Posts Tagged ‘ Interscope ’
With Kendrick Lamar steadily approaching RIAA Platinum status on his album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, it appears as if Kendrick can do no wrong. With that being said, Interscope’s Kendrick Lamar drops the video for his track “B*tch, Dont Kill My Vibe,” releasing the The Lil Homies & OG Mike Mihail directed video. Decked out in all white for a funeral, Kendrick is joined by Mike Epps, who acts as a pastor at Kendrick’s Baptism at point during the video.
In addition to his recent interview with Oprah and nights out at PartyCasino , 50 Cent has confirmed that his next official album, Five (Murder By Numbers), will drop July 3rd. The album, which comes out after the Lost Tape and The Big Ten mixtapes, will be his last under his deal with Interscope. “I said I was gonna put a record out that was completely up to album standard, and I’m gonna do that. I worked on this album for a long time. It’s been three years,” he said. 50 further discussed the relationship he’s had with Interscope: “Labels at different points, they drop the ball,” he said. “It’s not visible when the momentum is feverish. For me, with Interscope, all the success I’ve had in music has been with them.”
The marriage of these two companies is very, very good. We are very good for each other,” says Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records and co-founder of Beats By Dr. Dre with rapper/producer Dr. Dre. “With HTC’s innovation, technology and leadership, we feel we can really compete with anybody in this area.”
Here’s an interesting interview with Craig Davis, Vice President of Urban Promotions for Capitol Records. Check the 4:35 mark to hear him talk about how they just signed 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks and how 50 got out of his Interscope contract.
