off the label.
this nigga mad because Prince aint wanna sit by idle and let him put out albums every 10 years or some shit, while he trying to be depressed and go to jail for child support. A label makes an invest in you and they recoup and keep recouping by your putting product out..this nigga Face talking about every 6 minutes and being like no limit. Nigga no limit was literally dropping an album every week to 2 weeks…the albums Face mentioned were released in 98, 2000, and 2003. I think its realistic for a label owner to expect you to at least drop product every 2-3 years. Especially if he got shit that he sitting on and you not turning anything in, of course he gonna package it and put it out.
Well said
I feel exactly what you saying. You right. We’ll said and thought out. Only part i disagree with is that he’s mad. Scarface looking at it from a musical stand point. That he’s passionate about l what music is out out. The funny thing is those albums that he named are dope!!! I already knew Face didn’t officially make those albums except for Last of a Dying Breed. I thought Face actually made that. See how J Prince was a good businessman. I think that album actually went Gold or at least sold good. It makes sense now. Face didn’t make any money off those albums.Face was like dam you did use my songs and I didn’t get any money. He’s human so he feel how he feel. I would feel the same way in my opinion.
Everybody tried to do it like no limit at that time but if yall recall in93 every body on that geto boys tracc bring it on dropped a albulm from too low to point blank
Scarface will apologize today J prince already gave him the call lol
No need for a courtesy call. J. Prince pretty much out of the rap game, even though he still has artists recording, and Scarface isn’t signed anymore. He knows what time it is though just like Big Mike did when he was talking shit about J. Prince. All these rappers be trying to be on this shit like the CEO is their homie or some shit when they know they wouldn’t come at Lyor Cohen, Jimmy Iovine, or any of these white dudes heading majors like that.
It’s unfortunate all the indie hip hop labels have failed or are on there way out because they didn’t pay there artists what they were supposed to. Luke records, no-limit, suave house, death row, ruthless, rap a lot, and cash money. Of course majors screw artists over too though, but you’d think artist run labels would have more integrity, forsake greed for longevity & loyalty.
Real hip hop artists are broke ass niggas
‘Face is a legend but he kinda comes off as whiny. Plus a lil too much NY dick-riding
Gotdamn I’m glad somebody else noticed. He been riding NY dick since the 80’s.
Face is about to do an about face! Lol…. Everybody in Houston who knows Face knows he’s a coward. I don’t know his business with J Prince but he must be worst than bipolar to talk down on the Geto Boys. If if wasn’t for the boys he wouldn’t be shit. That’s where he got his start. Now if he didn’t like all those albums why did he do them? Out of fear? Money? Obligation? Whatever the reason it means that he isn’t who he claimed to be on all those records he made through the years and why air your dirty laundry like a lil bitch? It’s disrespectful to the group’s legacy, and he is part of that legacy. Why talk down on the group that gave you your start? Fuck Face! Willie D was always my favorite in the group anyway because he real. I’ll bet my life that Face coward ass issue a revised statement asap!
You stupid ass motherfucker face wrote willie d best verses