In a recent interview with urbansmarts.com, Brownsville’s own M.O.P. shed some light on the label situations in recent years and the issues that have come with it.
On the end of the Roc and ended up at G-Unit:
“They had an internal situation. We were set to put an album out there – big shout out to Damon Dash, by the way – but they had their problems, they had their issues, so they went their separate ways. We was pretty much just sittin’ right in the middle. Fitty put the call in and he wanted to do business. So we came over and hung out with Fitty.”
On not signing with Jay at Def Jam:
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“He did! He did! (want to sign them)…We know Jay-Z for years, we know Dame for years…When Roc-A-Fella just got up, they wanted to sign us. At that point of time, there was nobody there but Jay-Z, you know what I mean? We watched them grow together and we didn’t wanna be on either side of the fence. We came to Roc-A-Fella, because THEY wanted us to come to Roc-A-Fella. Now, it just all seemed to different, so we slid off.”
On why they didn’t put an album out at Roc-A-Fella:
“We turned the album in, of course! They never put the album out. They weren’t ready to.”
When told Dame stated in a previous interview they never turned in any music things got a bit heated:
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“Oh!? He said there was no music to put out? (gets upset) Okay, so the next time you talk to Dame, you tell him, that I said, we did give him an album. Tell him, Billy said he did give you an album and you didn’t put it out. So… as far as ready…M.O.P. music is always ready!! You know what I mean? Any artist you bring to me or Mr. Damon Dash bring to me, we’ll chew right through they ass. Just like before. Now take my shout out back that I gave to Damon Dash, because that was some underhanded shit and I don’t fuck with underhanded niggas. We will never talk about Roc-A-Fella again. Don’t ask me no more questions about Damon Dash or Jay-Z. Fuck Roc-A-Fella. Yeah, pretty much fuck ’em!! Whatever they had going on, we still gave them props and we never was disrespectful to ’em and nothing like that. But fuck ’em!”
