Create Your Own Label Tournament ROUND 1: The Hit Asylum vs GameFace Winnertainment 2-1

[TonyDubbz]

Alicia Keys - Eternal Sunshine

1.) Eternal (Intro) (produced by Alicia Keys)

2.) Do You (produced by Alicia Keys)

3.) Love Stand (produced by Alicia Keys)

4.) Perfection ( feat. Beyonce & Mariah Carey) (produced by Alicia Keys & Cee-Lo Green)

5.) Freefall (produced by Alicia Keys)

6.) You Have to Hang Up (produced by Alicia Keys)

7.) The Caged Bird Sings (produced by Alicia Keys & Cee-Lo Green)

8.) Mr. & Mrs (feat. Swizz Beats) (produced by Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz)

9.) Evolve (produced by Alicia Keys

10.) Everything is Everything (feat. Common) (prouduced by Alicia Keys)

11.) Sunshine (Outro) (produced by Alicia Keys)

Scarface - Block Noise

1.) The One (produced by Mike Dean)

2.) Roll on Em (produced by EL-P)

3.) FaceOff (produced Mike Dean)

4.) Riot feat. Killer Mike (produced by Mike Dean)

5.) Salute (produced by Mike Dean)

6.) Indictment (produced by Mike Dean)

7.) Free feat. Crooked I (produced by Mannie Fresh)

8.) Made It feat. August Alsina (produced by Mike Dean)

9.) A.o.W. (produced by EL-P)

10.) Foreclosure (produced by Danger Mouse)

Slaughterhouse - RedRum

1.) Bang Out (produced by El-P)

2.) Venom (produced by The HeatMakerz)

3.) Slaughter-Set (feat. Dipset) (produced by The HeatMakerz)

4.) Jack Torrence (skit)

5.) Redrum (produced by The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)

6.) Total Slaughter (feat. Run The Jewels) Produced by EL-P

7.) Quasi-Lyrical (produced by TheHeatMakerz)

8.) The Countdown feat. CeeLo-Green (produced by Danger Mouse)

9.) Smash or Pass (skit)

10.) Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot (produced by The HeatMakerz )

11.) FOH (produced by The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)

12.) To Live (produced by Danger Mouse)

13.) Attitude Adjustment (produced by The HeatMakerz)

14.) Remember (feat. Scarface) Produced by The HeatMakerz

DJ Khaled - The Finish Line

1.) Illuminate feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z, & Rihanna (produced by Kanye West & DJ Khaled)

2.) The Four Horsemen feat. T.I., Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross (produced by DJ Khaled & J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)

3.) Wrath feat. Scarface & Killer Mike (produced by EL-P)

4.) Apocalypse feat. The Clipse & Slaughterhouse (produced by Rick Rubin)

5.) All On Me feat. Lil Wayne, Chris Brown & Future (Produced by DJ Khaled)

6.) Coast 2 Coast feat. YG, Jeezy & Future (produced by DJ Khaled & DJ Mustard)

7.) Don’t Worry Bout feat. Yo Gotti, Gucci Mane , Future, Rich Homie Quan & Young Thug (produced by Drumma Boy & DJ Khaled)

8.) Higher Ups feat. Big Sean & Kanye West (produced by Kanye West)

9.) She Not Leavin feat. Trey Songz, Chris Brown & August Alsina (produced by The Exclusives & DJ Khaled)

10.) Expensive Sh!t feat. 2 Chainz , Birdman & Lil Wayne (produced by DJ Khaled)

11.) HBINC feat. Remy Ma & Nicki Minaj (produced by Swizz Beatz)

12.) Run The Cheque’ (feat. Birdman & Rick Ross) (produced by The J.U.S.T.I.C.E.

 

[TonyDubbz]

@MorganFreemanKing - GameFace Winnertainment

Label Roster

Iggy Azalea

Tyga

GAME

Kelly Rowland

Jay Z

Dj Quik

Kid Ink

Clark Kent

Just Blaze

Snow Da Product

Scott Storch

Fergie

Xzibit

Cardiak

T-Minus

Rita Ora

Swizz Beats

Madlib

2 Chainz

Rita Ora - Rita Was Here (All tracks produced by Scott Storch unless otherwise stated.)

1. Leave My Mark

2. Watching Me

3. Break It Down feat. Iggy Azalea

4. We Came To ROC feat. Jay-z (prod. Just Blaze)

5. My Name in Lights

6. Crazy Things

7. Misled feat. Kelly Rowland

8. Another World

9. Drama Queen feat. Fergie

10. Never Catch Me

11. Another World

Tyga - Gold Kings

1. Emperor's New Groove (prod. T-Minus)

2. Midas Touch (prod. T-Minus)

3. Hazed (prod. T-Minus)

4. Somethind Different f. Kid Ink (prod. Cardiak)

5. Used To This f. The Game and Chris Brown (prod. T-Minus)

6. View From The Top (prod. Scott Storch)

7. Forever Mackin' (prod. T-Minus)

8. Kills Me Everyday (prod. T-Minus)

9. Paved Roads (prod. Cardiak)

10. Royal To The Game (prod. Cardiak)



The Game - The Legend Of Chuck Taylor

1. Cruisin' (prod. DJ Quik)

2. Won't See Me Comin (prod. Cardiak)

3. Verizon feat. Snow Da Product (prod. Cardiak)

4. Divorce Court feat. Tyga and Kelly Rowland (prod. Cardiak)

5. Street Justice (prod. Cardiak)

6. New N****s (prod. Just Blaze)

7. Still Cruisin feat. Xzibit (prod. DJ Quik)

Iggy and Rita The Album

*all tracks produced by Scott Storch

1. World Class

2. Playthings

3. International Greatness

4. Not You Too

5. Bad Girls Club f. Fergie

6. Fatal Attraction

7. Between Us

8. Carnivore

9. Keep Me Down

*Bonus* Bad Girls Club Remix f. Fergie & Snow Da Product

Watch The Throne - Golden Throne

1. Royalty (prod. by Just Blaze)

2. Problem #100 (prod. by Kanye West)

3. Old News (prod. by Kanye West)

4. Love Life (prod. by Kanye West)

5. Homage (prod. by Just Blaze)

6. Business Instead of Games (prod. by Clark Kent)

7. The World Over f. Rita Ora (prod. by Just Blaze)

8. Golden Throne (prod. by Just Blaze)



Kelly Rowland - Forever Love

1. Forever Love pro. Scott Storch

2. You Can't prod. Scott Storch

3. Believe Me prod. Scott Storch

4. Don't Stop Now f. Jay-z prod. Just Blaze

5. It's Your Night prod. Scott Storch

6. Stand Strong prod. Scott Storch

7. Used To Be prod. Just Blaze

8. Our Situation prod. Scott Storch

Jay-Z

1. It Begins Anew prod. Just Blaze

2. A Million and 2 Questions prod. Clark Kent

3. Blue prod. Just Blaze

4. Ragna-Roc f. Rita Ora and Kelly Rowland prod. Just Blaze

5. Blue prod. Just Blaze

6. Floor Seats prod. Scott Storch

7. Dirty Hands prod. Just Blaze

8. Color Of Money prod. Just Blaze

9. City's Still Mine prod. Clark Kent

*Bonus* Business Instead Of Games prod. Clark Kent

 

[TonyDubbz]

Voting is now opened to the judges. Anyone else who'd like to give their opinion from outside of the game is also welcome to do so just like in the last round we had but we're only counting the votes of the judges.

@nillerthekid

@IceBergTaylor

@MrCrookedLetter

@Michael_Malice

@SuperSoaker

@Peezy_Jenkins

 

[JaDaDon]

My fault the divine records roster suppose to be money mafia and vice versa

 

[TonyDubbz]

Word I swapped them around

 

[jazzybella]

Let's go Jay!!!

 

[GetoBoy]

No hov solo album???

 

[Ibex]

No hov solo album???

I was wondering that as well...unless he trying to hold out til 2nd round

 

[TonyDubbz]

No hov solo album???

Not everyone chose to drop everything in their first round. There could be a HOV album but its up to the label to release it now or hold onto it for a later round.

 

[_Menace_]

this cover is cold af! dope shit

 

[GetoBoy]

No hov solo album???

Not everyone chose to drop everything in their first round. There could be a HOV album but its up to the label to release it now or hold onto it for a later round.

Yea I feel you its just the first time I seen somebody work it this way with jay it surprised me

 

[TonyDubbz]

Morgan hit me up and he told me to give the streets what they wanted.. so there it is.

The Jay-Z solo project has been added for yalls viewing pleasure

 

[JaDaDon]

Add Gucci Mane, Young Thug, Future & Detail to my roster too

 

[TonyDubbz]

They already on there bruh, I added them to their respective sub labels since thats where they belonged. They're in the spoilers

 

[Michael_Malice]

I'll drop a vote this evening.

 

[nillerthekid]

future sales: GameFace Winnertainment – Close call, but Morgan takes this one. Both labels have a few acts capable of putting up big numbers, but a somewhat big part of the rosters most likely won’t see any plaques in the future. While the big names somewhat cancels each other out, Morgans “smaller” acts will most likely produces better sales in the future, than JaDaDon’s, which is what gives him the edge in this category. While both labels got more than a few producers, they don’t really count in this category, as they don’t release albums on they own.

future critical acclaim: The Hit Asylum – Both labels have a few artists capable of bringing home acclaim, the power of Run the Jewels (especially Killer Mike) and Scarface brings this one home for JaDaDon, as I don’t see any of Morgans artist matching the output of those. In this category, the producers counts just as much as rappers/singers, and both labels have managed to snatch up some talent here, who will be praised quite a lot in the future, but the rappers on THA outmatches their opponents.

longevity: The Hit Asylum – It’s really starting to show just how close this matchup is here. Both labels have a good balance of young talent and proven vets, but THA younger acts appears to have better future prospects to me, and there’s simply more of them as well. GFW on the other hand, while having some younger talent, seems to have focused a little more on the proven vets, compared to THA, who has an entire sub label dedicated to some of the young and potentially up and comers.

cohesion: GameFace Winnertainment – The direction Morgan was going in was a little clearer to me. For the most part, his label consists of artists who will sell decent numbers, and still get a positive response from both fans and critics, which isn’t always a guaranty. This isn’t the case at Hit Asylum. While there’s definitely acts who will sell well and acts who can produce great works of art, those two rarely combine. While GFW has the roster of a mainstream label, it seem as if JaDaDon had problems deciding whether to run his label in a similar fashion, or do a more underground focused label, and this gives Morgan the edge in this category.

album covers/tracklist: GameFace Winnertainment – Morgan takes this one, but it was much closer than it seemed at first sight. I complained about this in the last matchup, and I will do it again: the format of some of the covers where off, and in this game, the details can be the difference between winning and losing. For JaDaDon, as far as the covers go, it is really hit or miss. While there is quite a few really dope ones, there’s also some really strange ones and/or bad. The Lil Wayne one is really strange to me and the Gucci Mane just looks amateurish. Another negative here is the label logo on some of the covers, which looks somewhat misplaced, and adds to the bad first impression some of JaDa’s work gives, which is a shame, because I’m a big fan of the tracklists, which often gets ignored. JaDa did a great job at making realistic looking tracklist, while also maintain a high level of creativity, and making great use of the producers on his label, but also bringing in some outside talent to spice up the albums. And while I might not be a fan of all the covers, there is definitely a few gems in between.

For Morgan, there is a constant high quality to his art work, which gives him the victory. I like the fact that all of his covers are simple, and in this ways secures a certain consistency, without the art work resembles one another. He kinda took a chance with the tracklists by making most of them so short, but I would rather have a short and focused tracklist, which was given some thought, than a 20 tack project that looks thrown together.

All in all, Morgans high point were higher than JaDa’s, and that is what gives him the victory in the end, but JaDa proved a worthy contender, even if some of his work lacked in certain areas.

Vote goes to: GameFace Winnertainment and MorganFreemanKing with the votes 3-2

 

[Michael_Malice]

Future Sales: The Hit Asylum seems to have a fairly balanced label in terms of future sales but I question how far they can actually go. In comparison, Gameface Winntertainment also looks to be pretty strong and balanced but at the same time have a few more artists that are hot at the moment or have recently been hot. I believe this category is actually a lot closer than it looks but I will give the edge to Gameface on the strength of what have you done for me lately.

Winner: Gameface Winntertainment

Future Critical Acclaim: Both labels have a good mix of artists and producers that have the potential for lots of critical Acclaim across the board. As usual, this will depend on how well the labels are run and marketed. It appears both labels are going in somewhat different directions but with the same goal. This was another close round but I will go with Gameface on the strength of star power and potential.

Winner: Gameface Winntertainment

Longevity: Another close category. Another good mix of proven longevity on both sides. I'm really torn on this category so I have to look at veteran star power and who has been there before. I will give the edge to Hit Asylum.

Winner: The Hit Asylum

Cohesion: I like the way both labels are built. Hit Asylum seems to be structured as a Southern powerhouse and it shows. Gameface has a nice mix of both worlds and I love their balance and what they are trying to do. I just belive Hit Asylum is to strong and will work very well together to get different sounds. Another close one.

Winner: The Hit Asylum

Album Covers/Tracklist: As far as album covers, their are a few standouts on both sides. I absolutely love that Game album cover from Gameface. The problem is both labels have a couple nice covers but also have way too many "mixtape" covers during my eye test. Again, both labels may want to step it up for the next round. Something about a few of the fonts that i just don't get a warm and fuzzy on. Tracklist wise both I'm feeling both labels but Hit Asylum seems to be a tad bit more creative and thought provoking.

Winner: The Hit Asylum

Overall Winner: The Hit Asylum

Got damn this was a close round. Salute to both labels.

 

[Michael_Malice]

I don't read other Judges votes until after I give my vote. That's what makes this game great for those that play I think. Just seeing what everybody else views. Salute my judges also.

 

[IceBergTaylor]

Ima vote in a bit

 

[IceBergTaylor]

Future Sales: Both labels have very specific figure heads. And with that said, their figure heads are the only sellers. Wayne for Hit Aslum and Hov for Gameface. The rest of this category rest on the backend of the rosters. JaDaDon built a roster for strong music, if you ignore Wayne and Birdman. He has folks who will make acclaimed projects but wont sell well at all. Despite the fact he also has Breezy. While Morgan has the “IT” roster wise. He has popular acts who make “catchy” music and producers. That does it for him.

Winner: Gameface Winntertainment

Future Critical Acclaim: To me this was a no brainer. I feel as if JaDaDon’s label has more of an edge here with Slaughterhouse, EL-P, Danger Mouse, Scarface and CeeLo. You can count on them to make strong projects. And the production end is extremely solid. Morgan’s label can count on Jay & Madlin for a solid project but that’s where it ends. Not getting shit from Iggy, Kid Ink , 2 Chainz and Fergie fam.

Winner: The Hit Asylum

Longevity: The odd mix in these rosters make this category tough. There is a strange similarity I can’t describe with both labels. The mix of vets and youth make this one too close to call.

Winnner: TIE

Cohesion: I really like JaDaDon’s roster. I feel like all those artists have a 6 degree of separation feel. They mix in well despite the names. You can figure out how they would work together. Morgan’s label is just odd to me. Not trying to sound like an asshole. I get what he’s trying to do but I feel like he doesn’t have the artists for it. His label just seems all over the place and it kind of bugs me that Jay is the figurehead. I liked where he was going with Jay, Tyga, Game, Kelly Rowland and Swizzy but then theres Iggy, Snow, Kid Ink and I get lost.

Winner: The Hit Asylum

Album Covers/Tracklist: With the album covers I liked Morgan’s a lot better. Cleaner designs, short and sweet. Tracklist wise, JaDaDon’s was much better. You can tell he put a lot of thought into these projects. I didn’t like the Scarface/ EL-P ish album though. Scarface isn’t Killer Mike lol, don’t feel like that would be a good mix. However, I really thought the Jay Z album was unoriginal. Cover wise and tracklist wise you could have done so much more. I’m more vexed over the cover than the tracklist. You also have that Business Instead of Games on the Throne album as well. I thought that album didn’t seem creative as well. You did a great job with Rita/Iggy’s album as well as the Kelly Rowland album. Which is why I’m surprised your Jay Z & Throne effort weren’t as strong. The Tyga project falls flat as well.

Winner: The Hit Asylum

Overall Winner: The Hit Asylum