In an interview with XXLMag.com, Wu-Tang rapper Raekwon spoke about his relationship with legendary West Coast producer Dr. Dre, and the near deal with his label, Aftermath Records.
While the partnership fell through, with Rae eventually signing to EMI to release his highly-anticipated follow up to 1995’s classic disc, Only Built For Cuban Linx, the Staten Island rapper said he is unsure if longtime associate Busta Rhymes’ decision to leave Aftermath was affected by his contract never materializing. Bussa Bus was originally slated to executive produce the project, although he no longer holds the position.
“Busta left after our situation was already not gonna happen,” he told XXL. “Busta might have felt like he was’ getting the proper energy he needed to get, so really one ain’t have nothing to do with two, but you never know at the end of the day, you know what I mean. I don’t know, I can’t call that.”
Despite never inking with Dre’s imprint, Rae managed to secure some heat from the Doc for OB4CL 2, along with a slew of other super producers including Pete Rock, J Dilla, Marley Marl, The Alchemist, Eric Sermon and Wu maestro The Rza.
OB4CL 2 is currently scheduled for August 11 release date. – Elan Mancini
Stay tuned for XXLMag.com’s full-length Raekwon feature coming soon.
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April 27th, 2009
at 4:29 pm
yoprince says:
can’t wait. track with game is proper. i hope GFK is prominently featured.
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April 27th, 2009
at 8:05 pm
thedude says:
^co-sign, ghostface definitely gonna make an appearance. cant wait for this.
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April 27th, 2009
at 4:34 pm
Sleepy Wonder says:
Fuck Yea! Can’t Wait, Come On Rae Bring It!
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April 27th, 2009
at 4:49 pm
$ykotic says:
Industry politics at it’s finest. Rae’s Myspace page has been throwing heat the past year.
Looking forward to the feature.
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April 27th, 2009
at 7:32 pm
EmCDL says:
The first one is fire so hopefully this one can live up to it in this era…I got a gut feeling it will
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April 27th, 2009
at 8:43 pm
anutha_level says:
long over due, can’t wait. the first one impacted the shit outta my life at the time…and in a couple ways even saved it.
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April 27th, 2009
at 11:52 pm
Shade45 says:
Man, that was alot of info!! All i got was 1 to the 2 equals 3 and bada bing.
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April 28th, 2009
at 5:34 am
Q! tha Great! says:
drop that sh*t Rae!! WTF is wrong with Aftermath?!?!?! They always have some of the best rhymers on their roster and then just fuck off the opportunity. Rakim,Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, Joell Ortiz, The Game, Stat Quo, Young Buck … hell I’ll even say Bishop Lamont. They sitting on him so long he gonna fall into obscurity too.
How are they suppose to maintain the throne with a declining three-headed monster (Dre, Eminem, 50) having to resurrect the label.
not that I’m a hater, I love Aftermath but with all these great artists that fell through their fingers, a “Detox” album that has yet to surface and declining interest in 50 Cent’s so-called beefs, they gotta come with the heat!!! If not, it’s a wrap!
I’m just sayin’
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April 28th, 2009
at 8:45 am
romil says:
August, man that’s a long time he betters top leaking trax.
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April 28th, 2009
at 9:35 am
tony says:
First of all. Rae is the man. Dre making beats and other producer on the track. Will help this Album go Gold or Platium. Need somebody to help New York sells again. Busta went out like a Bitch. He let G-Unot Bitches kill his homeboy. He did not do Shit about it. That’s a Bitch in my book. Busta is a good Rapper.
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April 28th, 2009
at 9:46 am
All Dae says:
I’ll never understand how a label can have Rakim and Raekwon on it and never work with them to develop a full album.
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April 28th, 2009
at 9:19 pm
tru predator says:
from what i read rakim said he couldnt handle dres perfectionist work ethic.rakim said dre was wantin him to come in and kill every track
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April 28th, 2009
at 9:20 pm
tru predator says:
though he holds no ill will towards dre.they are still cool even though he left
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April 28th, 2009
at 10:04 am
Cinsere says:
“OB4CL 2 is currently scheduled for August 11 release date”
Yeah? What year?!
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April 28th, 2009
at 10:23 am
DUDE says:
ITS NOT GONNA BE RIGHT WITH ALL THOSE OTHER PRODUCERS RZA SHOULD DO THE WHOLE ALBUM……
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April 28th, 2009
at 10:48 am
the legend says:
true i kinda agree with the dude i think the rza should do the majority of the albu with just a few other producers such as erick sermon maybe inspectah deck
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April 28th, 2009
at 2:34 pm
BGZ says:
Fuck a Dr. Dre…
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April 28th, 2009
at 9:21 pm
tru predator says:
ummmmm hater
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April 28th, 2009
at 9:24 pm
tru predator says:
ill tell yall why aftermath cant hold all these top artists under one roof.to much ego and everyone wants to work with dre he cant work with all of them. thats why it takes forever for albums to drop not to mention he is a perfectionist.
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April 29th, 2009
at 12:33 am
dark vanilla says:
I just looked at Aftermaths roster and this is who it consists of:
Dr. Dre
Eminem
50 Cent
Bishop Lamont
Marsha Ambrious
This label has fallen off big time. It seems that if you don’t suck Dre’s, Em’s, and 50’s dick, then your off the label. That’s why I think Bishop is still on.
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April 29th, 2009
at 9:33 am
TheRefriedMexican says:
DROP THE ALBUM ALREADY LOU DIAMONDS!! AND WHILE YOU’RE AT IT, DROP A RE-MASTERED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL PURPLE TAPE
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June 2nd, 2009
at 8:12 pm
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