According to M.O.P.'s long time manager, Laze Elliot, Lil Fame & Billy Danze will be off G-Unit once their new deal goes through.
"As soon as I lock down the new situation, it will be official," Laze tells AllHipHop.com.
The duo, who signed to G-Unit after a fruitless stint with Roc-A-Fella records, were due to release an album under G-Unit in October of last year ('07) however, the plan never materialized due to creative differences.
"I think [if we] would have got our record out earlier, that would have set a clear quality precedent," said Laze.
" All the aesthetic issues would have been solved and we'd be on the second album by now. I knew we were going to have problems though, because 50 needed the group to be in a certain space in order for him to co-sign it."
"He didn't feel Fame was in that space physically or mentally," Laze continued.
“He shouldn't have to [understand Fame], but there are many talented artists in history that you don't know where their talent comes from."
M.O.P.'s last effort, M.O.P. Salutes the St. Marxmen, hit shelfs in 2005 and consisted of several tracks recorded while the group was signed to Roc-A-Fella.
COMMENTS
too bad, MOP was one of my favs back in the day
One hit Wonders?
Joker ban him for stupidity! Please...
These niggas dropped 2 classics. Get your hip hop up fuck face.
ROC... MOP is harder than 50 ever was.
You are obviously a new jack.
Everybody dosnt go platinum.
Im not gonna call you a stan but I probably should.
Two classic albums...
Ummm how many rappers have Two CLASSIC ALBUms. First family, and Warriors were hardcore classics, and Firing squad was tight. Dont get mad cause you dont know shit about hip hop. Eat a dick faggot. I won this little argument.
"Ladies if you wit me throw the diamond up one time"
roc you stupid dick riding fuck, stop talking shit, e-thug.
word I still bump Warriorz, they'll be back.
Whatdaphuck? No album? They didn't release one with the Roc either, I don't remember it if they did. What's really goin' on?
they shouldn't neva signed wit G-Unit anyways!!
M.O.P. and g-unit r 2 different type clicks dat shouldn be together so dis is a good move. but dat 300 shots wit dem was hard when everybody spit'd on it one of my fav tracks
helll yea they needed to leave now i can bump ante up again
M.O.P goes hard, It’s a Shame both the ROC & G-Unit Dropped the ball on them. At least they didn’t get g-unit tats on their hands like Hav & P,…lol
Remember "How about some hardcore" "Brownsville" "Downtown swinger"? All classic shit if u from NYC or somewhere close to it. But if u go too far south like say....anywhere past Delaware then niggas really dont wanna hear dat shit! They cant get it poppin wit a big label because they just dont have mass appeal! They need to sign wit Koch or Lathchkey or sumbody like dat and focus on sellin somewhere between 50 and 100k records on the east coast only! I love M.O.P....but I do understand why alot of niggas dont fuck wit em'
lets be honest, they kool but how many of u here are guna go inda store or line up and say yeah MOP got a new album, nah man aint like that is it, too bad tho.movin on....
line up for it, naa. but you cop it if you know whats good
yo fuck gunit only person really shinin' is 50, the one with the least talent -- next to yayo.
Don't get me wrong, i ain't given banks any credit either, but buck be held back, the mobbs gunit style album was trash best track was put em in their place and that shit was hurtin compared to drop a gem, animal instict and 3/4 of their old shit.. MOP is fuckin sick and not gettin the recognition they deserve, the right production and marketing, these niggas spit raw talent belidat
i really dont care...theyve always been them dudes to just wile out on a hook...and signed or not they can do that so who gives a sheeeeeeit
M.O.P wasn't that hot me anyway
I think MOP should join D Block...
YEAH! WORD! M DOT O DOT P MUHFUCKA,
RUN AND TELL EM GET AT D BLOCK!!!
ITS DEM '87 STICK UP KIDS!!!
cosign that'll be a great move
Yeah dats a good Idea....perfect marriage....Co-sign!!
thats the best comment i heard thus far and dblock would be a perfect home for them, maaaan jus imagine that straight hardcore head bangin music
who cares about these two niggas, fuck em aint nobody gonna buy they shit, n fuck munny, mop should retire cuz i did not even know they were still out tryin to make records
M.O.P. is the muhfuckaz! nobody i can think of get a party or a club bumpin off some gun clappin shit like them. what it is is NI66AS dont know how to be a G and still have fun. shit aint all gangster every minute of ur life dawg. ANTE UP!!!
they should get out of gunit
Why is cat’s sleepin on M.O.P? real talk if you call your self a hip hop head and never bumped albums like firing suad, Warriorz or singles like Cold as Ice,…then u need to just stop listening to yound Cheezy or young Ho, or what ever it is you infect your ears with.
Pick up any M.O.P album, and maybe, just maybe you’ll understand why they can never fit with unit & why them & Onynx is hands down the blue print to the hardest out
AND ONYX! WHOA!! CAN U SAY CLASSIC THROWBACK!
NO HOMO BUT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF HIP HOP AUDIENCE IS "SUCKIN DA NEX NI66A'S DICK".
N 4 U SCRAMS WHO DON'T KNOW. THAT IS ONYX!
SO 'THROW YA GUNZ IN DA AIR'
'FIZZY WOMACK. SUCKAS NEVER PLAYED HIM!
now u know wat u talkin bout bra sticky fingaz is a slept on lyricist man onyx was dem niggas in the 90's!
All We Got Iz Us = classic.
That album was so good and Onyx never got there credit for it. Sticky is a beast on the mic. MOP + Onyx really did give alot of niggas inspiration. Good shit.
Dont forget about CNN... aw man...
man i dont give a fuck what nobody say they wack.
we dnt give a fuck wat u say you're a lame
You could call them anything but whack. Its clear you never heard their shit.
your wack
your fuccen stupid who ever dont fell M.O.P dont no hip hop this niggas are hard core hip hop them niggas are two of the greatest to touch the mic
THANK GOD, I told my niggas around the way that when Mobb Deep and M.O.P signed to G-Unit that it was a wrong move. My man said that having Dr. Dre make beats for them would be a big push but as I could remember I don't think Dre did a beat for Mobb Deep? Anyway G-Unit was going to soften those M.O.P boys up. I am from Brooklyn, Bushwick - BedStuy down the block from Bronsville and niggas in the hood is going to be on some happy shit now that they are off G-Unit and could get back to some Hardcore shit. Some box cutter shit. (Ha HA) If you are not from BK you won't understand....
Co’fuckin sign that, It’s BK all day,…And I said the same thing, The Mobb only had 1 Dre beat, and it was just ok, it sounded like it wasn’t even complete or it was a throwaway beat from Detox.
I don’t give a Fud-uck, what niggaz is sayin MOP is hard, and I’m happy that we might get some “punch you in your mouth” Joint, BK stand up
damn hope thy land sumwhere i need thy hype shit err now and then...
MOP's fire, ante up, and cold as ice are some of my favorite songs.
Real underground allways comes back...Fuck g-unit! They´re dead! Keep up M.O.P.!
I thought these cats been strucc out on tha g but I guess I was wrong. Anyway though M.O.P. one of tha realist group I can think of that mastered that bounce movement before tha whole crunk shyt i believe. props to them just for being from up top and doin they thing wit tha wylin out feel. I believe that also opened tha doors for tha pastor troys, tha lil jons, tha 3-6s etc. niggaz b sleepin on dat and don't really think of it in that way. I wish lucc to these cats ANTE UP always my shyt!!!!! just like a lil jon tracc (Throw It Up) SCREAM AT ME 1.
mop just fall back no one needs these dudes its good that there leavin g-unit and game is right g-unit is fallin apart no olivia,mop,buck
It's better they get off G-Unit because it's like a record grave yard now beside 50 when was the last time that company had a decent record? M.O.P. are the shit Cold as Ice one of my favourite hip hop tracks and the U Don't Know Remix the did with HOV a couple years back was fire
Word. That "U don't know" remix was classic.
I'm just mad that they didn't even get the opportunity to drop a single album on G-Unit.
Someone needs to ask 50, "How the fuck does Tony Yayo drop an album but not M.O.P?"
why is Billy contradicting this shit in another interview?
decision to go with G-Unit?
G-Unit was mainly Fame’s decision but I back Fame on anything he wants to do. My main concern was being signed to an artist because artists have their own careers to manage and we might not get the proper attention. So like I said it was mostly Fame but I don’t think it was a bad decision. G-Unit is still one of the biggest labels out there today in terms of getting attention so I don’t think it was such a bad move for us.
Do you have a personal relationship with 50 Cent?
Yeah, it’s as personal as it is. This is something I wanted the fans to know too because a lot of them were mad that we signed to G-Unit because they might not like 50 or whatever the case may be. But, this is business, man. I didn’t sign to G-Unit to become 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, or one of those guys. I signed with them to be able to get my music to the people that appreciate it. I’ve had countless conversations with 50 and we pretty much see eye to eye.
What is up with these stories about 50 trying to get you guys in the gym, trying to get you to lose weight? These stories have been floating around since you signed to G-Unit.
I really don’t know, you would have to ask 50 about that. I’m sitting in the gym right now. It’s something that I do anyway. Sometimes I fall off and sometimes I don’t, but in 50’s defense, if you own a store a something is out of place on the shelf, you’re gonna try and put it in the right place. That’s just the way you make money. 50 didn’t come in the game when we first came in the game.
When we came in the game was when people first started thinking they could make some money in the game, when people first started having that thought. You gotta respect 50’s opinion if he wants to make money. I mean I didn’t sign with G-Unit so I could not make money. And they didn’t want us over there so they could make no money. It’s only business bro, that’s it.
Do you feel, at the end of that day, that the G-Unit affiliation will broaden your audience?
Yeah, I cant even bullshit on that. I was just thinking about that. I mean before G-Unit even came in to existence we had traveled the world but since we’ve gone out with them we’ve been places we’ve never been and the people were happy to see us. That exposes us to a different pocket of the world where maybe they wanted to hear M.O.P but they couldn’t get us full-fledged. I’m happy about everything brother.
they should of been left it seemed like 50 didnt give a fuck about them they can spit dont sleep on them
Damn shame these cats couldn't get some shine since Loud Records. I know they only appeal to a certain few but these niggas came with that fire on a regular basis.
It's sad that a group like this cant get any love in this new hip hop era.
I agree Radamez...
It's crazy how REAL artists can't get any REAL shine.
They've been hott forever. But of course people like R.O.C wouldn't understand that because he just started listening to this watered down RAP a couple of years ago.
I think I'm gonna put up a MOP video on my profile... in fact I'm doing it right now...
~Be Eazy!
this crazy tho cause fiddy is the new nigga in the game but he be having old ass nigga's ike mobb deep, mop and 40glock sigin to his label. the man is a great hustla.
M.O.P should fuck with Dblock they would fit in. it didn't seem they fit in with G-unit I felt they was different from the rest, they stood out like they wasn't suppose to be there. but good luck to them
50 signed them to get street cred, then just left them on a shelf, I aint from the N.Y. but we bump M.O.P. here too. Thats why cats can't feel bad for them, they dont get any exposure outside of the Ny and east coast. They need to sign to Koch, for real. That idea with D-Block sounds good, but Jada and Styles dont need nobody else, a mixtape would be fire though.
M.O.P went in on the keepin it gangsta remix...fab paul cain jada styles...that was a good look
50 was talkin all that about jay MOP ben withhim 4 3 years no album.50 is j jerkin niggaLOL.
Its funny because I just named dropped the Proffessional part1 last week on a DMX page but didnt MOP go hard as fuck on that shit?
WHYYYYYYYYYYYY THEY DONT SHOW MY PEOPLE NO PASSION?????
DO THEY LOVE WHEN THESE THUGS BE BLASTIN???????
Or that belly shit? that blood sweat tears shit??? That was easily the best song played during the movie.
MOP is that deal nigga. I respect the fuck out of them for not wavering with there style and conforming to the shit 50 probably wanted them to make. Real heads know what MOP is about.
SIGN WITH CASH MONEY!!!!
see gunit is the home os commercial gangsta not trying to say everyone one there is on but shit way more than half is when u go to the unit u cant be u bein u wont get u know w radio play actin hard 24/7 is the only way u get good and break bread i just ready for an mop album also a lox album a callabo would be great for hip hop debrainwash some of these kids who think niggas like jezzy rick ross and wayne are still out there on that trap or die sit its all commercial appeal for commercial sucess
good yo, MOP is sick, n they started droppin tracks evry now n then n they were all tight, so an album would be nice right about now, they wernt doin shit on G-unit anyway, not one mixtape no features, nuthin, i wonder who theyre gon b wit nex
mayn its sad just to see great groups with holes in the boat trying to say a float,with alot of respect from the streets,they should of started their own label on the side while at the r.o.c get smart build your camp up
People sleep hard on MOP. They are some of the best and most passionate doing hardcore. They have to bo one of the most slept on duo in the game. Ante Up should have been a break out song for them. With the right marketing and promotion the should have been much bigger. If three six mafia can make money, then MOP should be able to make more. I do not mean any disrespect to three six either, they have there appeal. Cash Money would be a horrible move. Would probably mean another three to five years and no product. All Weezy and Baby, all the time...." I am my own drug...."
They never really fitted in wit g-unot they too gansta to be sign to a wanksts like currrrtis... mobb deep too talented to be around 50 but then again 3mil each just to sign that aint a bad deal at all!
I think its obvious now that M.O.P ARE not meant to go global because maybe they are too hard for todays market or maybe they should just stay underground like they have always been and to me that seems to suit them best. thia is probably gonna happen at the next label they move to, if i was them i would just go indie KOCH, LANDSPEED anyone.
ITS A SHAME THAT TIS HAPPEN WHICH MEANS WE WAIT A WHILE LONGER FOR MATERIAL FROM BILLY AND FAME ,but thats just how the cookie crumbles
peace
They never should have been on G-Unit in the 1st place. 1st, It's a young mans game & they're old. 2nd, the rap game rearly give second chances to pop this late in a career. 3rd, It is no way for any company to market these dudes for they could sell. 4th, they're G-Unit artist not G-Unit soldiers so there wasn't anyway they was going to ride with 50 in his battles. 5th, they're old!
These Guys ar wack anyway they should call it a day
M.O.P. is legendary. 50 only signed em' cuz they hard body..
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They're in the record selling business. The record business don't care if you legendary. With the exception of Snoop, Jay Z & Dr. Dre, you can't name who been around for at least 10 years that still sell records. LL Cool J is a special case he appeals to females. Do you think these fat old niggas going to appeal to females? Only song they're know for is ante up from 98. Like Pac said "All these old rappers trying to advance, it's all over now take it like a man".
M.O.P. should be signed to Dj Lethals "Lethal Dose Records" - I think, it could be a great team, 'cause Lethal as a dj and M.O.P. as an artists all this time have been doin' pretty much the same thing - representin' the same music - hardcore/hip-hop/rock... ...so - yeah, i think, they could make it together..!
I don't know thier situation personally. But from being a producer/label head/artist/mixtape DJ/etc.... I will say this.... alotta artists get lazy. They want the gold and the glory but aren't willing to work hard enough for it... Truth be told, the last time these dudes hit big (as far as I've seen) is with that song "Ante Up". That was a LONG time ago. There's no telling who's to blame.... On one hand, 50 could've pulled a Diddy and he is too busy focusing on his own career to give his labelmates thier proper support.... On another hand, MOP could just be lazy/unfocused/unmotivated/uninterested in thier own project. These artists need to learn that there is a BIG difference between having respect from your peers and ACTUALLY SELLING RECORDS...... With all that being said.... this is sad but true.... I've seen 50 talking more about Souljah Boy then his own labelmates...... I've heard 50 say... "Oh yeah, I signed so and so"...... but after that I never hear 50 really mention them again.... weird
Dude, MOP are HARD. My peoples love thier style, but I have to agree 10 years or so since your last Video/hit does raise some questions. Like, where the fuck are ya'll now?? I didn't hear you on all them DJ Whoo Kid Mixtapes. Thats a sign that the label aint helpin you out right there. Yall should've got out after being signed for 3 years on collecting dust on the shelf at Interscope. Unless he advanced them tons of money(which I doubt) why did they stay?? Well one argument is that if Koch really wanted them, and 50 really didn't have any interest in developing them, Koch would've had them by now. That didn't happen so you have to wonder...Did Koch realize what 50 might have realized, such as MOP are past thier prime, unmotivated, just happy to be signed by G-unit. Just happy to have a deal with a major, even if they knew 50 wasn't doing shit with them. If thats true then MOP can't complain, cuz they just did what most lazy artists do when they get a new deal, SINK.
M.O.P for life... music is watered down these days... they always kept it gully and energetic. so say what you say. M.O.P is and always will be the Rawest group ever.
Name a success from the gunit label apart from 50 and the original crew...........no-one..........
good thing they out cuz they album wuz neva gonna see da light in g-unit!!! i think g-unit is too big right now...all they need is 50,yayo,banks, & buck..everyone else need 2 find anotha label!