In 2008, Saigon said that he had been released from Atlantic Records following countless delays of his debut album, The Greatest Story Never Told. Well, maybe he spoke too soon ... because he said recently, he's still under contract at the major label.

In a new interview with AllHipHop.com, the rapper admits he's still signed to Atlantic Records, saying they've been delaying the split with paperwork.

"We still on Atlantic, man," Saigon told the site. "We just getting out of there. Still on Atlantic, bro. That's the thing. They the real paper gangsters, man. Everyone talking about, 'They still won't let me out my contract,' you play with them, you deal with some serious dudes.

"Nah, we didn't get off, we just tried to fake. But it wasn't working, that's why I laid low for a minute," he added. "I was gonna try to disappear off the radar cause they don't wanna see you go up the street being successful so they just hold you in with the paperwork."

When Sai's longtime producer Just Blaze woke up to the news, he wasn't very happy. He fired off some morning tweets to explain.

"I did NOT 'try and fake' ANYTHING in regards to Atlantic. Far as I know Saigon is/was off the label," the producer wrote. "If there were particulars still lingering, I was not aware."

An agitated Just Blaze followed up with a few more tweets, standing behind Sai's claim that paperwork was most likely the reason for the hold up of his release.

"I don't do publicity stunts. And I don't fake things for public perception," he said. "That devalues my word to the people when I'm speaking on something real. What's done is done at this point, but I don't play that game. Faking being off of a label would not help anyone at the end of the day.

"Let me clarify. I was a bit aggy when I woke up.. To my knowledge Atlantic agreed to release Sai," Just continued. "But there were probably terms that had yet to be resolved. I know it took a second for the agreement to be put in place as far as being able to walk with the masters, but there were probably other terms that still needed to be renegotiated. Probably point overrides and buyout fees. That was the last I heard. Apparently that end of it still isn't done I guess? I was never involved with that part of the situation really. When Sai said that I think he wasn't really thinking about te context and it probably just came out a little wrong. All the more reason we gotta be careful when talking to the folks with cameras. All is good tho. I just dint like waking up to headlines like 'Just Blaze lied!!!.' Back to destroying and rebuilding. Good day all.

While fans continue to await the release of Saigon's official debut, he dropped a few digital-only projects last year via Amalgam Digital -- All In A Day's Work and Warning Shots 2.