I get it, they gave him a career. But they've controlled it too. Let's say he broke the contract and they sued him, he's got enough money to get out.
I've thought this for a while and after reading the rolling stone interview it comes to mind again. A deadline? Really? Why rush him? Why have him "sleep deprived" trying to finish an album? If it takes him give years then that's what it takes.
"A lot of rappers wouldn't know how to take me if they hear the shit I laid to tape before they erased me. "I wish Em could just do what he wanted how he wanted all the time.