New Ryu Interview: Fort Minor, Mike, etc

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On 12/14/2025 at 6:11 AM, Max said:

Never seen the guy's face, why am I surprised that he's white? Am I stupid? (don't answer that)

 

First time I found out about SOB I thought I was listening to 2 black dudes (at least Tak ended up being one) rapping. I wasn't used to seeing white rappers, aside of EM, being associated with the genre 20 years ago but I'm glad I discovered them.

 

On 12/3/2025 at 4:10 PM, LPLStaff said:

Watch the videos above - he talks about Mike brought SOB to Machine Shop (under Warner), then the folks at Warner all changed that liked SOB. They fired a ton of people at Warner. The new people didn't like SOB. And likely didn't like Holly Brook, any of the other stuff Mike brought. And bam, adios... they shelved Reseda Beach. And didn't want to help promote Second to None. The whole situation is a shame and SOB got screwed royally.

 

Same timeline when the band also had a lot to deal with the new people on WB. I felt bad for everyone involved, minus the label. I assumed LP would have enough power at the time to handle the situation but as we all found out it wasn't the case sadly.