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Above The Law Speaks On Death Row Signing
By Dallas Winston
Date: 7/14/2001 12:00 PM
Above The Law, one of the pioneering West Coast Hip-Hop groups to come out of Eazy E's Ruthless Records fold, have announced that they are officially signed to Suge Knight's Death Row imprint. Above The Law group members Big Hutch aka Cold 187um, KM.G AKA Vin Loco and DJ K-oss, severed their ties with Tommy Boy in 1998, due to lack of promotion, marketing and "basic enthusiasm."
After breaking from Tommy Boy, the group formed West World records and released Big Hutch's debut solo album Executive Decisions and Above The Law’s seventh album "Forever-Rich Thugs." The group was approached by several major labels (including their former label Ruthless Records) about a new record deal, but according to group leader Big Hutch, "instead of taking two steps forward these deals would have had us going three, four steps back."
According to Big Hutch, the group hadn't been given the creative control and financial backing since the death of Eazy E. "Ruthless owed us a lot of money and still do. We tried to renegotiate a deal with Ruthless and Ruthless fronted on us. So Enter CEO of Death Row Records, Suge Knight, who is looking to reestablish Death Row Records as a leading powerhouse in Rap. Suge made an offer that the group couldn’t refuse. "Suge saw the light," Hutch continued. "A lot of people don't realize that Suge used to manage Above The Law when we were on Ruthless in the early days when he managed us and D.O.C. I love Ruthless and what we built, but you gotta move on. She (Tamika Wright) sold the label anyway, so it is what it is."
Having full creative control, distribution promotion and marketing, the group feels all is in place for them. "Suge knows how our whole collective operates," said Big Hutch. "We see eye-to-eye on how we want Above The Law to be presented to the streets, the people, and the industry. He’s giving us the artistic freedom we haven’t had in years."
Hutch has also announced that he has formed an production team for Death Row Records. Big Hutch and Darren Vegas have formed The Executioners. Big Hutch over saw the production of a handful of songs on the new Dogg Pound 2002, which is slated for a July 31st release.
"We gonna peel some caps back for real, cause Suge is letting us do our thing," Hutch said. "We are really getting focused with this Death Row Record cause you know we wanna come out punishing fools. Certain fools we think out there need punishment."
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