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50 Cent has confirmed that his next official LP, Five (Murder By Numbers), is set to drop on July 3. In a wide-ranging conversation with Philadelphia radio station Hot 107.9, which comes off his recent appearance on "Oprah's Next Chapter," Fif also touched on label politics and boxer Floyd Mayweather's stint in prison.The new album, which follows the back-to-basics Lost Tape and The Big Ten freebies, will be the last in his turbulent deal with Interscope. "I said I was gonna put a record out that was completely up to album standard, and I'm gonna do that. I worked on this album for a long time. It's been three years," he said.The reason for the delay? Label politics. 50 actually gave his longtime home Interscope credit for his musical successes, but noted that it's easier to see their failures when an artist doesn't have excessive hype. "Labels at different points, they drop the ball," Fif said. "It's not visible when the momentum is feverish. For me, with Interscope, all the success I've had in music has been with them."The G-Unit CEO, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, also gave an update on his friend Floyd Mayweather, who is currently serving a three-month sentence for domestic battery of an ex-girlfriend in front of their two children. "He's not doing good right now," said 50. "He only been out seven hours since he been in there. They doin' everything to make this difficult." Right before Mayweather began his sentence last month, Fif told MTV News that the boxer has a deep connection with music. "Floyd has a huge passion for music that people don't know about," 50 explained. "It's a big part of what makes him comfortable and takes his mind off of how hard he has to work to stay being the #1 fighter in the world."
I would be shocked if this dropped in three weeks. & no, he doesn't have a single out lol.What was this Game reference? I guess I missed it.
What goes on?
Quote from: Chamillitary Click on June 27, 2012, 09:52:22 AMWhat goes on?No retail release. It's only available on iTunes and Amazon.
I guess Interscope was like "fuck this, were not spending a dollar on promotion" & 50 doesn't want to reach into his own pocket for promotion, so it's just going to go promotionless outside of whatever he can do on Twitter.30K like I said earlier sounds like a lot now.
Quote from: Chamillitary Click on June 28, 2012, 01:58:23 PMI guess Interscope was like "fuck this, were not spending a dollar on promotion" & 50 doesn't want to reach into his own pocket for promotion, so it's just going to go promotionless outside of whatever he can do on Twitter.30K like I said earlier sounds like a lot now.I wonder if they gonna count this as an album and let 50 out of his contract