If you ain't Em or Kendrick. Didn't realize how many artists left the label without getting their shyt put out. Heard Dre can be a bytch to work with if you ain't come correct with the hooks and concept he has in his mind. I'm glad Em didn't get delayed and shelved like a bunch of these other cats. Speaks to his ability to craft a song back in the early days. It also suggests that Dre may have been more desperate and thus less risk-adverse as well.
Getting an album put out on Aftermath is pretty much 50-50
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Suicide King
#OldBlack
How many artists on Aftermath? I thought it was only Em?
Shady/Aftermath would be the way to go, because even Slaughterhouse has an album on the way. Even Yelawolf dropped.
Shady/Aftermath would be the way to go, because even Slaughterhouse has an album on the way. Even Yelawolf dropped.
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Suppose be a IT cert like you coli nikkaz
10-90 breh
Eminem, 50, Kendrick Lamar, Jon Connor
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
Tons of people leave labels all the time. The fact that Aftermath is much more visible and it is a powerhouse imprint, makes it seem like more.
King T and Bishop Lamont should have put out albums, really.
King T and Bishop Lamont should have put out albums, really.
On aftermath been plenty of artists that never dropped... if i remember correctly the aftermath projects that dropped that are completely aftermath are eminem & dre.
Counting joint label deals we can add firm 50, Kendrick Lamar, & Firm... may be wrong but i think thats it...
Now if you look at the artists that at one time or another were supposed to drop album based on wikipedia on the label you have:
thats about a 21% of successfully dropping if you sign to aftermath...
thats pretty terrible, but maybe no worse than industry norm... thing is most artists that are signed but not dropping you never hear of them at all... maybe a lot of labels have these release percentages... especially now in the era of 'we aint releasing your single until you build up your own buzz'...
Counting joint label deals we can add firm 50, Kendrick Lamar, & Firm... may be wrong but i think thats it...
Now if you look at the artists that at one time or another were supposed to drop album based on wikipedia on the label you have:
- Antonio McLendon[20]
- Bishop Lamont
- Brooklyn[21]
- Busta Rhymes
- Dion[22]
- Eve
- G.A.G.E.[23]
- Hayes[24]
- Hittman
- King Tee
- Joell Ortiz
- Marsha Ambrosius
- Raekwon
- Rakim[25]
- RBX
- Slim the Mobster
- Stat Quo
- The Last Emperor
- Truth Hurts
thats about a 21% of successfully dropping if you sign to aftermath...
thats pretty terrible, but maybe no worse than industry norm... thing is most artists that are signed but not dropping you never hear of them at all... maybe a lot of labels have these release percentages... especially now in the era of 'we aint releasing your single until you build up your own buzz'...
Busta Rhymes dropped the Big Bang on aftermath
Didn't dre make Bishop Lamont repeat a single bar over 50 times til he said the dre wanted it? I'm looking for that article
I remember Dre brought Gwen Stefani down to tears because he ripped the concept of her song and made her rewrite her lyrics over 12 times. Apparently 50 cent told her to brush the criticism and that usually you go to Dre last because he's an a$$hole to work with. Remember reading somewhere that Em used to complain to his mistress that Dre wasn't taking him seriously and still criticized his joints even when he was working on the Eminem show.
I don't really have a problem with that at all... Dre is the producer he is supposed to constantly push the artists... the 'problem' in my mind is more that Dre is completely financial set and has no real incentive to ever drop another album for any artist on aftermath, combine that with his perfectionist nature, and just a guess but it seems extreme fear of failure... and you get the aftermath situation...
I think Dre as an artist is way more productive when he has an easy e or a suge knight who is trying to drop a new album every month, and dre is pushing back and forcing it to slow down to a new good album every 6 months... without that force seems dre is content to drop 1 dope album every decade...
realistically signing with aftermath is a good move to do for 3 or so years if you are young to get a couple dope singles and relationships out of the mix... one good thing about dre is he seems to treat his artist well financial when they sign they get mad studio work under there belt, and when an artist is ready to leave he lets them without a big payout required... i wouldnt sign and expect my album to ever drop, basically eminem is the only not dre aftermath only artist to drop in the last 15 years... and seems like after the first album its been interscope forcing dre to actually release eminem records...
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
Aftermath is just an imprint under Interscope and a number of these artists didn't get pushed because Jimmy Iovine didn't want to waste Interscope resources on them when they had other artists to take care of. fukked up but that is how business works.....
Raekwon was going to do a joint venture with Aftermath to put it out but Dr Dre got busy. He still got 3 songs on it but he wasn't really an artist on that label.
Truth Hurts put her album out but since the sample was never cleared for the single DJ Quik produced the album got pulled in court. It was on the shelves though.
Busta Rhymes put an album out.
Eve was sent to Ruff Ryders by Dr Dre, she wasn't signed the first time around. When she came back her career was done and she wanted to act.
This list also forgot Knocturnal....
If Suge wasn't apart of Deathrow we would of missed out on a lot of classic material because Andre hated most of it. Hell he didn't even like Deep Cover. Suge knew what sounded good & put it out.
Suicide King
#OldBlack
I don't think Suge care or could spot a hit. He let Left Eye put out an abomination. He just let guys chill in the studio. Remember it was Pac who recruited the producers to do 7 Day Theory, all the artists you used to call it the "wack room" where those producers used to be.
Suge knew the Death Row logo was enough to move albums. I remember if I saw Priority or Ruff House I bought the album without even knowing anything about the rapper.