RSS Feed

OE Companion Discussion Group

50 Cent's major-label debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' was launched on February 6, 2003, via Interscope. 50 Cent's success allowed G-Unit artists to release their own initiatives. Described as an amicable parting, Field mentioned he was "anxious to grow to be an entrepreneur again." An agreement with Universal allowed Field to resign a 12 months before his contract was set to expire. In 1996, MCA Music Entertainment was renamed Universal Music Group. Interscope Records is an American record label based in Santa Monica, California, owned by Universal Music Group by its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. In February 1999, Interscope and Aftermath launched The Slim Shady LP. Two days after first hearing his demo, Whalley signed Tupac Shakur in August 1991, and by November, Interscope released 2Pacalypse Now, Shakur's studio debut. Original plans had referred to as for the album to be released by way of Sony, however Sony handed on The Chronic attributable to "the loopy things happening around Death Row" and the contractual standing of Dr. Dre. Cementing Nu Metal's status in pop culture as a high promoting genre in the course of the 2000s. Also Interscope started its relationship with U2 after it acquired the US rights to market and distribute the album All That you just Can't Leave Behind.