Reason Gets Into Heated Argument w: TDE President “Dave Free Never Wanted To Sign You!” 😳
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#REASON
Dreamville has put him on way more than TDE. He been on 3 of dreamville’s projects with multiple songs in the past year it seems like a match made in heaven to me
Exactly. Look up the releases for TDE. All artists. It's horrible. No label does that with such amazing talent that has proven to bring in the money. It's like they WANT to fail. Literally. I mean it.
@@IceKoldKilla they’re second top artist SZA even complained about her albums.
Why do yall think kdot left. School boy q and ab soul have called out tde. Sza aslo had the free sza thing in twitter. Jay rock gets treated like royalty
@@jashardwallington Man they probably called Ab-Soul a substitute teacher. I went to Day N’ Vegas back in 2019 and was watching ab-soul perform live. Right before his final song he brought Punch out and Punch said Ab-Soul was gonna drop an album that year. Cut to Dec 2022 it finally drops. Ab-soul gotta be feeling all types of ways
That dreamville album is actually what put me on to Reason I thought he was signed to them at first lol.
I notice reason kept saying “us” and not “they” taking his responsibility and then TDE co President calls up and tries to humiliate him …. Smh sad business
Along with Kendrick leaving, with this bogus ass call TDE's slide into irrelevancy begins. This was a very poor look, between SZA's gripes and putting Reason on blast like this/his handling I wouldn't wanna sign to TDE.
It's way worse. Look at the releases for all artists. Everyone has had to wait 4-6 years between albums. How is that possible? Not one or 2 artists. All of them. Something weird has been going on over there. No wonder Kendrick left.
@@IceKoldKilla kendrick got tired of carrying the label.
@@carlitos366incorrect. Especially when jay rock put him on. And top protected him. You new nigga
@@carlitos366 this take aged like milk🤣
If the person responsible for pus*hing my name ever asked if people could name my work, I'd leave the co. immediately. That's someone taking PRIDE in not doing their job.
Would you know Reason if it wasn’t for TDE tho? Let’s keep it real on that front
@@Christian-eq6pq Would we be talking about TDE if it wasn't for kendrick? TDE is weak since. And i'm not talking about the artists, i'm talking about the moves
EDIT: s/o Jay and Q as well
@@Christian-eq6pq yes, I honestly thought he was Dreamville until very recently
@@Christian-eq6pqprobably, there’s a lot of independent artists with no label that we know. We can’t speak on “what ifs”
Facts!!! Like Cmon now. SMH 🤦♂️
This was the best thing to happen for Reason... now he know without question why expectations weren't being met. They never wanted to sign him.
That's fucked up on Dave's end. & you see now he's doing his thing with Kendrick
@@cam62cam811to be fair Dave not wanting to sign him is his prerogative it has no bearing on what his job is which would be to get his artists heard
Reason doing nothing 😂
This solidified TDE’s falloff for me‼️
Exactly. I've lost all respect. The releases for all artists under that label has been 4-6 years wait between it all. Look it up. It's horrible. No label does that to ALL artists. It's weird af
Facts, when your label publicly tries to son you, talking bout name 10 reason songs it’s time to go. That’s bad business
Yea they are funny w their business I still peeped over the last 4 years reason was the only rapper dropping projects back to back which was funny since no 1 else was in between 4 years now Dot left soul& SZA dropped LPs Rock finna drop I’m wondering what’s next they was in they prime literally 10 years ago
Cole jumpin for joy
Facts, off the top asking someone to name 10 Reason songs of the top of their head is bogus af. It’s a Red Herring of a question. Not a lot of people gonna rattle of 10 songs on the spot randomly let alone from one artist.
It's great to see folks supporting Reason. Hold him down and cop the record when it drops. Much respect to reason. Hold ya head and holler at Cole. Sometimes brands don't mesh, TDE and Reason just don't have the chemistry.
When he performed in Toronto he said how he got signed to TDE was damn near ordained. He was put on the Black Panther soundtrack and was working on his album. He was so excited back then…I hope he wins soon
Only reason why reason ain't popping is because he doesn't have a gimmick. He's a honest artist with a lot to say with no one behind him. Our community love the negative shit. Outside of Cole and Dot, conscious music is blackballed and everyone knows that. New beginnings was raw as fuck stop playing wit tribe😊
Sad but true
That album was dope but i wouldn't say conscious mudic is black balled like you mentioned cole an dot. Joey badass joyner lucas, logic, wale, b.o.b Lupe fiasco, denzel curry, run the jewels, grisedla the rap group, nas, idk the rapper. etc among others are having tons of success
@@jashardwallington in they own right but they're not the superstars like they should be
It’s most definitely black balled
@@jashardwallingtonYou’re also naming artists that had a huge push in the beginning of their careers
They foul for that.. how you gona laugh in front of his face like that? Nigga sitting right there! smh
😂😂😂😂mackwop a menace
Reason is dope AF. They asked him a question and he answered it. There shouldn't be any division with the label.
Look how dude did him. Looks like TDE issues. Damn near EVERY major artist on the label publicly claimed to be having label issues. SZA,Kendrick,etc. and everybody only drops ever 4-5 yrs. Wtf?! All that talent and TDE is droppin’ the ball 🤦🏽♂️ repeatedly.
I Just hate see TDE like this, This was uncalled for.
@@TheRealProducerDJ I'm disappointed too. He seems like he belongs more a dreamville anyway.
Lambo Truck with Cozz was the first time I heard Reason. Reason was airing his grievances clearly. 😂
Cozz my guy
Yohhhh I'm hollering lmao
Damn🤣🫠🤔
Damn they handled that wrong. Reason is dope they blatantly disrespecting him
Yeah he snapping on the album. TDE messing up. Reason with Cozz JID and Lute on Dreamville would go crazy!
Bruh, if I stop anyone on the street and even ask for 10 Kendrick songs, they're gonna stumble. Even fucking Michael Jackson. So I hate when dudes be doing that. Memory. It's not something where every single thing I ever heard or saw is on the tip of my tongue. That's not how it works. Also, he's arguing he can't have music out so how are people suppose to name them. I know more REASON releases under Dreamville than TDE and that's really sad. I actually thought years ago he was with Dreamville, never TDE.
Cap
That substitute teacher line wasn’t called for
It's just a little constructive criticism
@@JustnYusefit’s fine for Dave Free to say that in private. But the nepo-baby repeating that in public don’t help nobody.
Wtf I didn't know this moosa dude was Dawg son! How you a whole NEPO BABY calling in to diss the artist who out here trying to make money for you?
Gotta protect family and the brand street nigga principals say loyalty til the death even in the wrong
😂😂
That was foul. Talm bout name 10 songs. He should be embarrassed asking that
TDE has literally lost all my respect. No wonder Kendrick left. Just look at how LONG it took for EVERY SINGLE ARTIST under that label. Wtf are they doing over there taking 4-6 years for albums? It's only gonna go on longer as we have yet to see many albums from all artists.
Honestly it's a shit label with AMAZING talent. The dude Top Dawg has good intentions or did but whatever is happening there for the past decade has been ridiculous
Since they broke out as a label they have always taken their time. They want the projects to do the work for the artist. They could be like youngboy and drop something twice a year but that saturates their shit and don't really do them any favors. Give the projects time to live and garner a following. If Reason was gonna blow up like Dot or Q or Sza did he would have. They ain't all superstars man. Make top tier quality projects though and that's what I love about then but not everybody has that mass appeal. Covid also fucked a lot of their shit up and you can't make money being an unpopular artist on tour. BUT if you wait and have everyone drop close to one another you can throw all the C or B list artists together ona tour and they can all eat. TDE know what they're doing man yall just love the internet hype bs too much
Reason should leave the label and do his thing. He got it 🔥.
I don't think I respect TDE as much as I did anymore
Tbh he needs to leave
He probably hasn’t fulfilled his contract obligations, which is what makes things suck for an artist that’s not happy with their label situation. A lot of times instead of a label dropping you, they will just shelve you so that you can’t go anywhere else. They know how being out of the spotlight can hurt an artist and lead to them becoming irrelevant. Part of it is the business, but a lot of it is out of spite and control. It’s their way of teaching the artist a lesson. Hopefully that doesn’t happen to Reason because he genuinely seems like a good dude, but industry politics can get real ugly real quick.
True. But idk what his deal is....with how much albums he has with them, so idk. 🤔
Nah that’s foul to him seriously especially after what he just dropped. Y’all are gonna push him away
He was wrong for that and then he backs down, “I just wanna have a conversation.” Reason was rightfully ready to roll in the mud
Dreamville rubbing their hands
The funny part is when Moosa is asking them to name 10 Reason songs and they couldn’t answer, it just proves Reason’s point even more about the execution not being there 😂 let’s say if the execution WAS there by putting in the proper promotion and prioritizing TDE artists’ wishes.. then they would’ve been able to name at least a couple songs but the fact they couldn’t name em goes to show TDE don’t put on for their artists no more lol
Literally prove that he wasn’t doing his job lol proving Reason right
The response Reason got for complaining just proves his feelings about TDE right... He just saved himself, fortunately for him, it happend on camera so the label can never flip the story and make him look like he didn't wanna work.
How you gon drop the ball wit reason album rollout and then say it’s fault cause he not hot enough come on man
Tde bouta go downhill just like Travis label
Exactly
Right. I didn’t even know he had an album coming out till this. Why even stay on a label if they are half assing pushing you
Yeah this wasn’t a good luck. Unless it’s thematically played out in the album, this screams don’t sign there.
No Kendrick to carry, they finna be outta here. And ole boy calling up there on some bs was tacky af
@@SweaterSwagg The last thing I would ever expect someone from tde to do
Unprofessional af and making the west side look bad
Artists need to not be on platforms that wanna instigate and let them be embarrassed. This the main plight of podcast culture cuz who even are these guys
I'm honestly sad for Reason. Have ya'll heard this album!? It's his best work yet! His music is what we NEED for hip-hop right now! TDE should not be pushing him away like this.
Reason realized the dudes he was expressing himself too didn’t care about him either. Backed himself in a corner.
Not what being backed in a coner is. Reason simply didnt let that bother him and responded calm to any statements made
He handled it well. And now has his answer. It’s time for him to leave
Dreamville done more for reason smh he might as well switch
This whole Reason/TDE situation was kinda weird in the first place
It felt like the label was releasing his albums just to fill the void between the big artists' projects.
And the music wasn't that good either. Like it was okay, but it wasn't a golden era TDE
So basically sza was telling the truth😂
There is a spreadsheet someone made of the releases each artist had made and it is consistently four to five year gaps between albums. I don't think Reason is just making stuff up.
TDE has been having these same issues with various artists. Kinda concerning
Damm why they do Reason like that? They didn't do SZA like that when she was complaining.
cause SZA has a legitimate/profitable fanbase lol
@@RobGradyVOyeah plus nowadays the hate they would get from tryna embarrass a woman SZA at that would be 30x worst than this comment section
@@xtruhsauce Not just that she's a woman. Her being a woman, a black woman, and a dark skinned black woman. That's 3 layers. The fans would be on their ass like a fly on $hit if they handled SZA the same way.
Reason should just meet his contractual obligations and bounce. Maybe gj to dreamville
Idfw interviewers not knowing the artist they're interviewing music. I feel like that's very fake.
Im offended for him. Colored dreams, state we in, there you have it and Kurupt stays in the rotation
Kurupt is a banger
@@Mook05 straight 🔥
Kurupt is what Introduced me to Reason that song is his diamond in the rough, he been on Features with BSF and Dreamville, he got heat and the soul pt 3 should've been on the album!
The way music is consumed now I can’t remember the last 10 tracks so I listen to because I hear so many songs in a day. That doesn’t detract from how dope a artist is.
☝🏾 this comment. Very great point.
So why sign the dude when you do not know how to market him
Honestly I hope this is all for publicity cause honestly TDE is not in a place in the industry right now to treat artist like this.
He said yeah then laughed..ugh that would've bothered me if I was reason
Really, tbh just disrespectul
@@alexk1367 but then started ouuuing and Ahhhing like it's a school yard smh. Def not the environment for that conversation
Since K dot left TDE is a graveyard
TDE has completely fallen off since Kendrick last album
Ab soul album literally helped keep the label a float
Been 6 year now and he's still unappreciated and underrated. Sumthin's wrong FR!!!
"Let em' cook"x7 while homeboy is talking lol
TDE lost when they held Cole and Kendrick’s album in suspension. Now I wouldn’t be surprised if they deleted all session files. It’s been like a decade since “shock the world” and shit. Makes sense why BJ the Chicago kid went left as well.
Wym? What happened with Bj the Chicago kid?
This isnt a heated argument at all
I swear. The clickbait is wild
i guess Reason is kinda right. I loved his last album and didn't even know there was a new one out.
Reason first album There u have it in my mind is a classic so the music is there. So now maybe it’s time to stop hoping the label pushes you and start doing it yourself paying out of pocket for those features or to bring your vision to fruition on some Kanye through the wire type stuff. Because regardless of how talented you are if u don’t connect with the fans it’s a moot point.
TDE the rap label where the biggest artist is an rnb/pop artist
Reason has undeniable talent. I think what Moos is tryna get at is he don't have the "star" look. I always said Reason just looks like a regular every day dude, I never would have expected the music he makes from his appearance.
Nobody on TDE has a star look, even Kendrick looked like a regular dude it was his music that separated him from the pack! TDE as a label hold their artists back rock ain’t dropped since what 2018 schoolboy 2019 answers SZA before her last album was like 2017 it’s all bad over there they had it and lost it poor management imo🤷🏿♂️
TDE doesn't know how to handle their artist ... the got lucky with Kendrick but thats because AfterMath did all the work. Jay Rock popped on his own and had help from others cause the didn't know what or how to capitalize.
TDE will start to see their talent leave if they don't get it together real soon.
The same can be said about Kendrick. The first I ever heard of K. Dot was the song The Recipe. It was fire, IMO and showed off his versatility. TDE has a lot of talent, but they don't manage them well. And funny enough, Reason rapped about this possible problem in the song Window's Cry on his first album with TDE.
@@JGD44damn if you only first heard of him from the recipe that’s a shame in itself.He had section 80 overly dedicated before the recipe.His battles in the Nickersons.
@@airitout6760 i heard the song months before GKMC came out. I'm also aware of his other projects as well. Rigamortis, off Section 80, and Compton Chemistry were 2 of my favourite K-Dot songs for a long time. Ultimately, we all have to have that 'put on' moment with a 'new artist'.
If people can't name Reason's songs, that's the label's fault. Where's the marketing and push? That's the label's job! Otherwise, he might as well go indie, or find a new label.
Reason makes good music but not great music. He just doesn't have star quality like some of the others on the label. Q hasn't put out music in a while but if he drops fire now it'll blow because he has star quality. It's a different level.
Name 10 jayrock songs right now and dont go to the music app you use
he mentioned this in his song "windows cry"... damn shame
FACTS BRO. Seems like the fanbase fucks with Reason more than TDE does, such disrespect to such a dope artist.
Bro started drinking that drink fast af 😢😂
Reason needs to sign with Dreamville or PGLang at this point! He too dope fr 🔥🔥🔥
Dave Free run PGlang w/ Kendrick, so maybe not. DreamVille should doe
Nah, the guy with the green hat is mad disrespectful. Lying and said he knew 10 songs and then immediately started laughing and said he couldn’t. Reason should’ve left immediately after that.
I’d leave tde after that
This seems like tde rollout nowadays… but the fact buddy called up to go viral but then switched to lets have the conversation speaks volumes about the bts situation
I Honestly never cared about any tde artists outside of the black hippy circle
Reason the best lyracist on TDE at this moment. 🤡
Ab soul has entered the chat
@@juswolf22 nah you right i forgot about soulo 🤣
Out of the new artists him and docheeii. I spell her name wrong but her stressed song live is raw as fuck
album was trash .....nothing was played more than once@@juswolf22
I don’t see where they do reason like that. Yes he’s not like Kendrick but he does have a Lotta good songs me personally I don’t know the names of the songs, but I can go lyric for lyric on a lot of them. That’s all they have left now ScHoolboy Q isn’t doing anything Isaiah is my favorite and I had a good album and it seems like I don’t think you’ll come back out.
Reason a solid dude for not being ignorant with that exchange. It’s always the sons of made men that have way too much entitlement, that guy needs a slap for all that. Porches is a great album
“It take a lot more than Talent in this game” is 💯statement , I like Reason he a great rapper but it seem like it’s such a generic quality now that can’t just be the only thing to carry it.
Everyone is different at the end of the day. You got ppl like JID who's talented and is getting their flowers and then you got artists with gimmicks like 95% of these kids that go viral whether it be from the music that lacks in depth or quality/the antics they participate outside of the music. To sum it up ppl gravitate to what's relatable and what's a vibe. Lyrical rap and catchy hooks aren't cutting it anymore. It's all about style, consistently, originality, and a team pushing you. The problem is the reason can have certain criteria checked off but if he doesn't have at least all the criteria checked off and ones missing then he falls short compared to the next artist. Talent can make it in the music game it just depends on what separates you from your contemporaries, who's backing you and pushing for your success as well as marketing yourself to a suitable demographic. It's not as easy as doing gimmicks or going the hit route but in the long run it always will solidify your longevity
It’s a roll out, it’s all planned/fake. Correct me if I’m wrong but during the listening of reasons album he addressed that Top Dawg signed him.. which would be dismissing the Dave not wanting to sign him allegation.. Smoke and Mirrors/Bread and Circus industry as usual..
Whether you think the album is good or not is irrelevant. It’s terrible business practice to shit on your artist publicly. Who would want to sign with them after this??
Not everything needs to be public. That’s the issue with this generation
i see why Kendrick left.. this new wave of TDE is so sorry. they died after 2019 tbh
Didn't know he dropped
The stand out ones I liked
Porch steps ( liked wat dell said at end)
Family first
Bussin ( wasn't feeling it till ray Vaughn)
Too much
Call me
Send u 2 afterlife
This is heartbreaking 😅
IDGAF what anyone has to say REASON IS FIRE AND WILL BE HERE!
forget EST GEE feature get Punch on a feature he raps better anyway, Surely an in house label feature would be cheaper and more exciting
Reason super dope sad tde never pushed him. I found him thru the dreamers album and checked out his music he odee.
Nasty Work. Not boss-like at all. Humiliating the man ain’t cool. But this lets me understand why every TDE artist aside from Kendrick ends up speaking up. SZA has said “f*ck this label, put out the music or not” and said she was gonna quit multiple times. This is not leadership, this is clownshxt. He’s got an album dropping, and you just diminished him in the eyes of the culture by downplaying him. Shout out to Kendrick, Reason was FIRE on the Black Panther shxt.
It's sad I'm from Africa and I can name more that 10 songs from reason and y'all not supporting artistry over there smh😑
Reason a solid guy, that label president a knob.
I don't know man, TDE has so many talented people but I think they holding all their talent back fr fr. I think that label gone crumble unfortunately
I would of gave him 10 and I'm from Florida
Idgaf its a dope album and it carries the tde dna in it really, strong project with that feel
TDE been done since 2019’.. they had they run but that ship sailed
What did Dave Free exactly mean that Reason is a “substitute teacher”?
The caliber of TDE in a steady decline...Reason is a part of that. Facts.
See what you did Trell 😂🍊🧡
I can’t name 10 songs any artist I listen to off the top of my head 😂
Tho i don't like how he did it, Moosa didn't lie. Doechii and Ray Vaughn got waaay more motion than Reason right now. Reason's biggest claim to fame was the "flick it up" challenge and being on the dreamville album
Did you not hear his label disgruntlements with his album?
@@Mook05 Yes I did but how many other TDE artists went through that?? I don't think it impacted their career in a negative way, look where they ended up at
Maaan no idea… but the album still bumping
moosa a lame for this. hope reason able to negotiate a buy out
I'm not feeling this at all yo....smh "Nobody Wins When The Family Feuds" 🤷🏾♂️
Reason is a good rapper yes. But what else is he doing? Never heard one of the homies say “I’m going to the reason show” or “did you see reason just dropped” because he doesn’t do anything for rap other than rap. No personality. No reason to push him other than this nigga rap ok. He’s not really special. I see nothing wrong with wat bro said about everybody else got motion and here go reason complaining over the internet. Boss up and get that shit done can’t blame nobody but yourself. That’s a fact
Why he had to name drop K-Dot like that conversation had nothing to do with that man. That is B stuff right there. Im talking with you as a man but you sneak in. So and so said you is a substitute teacher. Using someone else to throw shade on a Ninja if he that bad why did you sign him?
How do ppl work for the label and not know the artists music
Sound like the new bad boy records
*death row*
Tde grimy, big facts .... but when they put you on you got respect that's how we was raised. Respect go a long way
I would want to opt out of my contract. This is a breach of contract.
Tde do seem shady but it isn't like reason all that good either
Kendrick the REASON we even heard of TDE foh they some 🤡's
reason dope as hell stop it bro!!
So it was a disagreement and not a heated argument. 🤦🏾♂️ I know this clip would’ve got views without the clickbait title. 🤷🏾♂️
yo that argument got heated asf!!!!
Shit…I got 7 songs from the first album - fan from Texas - There You Have IT - Kurupt - Drive Slow/Taste Like Heaven - Colored/Dreams - Better Dayz -
I hate it when this so call pod cast host talk over one another... They all should take a crash course in how to be a media personality.
If u work for a record label, if people dnt know 10 songs from YOUR ARTIST, that's not a great reflection on the label. That's a weird flex or diss at the artist