50 cent leaves shady/aftermath

mufcboy1999

Not the most popular here but 50 and interscope have respectfully parted ways. Nothing but respect from all parties which is refreshing to see but he's a huge loss for Aftermath and especially shady, he's been eminems only real successful artist.

Single handedly imo carried shady and aftermath since he came on the scene with his debut in 03 with the g unit wave and everyone who was connected with it. When em and dre were no where to be seen for years he was their only outlet but creative differences with interscope have been going on the past few years.

In other related news tony yayo confirmed officially g unit have split up, its been coming for years even from the early days when 50 got rid of the majority of the original crew like bang em smurf then from game to buck etc and now the original trio of banks,yayo and 50.

It's a shame because several times people tried to re-unite g unit, The game even started an online petition gettings 100's of thousands to sign it but its sad from a big fans perspective to see the decline of this group who along with shady/aftermath at one point looked unstoppable.

Say what you want but there's been a fair few decent albums out of this camp, get rich, beg for mercy, documentary, massacre, hunger for more and straight outta cashville are all very good albums.

kendrick lamar is the only real decent artist on aftermath as for shady none of them have impressed since the whole 2.0 movement with yelawolf and slaughterhouse.

I have had great success to date with Shady/Aftermath/Interscope and I'd like to thank Eminem and Dr. Dre for giving me an incredible opportunity," 50 Cent said in a statement, as per Associated Press. "I've learned so much from them through the years. I am excited to enter this new era where I can carry out my creative vision."

Former boss and current friend Eminem spoke on 50’s new signing in a press release statement:
Both myself and Shady Records are grateful to have had the chance to play a part in 50′s career. Shady simply would not be what it is without 50 Cent. I’ve developed a great friendship with 50 over the years, and that’s not going to change. We know 50 will have success in his new situation, and we remain supporters of both him and G-Unit.

http://allhiphop.com/2014/02/20/50-cent-leaves-interscope-records-new-album-coming-june-3rd/

jonneymendoza

which record label is lil wayne is because thats the record label thats pushing sales and at the fore front at the moment. Maybe 50 will join them even though 9/10 stuff they put out on that record label is garbage

kryogen

I wouldnt be surprised to see him join the Roc stable

mufcboy1999

He wouldn't fit in under roc nation or young money, he has his own label he needs to pick back up and get running again in g unit records. He's one of the biggest selling rappers around, get rich is certified diamond amongst other countless multi platinum albums from both him and g unit members in the past.

He's agreed a deal with universal who own interscope to distribute g unit records so all his new stuff is now independent , good move imo.

50 Cent says that his new deal happened only because he's still under the Universal Music system.

50 Cent says that he was able to leave Shady/Aftermath/Interscope with one album remaining on his original recording contract because of his friendships with Eminem and Dr. Dre.

“I’m a special case and situation,” 50 Cent says during an interview with FORBES. “It’s also because of the leverage of having the strong relationships with Eminem and Dr. Dre. They don’t want to me to be uncomfortable. They value our friendship to the point that they would never want [to jeopardize] it over that little bit of money.”

Yesterday (February 20), Eminem released a statement regarding 50 Cent.

“I’ve developed a great friendship with 50 over the years, and that’s not going to change,” Eminem said. "We know 50 will have success in his new situation, and we remain supporters of both him and G-Unit.”

50 Cent and G-Unit Records signed an exclusive worldwide distribution and services agreement with Caroline/Capitol/UMG. The arrangement keeps 50 Cent with the Universal conglomerate, another reason why he was able to leave Shady/Aftermath/Interscope.

“If it wasn’t all under the Universal umbrella,” 50 Cent says. “It wouldn’t work.”

50 Cent says his new deal provides him opportunities different from his previous situation.

“It’s freedom to invest in your own ideas,” 50 Cent says. “If ever I had a horse that I was betting on at the track, I’d like to be the horse. Let it be me, goddammit, because I’m going to run as hard as I can.

“It’s having the ability to do that versus, ‘It’s out of the question,’” he added. “Now those options have opened up.”

kryogen

That was the only other option I could see, good move for him I think. He will be much happier too, he has always enjoyed independence

mufcboy1999

kryogen wrote: »

That was the only other option I could see, good move for him I think. He will be much happier too, he has always enjoyed independence

Very true.

He's released a new track straight away too which is a good sign, he'll put out music for fun now that he has no limits to what he can and cant do.

jonneymendoza

great song and video

jigglypuffstuff

Nail in the coffin for shady/aftermath

Eminem wont release another project,

Every original artist bar eminem and dre gone from the original roster that gave shady/aftermath its success

Looks like its the absolute end of the road for Shady/Aftermath

Kendrick wont save them from the downfall they've had over the last number of years

Look at all the artists on that label at one point


50 Cent[21]
Antonio McLendon[22]
Bishop Lamont
Brooklyn[23]
Busta Rhymes
Dion[24]
Eve
G.A.G.E.[25]
Hayes[26]
Hittman
King Tee
Joell Ortiz
Marsha Ambrosius
Raekwon
Rakim[27]
RBX
Slim the Mobster
Stat Quo
The Firm
The Game
The Last Emperor
Truth Hurts



Sad in a sense that the current roster looks like this

Dr. Dre
Eminem
Kendrick Lamar
Jon Connor

Speaks for itself really..

mufcboy1999

That really puts it into perspective. I honestly think aftermath is pretty much run by jimmy iovine, dre looks to be his puppet.

It appears to me Aftermath will not release an album unless an artist has major commercial appeal hence so many great rappers or rappers with the potential to be great can't get their albums of the shelf.

I say this because every single album ever released on aftermath has gone platnium except for the firms release , open to correction on that though so no wonder so many flock aftermath with frustration.

As a big Lamar fan I really feared for him moving to aftermath but it was a joint deal with TDE a little like 50s deal with shady/aftermath and Lamar just like 50 had a huge buzz before he signed so was able to come straight out.

And who can forget the joke that is detox, how many aftermath artists through the years have been telling us it's nearly finished !. It's gone to the point now where everyone has just literally forgot about dre ! And he'd want to bring out something very special to get back on most radars IMHO.

Orizio

...a huge loss? He has been irrelevant for years.

mufcboy1999

Orizio wrote: »

...a huge loss? He has been irrelevant for years.

In what way ?

AG918

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

In what way ?

He hasn't released an album in four years. Every single he's released since has been forgettable. His acting career flatlined and his latest business ventures (headphones, boxing promotion, etc.) have failed to make a significant impact.

This is no loss for Aftermath and, to be fair, it's been a long time coming.

mufcboy1999

AG918 wrote: »

He hasn't released an album in over four years. Every single he's released since has been forgettable. His acting career flatlined and his latest business ventures (headphones, boxing promotion, etc.) have failed to make a significant impact.

This is no loss for Aftermath and, to be fair, it's been a long time coming.

Exactly the reason he's left interscope. We up and major disbrution IMO are quality singles , my life wasn't great IMO but it was a number 1 single so from a commercial point of view that's not exactly irrelevant is it ?

He's released constant quailty mixtapes throughout the years and free content. Any other rapper of his size doesn't do that at all. Yes I'm a big fan but as far as the genre of gangsta rap goes he has to be considered as one of the most consistant rappers doing it.

His career outside music has nothing to do with it so there not worth talking about even though I entirely disagree with you on it.

Honestly what do you expect from him ? I'd like to see more diversity in his lyrics , even nas said in a recent interview that that's all he's missing is more diversity in his music but he makes gangsta hip hop and anything else will be deemed unacceptable from him.

conor.hogan.2

Lamont and Rakim were bigger losses.

People also forget Q (Soul and Rock will also release albums under Interscope/Aftermath) and Slaughterhouse can't always be this disappointing so the label is far from gone.

mufcboy1999

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Lamont and Rakim were bigger losses.

People also forget Q (Soul and Rock will also release albums under Interscope/Aftermath) and Slaughterhouse can't always be this disappointing so the label is far from gone.

Are you sure ? I'm nearly certain Q's oxymoran isnt going to be released via aftermath its just TDE/Interscope.

Lamar was the only one signed jointly to aftermath because he's the only one imo from the group with the potential to sell truck loads of records and crossover successfully into the mainstream commercial side of things which is why the album actually came out on aftermath.

The group black hippy also got a deal with interscope but not aftermath, its a bit all over the place. Agreed 100 per cent on lamont, i still follow him and he was imho a massive loss.

At the end of the day i think stat qou and sway have it in a nutshell about 50 leaving, its a good move.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.27640/title.stat-quo-how-long-was-50-cent-going-to-stay-under-eminem-dr-dre-

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.27644/title.sway-says-50-cent-probably-outgrew-interscope-

jigglypuffstuff

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Lamont and Rakim were bigger losses.

People also forget Q (Soul and Rock will also release albums under Interscope/Aftermath) and Slaughterhouse can't always be this disappointing so the label is far from gone.

Aftermath have lost more potential than any other label i know.
Dre and Rakim would have made great things happen.

That guy hayes they lost, he is a great rapper, vivid storyteller

Ill never forget the hopes I had for hayes after just hearing this snippet of a track

Game and Dre were great together, the music was just track after track of greatness

Busta Rhymes speaks for himself as does Xzibit, both excellent artists

It annoys me to think of the epic music that was, and still could be made that will never be revealed to us.

Bishop Lamont is a great rapper too, I like a lot of his stuff

Dre's great to sign artists, thats about it though..I'd doubt detox will ever come out..i suspect with the current era of 808 rap as I like to call it : dre's afraid his old style will be irrelavant.

But hey, I suppose dre's take is : F*ck music, who needs it when you have got billion dollar headphones

mufcboy1999

Hayes is with floyd mayweather, never rated him that much tbh.

AG918

mufcboy1999 wrote: »

Exactly the reason he's left interscope. We up and major disbrution IMO are quality singles , my life wasn't great IMO but it was a number 1 single so from a commercial point of view that's not exactly irrelevant is it ?

'We Up' is the only of his recent efforts that's in any way memorable, largely due to Kendrick's presence on the track. 'Major Distribution' was poor. 'My Life' was plain awful. The track was a commercial success because it featured Eminem and Adam Levine, arguably the two most popular commercial artists at the time of its release. Today, it's just another forgotten hip-pop collaboration.

I agree that 50's departure from Aftermath is a good move and will likely benefit his career. At the same time, it's no loss to Aftermath. The label won't miss him.

kryogen

I am not sure how I would agree it is the end for Shady/Aftermath though anyway

Streamlining isnt much of an issue if you are commercially successful, having less artists to support isnt necessarily a ba thing, you know pretty much anything Em puts out is going to sell huge and if Dre ever does bring out a new another album that will bring in huge money for the label too

No risk there at all in the stable at the moment

The parting of 50 and Shady/Aftermath is good for both parties in the long run I would bet

jigglypuffstuff

kryogen wrote: »

I am not sure how I would agree it is the end for Shady/Aftermath though anyway

Streamlining isnt much of an issue if you are commercially successful, having less artists to support isnt necessarily a ba thing, you know pretty much anything Em puts out is going to sell huge and if Dre ever does bring out a new another album that will bring in huge money for the label too

No risk there at all in the stable at the moment

The parting of 50 and Shady/Aftermath is good for both parties in the long run I would bet

But will Em release again?

Id be expecting a gold nugget to fall out of my ass crack before detox is released, dre's got bigger fish to fry it would appear.

kryogen

I would think Em will release again yes, Dre, **** knows tbh, I am sure he will at some stage, it has reached Chinese Democracy levels at this stage though

Boom_Bap

kryogen wrote: »

I would think Em will release again yes, Dre, **** knows tbh, I am sure he will at some stage, it has reached Chinese Democracy levels at this stage though

I think I read that Em has already started work on his next album.

As for 50, although I'm not a fan of his music, he has less ties now and I believe he was frustrated with the last deal he was tied up in. So it's a good move for him which will allow him to release music that he wants to make on his schedule.....he can also release the music on the platform he chooses.

Was there not supposed to be a 50 cent album release before he parted ways?

mufcboy1999

Was there not supposed to be a 50 cent album release before he parted ways?

creative differences , i guess jimmy and interscope wanted it to sound different. Bit like jay z buying himself out of his def jam contract years back really so he could be his own boss.

'We Up' is the only of his recent efforts that's in any way memorable, largely due to Kendrick's presence on the track. 'Major Distribution' was poor. 'My Life' was plain awful. The track was a commercial success because it featured Eminem and Adam Levine, arguably the two most popular commercial artists at the time of its release. Today, it's just another forgotten hip-pop collaboration.

Wouldnt go that far, he's released lots of good songs from mixtapes before that imo. Several mixtape songs making the billboard charts, not many can do that.

But ye the eminem ft played a huge role in my life being number 1. Im not arguing the fact he isnt as relevant as he use to be because he's clearly not but all of gangsta hip hop has taken a hit. 50 imo is the most consistent rapper doing gangsta hip hop, its a sub genre in itself.

It's only now 50 is reaching out for features, he's never needed them and tbh right now he probably does but he's released countless bangers from his mixtapes the last two years during the whole album dispute with the label.

Like you said this is the best move for both parties and like said i think he outgrew the label with the amount of stuff he has going on outside music, it makes sense to tie it all in one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzinA__VAmE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMh0MdFrsvY

jillymayr

50 wont have a career outside of shady - just watch

jigglypuffstuff

50 doesnt have a career anyway

he's a businessman not a rapper, he thrived off beef, then he met the game, they went toe to toe and G-unit got destroyed. this was about a decade ago