It's May 21, 2024, 06:32:04 AM
Stay telling his story. I hope he can transition from being interviewed about his time on aftermath and being an actual interview about Stat. Right now as long as the focus is on Aftermath he'll ride that like everyone else.
That whole Shady/Aftermath, I don’t know what’s up with them. I don’t know how they eat. I don’t know how them as a label are not putting music out. I don’t understand that. I do believe that maybe next year Eminem will come out. I know 50 Cent is coming out but I don’t know about Dre. But I definitely think 50 and Em are coming out.
Do you think Dre believed in your music privately? He believed in my music but what it was was just fear – the fear of what the world is going to believe in my music and if they didn’t how would they look at him and how would it affect his legacy. That’s with every artist. He’s excited about every artist he signs and he believes in them, that’s why he signs them. The problem is when the doubt comes in about how the people will believe it. And that’s another thing – people think Dre don’t be on the internet. He’s on the internet and he sees the comments and it scares the shit out of him. Yeah, he’s rich and he’s got a lot of money but he’s reading the comments. He put out two incredible albums, classics, now he has to turn around and put out another and everything that he does, because he’s considered by many to be the best, everything has to be up to that caliber and if it’s not he’s afraid that he’s going to mess up what he has going on and how people perceive him. Think about it, man, The Chronic 2001, the only song that he likes on there is “Light Speed” That was the only song that Dre thought was the shit. Everything else, he wasn’t really that in love with. All that classic shit and everything else, he’s just like, ‘Eh.’ The song he loved most is “Light Speed.” He’s got “The Next Episode” and all these great records and “Light Speed” is the only one he likes. Come on, man.
I can understand the mixed feelings Stat has. At one hand you've gained all this experience and you've been opened up to an entirely new circumstances but on the other ain't shit pop off because they didn't have faith. So, it's a love'em but hate'em situation. He really can't ride for them but he'd feel wrong if he straight up dissed them. Instead he'll tell the truth which reveals Dre as a man that is a perfectionist and has a deep love for music. Additionally, he cares about his legacy so whatever he cosigns matters to him. Combined together with his other tendencies it appears he might be grimey unless someone backs you. But is anyone too surprised? Everyone done dissed Dre, from tupac to Eazy-E. Does anyone know what Stat Quo said that pissed off Eminem in after that meeting? I bet when Em stopped fucking with him then Dre did too.