Jadakiss and Styles

[9jkearse3]

 

 

You're probably going to see a bunch of fans picking the mothballs off their "Let the LOX go!" T-shirts and pulling them out of the closet. The Yonkers, New York, rappers are so fed up with record-label politics that we may never hear an official group album from them again.

 

To make matters worse, the group's Styles P. and Jadakiss say that they will no longer put out solo LPs.

 

"We've been on a promo tour for Sheek Louch's album, and on the bus we just been talking about this sh--," Styles said. "They doing so much bullsh-- to us, and it's like you can't do nothing. It's like you work at a real job like at Key Food and you notice the conditions ain't suitable for you and you ain't really getting nowhere."

 

So what exactly does this all mean? It means that you'll still hear the LOX on the mixtape circuit, but both Kiss and Styles refuse to record any more solo albums for Interscope Records; and Kiss, Styles and Sheek Louch won't be doing another LOX group album for Interscope either. While they're still down to do guest appearances with other artists, they doubt that their label will clear the cameos. All three LOX members will be focusing more on their D-Block label and grooming new talent, like J-Hood.

 

"I don't see it as quitting, 'cause we're not quitters," clarified Sheek, whose second solo LP, After Taxes, is due on Tuesday "But we keep going back and forth and it's not getting nobody nowhere. We basically saying, 'Holla at us when you get it right.' It's ridiculous. Now Jada and Styles are going to switch to CEO mode."

 

One of the main catalysts for their indefinite hiatus, of course, is the LOX's feud with 50 Cent, who is also on Interscope. The group is upset that Ruff Ryders Records CEOs Dee and Waah Dean — whom they've known since their childhood — have been meeting and negotiating on their behalf with 50 without their knowledge and without being asked to do so. The LOX are also frustrated that they have not been able to have a sit-down with the head of Interscope, Jimmy Iovine. They say they've been trying to arrange a meeting for the past five months.

 

During that time, Jadakiss has been working on an LP he says would be titled Kiss My Ass. Interscope released a Styles single featuring Akon called "Can You Believe It," which is actually one of the hottest records in New York right now. However, Styles' LP Time Is Money still has no release date. The album has been finished for two years and has been pushed back incessantly. Styles said that Interscope recently told him it wanted to finally put the album out this month, but a number of factors caused him to dissuade the company to do so. He explains that the record would have come out without the proper setup, and would have hit shelves around the same time as Sheek's After Taxes, which has been long advertised as dropping November 8.

 

"They put our backs against the walls," Jada vented on Monday (November 7). "Sh-- ain't right. It ain't panning out."

 

Styles put part of the blame for his record's delay on 50 Cent's influence at Interscope. 50 has nicknamed himself "Curtis 'Interscope' Jackson" and on records he's warned Jadakiss that he would indeed push Styles' album back. Recently on New York radio, 50 initially denied having anything to do with Styles' LP delay, then hinted that he may indeed have had a hand in its scheduling.

 

"On the radio he said the building leans when he leans," Styles detailed. "What is that telling me? I don't wanna go to jail. And I don't wanna step on none of these rich people's toes. I don't wanna argue with none of these people and I don't wanna continue to frustrate myself wondering when my album is gonna come out. I'm at a point in my life when I can't be waiting two years for them to drop my album. Why be a slave?"

 

In the past couple of weeks, 50 has divulged a plan to put aside his feud with the LOX and help Jada make his next album (see "50 Cent Open To Doing Business With Jadakiss, Urges Calm Over 'Murda' Mase"). Needless to say, Kiss said he would never work with 50 Cent.

 

"It'll be over for hip-hop," Styles said of what would happen if Jada worked with G-Unit. Styles also elaborated that he heard the Ruff Ryders were trying to iron out a deal to put the next Kiss album out with G-Unit, much like how G-Unit and Aftermath released the Game's The Documentary earlier this year.

 

"The sh--'s crazy. It makes you go, 'This sh-- is crazy,' " Styles said about learning of Dee and Waah's talks with 50. "I don't understand what the f--- is going on. We keep speaking and speaking [to Ruff Ryders] and it seems like nothing is getting nowhere. The sh-- is worse now. They trying to get Jada on G-Unit."

 

The final factor that is causing Styles and Kiss to step away from the mic is the fact that Diddy still owns a significant amount of their music publishing — the LOX used to be signed to Bad Boy — and they've been unable to sit down and renegotiate with him.

 

"I don't have no beef with him, but I'm not feeling him," Styles said of Diddy. "He don't want to come off none of that publishing. That's securing your future. That's what's gonna come in later down the line. The direction things are going now, it's going downhill. It's like we almost blackballed and we been fighting through the blackball. He has all this money, he has Justin's [restaurant], Sean John, he throws million-dollar parties but we can't get a piece of our publishing back?"

 

For LOX fans, there are a couple of bright spots in this whole mess. For one, no rapper retires forever — we've seen that time and time again. And the LOX could always end up at another label home. They've all confirmed that Jay-Z was interested in bringing them to Def Jam, but Styles says Interscope hasn't really entertained the offer as of yet.

 

Last week, Ruff Ryders refused to comment on its dealings with Jadakiss and Interscope. On Monday, a rep for Interscope had no comment at press time.

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[ToyMachine]

 

I live in Yonkers, New York. I don't care about neither rapper but I guess its nice to see it's possible to make it out of this sh*thole.

 

[chuck430]

this is the 2nd time theyve had problems with their lable. perhaps its time to look at the common factor.....them.

[Ded_Sniper]

"Industry rule number four thousand and eighty,

record company people are shady

So kids watch your back 'cause I think they smoke crack,

I don't doubt it. Look at how they act

Off to better things like a hip-hop forum

Pass me the rock and I'll storm with the crew and ..

Proper. What you say Hammer? Proper

Rap is not pop, if you call it that then stop" - Q-Tip - Check The Rhime

 

Man thesh*t going on in the music business world now is ridciulous, people can either "get with the program" or try and make sure their style doesn't die out...that's what music is all about, creating new sh*t and hoping people liek it or taking it to the old school and making sure nothing ever dies, but then what do you have...Fantasy and people tryin to mix too much old with the new, I like the respect, but if you can't do it like back then, then stay away from it...I could name names, but It's 4 in the morning and as for Fantasy...Well let's just use 50 Cent as the most wanna-be person on earth...Creatin a movie that takes what two, three maybe even four chapters out of his life, because he was some dumb f*ckin drug dealer...Now it's like he's a drug dealer, gangster, but he never was that sh*t and he's just making money...Well whatever you believe is happening, like artist/ producers, tkaing away other artists from there label: I.E. Pharell took this one dude out of Interscope and Jimmy Iovine said whatever or f*cking gettin' a album pushed back for over two years is f*cking ridciulous...Well Step Up, Come Get Some...

[Roald]

50 Cent wants to quit the beef with Jada and Styles P...word on the streets is, 50 Cent wants to sign both Jada and Styles P to G-Unit...

[9jkearse3]

50 Cent wants to quit the beef with Jada and Styles P...word on the streets is, 50 Cent wants to sign both Jada and Styles P to G-Unit...

thats cuz he knows if he f*cks wit them ni**az he gon get his ass beat...they have mad diss records towards 50 and he aint responded to none of em now he wants to sign him?!!?!? wtf

[Roald]

50 Cent wants to quit the beef with Jada and Styles P...word on the streets is, 50 Cent wants to sign both Jada and Styles P to G-Unit...

thats cuz he knows if he f*cks wit them ni**az he gon get his ass beat...they have mad diss records towards 50 and he aint responded to none of em now he wants to sign him?!!?!? wtf

He claimed he doesn't hate 'em enough to see 'em suffer, that's why he's open for business...

[chuck430]

50 Cent wants to quit the beef with Jada and Styles P...word on the streets is, 50 Cent wants to sign both Jada and Styles P to G-Unit...

thats cuz he knows if he f*cks wit them ni**az he gon get his ass beat...they have mad diss records towards 50 and he aint responded to none of em now he wants to sign him?!!?!? wtf

He claimed he doesn't hate 'em enough to see 'em suffer, that's why he's open for business...

if he even tries his career will suffer, theres no way he can win. so he f*ck's with them on a business level, since the Lox dont know a f*ckin thing. whats better, a diss track that will live for 6months or ruining their livelyhoods?