Cassidy Murders the Charts
So i guess a murder charge just isn't what it used to be anymore. Cassidy's album "I'm a Hustla" hit the Billboard R&B Hip Hop charts this week at #2 (#5 on the Top 200). For those of you who aren't up on the current happenings in hip hop, Cassidy is in jail facing murder, attempted murder, and weapons charges. When he allegedly committed these crimes, he had a single blowing up at radio already. Now i really do hope that he's innocent, because i cannot believe how stupid you must have to be to murder somebody when you are about to drop a hit album and you already have a hit single. Actually let me just back up and say, i really wish he had not done it because he ended somebody's life, and thats just a pretty messed up thing to do. Lets just remember that for a second. Someone is now dead. Cassidy has been charged with the murder of that person.
Looks like a murder only buys you a #2 debut anymore. The real crime was the #1 debut by the Ying Yang Twins who only bored me to death with the Whisper Song. Sorry, i just dont get it. Not everybody can like everything. Oh, by the way, I worked on Cassidy's album. In fact i did music for the second single. Unfortunately he's not the first murderer I've worked with. I've actually made records with people that i knew to be murderer's, hopefully reformed ex-murderers. I'm still alive and in one piece, so thats a good thing. I've worked with even more people that I knew have shot or otherwise harmed people. And a few people who've been shot (50 Cent comes to mind, though i worked with him before he caught 9 slugs. I've been shot too, random falling bullet, New Years Eve, put a nice hole in my shoulder, not very "glamourous") This is a really crazy business. And lets not even get into my associations with drug dealers. By the way, for anyone who cares, I've never done a single drug in my entire life (sorry to dissapoint you, i've been around them PLENTY, and watched alot of people ruin their lives with them, not to mention ruining records with them. no thanks!). Once though, i did get a contact high working with Pete Rock on the "Soul Survivors" album. Oh, and i've been threatened by a few hip hoppers. Remember Grand Puba? yeah, i know, not very memorable. He threatened me because he thought i lost a cassette tape containing his whole album to date (1994). I didn't. I told him so. He said "If you don;t find my tape your gonna catch a beatin", which i thought was pretty funny. Later i found the casette in a menu book, left there by one of his crew. Special Ed. Remember him? Special Ed flipped out because an intern threw away his sandwich (that had been left out) while he slept. He demanded the intern give him $7. I'm not kidding. I gave Ed $5, all i had, then he turned back to the intern and demanded $2. then he stole a computer to make up for it and held a razor blade at us. OK, this dude had a RECORD DEAL, and i had JUST MIXED HIS SONG (i think 1995). Does anybody wonder why he doesnt have a career anymore?
Last quick threat story for the night. Yep, Puffy. Well, he was Puffy back then, 1993 (i havent been genuinely threatened in almost a decade. I guess credits buy you respect. Puffy was auditioning a singer right outside my studio door (he had booked a different room at the same facility). this girl sang for over 15 minutes and my clients were reading me the riot act. So, as softly and nicely as i possibly could, i opened the door and asked Puffy if he could have her sing in his studio lounge. Puffy lost his mind and started screaming and threatening me. Which, actually, i thought was pretty funny, becuase i knew Puffy grew up in the suburbs, not from the streets, and he was also on probation at the time on gun charges, so he wasn't gonna touch me or it would be straight back to jail. Either way, easpecially back then, physically, Puffy really isnt very intimidating. Oh yeah. Puffy ratted me out to the studio owner the next day. That was fucked up, and definitely lacked any street cred. But fortunately, the owner loved me and all was cool. I've worked with Puffy dozens of times since that event in 1993, and i have always had very positive experiences. He never remembered it. Puff, if your reading, I got nouttin but love for ya.
OK. this was a nice way to end the night. Time to sleep.
- Ken
Looks like a murder only buys you a #2 debut anymore. The real crime was the #1 debut by the Ying Yang Twins who only bored me to death with the Whisper Song. Sorry, i just dont get it. Not everybody can like everything. Oh, by the way, I worked on Cassidy's album. In fact i did music for the second single. Unfortunately he's not the first murderer I've worked with. I've actually made records with people that i knew to be murderer's, hopefully reformed ex-murderers. I'm still alive and in one piece, so thats a good thing. I've worked with even more people that I knew have shot or otherwise harmed people. And a few people who've been shot (50 Cent comes to mind, though i worked with him before he caught 9 slugs. I've been shot too, random falling bullet, New Years Eve, put a nice hole in my shoulder, not very "glamourous") This is a really crazy business. And lets not even get into my associations with drug dealers. By the way, for anyone who cares, I've never done a single drug in my entire life (sorry to dissapoint you, i've been around them PLENTY, and watched alot of people ruin their lives with them, not to mention ruining records with them. no thanks!). Once though, i did get a contact high working with Pete Rock on the "Soul Survivors" album. Oh, and i've been threatened by a few hip hoppers. Remember Grand Puba? yeah, i know, not very memorable. He threatened me because he thought i lost a cassette tape containing his whole album to date (1994). I didn't. I told him so. He said "If you don;t find my tape your gonna catch a beatin", which i thought was pretty funny. Later i found the casette in a menu book, left there by one of his crew. Special Ed. Remember him? Special Ed flipped out because an intern threw away his sandwich (that had been left out) while he slept. He demanded the intern give him $7. I'm not kidding. I gave Ed $5, all i had, then he turned back to the intern and demanded $2. then he stole a computer to make up for it and held a razor blade at us. OK, this dude had a RECORD DEAL, and i had JUST MIXED HIS SONG (i think 1995). Does anybody wonder why he doesnt have a career anymore?
Last quick threat story for the night. Yep, Puffy. Well, he was Puffy back then, 1993 (i havent been genuinely threatened in almost a decade. I guess credits buy you respect. Puffy was auditioning a singer right outside my studio door (he had booked a different room at the same facility). this girl sang for over 15 minutes and my clients were reading me the riot act. So, as softly and nicely as i possibly could, i opened the door and asked Puffy if he could have her sing in his studio lounge. Puffy lost his mind and started screaming and threatening me. Which, actually, i thought was pretty funny, becuase i knew Puffy grew up in the suburbs, not from the streets, and he was also on probation at the time on gun charges, so he wasn't gonna touch me or it would be straight back to jail. Either way, easpecially back then, physically, Puffy really isnt very intimidating. Oh yeah. Puffy ratted me out to the studio owner the next day. That was fucked up, and definitely lacked any street cred. But fortunately, the owner loved me and all was cool. I've worked with Puffy dozens of times since that event in 1993, and i have always had very positive experiences. He never remembered it. Puff, if your reading, I got nouttin but love for ya.
OK. this was a nice way to end the night. Time to sleep.
- Ken
posted by Protools Mixing at 4:06 AM
1 Comments:
Hey just up late reading your blog its pretty interesting to hear your take on drugs. I'll be honest, I figured since you pull 100 hour work weeks you must have been on some sort of drug. Coffee mayhaps? In my neck of the woods I haven't seen so many huge stars ruin their lives, but i've seen people who surely could have been stars ruin their chances. I'm not only impressed, but also relieved that there is a successful man in the industry who doesnt support drugs. Many Kudos! Have another great late night.
-Tom Wells
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