Published: Monday - June 2, 2008
Words by Miles Bennett
Saigon (Photo: BallerStatus.com / Dennis Ogtong)
Shortly after Saigon left Atlantic Records after a four year stay, rumors have circulated as of late about his next home. Could he be signing with Jay-Z?
The rapper recently addressed the rumors, via an interview with MTV, of his Abandoned Nation joining Jay's newly formed Roc Nation. However, he still kind of tip toes around the answer.
"Rumors are gonna be rumors," Sai said. "You can't fight the rumors. Just Blaze and Jay-Z are good friends. ... It's gonna be big. Where we go is gonna be big. It's gonna make history."
According to the rapper, his new home will be announced in the next month, and of course, the new label home base will be where he releases his long-awaited The Greatest Story Never Told album.
Right now though, Saigon says his album will hit stores September 30th. Why he left Atlantic, he says, is because it's a "dance label."
"They wanna make dance music and party music. That ain't my lane," Sai told MTV. "The person who signed me to Atlantic Records quit three months after I got signed up there. I tried to work it out, but they made me a lot of empty promises."
He said whether of not he signs with Jay, his new label has to "care about insightful music."
The rapper also revealed his new Just Blaze produced track, "Gotta Believe," which he emphasizes isn't a bite from T-Pain -- referring to Just singing on the song with the auto-tune effect.
"We did [the song] a year and half ago before the craze," Sai explained. "We actually referenced it for T-Pain. This is when T-Pain was still coming up. He tried to charge us 100 grand. So I was like, 'Yo ... you sound good on it. Just keep [the song with your voice on it].' This was before the auto-tune mania."
Although his album is months away, Sai told MTV viral videos for "The Color Purple" and "What A Life" are wrapped, and a video for "Gotta Believe" going into production soon. So visuals are coming.
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