Nov 15, 2020

Imagine calling an artist ungrateful for wanting their label to promote their work

 

Nov 14, 2020

What did Budden say on his podcast a couple of years ago? Eminem doesn’t know how to run a label, he signs artists to be his muses and he’s wasting Griselda’s time. Westside comes to Budden’s podcast to officially announce he’s left Shady. Budden was right all along. Are you in them shoes yet?!

I knew the s--- was a wash from the beginning but what really made me shake my head was seeing Westside recording footage of Eminem performing live from the middle of the crowd. Westside is your new artist, let him spit something for the crowd. Talk about him, get him on your albums. Em has always been a horrible label exec.

 

Nov 14, 2020

No surprise here, expect all current artists to leave soon

they might as well shut down the label, Em and Paul don’t care...they have enough money...Em will work with anyone doesn’t need to be a label thing...and focus on his own stuff

 

Nov 14, 2020

Folks






More like ACTING SHADY records, in my opinion

 

Nov 14, 2020

Shady Records, better believe the hype is real!

 

Nov 14, 2020

i guess nobody ever watches alot of their interviews, their deal has always been a distribution deal with shady. one conway, one WSG, and one group record lol. Their deal gave them the ability to still release projects through their Griselda records label, and gave them the Major label distribution for one solo each and the group record. Now of course we know how it goes with shady records but it isnt like they just up and left randomly. I dont think EM really does much buisness wise with the label, i think its just more creatively, but now he has artist he doesnt mesh well with creatively so i think its hard for him to step in. But rarely does signing to an artist work out well. IDK why anyone would want to sign to an active artist, Hard for them to focus on themselves at the same time as the person they signed. Sure its worked here and there but overall not so much.....Jay, EM, 50, Kanye, Tech, Cole, Drake all have labels with guys who dont get that "push" or live in the shadow or have a history with things not working out for artist.

 

Nov 15, 2020

After a 50 Cent failure in 2007, the label no longer invested in promotions for their label's artists. Already in 2010 it was clear that this is the label of one artist.

If in 2005 Eminem was 35% of Shady and 65% were other artists, then in 2020 Eminem is 99.99% and 0.01% are other artists.

 

Nov 14, 2020

Shady Records is where an artist's career goes to die

 

Nov 18, 2020

Shady actually did a lot for them, probably the most out of any artist since 50 Cent..

Gave them exposure to a wider audience, probably put up the money for studio time on WWCD, WMTS, and GDMM. Promoted the WWCD tour which was supposed to be extended pre-Covid. They also likely contributed to the promotional budget for each album and the budget for any videos. They probably had a direct hand in getting the guys on Fallon. They did this while still allowing each artist to release music and merch independently. I'd imagine some of the advance money also went towards recording albums that weren't on Shady as well.

As with most record deals the primary incentive for the artist to sign is money. Shady gave WSG and Conway a presumably large sum of money in exchange for 3 albums.
Shady definitely could have done more to promote them, but the primary point of any record deal is money in exchange for music, its not like they signed for free and were only doing it for exposure.
I'm guessing WSG probably made out very well overall on the deal. He got a big chunk of money, and made WWCD and WMTSS on minimal budgets (no samples, almost all the beats came from a single studio session).

Shady isn't the best label and they don't have a great track record, but yall are acting like they straight up robbed Griselda. Presumably both sides made decent money off the deal plus griselda got to the forefront to tons of hip hop fans that would have never gave them a listen before.

 

Nov 15, 2020

Ems in the wrong here, #FreeWestsideBoogie

 

Nov 15, 2020

Ungrateful piece of s---

 

Nov 15, 2020

He already is

 

Nov 14, 2020

Killa B.H.!!!!

 

Nov 14, 2020

I think if you sign with Shady, the idea is you get A bunch of Em involvement + maybe Dre like back in the day with Obie, d12 and obv 50...but that era is gone...close the label,..artists please don’t sign...Em and Paul do not care

If you can get a single with Eminem for views + produced track is all you can ask for on this era of Shady but you barely get that

 

Nov 14, 2020

Griselda were a weird fit for Shady in the first place, not sure how either party thought it'd work out

 

Nov 14, 2020

Westside Gunn has officially left Shady Records. During a recent appearance on The Joe Budden Podcast, he told Budden, Mal and Rory, the Griselda member was asked what his current label situation entailed and Westside confirmed what seemed to be the inevitable — he did, in fact, part ways with the Eminem-helmed imprint.

“Um, I’m off Shady,” he says matter-of-factly. “I’m off Shady. I’m actually a free agent. It feels great. Who Made The Sunshine was it. I already spoke to Paul [Rosenberg]. Everything’s good. Like, everything’s signed, sealed and delivered I have my paperwork, like I’m off Shady.

“I’m one of those type of dudes I’m not no public talkin’ n-gga. That’s just how I move. It’s like sayin’ me and Benny or me and Conway or Conway and Benny or whoever, we might have a disagreement, but the world will never know. We still gonna be brothers and cousins. It’s the same way even with business, because at the end of the day, this a big world. Even if somebody else is a sucka, I’m never gonna play that sucka role.”

Westside has made it clear on numerous occasions he was dissatisfied with the way Shady Records handled his album promo. And like he eluded to Budden and the crew, his latest album Who Made The Sunshine was where he drew the line.


Last month, Eminem sent out a tweet promoting The Alchemist’s new album The Food Villain, but Griselda fans were quick to point out that’s more than Slim Shady did for Westside and Who Made The Sunshine. The Buffalo-bred rap force took note of one of the comment and replied with three laughing emojis and three “sssh” emojis, suggesting he agreed with the assessment but couldn’t talk about it.

He also appeared to throw some salt in Shady Records’ direction after Griselda was nominated for a 2020 BET Award over the summer, tweeting, “I wonder do @ShadyRecords know we’re nominated for a BET AWARD tonight.”