Aftermath statistics...

[Larrabee]

20 artists have officially been signed to Aftermath in the last 10 years. Out of those 20,
only 6 have released an album under Aftermath.

Hittman - 10 guest appearances on "2001", wrote Dre's verse on "The Next Episode"
Years Signed - 3
Albums Released - 0

Rakim - guest appeared on Truth Hurts "Addictive" & Jay-Z's "The Watcher 2"
Years Signed - 3
Albums Released - 0 ( "Oh My God" shelved )

Antonio
Years Signed - 1
Albums Released - 0

Truth Hurts - had a top 10 hit with "Addictive", released her debut album on Aftermath
Years Signed - 3
Albums Released - 1 ( later pulled off shelves due to lawsuit over "Addictive" )

Shaunta - appeared on "The Wash" & "8 Mile" soundtracks
Years Signed - 2
Albums Released - 0

Joe Beast - appeared on "The Wash" & "8 Mile" soundtracks
Years Signed - 2
Albums Released - 0

Brooklyn - appeared on 50 Cent's "In Da Hood"
Years Signed - 1
Albums Released - 0

The Game - first signed to Aftermath in, later co-signed with G-Unit and dropped
"The Documentary"
Years Signed - 4
Albums Released - 1

G.A.G.E.
Years Signed - 1
Albums Released - 0

Joell Ortiz
Years Signed - 1
Albums Released - 0

Dion - originally Hi-Tek's protege, appeared on Game's "Documentary" & 50's "Massacre"
Years Signed - 1
Albums Released - 0

Tiffany Villarreal
Years Signed - 1
Albums Released - 0

Eve - Dre produced on 2 of her non-Aftermath albums, featured on Mary J Blige's "Not
Today" and Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl"
Years Signed - 4
Albums Released - 0 ( "Here I Am" shelved )

Busta Rhymes - signed in 2004, dropped one album and scheduled to drop
followup before leaving the label.
Years Signed - 4
Albums Released - 1 ( "Blessed" shelved )

Stat Quo - guest appeared on Eminem's "Encore", Young Buck's "Straight Outta
Cashville" and the Re-Up album. Dropped "Like Dat" as a buzz single, later planned
on releasing "Get Low" as a single before dropping "Here We Go". Statlanta
pushed back 328 times.
Years Signed - 5
Albums Released - 0 ( "Statlanta" shelved )

Marsha Ambrosius - guest spots on Game's "Documentary" and Busta's "Big Bang"
Years Signed - 2
Albums Released - 0

Bishop Lamont - dropped "Grow Up" as the offical single off his debut, "The Reformation"
Years Signed - 3
Albums Released - 0 ( "The Reformation" pending... )

50 Cent - released 3 albums on Shady\Aftermath
Years Signed - 5
Albums Released - 3 ( "Before I Self Destruct" pending... )

Eminem - released 4 studio albums on Aftermath, 5 including "Curtain Call: The Hits"
Years Signed - 10
Albums Released - 5 ( "King Mathers" pending... )

Dr. Dre - founder, CEO of Aftermath Entertainment, dropped "2001" 9 years ago
Years Signed - 12
Albums Released 1 ( "Look out for Detox" )

Stat Quo is pretty much finished, and there's word Bishop is as well. That label is on some voodoo shit.

[Meho]

Good post. Same shit with Shady records, I think that Em's and Dre's problem is that they put too much pressure on the debut album because if you look at Dre's track record, he's uaully not so involved in the sophomore albums/let's artist do their own thing.

They do drop one album per year, looks like this year is gonna be Before I Self Destruct, scheculed to drop December 9th.

[HimselfTheMajestic]

nah it ain't voodoo shit.

dr. dre is just lazy as fuck. that, and a perfectionist.

even D.O.C. said that shit in that one interview.
and dre has said the same before.

i don't understand it, so much talent gone to waste over at this
label, don't know why people keep fucking with them.

luckily joell ortiz jumped ship in time.

i hope to hear statlanta one day if it ever gets leaked or released.

anyone know if "oh my god" by rakim is floating around in its entirety on the net?
all i have is "after you die", and that shit was incredible.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Good post.

Stat is on his way out the label, watch...

[BANGADOSHISH!!]

whoz antonio?

[HimselfTheMajestic]

Good post.

Stat is on his way out the label, watch...

stats been out no?

he claimed hes gonna leak the album. and all this other shit,and that itll drop but without
dre and em.

real talk, if he decides to release it without dre and em,
he better have knottz and hi tek take care of his beats, that'd be fire.

[1234]

Good post but Game only signed in 2003. He was dropped in middle 2006.

[R-Tistic]

I was mentioning this in the "Aftermath Legacy" thread.

However....truth is, many labels are similar in that they sign MANY artists, and only release a few. The main reason we realize this with Aftermath is because they are a major label, and really the only West Coast powerhouse label since Death Row...so we always place emphasis on the artists that are signed. I'll even make a bold statement that Aftermath's eye for talent has only been C+, possibly B- level. I look at that list of artists and say damn...even if they had come out, who would have really made impact? Who really had TRUE talent and would have been successful as an artist?

I feel that Aftermath may have a higher "turnover" rate than some other companies...but most labels sign a variety of artists "just in case." When Game was first scheduled to come out, nearly every label signed at least one West Coast rapper...so it was like "if Game helps the West come back, we'll have a West Coast artist to put out and live off of his buzz."

[bullet_wrongkind]

whoz antonio?

me

[Dre-Day]

lol  
Aftermathmathematics

edit:

I only mentioned those signed the last decade, but there are at least 4-5 others from the early Aftermath days. You can also consider the Raekwon situation, as he was gonna release "Cuban Linx II" through Dre or he was going to be co-executive producer. Then there was that deal with Ice Cube in late 2002, early 2003...that fell through as well.

you're right, my bad 

[Larrabee]

I only mentioned those signed the last decade, but there are at least 4-5 others from the early Aftermath days. You can also consider the Raekwon situation, as he was gonna release "Cuban Linx II" through Dre or he was going to be co-executive producer. Then there was that deal with Ice Cube in late 2002, early 2003...that fell through as well.

[RingMan]

that's really bad statistic, Eve got dropped too...

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Now, take 3 other labels, and do the same thing, compare the results..  This thread is worthless now cuz tons of ppl get dropped on EVERY label.

[Larrabee]

True, but I noticed there's a strong emphasis on Dre and his label, like R-Tistic pointed out. He's the biggest name outta the west in terms of mainstream producers. Aftermath is or at one time was, one of the most hyped record labels in the game. Now with all these artists getting dropped or lost in the shuffle, it's crazy when you think about how many credible artists have left on bad terms.

[MontrealCity's Most]

I was mentioning this in the "Aftermath Legacy" thread.

However....truth is, many labels are similar in that they sign MANY artists, and only release a few. The main reason we realize this with Aftermath is because they are a major label, and really the only West Coast powerhouse label since Death Row...so we always place emphasis on the artists that are signed. I'll even make a bold statement that Aftermath's eye for talent has only been C+, possibly B- level. I look at that list of artists and say damn...even if they had come out, who would have really made impact? Who really had TRUE talent and would have been successful as an artist?

I feel that Aftermath may have a higher "turnover" rate than some other companies...but most labels sign a variety of artists "just in case." When Game was first scheduled to come out, nearly every label signed at least one West Coast rapper...so it was like "if Game helps the West come back, we'll have a West Coast artist to put out and live off of his buzz."

well spoken