Makonnen seems miserable being signed to OVO/WB (Fader Interview)

[Vinny Lupton]

Damn, Makonnen | The FADER

What's your relationship with OVO like?

It's cool, they put out my music and stuff and we just keep it moving. Let them tell you their relationship with Makonnen. I'm just an artist, being an artist, and there's only so much that I can do.

Do you feel like you aren’t able to release music as freely as you’d like?

Nah. I’ve had “Second Chance” finished since January. That was supposed to be that summer banger this summer. That was supposed to be out, touching people and hitting them this summer. By the time next year they'll be ready for something else. It's all late. People are doubting me, doubting what the fukk I said when I made the fukking song. You wait a year later and it's whatever. Hopefully, it's worked right. The song is structured properly. Everything is all there for proper radio play to just spin it over and over to people. Who knows? I don't know what the fukk they want.

Do you feel like you’d want to be like Future or Young Thug, in their ability to put out a bunch of mixtapes at will?

I wish I could be like them and put out a bunch of mixtapes. I wish I could.

So why don't you just do it?

Because I have relationships to keep and I can't make people mad and that's not how certain people operate. I'm just being a respectable employee right now.

Are you happy right now?

A little bit, with myself I am. I wish I could make more money. I wish I could help more people out. I wish I could spend more time with people but shyt, I can't. I know what I have to do to get to the next place I want to be and I have to shut a lot of people off and get really busy with work.

 

[MufasaChoppa]

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

The realization that once he signed he was doomed to having to give drake all his songs has hit him. He thought shyt was sweet when drake jumped on tuesday thinking drake would push him as an artist

 

[JayGatsby]

drake been using people since day 1

 

[Vinny Lupton]

The realization that once he signed he was doomed to having to give drake all his songs has hit him. He thought shyt was sweet when drake jumped on tuesday thinking drake would push him as an artist

Signing to any artists label seems like a bad idea. Only J. Cole has benefited from that arrangement and that's cuz Jay is in a stage in his career where he doesn't need to be taking your singles. Abel won

 

[Hardaway]

come to G Unit for a better deal
- coli

 

[Populair]

"Shut up and write my melody fakkit"- Aubrey to the obese hairdresser :mjweekndcry:

 

[MrPentatonic]

drake aint forgive him for them tweets lol

 

[Scottie Drippin]

The OVO EP strategy isn't working for anyone.

Also is there anyone who thinks this wasn't one of his songs? Team Drake was probably sitting on Second Chance all year and just decided they didn't want it last month and put it out for Makonen

 

[Birnin Zana]

Signing to any artists label seems like a bad idea. Only J. Cole has benefited from that arrangement and that's cuz Jay is in a stage in his career where he doesn't need to be taking your singles. Abel won

Hell yea Abel won. I seriously doubt he would have the success he has now if he stayed with OVO.

In fact, who else in OVO has been poppin like that, outside of Drake? Makonnen and PND had a song or two, then you don't here much of them on the radio.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Another one bites the dust.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

If Abel signed with ovo drake would be bigger and Abel would still be making mixtapes.

 

[TruDatz]

drake aint forgive him for them tweets lol

basically. how you bite the hand that feed you? this nikka delusional, they bout to be like diddy on his ass

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

Makonnen bout to be Memph Bleek status

 

[Birnin Zana]

If Abel signed with ovo drake would be bigger and Abel would still be making mixtapes.

At least Abel can do mixtapes. Looks like Makonnen can't even do that.