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This should have been published yesterday, however, I saved it instead...IDIOT! Anyway, you may remember me breaking the news on this blog a mere few posts ago that my boy Joell Ortiz was finally signed by Dr Dre to Aftermath. Well, reading with Joell breaking down how the whole signing to Aftermath thing actually happened (word up ) and while I'm really glad for my boy, do you reckon his material will ever see the light of day?

Thinking about Aftermath and the artists that have actually buss out of that camp; you've got:
Dre who was established anyway,
Eminem - who then went and set up Shady records, signed D12 and Obie Trice and then signed
50 Cent who brought the whole G Unit through who in turn signed
The Game who has since set up his own Black Wall Street label via Geffen.
While all this has been happening:
Stat Quo's been gathering dust with only 2 official singles to come out so far and 4 passed dates for the album 'Statlanta'
Bobby Creekwater came and went with no releases (thank god!),
Bishop Lamont has been patiently waiting,
Rakim came and went with no releases (only for all of the ideas for the Rakim album to be revamped for Busta's The Big Bang...allegedly!),
Eve got re-signed to Aftermath but now rumours are circulating that she's switched to Swizz Beats' Full Surface label after the one unofficial single with TI and
G.A.G.E has also been patiently waiting for a while now.
Add to this Marsha from Floetry (you know that project will be bad if it's ever released!), Brooklyn and Focus... it's not looking great.

Also, when you think that the only release over the past couple of years from the extended Aftermath camp that wasn't a Dre, Eminem or G Unit (or related) release was Busta's Big Bang; am I being paranoid for my boy or does the future not look to good for a Joell Ortiz Aftermath release anytime soon?