Westside Gunn Makes It Clear On Eminem Promoting The Alchemist’s New Album

[Deltron]

sorry WSG...everyone knew it was a bad idea to sign to shady..it's not like we have loads of examples to pull from on why you shouldn't sign to eminem


can't wait until dec for the annual sway/em interview where Em plays and insists he's doing all he can to big up Griselda

 

[ExodusNirvana]

They’re only popping on thecoli

I don't even think the Coli really fukks with them like that TBH

 

[Ty-Fife]

I mean to be fair, Gunn did always say the main reason they ended up at Shady was because FlyGod - that had Bronson, Alch and Danny Brown who he was cool with - were being managed by Rosenberg's Goliath label, so it felt natural to do the deal.

 

[BK The Great]

Hiphop doesn’t work like that anymore

And that's bad. We barely see any posse songs like the past, that's what makes things interesting. For example when have we ever got major songs like this as of recently?

 

[Ty-Fife]

They’re only popping on thecoli

Literally heard a whip play the Benny joint with Wayne over there weekend...

 

[UserNameless]

...I don’t get why Con n Gunn signed to em

You know why

 

[CrimsonTider]

And that's bad. We barely see any posse songs like the past, that's what makes things interesting. For example when have we ever got major songs like this as of recently?

 

[CrimsonTider]

I don't even think the Coli really fukks with them like that TBH

Benny sold 18k first week. I don’t think that could be considered popping under any circumstances

 

[BK The Great]

I'm good with that Jack Harlow dude

 

[Awesome Wells]

That's not on Shady.

This isn't 1998, no one with a decent buzz should be signing with any of these labels now. Especially if they already have their own imprint. But a lot of rappers still look for the affiliation and think that's going to help them sell. They didn't even need to ink anything up with Em. In 2017, Griselda was already bubbling. That's bad business on their part because now Shady gets to reap the benefits of having them as signees, without even having to do anything more than the bare minimum, as the label.

Blaming the label for not doing what you want them to do, doesn't fly these days. It's 2020, if you have an established name, signing with a label should be the last thing you're doing, unless you just want a quick little advance check.

 

[Cladyclad]

Benny sold 18k first week. I don’t think that could be considered popping under any circumstances

In Benny case hell yeah it is

them dudes don’t chart at all for the most part. Benny probably sold more than the last 5 GR combined 1st week

 

[head shots101]

“let Griselda go”

 

[Oldschooler]

Y'all are just picking at straws. It's been said in this thread a few times. Griselda doesn't make mainstream music. Not one label has the ability to make them mainstream unless they change as artists and tbh I don't think you can change dudes like comway and benny.

They made the wrong choice they should have just stayed indy and not have had other hands in their pockets.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Why Em didn’t put Griselda on his new album but had the defunct Slaughterhouse on there? He hasn’t really helped them, all he gave them was that one verse that everyone hated. That never really made sense to me, those guys could’ve had a plaque just off that one feature.

Slaughterhouse AND Griselda on "I Will"

To me it felt like Em was letting them rock because he knew if he got too close they would lose their luster and simply be some dudes signed to Shady rather than their own little thing, Griselda

I felt like at this point Em realized that maybe less it more to let them to their thing because they're popping on their own WITHOUT an Em co-sign

I think Eminem's learned from previous instances where this happened. He's not going to write a hook for WSG or Conway and expect them to use it, or executive produce an album for Griselda with Skylar Grey on the lead single.

 

[dubsmith_nz]

That's not on Shady.

This isn't 1998, no one with a decent buzz should be signing with any of these labels now. Especially if they already have their own imprint. But a lot of rappers still look for the affiliation and think that's going to help them sell. They didn't even need to ink anything up with Em. In 2017, Griselda was already bubbling. That's bad business on their part because now Shady gets to reap the benefits of having them as signees, without even having to do anything more than the bare minimum, as the label.

Blaming the label for not doing what you want them to do, doesn't fly these days. It's 2020, if you have an established name, signing with a label should be the last thing you're doing, unless you just want a quick little advance check.

I dunno what rewards Shady are reaping though because Griselda ain't selling shyt