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*****General wrote:
> "Jiyang Chen" <no@no.no> wrote in message
> news:2Dx7e.3402$dT4.1346@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
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>>"*****General" <*****General@j.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:%jv7e.20009$Uc7.9771@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
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>>>A slight misleading title I agree but after reading the post about the
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>>Halo
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>>>team being overrated I had to mention this:
>>>
>>>The 'Halo Three' (development team of Jason Jones, Marcus Lehto, Cahlie
>>>Gough) were mentioned in Time magazine as one of the most influential
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>>people
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>>>in the world alongside such luminaries as Dalia Lama, Nelson Mandela,
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>>George
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>>>Bush, Jay-Z, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates etc. They were the only games
>>>industry
>>>related people to be mentioned, above the likes of Peter Molynieux or
>>>John
>>>Cormack.
>>>
>>>Discuss..........
>>>
>>>
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>>I wouldn't pay attention to any list that has Jay-Z as one of the
>>"influential" people.
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>
> Can you name someone who has consistently sold as many records as him? From
> the early days of Reasonable Doubt to the record breaking Fade To Black he
> has consistently put out multi-platinum selling records. Some of them may
> not be classics, such as Volume 3: The Life & Times of S. Carter, but they
> still contain musical gems and a lyrical prowess that most of the so-called
> artists of today could never hope to achieve.
>
> Can you name someone with the entrepreneurial skills to make a company like
> Roc-A-Fella into a global brand marketing everything from vodka to films,
> with an average revenue in excess of $50 million?
>
> Can you name someone with so much clout in the industry that he is now the
> CEO of Def Jam, arguably the Microsoft of the rap industry?
>
> Can you name someone with the same amount of respect that he commands from
> his peers and fans alike? Nas may have taught him a lesson in their much
> publicised beef but not many in the game can go head to head with Nas and
> still hold his own. When people list thier top ten rappers of all time
> invariably Jay-Z will be somewhere in there. Some may put him at the top
> whereas some may put him at 10th but the point is he will be in there.
>
> Can you name someone who has done all this and more in less than 10 years?
> Influential seems to be a slight understatement I think.
>
> Enough of this off-topic stuff lets get back onto track...........Anyone
> have any intelligent contributions to the original post?
>
LOL, Microsoft of the Rap Industry? That sez it all...
after your last post, hell no would anyone wanna reply to you! That
summation you gave is from someone that's truly a rap/hip-hop
afficionado. Everything you stated prolly doesn't transcend to the OP
because most people don't take that genre seriously, regardless of how
many dollars or how sucessfull an artist is. Sorry, I actually like Jay-Z.
But alas, I digress, you said influential, and I'm sure he's influential
to plenty of "easily influenced" people.