After releasing two critically acclaimed albums for Motown, rapper AZ is a free agent and is no longer signed to the label. He is currently working on material for his third album. "From the Sosa bootleg on the streets, it got that buzz out there and Motown wanted to lock in with me," AZ explained to AllHipHop.com. "We did an album with options. The first one was 9 Lives, it did so so. We decided to another one, which was Aziatic. I feel like I put my good foot forward and they didn’t do what they had to do" AZ said that he had no bitter feelings toward the label, but said that they were moving in a different direction. "Motown is a good label, but they are dealing with that Neo-Soul," AZ continued. "No disrespect to them, but Hip-Hop is not their specialty. I need a good team in order to win." AZ said that he is weighing his options carefully, making sure that he aligns himself with a label that can properly market and promote his music. "I got a few people at the table, but I am trying to weight my options and see what’s gonna be best for me. We went through a dispute to get off of Motown, I don’t want to relive that. They finally let me off like 3 weeks ago, so it feels really good to be free and have options. Now that I am free with no strings attached, I feel like I am on parole." AZ is currently in the preproduction phase of his third album, tentatively titled Alpha/Omega.
After releasing two critically acclaimed albums
for Motown, rapper AZ is a free agent and is no longer signed to the label.
He is currently working on material for his third album.
"From the Sosa bootleg on the streets,
it got that buzz out there and Motown wanted to lock in with me," AZ explained
to AllHipHop.com. "We did an album with options. The first one was 9
Lives, it did so so. We decided to another one, which was Aziatic.
I feel like I put my good foot forward and they didn’t do what they had to do"
AZ said that he had no bitter feelings toward
the label, but said that they were moving in a different direction. "Motown
is a good label, but they are dealing with that Neo-Soul," AZ continued.
"No disrespect to them, but Hip-Hop is not their specialty. I need a good
team in order to win."
AZ said that he is weighing his options carefully,
making sure that he aligns himself with a label that can properly market and
promote his music.
"I got a few people at the table, but I
am trying to weight my options and see what’s gonna be best for me. We went
through a dispute to get off of Motown, I don’t want to relive that. They finally
let me off like 3 weeks ago, so it feels really good to be free and have options.
Now that I am free with no strings attached, I feel like I am on parole."
AZ is currently in the preproduction phase of
his third album, tentatively titled Alpha/Omega.
