50 Cent And G-Unit Records Sign Worldwide Distribution Agreement (Now Independant) (AnAmb June 3rd)

[stepbackj34spud]

 

[FlyRy]

So while you're in it, try to get as much shyt as you can
And when your run is over just admit when it's at its end

 

[beenz]

I'm confused. how does this deal benefit the label if shady/aftermath still retains rights to his albums that actually sold???

 

[Canada Goose]

I hope SKI leaks in the near future as that seems to be a entirely different album than Animal Ambition...

 

[Jerz-2]

I have always lauded 50’s business acumen over his actual rapping skills, I think he’s way way WAY more influential and important to the culture as an entrepreneur and philanthropist than as an artist.
That being said, if I was in that camp my concerns would be that, first:

The superstar recording artist transitions to independent status after a successful twelve years at Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, during which time he sold more than 30 million albums.

....does 50 or anybody in his camp even have the DRAWING POWER to think that they will become richer off this deal? Like, I don’t care who distributes your shyt, if nobody’s BUYING IT, then fukk your distribution deal. People really AREN'T checking for his music like that. Sure, you got the diehards like cats on this board, but that's a minority. Fif ain't moving no units, so a deal like this has to be looked at in the proper context. Secondly:

Get Rich or Die Tryin', The Massacre, Curtis and Before I Self Destruct, will continue to be marketed and released by Shady/Aftermath/Interscope.

….so basically Jimmy gets to rape him into perpetuity. I mean damn, if he does make new music and it's profitable under this new deal, that's cool, but he'll NEVER sell 30 million records under THIS deal like he did under the Interscope deal. So who CARES about him owning the masters to his NEW music when ain't nobody buyin' the shyt?

Aside from those two things, be happy for ANY Black person making moves like this.

 

[Jerz-2]

Mock artists for signing to low-budget pseudo indies by calling them "graveyards where rappers go to die", call yourself Curtis "Interscope" Jackson, fall off, have your album pushed back like 2.5 years by Interscope while putting out a historic run of flopped singles, finally throw in the towel and sign to a low budget pseudo indie label yourself...and have your stans call it a "power move", brehs

 

[Jerz-2]

I'm confused. how does this deal benefit the label if shady/aftermath still retains rights to his albums that actually sold???

That's exactly the same thing I said.

This deal is, like, eight years too late.