It's May 26, 2024, 06:25:17 PM
Good post.Stat is on his way out the label, watch...
whoz antonio?
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.
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."