Game is back on Aftermath?!?!?

I'm sure this move isn't going to be something 50 Cent is happy about, and now I wonder what the deal is with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.  We all know that Dre has planned on releasing Detox when it is ready for him, so this move to reunite with the West Coast's prominent rapper isn't surprising.  Resurrecting the West is exactly what Dre needs to do for himself to create a buzz back in his music, and to become relevant again in my opinion.  With this move I feel like an Eminem and Game collaboration will come into play, and 50 will leave everything Interscope and Aftermath related with some pretty ill feelings.  I guess we should all stay tuned because I feel like we have a lot of drama ahead of us.

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Eve Leaves Interscope

Some more news that will make you yawn, this time again from HipHopDX.  These days the news front has been VERY slow, but hopefully within this next week I can post up some more music.  Anyways Eve has stated that she has left the Aftermath family and expect her album to be released this year.  Like any other artist's news, "I BELIEVE HER" (sarcasm).

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Diddy's Interscope

The news has been official for some time now, but for those who don't know Diddy has moved over to Interscope for his new album.  Bad Boy will be with him of course, and here is a video from Rap Basement showing Diddy chilling with some very interesting company.

Eminem the Marketing Genius?

Well we all on the internet know how Eminem and his album 'Relapse' have had viral marketing for a few months now. From the fake rehabilitation center, to the twitter account, Interscope fed Eminem as much money as it seems to get him pushed as the biggest product of 2009. The result? We are still waiting on that but it seems like 500k records sold is a reality. I think with myspace, the mobile game, the candy pills, and other marketing tools Eminem has done what I had said earlier, and that is he changed how a rapper could market a cd. Right now, the old formula is being used and it isn't connecting with fans. If rappers can get some financial backing from the industry, and socially network, along with creating the album as an event I feel the sales will come. What if another rapper made an event after his rap title? Before I Self Destruct, LupEnd, BluePrint 3? Hey guys we might need some work on your album names.

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Lloyd Banks Not On Interscope!

Christopher Lloyd aka Lloyd Banks has stated this himself in an interview that I found on SOHH. First I posted on Young Buck, now Banks and I have news on 50 cent today also. This might seem like the G-Unit blog, but nobody else is doing much lately. If Game had something interesting I would post it fo sho. Anyways, word is Banks is out of his contractual agreement with Interscope and is a Free Agent. The article said he has been this way since 2007 which means he only had a 2 solo album deal. Now Banks is saying he is willing to work with artists outside of G-Unit and is said to have a song with Jadakiss, Fabolous, and Juelz Santana. If this is true I can't wait for that to drop along with other songs Banks could be featured in, or artists he could be featured with. Hopefully the young man get's back into his grind on things and finds some good space, because the G-Unit empire has been crumbling for some time.

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Rick Ross is No Flop by 50 Cent

Yep I said by 50 cent because he said it himself. According to Curtis on an MTV interview, he said you cannot call any #1 album a flop. Has 50 Cent said he lost? Nah, because he also said there are a lot of freak numbers coming out of Def Jam. Could we have a label beef brewing? Interscope/Aftermath vs Def Jam? Probably not, but this softer side of 50 Cent has me confused as heck right now.

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Dr Dre Releases Bishop Lamont

CORRECTION DR DRE HAS NOT RELEASED BISHOP LAMONT. I'AM VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHO SAID HE WAS AND HERE IS THE LINK CONFIRMING BISHOP IS NOT RELEASED.

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I just got this from browsing the Web. Dr Dre has released Bishop Lamont from his Aftermath label. Now many questions arise with this release. Did Dre do this because of the Game & Lamont beef? Is Bishop moving to G-Unit or another Interscope Affiliate? Or did Bishop just get annoying for Dre to handle? One thing I know for sure, Bishop would not have sold a significant amount of records because his buzz was 2-3 years ago.

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Inspired by Spears?

I found this short article stating that 50 cent was inspired by Britney Spears for his new cd. I hope Curtis doesn't go getting a girl pregnant, admitting himself into rehab, and growing his hair looking like a girl. Wait! he has already got baby momma drama, has a former associate who needs rehab, and has some pimpin curly videos out on his website. Do I smell copycat?

Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hoTqEVWUbNoAsAu4m9oZrrb5ufeQ