N.O.R.E. speaks on Jay-Z, Def Jam, New album and more...

[Emz1Soldier4Life]

Friday, 02 March 2007
Noreaga, as he was formerly known on Tommy Boy Records, has been known to many as N.O.R.E. since his move to Def Jam. After months of silence from the label, N.O.R.E. decided he was fed up with them and asked to be released by Def Jam. Now, he's finally speaking about what went down with Def Jam and Jay-Z, he'll also let us in on what we can expect from him and his old partner, Capone. In an interview with XXL Magazine this month, the Grimey-one speaks.



On what happened with Def Jam:
I don't want to compare them to girls, but at the end of the day when you're in a relationship with a female and you just feel like it's heading in the wrong way, it's up to you to cut it off before you get into some domestic violence or a route that you didn't want to go. There wont be a N.O.R.E. diss Jay-Z song. There will not be a N.O.R..E. diss L.A. Reid song, 'cause that's my style. [When] I leave a label, I shit on 'em. But this time, I'm going to take the grown man approach. I came and asked them for what I want. They could've easily said, "No." I asked to be released and they didn't fight me or I didn't have to hire no lawyers and I'm glad at that fact.

When asked about the album, One Fan A Day, that he's been working on over the last year:
They own that material. I left One Fan A Day, 'cause I didn't want no legal issues with Def Jam. I didn't want to come out with One Fan A Day and them to say, "We own this material." So I left records with Mariah Carey. I left records with Big Pun... I was halfway recording it and then L.A. Reid came over. I kinda altered my album 'cause I wanted him to like my shit..And I don't think that was the right way to do it.
On Jay-Z being Def Jam CEO:
I love him as a person. I love him as artist. I don't think me and him connected on a personal level as far as business go. When it came down to him sitting behind that desk, I don't think me and his vision was eye to eye. I can't turn around and I can't say that Jay-Z was paying attention to his self more than he was paying attention these other artists. I can't say that! I can't! 'Cause it makes me look corny.

When asked about new material:
It's time to take over the whole globe 'cause that's what I'm going to do