STAT QUO
Statlanta
(Shady/Aftermath)

Stat signed his deal about the time Jay-Z retired. Guess who's dropped an album in the four years since? Let's just say Stat's hungry, and on his oft-delayed debut he tears through a buffet of southern-fried bangers prepared by Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Three 6 Mafia. Kingdom Come, this ain't.

KEY SONGS: "Way It Is," "30 Minutes," "Pussy"

STAT QUO HURRIES UP AND WAITS FOR HIS LONG-OVERDUE LP.
"THERE WERE TIMES OF FRUSTRATION. I WATCHED PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T IN THE GAME BLOW UP AND GET RICH WHILE I'M STILL HUSTLING. I JUST WANTED MY CHANCE. SOME OF MY SUBJECT MATTER AND A COUPLE DATES WEREN'T REALLY RELEVANT ANY MORE, SO I REWROTE A VERSE OR TWO, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS ALBUM IS TIMELESS. ANDRE 3000 DID 'HEY YA' LIKE FOUR YEARS BEFORE HE PUT IT OUT, AND IT WAS A SMASH. I GOT SO MANY SONGS - 600! I FEEL LIKE I'M WORKING ON MY FIFTH ALBUM RIGHT NOW."