Promo Pics

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:12 am

Don't know the official term, sorry.

Source: http://cuesrecords.com/CuesRecords.com/Photos.html#grid

Anyone wanna share some of their own?

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:33 am

Just checked out that site. Cool stuff.

The 11/5, Dre Dog, and RBL Posse promos are great!

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:02 pm

Echo Leader wrote:Just checked out that site. Cool stuff.

The 11/5, Dre Dog, and RBL Posse promos are great!

Word up!

I'd actually really like to have more of these things, I think they're ill. Contribute if you can, please. I know you guys got all sorts of cult shit.

S.DeEzY4O8 · Post by **S.DeEzY4O8** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:38 pm

What's "Cue's"?

I know out here in the Bay Area we had a record store called Cue's. It was in Daly City (which is next to San Francisco). DJ Apollo worked there. It was a great place cuz they always had all the NY shit... Including the White Labels and more "official" Bootleg 12" singles of shit that never came out.

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:51 pm

S.DeEzY4O8 wrote:What's "Cue's"?

I know out here in the Bay Area we had a record store called Cue's. It was in Daly City (which is next to San Francisco). DJ Apollo worked there. It was a great place cuz they always had all the NY shit... Including the White Labels and more "official" Bootleg 12" singles of shit that never came out.

Word, it's the same one. Never been but it seems dope... as fuck.

S.DeEzY4O8 · Post by **S.DeEzY4O8** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:54 pm

Oh shit ok, I didn't notice the website you had in your initial post. Good shit.

I loved that record store. I'd always hit it up on almost a weekly basis. It was very sad when they closed down.

strategy786 · Post by **strategy786** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:04 pm

Kick a Dope Verse wrote:
S.DeEzY4O8 wrote:What's "Cue's"?

I know out here in the Bay Area we had a record store called Cue's. It was in Daly City (which is next to San Francisco). DJ Apollo worked there. It was a great place cuz they always had all the NY shit... Including the White Labels and more "official" Bootleg 12" singles of shit that never came out.
Word, it's the same one. Never been but it seems dope... as fuck.

Cue's was a really dope spot. It closed in 2000. More info here, http://cuesrecords.com/CuesRecords.com/History.html

As for the promo pics, I got a few stashed in the garage. Lemme try and dig up some of the good ones....

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:07 pm

strategy786 wrote:
Kick a Dope Verse wrote:
S.DeEzY4O8 wrote:What's "Cue's"?

I know out here in the Bay Area we had a record store called Cue's. It was in Daly City (which is next to San Francisco). DJ Apollo worked there. It was a great place cuz they always had all the NY shit... Including the White Labels and more "official" Bootleg 12" singles of shit that never came out.
Word, it's the same one. Never been but it seems dope... as fuck.
Cue's was a really dope spot. It closed in 2000. More info here, http://cuesrecords.com/CuesRecords.com/History.html

As for the promo pics, I got a few stashed in the garage. Lemme try and dig up some of the good ones....

Legend.

P.S. Good read.

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:53 pm

These first three (unsigned) promotional / press photos are from Kevin Beacham:

http://philaflava.blogspot.com/2009/02/ ... -kits.html

This is from BigLOnline, the reversal of the first three, this isnגt a promo picture but itגs an autograph:

Three more from BigLOnline:

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:08 pm

Good looks, TheBigSleep. Only had the first one, and a wack cropped version of the second. That D.I.T.C. group one is lovely. Props for the hi-res, too.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:54 pm

Here's a COOL STORY BRO:
I met Common at an instore back right before One Day It'll All...
The flyer, once again, had the wrong time on it.
And I had been gallavanting with nothing to do while the signing was actually going on.

Anyways, I get there, it's over.
I see DJ Eclipse. Knew him for years, basically from Fat Beats.
I had the

face on and started protesting that the flyer was wrong!!

He's mad good people. He let me into the back room where Common was
chillin with the 'important record store fags..ahem..people'.

Eclipse gave me a Common Promo pic and Common was pretty cool,
I gotta say. We were bs'ing about NO ID and how he killed Resurrection.

But he signed the pic,"To Splurge...(bla, bla,bla)...Common".
:fail:

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:01 pm

Verge wrote:Here's a COOL STORY BRO:
I met Common at an instore back right before One Day It'll All...
The flyer, once again, had the wrong time on it.
And I had been gallavanting with nothing to do while the signing was actually going on.

Anyways, I get there, it's over.
I see DJ Eclipse. Knew him for years, basically from Fat Beats.
I had the face on and started protesting that the flyer was wrong!!

He's mad good people. He let me into the back room where Common was
chillin with the 'important record store fags..ahem..people'.

Eclipse gave me a Common Promo pic and Common was pretty cool,
I gotta say. We were bs'ing about NO ID and how he killed Resurrection.

But he signed the pic,"To Splurge...(bla, bla,bla)...Common".

LOL, word up. That's dope.

You know NO ID's producing J. Cole's album? Do you like Cole?

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:24 pm

Kick a Dope Verse wrote:
Verge wrote:Here's a COOL STORY BRO:
I met Common at an instore back right before One Day It'll All...
The flyer, once again, had the wrong time on it.
And I had been gallavanting with nothing to do while the signing was actually going on.

Anyways, I get there, it's over.
I see DJ Eclipse. Knew him for years, basically from Fat Beats.
I had the face on and started protesting that the flyer was wrong!!

He's mad good people. He let me into the back room where Common was
chillin with the 'important record store fags..ahem..people'.

Eclipse gave me a Common Promo pic and Common was pretty cool,
I gotta say. We were bs'ing about NO ID and how he killed Resurrection.

But he signed the pic,"To Splurge...(bla, bla,bla)...Common".

LOL, word up. That's dope.

You know NO ID's producing J. Cole's album? Do you like Cole?

I recognize the name and I'm sure I've heard his music, but I can't place
it right now. Definitely sounds like worth listening to, though, thanks.

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:46 pm

Verge wrote:
Kick a Dope Verse wrote:
Verge wrote:Here's a COOL STORY BRO:
I met Common at an instore back right before One Day It'll All...
The flyer, once again, had the wrong time on it.
And I had been gallavanting with nothing to do while the signing was actually going on.

Anyways, I get there, it's over.
I see DJ Eclipse. Knew him for years, basically from Fat Beats.
I had the face on and started protesting that the flyer was wrong!!

He's mad good people. He let me into the back room where Common was
chillin with the 'important record store fags..ahem..people'.

Eclipse gave me a Common Promo pic and Common was pretty cool,
I gotta say. We were bs'ing about NO ID and how he killed Resurrection.

But he signed the pic,"To Splurge...(bla, bla,bla)...Common".

LOL, word up. That's dope.

You know NO ID's producing J. Cole's album? Do you like Cole?
I recognize the name and I'm sure I've heard his music, but I can't place
it right now. Definitely sounds like worth listening to, though, thanks.

Word, word.

Kick a Dope Verse · Post by **Kick a Dope Verse** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:41 pm

strategy786 wrote:
Kick a Dope Verse wrote:
S.DeEzY4O8 wrote:What's "Cue's"?

I know out here in the Bay Area we had a record store called Cue's. It was in Daly City (which is next to San Francisco). DJ Apollo worked there. It was a great place cuz they always had all the NY shit... Including the White Labels and more "official" Bootleg 12" singles of shit that never came out.
Word, it's the same one. Never been but it seems dope... as fuck.
Cue's was a really dope spot. It closed in 2000. More info here, http://cuesrecords.com/CuesRecords.com/History.html

As for the promo pics, I got a few stashed in the garage. Lemme try and dig up some of the good ones....

Yo, you still comin' through?

macaca · Post by **macaca** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:40 am

ive been looking for those juice crew pics by the plane in hi-res for ages.

Espirando · Post by **Espirando** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:16 pm

dirt_dog · Post by **dirt_dog** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:48 pm

TheBigSleep wrote:
This is from BigLOnline, the reversal of the first three, this isnגt a promo picture but itגs an autograph:

Ahhhhhh... DJ Oni One. He used to sell me crazy Wu-Tang records way back in the day. Great guy. Is he still around?

dirt_dog

Espirando · Post by **Espirando** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:29 am

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:10 am

dirt_dog wrote:DJ Oni One, he used to sell me crazy Wu-Tang records way back in the day. Great guy. Is he still around?

No idea, that was posted by a guy on the BigLOnline forums named raredave who said he bought that record from Oni One like eight years ago (the beginning of the decade). I don't have any more information really but I think this might be him: http://www.discogs.com/messages/compose?to=oni-one

Bigg Boss Luciano · Post by **Bigg Boss Luciano** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:53 pm

Here are some promo pics I collected from the internets.

There's around 100 pics, about 70% from the West Coast & South (a lot of Rap-A-Lot pics). All of them are UNSIGNED!

http://www.mediafire.com/?55vujd6dfz8x3k3

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:52 pm

Bigg Boss Luciano wrote:Here are some promo pics I collected from the internets.

There's around 100 pics, about 70% from the West Coast & South (a lot of Rap-A-Lot pics). All of them are UNSIGNED!

http://www.mediafire.com/?55vujd6dfz8x3k3

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:37 am

Last Sunday at the closing day of Fat Beats LA, I took pictures of all the signings they had in the store. They had a few promo pics signed to FatBeatsLA. Here's the artists with promo pics: Cocoa Brovaz, Diamond D, Common, EPMD, KRS-One, Al' Tariq, Artifacts, and Original Gunn Clappaz.

Markshot · Post by **Markshot** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:50 am

Verge wrote:But he signed the pic,"To Splurge...(bla, bla,bla)...Common".

/

fatboybrandon · Post by **fatboybrandon** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:35 pm

Nice collection. You were fortunate if you owned a record store in the 90's, I bet many former owners are looking back on their promo materials now as treasures. now that the digital age has taken over. I haven't seen that many promo pics since going to Sound Library in NY.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:01 pm

This is a great thread. There's probably some more promo pics at Upnorthtrips blog. I know I've boosted a bunch of cool pics from there in the last couple of months. Just a lot to sort through.
http://upnorthtrips.com/

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:41 pm

Bigg Boss Luciano wrote:Here are some promo pics I collected from the internets.

There's around 100 pics, about 70% from the West Coast & South (a lot of Rap-A-Lot pics). All of them are UNSIGNED!

http://www.mediafire.com/?55vujd6dfz8x3k3

I just had to highlight some of these:

LMAO at this dude with a shopping cart

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:48 pm

This is a book waiting to be published.

kartman · Post by **kartman** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:46 am

aleph wrote:This is a book waiting to be published.

co-sign!!

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:47 am

Markshot wrote:
Verge wrote:But he signed the pic,"To Splurge...(bla, bla,bla)...Common".

/

Jigga Gloss, please add "Splurge" as Verge's custom title under his name.