50 Cent’s 5th album, his last for Interscope Records is due out in November but the launch pad is nowhere in sight. In this new interview with MTV UK, Fif talks about the “actual” reason for the delay and why he is frustrated with the team over at the label.
“To this point, Iāve recorded more than enough material for it. Itās interesting, Iāve taken more time than I usually take on this record. Itās actually my final requirement. My fifth album and the final requirement for Interscope. I had some difficulties with the actual system. There are people there that are afraid to lose their job; theyāve seen other people get fired. I think theyāre afraid to make some decisions that need to be made right away, they just sit and look.
Weāve had some conversations communicated to develop plans for different things and itās not actually executed in the time plan that weāve created. And I get frustrated and I start doing things, like I put the record out. I condition my core audience to hear me a lot, because I perform at least two albums worth of material before I actually release the album. And when they donāt hear aggressive content, they turn their nose up at material, unless itās already worked on radio.”
And though he doesn’t explicitly mention the much hated ‘I’m On It’ song, we know he’s really talking about it here:
“It doesnāt actually mean that I donāt like the company because all the success Iāve had in my career has been with Interscope records. Itās just a frustration at different points – like I had a song just go out and it was in their position, they were moving around to actually make the music video for it and then they go āok, I donāt want that song no moreā because itās been presented in the wrong way to the public. Then people go ‘I donāt like this, I like this, I donāt know!ā – thereās no event to it. Itās not difficult when youāve recorded 40 songs, itās like so what? If you only have one song, you should just go jump off the song. Go get it.”
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