Eminem “In Limbo”; Debating Plans For New Album

MTV wrote on August 28, 2007:From all indications, it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting a new Eminem album anytime soon. The seldom-heard-from MC called up New York’s Hot 97 on Wednesday afternoon (September 12) to congratulate 50 Cent on the release of Curtis. Em also told host Angie Martinez he was “in limbo” and “debating” about when – and if – he would put out another LP. Later he elaborated: “I’m always working, I’m always in the studio. It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I don’t wanna go back to the negative stuff. … Going through some personal things, coming out of those personal things, it feels good.” Em also noted that he has been in the studio every day working on projects for his Shady label….

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50 Cent Has Recorded Material For New Eminem Album

MTV UK wrote: Get the lowdown this week from the hardman of hip hop – 50 Cent, we’ll be delving into the World Exclusive! 50 Cent talks to Loaded interview! MTV have some real 50 Cent insights right here…I’ve got a fair few celebrity friends now. I’ve been around a while and they know I’m not one of those rappers who disappear after one song. I’ve been to De Niro’s house, met his wife and went to a firing range with him. He’s a good shot, but I’m better. That man can shoot, though. I am doing a boxing film with Nicholas Cage and I’m starting filming on one called Righteous Killers with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. I love those guys in Heat, especially the scene in the diner.“I don’t see Eminem or Dr Dre much these days, which is a shame. We’re all so busy. I have laid down a track with him for Em’s new record. The other person I’d love to work with is Robbie Williams. I’ve spoken to him, he was meant to do it for my new album, but we were both too busy.”, 50 Cent

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Eminem Album Confirmed By Stat Quo

HipHopDX wrote on August 28, 2007: The first Southern signee to Shady/Aftermath Records, Stat Quo, spoke exclusively to HipHopDX.com regarding the delay in releasing his debut album, Statlanta.“The single didn’t react the way I wanted it to,” says Stat of the decision to postpone his album’s release based on the reception at radio of its intended first single, the Dr. Dre-produced ‘Here We Go.’ “It wasn’t really pushed as the big single. The label pushed it like one of the records I would leak. It was a breakdown in communication between Shady/Aftermath, Interscope, and myself. But we back on track now.”The new jumpoff joint for Statlanta is ‘G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised In The South).’ A forthcoming video for the song will set off the setup for Stat’s album (along with an Internet-only clip for another track on Statlanta, ‘We Get Higher’).

For many months the release date scheduled for Statlanta was today, August 28th, but now the album is without a new set date, and Stat forewarns it could be delayed until as late as next year. “If it was to go to 2008 it would be a different thing though,” he explains. “Like, when Game came out he came out the top of that year, but his buzz was crazy. If [Statlanta] was to [drop in ‘08] it would be that type of situation with me.

”If that scenario plays out it will have taken over 4 years from the time Stat first signed with Shady/Aftermath records to release his debut album. But he has yet to give any serious thought to leaving the label. “To say I’m not frustrated, I would be lying,” laments Stat of the several corrupted setups for Statlanta he’s been forced to endure since 2004. “If I didn’t have my album to listen to I probably would’ve been like, I’m out. But [the album] is so good I want it to come out the way it is.

”Boasting a half-dozen Dr. Dre produced tracks (’Here We Go,’ ‘Fire,’ ‘All Hood,’ ‘That’s Him,’ ‘What They Call Me,’ and ‘The Way It Is’), as well as three Eminem laced joints (’Testify,’ ‘30 Minutes,’ and “Memory Lane’), Statlanta is surely as good as Stat says it is. And it might just see the light of day right before a new Eminem album drops (“We did this record for his album, it’s got some of the greatest MC’s in the game on there,” says Stat before coyly dodging requests for more info). But Stat is careful to remind that the Shady/Aftermath release schedule is never set in stone. “Over here albums come out when they ready,” he says. “We don’t sit around and say, Okay, you coming first. It’s just more so when I’m ready it’s coming.”

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Lawyers Tell Eminem Not To Sue Apple

MacNN wrote on August 20, 2007: Recording artist Eminem would be unwise to pursue his lawsuit against Apple, according a several prominent copyright lawyers. Attorneys say Eminem’s lawsuit, among other similar suits, is unlikely to proceed very far, but the real goal of the litigation is to challenge the claim by record labels that they have the right to negotiate Internet sales on their behalf. “This particular issue is a real sore spot in the industry,” Jay Rosenthal, legal counsel for the Recording Artists’ Coalition told ZDNet. “It’s the gorilla in the room, and you’re going to start seeing more of these suits as you start to see layoffs and cutbacks.”At issue is the revenue that artists derive from digital downloads — a cut many say is unfair in the wake of declining CD sales. Artists receive about 16 cents per album sold at retail outlets, while the music publisher gets 9.1 cents. Lawsuits allege that artists receive about 4.5 cents on every 99-cent digital download.According to the Recording Industry Association of America, unit sales and revenue from CD sales declined more than 12 percent in 2006. In 2005, they fell 8 percent. Apple’s persistence with a 99 cent per song model may put it in the cross-hairs as this issue is played out through the courts, since most record companies, and in turn artists, want to see more flexibility in track pricing, with newer more popular releases fetching a higher cost than older titles in less demand.Among the others artists who have expressed discontent over their cut of download revenues are Cheap Trick and The Allman Brothers Band, who jointly filed a lawsuit last year that accused Sony BMG Music Entertainment of shortchanging them.

Sources: MacNN & TRshady.

Eminem Wins Detroit Hip Hop Award

Detnews wrote on August 14, 2007: The Fifth Annual Detroit Hip Hop Awards celebrated local talent, whom continually tough it out, producing bumpin’ grooves. Held at the nightclub Plan B in Detroit, the enthusiastic and diverse crowd, greeted, cheered and enjoyed performances by word-slingers Brilliance, Young Product &YBL, Phat Kat, Stretch Money and K-Deezy.This year’s 18 and up-event was hosted by Mark Da SparkWhile it was hoped that the event would start at 9 p.m., the festivities didn’t kick-off until 10:45 p.m.Such is hip hop.When things did commence, it was all about ladies first as Xplicit Lyric won for Female Artist of the Year. The rapper had just walked into the club when her name was announced. “I just came from work,” she said.Rapper Trick Trick, who was scheduled to perform, instead presented the last award of the night, Male Artist of the Year, which went to one of the big winners of the night K-Deezy, who walked away with three awards, including one that meant the most to him, Live Performer of the Year. “I told everyone that if I were to win any award that this one would be the most important,” he said. “When I perform I give you all I got.”The Detroit Hip Hop Awards are a labor of love started by DJs Money Mic and K-Nice.”We wanted to do more and put on a presentation,” Money Mic, (a.k.a. Mike Matkin) 34, said. “We wanted to let the local artists know that what they were doing was right.”The other triplicate-award winner was the late but still great J Dilla (a.k.a. James Yancey) who took Album of the Year National, Artist/Group of the Year National and Producer of the Year National. Rapper Phat Kat accepted the awards.J Dilla worked with artists such as rappers Common, Kanye West and formed the rap group Slum Village before his death at the age of 32.“God rest his soul,” Matkin said. “It has been a year-and-a-half since his death and he still has a presence.”

Eminem, while not present, won for Song of the Year for “No Apologies.”

List of winners

• Female Artist of the Year: Xplicit Lyric
• Group of the Year: Purple Gang
• Male Artist of the Year: K-Deezy
• Producer of the Year Local: Black Milk
• Producer of the Year National: J Dilla
• Mixtape DJ of the Year: DJ Young Mase
• Lyricist of the Year: Guilty Simpson
• Live Performer of the Year: K-Deezy
• Freestyle MC of the Year: Marv Won
• Song of the Year National: Eminem – “No Apologies”
• Video of the Year: Marquise Porter – “Alone”
• Album of the Year: K-Deezy – “Stuck In My Ways”
• Song of the Year: Stretch Money – “Takes Money To Make Money”
• Song of the Year Group: Black Milk ft Guilty Simpson – “Sound the Alarm”
• Artist Mixtape of the Year: Iron Fist Records – “Hand 2 Hand”
• Album of the Year National: J Dilla – “The Shining”
• Artist/Group of the Year National: J Dilla
• Soundscan Retailers Award: Mae West
• Detroit Recognition Award: Phat Kat

Sources: Detroit HipHop Awards, Detnews & TRshady.

Credit To sf For The News

Eminem Album Confirmed By Stat Quo

HipHopDX wrote on August 28, 2007: The first Southern signee to Shady/Aftermath Records, Stat Quo, spoke exclusively to HipHopDX.com regarding the delay in releasing his debut album, Statlanta.“The single didn’t react the way I wanted it to,” says Stat of the decision to postpone his album’s release based on the reception at radio of its intended first single, the Dr. Dre-produced ‘Here We Go.’ “It wasn’t really pushed as the big single. The label pushed it like one of the records I would leak. It was a breakdown in communication between Shady/Aftermath, Interscope, and myself. But we back on track now.”The new jumpoff joint for Statlanta is ‘G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised In The South).’ A forthcoming video for the song will set off the setup for Stat’s album (along with an Internet-only clip for another track on Statlanta, ‘We Get Higher’).

For many months the release date scheduled for Statlanta was today, August 28th, but now the album is without a new set date, and Stat forewarns it could be delayed until as late as next year. “If it was to go to 2008 it would be a different thing though,” he explains. “Like, when Game came out he came out the top of that year, but his buzz was crazy. If [Statlanta] was to [drop in ‘08] it would be that type of situation with me.

”If that scenario plays out it will have taken over 4 years from the time Stat first signed with Shady/Aftermath records to release his debut album. But he has yet to give any serious thought to leaving the label. “To say I’m not frustrated, I would be lying,” laments Stat of the several corrupted setups for Statlanta he’s been forced to endure since 2004. “If I didn’t have my album to listen to I probably would’ve been like, I’m out. But [the album] is so good I want it to come out the way it is.

”Boasting a half-dozen Dr. Dre produced tracks (’Here We Go,’ ‘Fire,’ ‘All Hood,’ ‘That’s Him,’ ‘What They Call Me,’ and ‘The Way It Is’), as well as three Eminem laced joints (’Testify,’ ‘30 Minutes,’ and “Memory Lane’), Statlanta is surely as good as Stat says it is. And it might just see the light of day right before a new Eminem album drops (“We did this record for his album, it’s got some of the greatest MC’s in the game on there,” says Stat before coyly dodging requests for more info). But Stat is careful to remind that the Shady/Aftermath release schedule is never set in stone. “Over here albums come out when they ready,” he says. “We don’t sit around and say, Okay, you coming first. It’s just more so when I’m ready it’s coming.”

Source: HipHopDX &