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Another week, another artist having a problem with their major label. Yela called into All Out Show on Shade 45 and spoke to Rude Jude & Lord Sear about his upcoming The Heart Of Dixie project with Alabama producer M16 which drops on Wednesday.
Yela was also clear to admit that he’s not on the same page as his label Shady Records and Interscope Records saying “I don’t know what the fuck they’re doing up there..I love Shady Records, I just think there’s some shit going on upstairs.” In addition to that, the Alabama rapper revealed that his sophomore album Love Story has been delayed to 2013.
That’s not it. Here’s what he had to say about Machine Gun Kelly:
“It’s probably the most insulting thing on the planet to be asked to sign a Machine Gun Kelly autograph.”
One topic specifically, was about his feelings about his 2011 debut, Radioactive. Although Yela says he's staying productive, creating new music, he can't help but feel fustrated over the lack of support for his debut LP. After handing in the album to Interscope, he explained that he felt it was tailor-made the way they wanted ... but for some reason, the powers that be failed to push the button in its promotion.
Why? Even Yelawolf is in the dark about it.
"I'm all about figuring sh** out, for myself and my art. My last project, Radioactive, was deliberately given to Interscope ... and it was on a f***ing silver platter, given to them to work," he explained to Rude Jude. "It was radio records after radio records, purposely, was my attempt. These motherf***ers have given me one single in 11 months. I don't really understand where the importance is lined. That's just me being real, every artist gets frustrated at some point, I imagine.
"I fully comprised, but I let everybody know, even prior to doing Radioactive, what I was doing. I was being honest with my fans," Yelawolf continued. "I was like 'Yea, I'm letting people in. We're gonna so something more melodic.' The album's called 'Radioactive' -- to be 'active' on 'radio'. Like, it was a purposeful shot for me, because I felt like I had a window to use. Like, I could gain ... pull some people in with this sh**. I don't know what the f*** they're doing up there. Shady's great, I love Shady Records. I just think there's some sh** going on upstairs."
Fed up, Yelawolf plans to go back to the basics. He's been recording a slew of new material over the last several months, all of which are done the way he wants ... and furthermore, plans to release the music the way he wants, as well.
"Back to Trunk Muzik," Yela declared. "I've never been one to hold my tongue. That's just where I'm at. So, I'm putting out music the way the f*** I wanna put it out now, and making music exactly how I want to do it."
