The status on Stat Quo’s long-delayed album
A new single and a new label home could be just the ticket for Atlanta’s milk carton MC
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Atlanta rapper Stat Quo begins the arduous process of reintroducing himself to listeners for the umpteenth time in preparation for the release of his five-years-in-waiting album Statlanta — which former CL music writer Mosi Reeves was already lamenting way back in Oct. 2007:
You may never get to hear what Stat Quo sounds like. For the past two years, the Atlanta rapper’s debut album Statlanta has suffered a series of delays.... The reason for the delay is that Stat Quo is signed to Aftermath, the storied imprint of hip-hop icon Dr. Dre, and Shady Records, superstar rapper Eminem’s label. (The two companies are housed under Interscope.) Despite having so much industry muscle behind him, Stat has to wait for the proper “setup,” a quixotic mix of underground buzz singles and street promotion that will create the right conditions for a successful release.
Though Stat is no longer signed directly to Aftermath, he’s separated by less than six degrees. His new label home, Dream Big Ventures, was founded by Sha Money XL, the right-hand man/producer for 50 Cent (Shady/Aftermath) and president of G-Unit Records (Shady/Aftermath).