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Originally Posted by Goofle11
I did hear that Sparky, but I am not sure if it is confirmed, so I would rather just say it was his album, even though he has accused the label of having some creative control (which I always call bull **** on personally).
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Heres some quote by him from wiki.
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here's nothing really to tell about that record, to be honest. I didn't have nothing to do with that record. That was the label's record. That wasn't like I knew the producer or knew the writer or anything like that. That was one of those records the record company gave me, [they even gave me] stuff they wanted me to rap about. It wasn't like, 'Hey I did this and I went to a mountain and found inspiration and it was this'. [...] I had to do "The Show Goes On", that was like the big chip on the table. I had to do it and it had to be the first single if the record was going to come out.
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I was literally told for "The Show Goes On" that I shouldn't rap too deep. I shouldn't be too lyrical. It just needs to be something easy on the eyes. Like a record company telling Picasso that we don't need these abstract interpretations of life, where people have to sit down and look at it and break it down. It was better to paint the Upper West Side lady and her poodle so everyone could look at it right away and understand what was going on. I felt like I was painting poodles. It's why in the first line of "The Show Goes On" I paraphrase Johnny Rotten at the Sex Pistols' final show: "Have you ever had the feeling that you were being cheated".
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Honestly, i think he got the best deal ever. He made millions off making a pop album he publicly criticized, and is still considered a great rapper because of that pop album
He's certainly talented, and his upcoming album I'm sure will be good now that he's shown he has fans and will attract good producers.