Summary
Comanche hasn't been asking for favors. For half a decade, he's managed a distribution company responsible for keeping Justus League material and selections from a handful of other local hip-hop imprints in stores. He was the one point behind distribution for his records prior to Squirrel and the Aces. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been studying others. How did the deal with ABB Records happen? Did Little Brother's success with The Listening on ABB help?
Well, ABB put out the first single, "Up and Down," and we were just going to put that out. But something happened that we didn't see happening. I knew it was going to be a good single, but I didn't know it was going to be so well received. Me and Beni B [ABB Records CEO] started talking about seeing what the album would do. I mean, they had "Squirrel and the Aces coming soon" printed on the cover, and me and Beni had talked before because Little Brother was on ABB. We had a relationship and, instead of trying to introduce myself to a whole new group of people, I said, "Well, a label is a label." I saw what went right and wrong with The Listening for Little Brother, so I knew what to stay away from.I don't know if it is for them, but it is for me. I look at it like they're guinea pigs to me. I look at what they're doing and I'm learning what kind of things I do and don't want to happen to me. That won't be the total answer, of course. Every day is a new day. But they are completely in the dark about what may happen tomorrow. That's why I'm watching.See the full content of this document
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Cesar's Reign
Justus League co-founder talks Squirrel & The Aces and drops some dirt.
Cesar Comanche operates on vision. What other explanation is there? In 1998, Comanche - then a student at N.C. State just up from his hometown in Jacksonville, N.C. - befriended a fellow hip-hop enthusiast named Pat Douthit.They empathized over music, and one yea...See the full content of this document
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