Schoolboy Says He Regrets Signing With Interscope

In a recent interview with hot937.cbslocal.com, Schoolboy Q said he regrets getting on Interscope Records. Well, he didn't sign directly, but TDE signed with Interscope Records in 2012. This is how it went...Dr. Dre is under Interscope with his Aftermath Entertainment; he saw Kendrick Lamar in 2012, and wanted to sign him quickly to Aftermath. But Kendrick was already signed to an independent label called TDE. So, Dre struck a deal with Top Dawg (TDE C.E.O). He would have Kendrick under his Aftermath umbrella, and also secure a deal for TDE to be signed directly under Interscope Records. So, Kendrick is signed to TDE/Aftermath/Interscope, and other rappers like Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul are signed to TDE/Interscope. But Schoolboy Q wishes they had stayed independent...maybe cos of the amount of middle men now in the business side of things.





“I already did wrong by signing a rap contract. I’m not talking about TDE, but how we ventured off with the majors. I wish we would have still stayed indie. I don’t care about being on like 100 radios or shit like that. I love Interscope, but I wish I could have just stayed with TDE.” 










Well, Q, I don't think you would have sold 140k first week on an Indie label...Interscope made that possible with their machine.