Chicago 1990

"It is said that 2PAC was shot five times in the body, but some people suspected that he was self-directed and acted. The purpose was nothing more than to escape being held in an ordinary cell. Otherwise, with so many shots, he could still go to court with a conscious mind in a wheelchair today. too exaggerated."

Linda said as she watched 2PAC, who was in a wheelchair and was wearing a bandage, on TV.

David Cole was behind the scenes of the music industry, and the outside world had little reaction to his passing.

Big E is different. He is the famous NWA founder, the gangster rap world old man, but unfortunately, his ruthless record has become a mess in the interior after the main internal conflicts such as Escobe and Derry left. The motivation is almost zero, and there is no commemorative album.

Big E Black’s own brothers were set up in the high-intensity attack of Escube and Derry, and the people who had the money were taken down long ago. The bad name in the past also disappeared because of the intimidation of Sugonite’s muzzle. People generally have a negative view of people infected with HIV that they are self-conscious about life disorder. Therefore, in addition to insisting on the loyalty of the NWA, few people sympathize with his death.

And the records behind 2PAC and death row records are good hype players. 2PAC is now very popular. The first single "Dear Mother" of the second album has just been released, which is well received in the industry.This confusing shooting immediately caused an uproar in the black circle at the bottom. The east and west coasts have been fighting each other for almost a year. The signature hip-hop singer of the west coast fell downstairs in the recording studio of the east coast record company. There were also death row records and bad boy records. The enemy of the old grudge...

There are all speculations outside, but the New York police still choose robbery as the main direction of detection.

Song Ya looked at the cover sample of the commemorative album for Little Lowry and scratched her head reluctantly. Little Lowry... he was still not red enough, or the time he was red was too short, he passed too quickly, and he did not impress people deeply. After the breaking news of Big E and 2PAC, his death immediately became insignificant.

I didn't expect that I would worry about his lack of popularity, which is also ironic.

"It's better to release it as originally planned, even if the impact is not as expected, but...mosquito meat is meat."

This 16-song commemorative album will be jointly released by Atlantic Records and EMI. The Little Lowry album shared by EMI and A+ Records has probably been selected for three songs. The other twelve capitals will come to Atlantic Records, and Little Lowry will be selected for the second single. Four, four of the songs he prepared for the three specials on the 33rd block record of Atlantic Records, plus the posthumous songs composed in prison, that is, four new songs that have not yet been released.The last song was one of the first few songs that Al was dropped by old Joe back then. He sang it with Lori. This song now belongs to A+ records.

Since Barron took the original materials of all the posthumous songs from the prison before Atlantic Records, after coordination, A+ Records will be responsible for the four posthumous songs, and Al participated in the remix production of a chorus and enjoys part of the production revenue. .

Although only three were selected for the first album, it contained the most important song, the second-hand store. In the negotiations between the three record companies, everyone agreed that this song enjoys the highest percentage of share.

In order to catch up with the popularity, after a race against time and a series of extremely complicated tripartite negotiations, A+ Records won 30% of the production revenue of this commemorative album, and Barron’s newly established estate disposal fund enjoys Lori’s lyrics, composer and singer Part of the royalties, Song Ya himself can still get royalties on lyrics and music from second-hand stores.

Of course, the final book profit of the commemorative album, that is, the part to be donated, will not be left. The money is used by everyone to make production and distribution costs. For example, A+ Records rents the recording studio required for remixing. Fees, labor costs, etc. are all increased, and the income is probably enough to maintain the overall operating costs of A+ records for a period of time. The other two operating methods should not be much different.

"Put the focus of work on the warm-up of my second album Dead And Gone."

Dead And Gone has also been produced and is being submitted to Sony Columbia Records for internal discussion. Daniel should now be in a meeting with people in the distribution department. They like this song very much.

"Daniel suggests that you start a few concert tours at the end of this year to test the waters, just to cooperate with the second special announcement, you see?" Linda asked.

"Let's consider this until the middle of the year."

Song Ya thought for a while. The results of Mariah Carey’s concert tour the previous year were mediocre, and there were also mistakes in the first show in Miami. "I don’t like the performance company that operated Mimi's 1993 concert, but Sony Columbia Records is special. Like to use it, you will say hello to Daniel when the time comes."

"Okay." Linda wrote down. "The cover?"

Song Ya looked at the proof in her hand again. The cover showed Little Lori wearing an orange prison uniform before being imprisoned. There was a standard photo of the height scale behind him. After some post-processing, Little Lori stared unwillingly. Looking at the camera, now, that is, looking directly at yourself.

"Just use this."

Song Ya turned the proof over and threw it on the table with the back facing up.

In Chicago, the pre-release announcement of Little Lowry's commemorative album has begun, and Big A Radio has also received a generous promotion fee, "Little Lowry, my brother, I still remember one time..."

Big A felt the past in front of the microphone, but this time, many of them were sincere, "Al, do you remember? When he lived in the lake beach villa in the north of the city."

"Fxxk, I had fallen out with him at that time." Al smiled bitterly.

"Oh, yes, yes, but to be honest, it's a pity that he doesn't go to the party there. He is a generous guy and he is willing to share everything with his brothers." Big A said.

Al did not pick up.

"Hey, stop struggling with Al, are you still hating what happened back then?"

Big A pushed Al next to him, "Everyone else has gone."

"I miss him very much, but only before the release of his first album, everything changed afterwards, it became too fast."

Al is now a frequent guest guest on local radio stations and music shows in Chicago, and he has already developed his speaking skills, "I don’t want to be too hypocritical, you know, after people die, everyone starts to talk about how this guy is. NICE...I don't want to be like this. Most of the time, he is really a bastard. When he first became popular, he made trouble everywhere, and ended up playing himself in prison and hanging in it..."

He was a little choked as he said, "I hate him, but I love him too. I now remember those times before, when I was looking for work everywhere in Chicago restaurants and fast food restaurants, and there was no place to live. When Music met him for the first time, he said, "Hey, Al, go to me, you can sleep on the sofa." I was very touched because there were many people present, and only he noticed that I was quietly placed in the corner. The big luggage bag has everything in it. I was going to sleep on the sofa in the studio..."

"Haha, isn't it? So don't indulge in past grudges against Al. In his new memorial album, is there a song you collaborated with him?" The big A pushed up the volume of the background music. It was that one. song.

"Yeah, bang bang bang... Haha, this drum is my onomatopoeia, I am a connoisseur." Al commented.

"There are all our memories of Little Lori." The big A began to sell feelings without a trace. The key point of this type of record announcement is feelings. He is familiar with the road. "If you listen to you still love Little Lori, you must To collect this album, this is the life of Little Lori." Cut the song to the second-hand store.

"Yes, all..."

Al murmured to himself, just when he heard the chorus part of Old Joe, he and Big A couldn't hold back, and laughed at the same time.

"Old Qiao is the most clever one, right? We don't know where he is going now. I heard that the FBI couldn't find him. Haha..."

The big mouth A didn't block it, "Joe, if you are listening to my show in the U.S. or somewhere in the world, I want to say to you, hey, sly old guy, you are so fucking beautiful!"

Al laughed.

The two cooperated and tacitly gagped for a while, "So... you lived in Little Lowry's house at first, right? I remember he was not the same person as our Nancheng street boy before he became famous?"

"Yes, Little Lori lives in a pretty good apartment, with a large living room, and musical instruments, except that we can't make too much noise when we practice..." Al nodded, "We are often slammed by our neighbors in protest."

"Have you also boarded at APLUS?"

"Yes, APLUS was born as a standard street boy. A big family huddled together. You know, a small room, that kind of high and low bed. I was sleeping on his lower bunk."

"How does APLUS treat you? Little Lori."

"Uh……"

Al hesitated.

"Huh? Got a hexagram? Let's talk, hey, everyone is brothers. Although he is our boss now, what about us? Huh?" Big A pointed his middle finger to the microphone, "APLUS, you are just shit. Look, I said, I said, how about it?"

"No, you know, APLUS is the kind of boring good student. He can't stand the idle people like me." Al said, "I still remember the three things he said to me the most. In the words,'Al, are you still up? It's late, I have to go to class tomorrow. "Al, when will you find a new place to live?" Al, help fix the Ford at home.'"

"Hahaha..." Big A was turned over by his vivid Song Ya accent, "Yes, he is that kind of person. Did you move out later?"

"No, I have nowhere to go, where can I go at that time? Fxxk!"

Al replied: "I'll do whatever he says, I will live in your house anyway, I will live, how about it?"