25 Cash Money Artists Who Never Released An Album While On The Label

Many times when Birdman releases a statement about a new Cash Money signee, he says something along the lines of, “I knew he/she was a star.” That’s supposed to be more reassuring. Often, an artist gets a definite release date for their debut album when they do sign that dotted line: TBD. YMCMB is a good look, but it’s sometimes an uphill battle for trying to release a body of work. That often becomes a battle to stay relevant after a certain period of time.

Even the most relevant artists of the group are having trouble putting their new material out there. Lil Wayne put the label on blast for keeping Tha Carter V on the shelf, and the continued delay of The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty also has Tyga throwing shots at the label. As much as that sucks, at least they actually got to release an album or three for Birdman's operation. There are multiple artists who stayed on YMCMB for multiple years without one album out—forever hearing they were a priority; forever on the to-do list; forever up next.

Lil Wayne signed sometime model Stephanie Acevado to Young Money earlier last week. Does she have a shot at dropping an album? You never know. Hopefully, she doesn’t suffer the same headaches as the following artists. —Brian Josephs