The album (LTTG) would probably have been shit whoever produced it. Eminem tried to do his best, which wan't good enough, but give him his props as well as his criticism. He has produced 2 of the best post tracks in "Ghost" and "Runnin'". (On the Soundtrack)
The quality of the material for LTTG was poor. And OG's just aren't going to get released. It done reasonabily well for a badly promoted album with little funding. It had a number 1 single (in the UK), and reached platinum status.
That is decent.
To us it was shit. Commercially it done better than pretty much any other rapper this year outside the top 10 most popular. And they are all alive.
As for this years album. No matter how crap or how good it is. It will only be deemed a success if it sells platinum. Which is a good bench. We probably won't like it, but then we never do. If they released an OG box set they'd sell about 100,000 copies and the rest of the fans would download it.
We all like to moan and we'd all do it differently but try looking at the situation economically instead of emotionally. Afeni isn't a record exec, she's a mother of a huge but dead rap star. Who isn't actually even a fan of the music. She does what she can, but surely any song on which she hears her son raping, Alive and well sounds good to her. Any help given by an Eminem, is appreciated. She just wants to keep his name alive and his memory strong, which she has achieved. Afeni is a soldier for the people and with her farm and Pac's school she is doing a very good job.
As for the topic.... Isn't it a cop out to have achieved the single being out by September 13th by airing it on the net? If it isn't in shops then it isn't released, surely.