Printer-friendly copy Email this topic to a friend
Lobby General Discussion topic #12922248

Subject: "The "Monday Morning Quarterback Armchair A&R" post." Previous topic | Next topic
-DJ R-Tistic-
Member since Nov 06th 2008
51986 posts
Wed Nov-04-15 03:00 PM

Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this authorClick to view this author's profileClick to add this author to your buddy listClick to send message via AOL IM
"The "Monday Morning Quarterback Armchair A&R" post."
Wed Nov-04-15 03:02 PM by -DJ R-Tistic-

  

          

For those unfamiliar with either term....

"Monday Morning Quarterback" = One who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight.

"Armchair A&R" = Possibly a term with OKP origins...but basically, folks who may or may not have any music industry experience that speaks in detail about decisions/moves they would have made concerning the development of a specific artist.

With that...what are some artists you feel didn't live up to their overall potential, and what would you have done differently?

It could be a Terrence Trent D'arby type, who became relatively big for a short period, but didn't live up to the MJ/Prince tag that some folks may have thought.

It could be a Homeboys Only type group that literally no one knows about, but that you feel had potential to become the next NWA/Geto Boys (at least post a link of their song, though).

You can mention anything...it could be "they should have worked with Pharrell instead of Rodney Jerkins." Or "I wouldn't have let them sign to L.A. Reid, they should have gone independent." Even as detailed as "they should have never pushed as their first single, it gave folks the wrong idea about them from the jump."

I know Double 0 gonna come with some gems for sure, but I just want to see how y'all feel about a lot of artists. I'm especially curious after dealing with some artists this year who are in kind of a "what's gonna happen next" type stage. Even hearing L.A. Reid admit that he messed up by trying to force Future to go commercial/radio makes me wonder.

------------------------------

50+ FREE Mixes on www.DJR-Tistic.com!

Twitter and Instagram - @DJ_RTistic

  

Printer-friendly copy | Reply | Reply with quote


The "Monday Morning Quarterback Armchair A&R" post. [View all] , -DJ R-Tistic-, Wed Nov-04-15 03:00 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Kurupt should have NEVER, ever released "It's over now"
Nov 04th 2015
1
RE: Kurupt should have NEVER, ever released "It's over now"
Nov 04th 2015
19
That shit.
Nov 04th 2015
21
that album does in fact bang.
Nov 04th 2015
32
Promise, "On on site" might be a Top 3 memory to me in regards to
Nov 04th 2015
35
good album but i prefer streetz
Nov 04th 2015
43
      I do too, I think everyone does but it was still some baaangers
Nov 04th 2015
51
With a few alterations of the lyrics....
Nov 05th 2015
67
Fact.
Nov 13th 2015
131
Joi should have had an all female band - that would have been
Nov 04th 2015
2
Who was the first to have an all female band? Did Sheila E have one?
Nov 04th 2015
4
      The Bangles, The Runaways, probably lot's in the 60's or 50's
Nov 04th 2015
8
           Klymaxx
Nov 10th 2015
121
"Got some teeth" was the wrong way for Obie Trice to go
Nov 04th 2015
3
Yeah, it was too goofy for him.
Nov 05th 2015
68
Or if they were gonna go that route...
Nov 07th 2015
98
8ball & MJG shoulda never signed wit Diddy...
Nov 04th 2015
5
Yeah Diddy ruined them
Nov 04th 2015
11
Where is Big Gee?? I really need dude to come back
Nov 04th 2015
14
MAN! I literally just remembered Boyz n the hood from going through
Nov 04th 2015
15
Those first two singles was Flames though.
Nov 13th 2015
133
MJ's comeback should have looked like this.
Nov 04th 2015
6
Do you think MJ is above being a cameo in Rap videos?
Nov 04th 2015
33
yeah.
Nov 04th 2015
38
      Yeah, he wasn't AS weird to folks at that point. After that last court
Nov 04th 2015
40
      Lets face it...
Nov 05th 2015
61
MJ didn't need to do those bum songs
Nov 06th 2015
78
MJ would have improved the songs.
Nov 06th 2015
87
man, with Mike...
Nov 06th 2015
93
i agree.
Nov 07th 2015
97
Wow! Yeah, I was like 3 when it dropped LMAO
Nov 09th 2015
114
      Mike never lost The Blacks.
Nov 09th 2015
116
           sometimes I have in my mind
Nov 09th 2015
118
                picture it-- Hampton University Cafeteria-- spring, 2001.
Nov 09th 2015
119
Yes!
Jun 05th 2023
149
MJ shoulda took "You don't have to call." I think it's great that Usher
Nov 04th 2015
7
Wouldn't have worked...because who WOULDN'T call MJ??? c'mon son.
Nov 04th 2015
13
Good point, but maybe she wasn't a fan of newly lightened
Nov 04th 2015
16
RE: MJ shoulda took "You don't have to call." I think it's great that Us...
Nov 04th 2015
20
Justified screamed "Hey this is my Off the Wall"
Nov 04th 2015
27
Mannnnnnnn MJ on Senorita though............shit!!!!
Nov 04th 2015
29
He turned down all those tracks!?!?
Nov 04th 2015
44
      RE: He turned down all those tracks!?!?
Nov 04th 2015
45
           Woooowhoaaaaa.
Nov 04th 2015
52
           It was the lack of quality chord changes.
Nov 04th 2015
54
                Did you hear Invincible??
Nov 04th 2015
55
                     RE: Did you hear Invincible??
Nov 04th 2015
56
                     That was the complaint of most folks, but truth is, it was blatantly
Nov 04th 2015
57
                     Whenever I hear 'Try Again'...
Nov 06th 2015
83
                     "P & Chad made songs that sounded TOO MJ."
Nov 06th 2015
82
                          Perhaps. I think because of Mike, I can believe that.
Nov 06th 2015
96
                               RE: Perhaps. I think because of Mike, I can believe that.
Nov 09th 2015
110
                                    well, 'new' for him.
Nov 09th 2015
117
                     Song by song....they make sense to me.
Nov 04th 2015
58
                          RE: Song by song....they make sense to me.
Nov 05th 2015
63
i agree 100%... you dont have to call is a banger
Nov 04th 2015
46
LaToiya Williams shoulda went for the Angie Stone crown.
Nov 04th 2015
9
Maaaan, I actually DJd for her some years ago. She still sings at her
Nov 04th 2015
18
snoop & them were on the right track with her & deep soul grooves though...
Nov 04th 2015
22
      Yea man, the pianos alone on there. I just think true Soul fans wouldn't
Nov 04th 2015
30
      And I'm STILL hype off her killin "Get dis money" I personally like hers
Nov 04th 2015
31
      Aw man doggystyle all stars vol...takes me back to high school
Nov 05th 2015
71
Absolutely.
Nov 13th 2015
135
prince: ignore hip hop completely.
Nov 04th 2015
10
I agree. Sexy MF is hilarious but was wasted on the content/rap
Nov 04th 2015
36
That's what he mostly did. I mean he tried but he never really got it.
Nov 04th 2015
42
Basically meaning he tried it, right? Remember him on the Tonight Show?
Nov 04th 2015
53
agreed. well, at least after 1989, anyway.
Nov 06th 2015
91
      Gett Off is soooooooooo much that hot shit
Nov 11th 2015
124
Lil Wayne's squad up mixtapes shoulda been released as albums...
Nov 04th 2015
12
Rakim should have worked with Large Professor instead of
Nov 04th 2015
17
See, Dre was the hottest producer in the world at the time
Nov 04th 2015
26
I never really understood that move
Nov 11th 2015
125
RE: The "Monday Morning Quarterback Armchair A&R" post.
Nov 04th 2015
23
So My dude is Producing this R&B Girl. I am constantly giving him
Nov 04th 2015
24
What's his vision with her?
Nov 04th 2015
37
      RE: What's his vision with her?
Nov 04th 2015
39
      I think she is in the Jhené Aiko rapping singing lane.
Nov 04th 2015
41
           does she look like ole girl? cause real talk...
Nov 04th 2015
47
                RE: does she look like ole girl? cause real talk...
Nov 04th 2015
49
Jameelah Bulluck; she's got it. her voice is a true gift...I really want...
Nov 04th 2015
25
RE: The "Monday Morning Quarterback Armchair A&R" post.
Nov 04th 2015
28
Jay Elec shoulda dropped an album to coincide with Exhibit C
Nov 04th 2015
34
Sa-Ra...mastered their first mixtape and released it as on a major label
Nov 04th 2015
48
RE: Sa-Ra...mastered their first mixtape and released it as on a major l...
Nov 04th 2015
50
Tweet was misrepresented by her first two singles.
Nov 04th 2015
59
RE: Tweet was misrepresented by her first two singles.
Nov 05th 2015
62
Nah, they didn't market her to the right audience.
Nov 05th 2015
75
      RE: Nah, they didn't market her to the right audience.
Nov 06th 2015
86
           Don't think YOU get. Where does that leave her now?
Nov 07th 2015
99
                RE: Don't think YOU get. Where does that leave her now?
Nov 07th 2015
100
                     This is a lie.
Nov 07th 2015
101
                          RE: This is a lie.
Nov 07th 2015
102
                               RE: This is a lie.
Nov 07th 2015
103
                               RE: This is a lie.
Nov 08th 2015
105
                                    RE: This is a lie.
Nov 08th 2015
106
                                         RE: This is a lie.
Nov 08th 2015
107
                                              RE: This is a lie.
Nov 08th 2015
108
                                                   RE: This is a lie.
Nov 08th 2015
109
                               Juslisen and Instant Vintage came out that same year.
Nov 13th 2015
137
                                    RE: Juslisen and Instant Vintage came out that same year.
Nov 13th 2015
139
                                         It was only Musiq's second album
Nov 13th 2015
141
                                              RE: It was only Musiq's second album
Nov 13th 2015
142
She got to make a second CD - with a high profile video like this:
Nov 05th 2015
65
RE: She got to make a second CD - with a high profile video like this:
Nov 05th 2015
70
I never said she didn't see any success.
Nov 05th 2015
76
Agreed. Her first album was beautiful. Had to stumble on it.
Nov 06th 2015
89
Latrelle; ball drop of the century.
Nov 04th 2015
60
Wait what's this about??
Nov 05th 2015
64
      The highlights:
Nov 06th 2015
79
           RE: The highlights:
Nov 06th 2015
85
I feel like Prince fucked up a lot of singles since 95
Nov 05th 2015
66
his best song in nearly a quarter-century.
Nov 06th 2015
92
Jidenna shouldn't exist because fonsworth did that lane 100x better
Nov 05th 2015
69
I never really got Fonzworth...
Nov 06th 2015
81
nah
Nov 09th 2015
111
The Game
Nov 05th 2015
72
Pill...now that's a name I haven't heard in ages
Nov 05th 2015
74
RE: Pill...now that's a name I haven't heard in ages
Nov 05th 2015
77
Woooweee that nigga Pill fell alllllllllll the way off.
Nov 06th 2015
80
how can you fall off when you were never on?
Nov 06th 2015
94
Pill killed himself, dude isn't consistent
Nov 06th 2015
84
RE: The Game
Nov 06th 2015
88
The internet needs to drop a video for "special affair"
Nov 05th 2015
73
that GOOD Music album shoulda dropped several months earlier
Nov 06th 2015
90
a few that come to mind:
Nov 06th 2015
95
Here a terrible follow up single that derailed a career.
Nov 08th 2015
104
Wellllllllllll....I donno....."Baby bend over" was HUGE in the South
Nov 09th 2015
115
Peedi Crack shouda been ready right after that Neyo single. Def Jam
Nov 09th 2015
112
RE: Peedi Crack shouda been ready right after that Neyo single. Def Jam
Nov 09th 2015
113
The song to follow the Ne-Yo joint up was dope to me...
Nov 15th 2015
144
He doesn't have a solo song with a great hook. He's also batshit, appar...
Nov 13th 2015
132
jazmine sullivan - enough with the pop'n'b
Nov 10th 2015
120
Have you heard Reality Show?
Nov 10th 2015
122
      it's on my phone and i've played it many times
Nov 11th 2015
123
RE: The "Monday Morning Quarterback Armchair A&R" post.
Nov 13th 2015
126
Why is Epic waiting to push the button on Abillyon (GS9)?
Nov 13th 2015
127
RE: Why is Epic waiting to push the button on Abillyon (GS9)?
Nov 13th 2015
128
      I think there must be some type of hold up in his situation.
Nov 13th 2015
129
           RE: I think there must be some type of hold up in his situation.
Nov 13th 2015
130
                Maybe it's not official, but that's what I heard + plus Sha Money XL has
Nov 13th 2015
134
                     RE: Maybe it's not official, but that's what I heard + plus Sha Money XL...
Nov 13th 2015
136
Anthony Hamilton. Just sing motherfucker.
Nov 13th 2015
138
You don't think he's a good writer?
Nov 15th 2015
145
      You don't think he's a terrible writer?
Nov 15th 2015
146
           Not specifically...
Nov 16th 2015
147
Tinashe should have released "How Many Times ft Future" as 2nd single
Nov 13th 2015
140
RE: Tinashe should have released "How Many Times ft Future" as...
Nov 13th 2015
143
Phonte should cover Nice & Smooth's Cake and Eat it Too.
Jun 05th 2023
148
Mario Judah could be the next Nate Dogg type dude
Jun 06th 2023
150

Lobby General Discussion topic #12922248 Previous topic | Next topic
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.25
Copyright © DCScripts.com