TheDarceKnight
Veteran
I think you got it backwards. I think they listened to this album as it presently is and realized that it was utter cac garbage and knew they had to record a hard tape to let the fans know they still had something left in the tank. So when they get dropped from the label after this garbage flops, they are hoping the same fans who at least bought their 1st Koch release will buy their next Koch release when they end up back on that label.
No way these nikkas didn't realize this album was garbage, but they probably don't have any control over the music that gets released on their own album.
The tape was a consolation prize. They also have a ready made excuse once they flop and are dropped. "We never wanted to make that album, we wanted to make an album like the mixtape but with better production & a bigger budget."
You'd be surprised how little control they actually have of what ends up on the album and what doesn't. In fact, I believe Royce didn't even realize All On Me had been moved to the mixtape until the mixtape had already dropped.
Although you could be right. Either way, the album is trash and their first was much better.