After an endless string of delays on his album release, and enough drama to fill a movie, rapper Saigon has called it quits. Saigon broke the news on his Myspace blog, even before telling his own record label his decision. Saigon now plans to spend time with his nonprofit organization In Arms Reach and Abandoned Nation, an organization that helps the children of NYC whose parents are incarcerated.
The Myspace post is extremely long, but here's a small piece, you can click here to read the entire thing.
I QUIT........
You see I got into rap a very very long time ago, I didnt do it to become rich, I didnt do it to become famous, I did it because it was a way for me to vent about the bad things that were happening around me, It was therapy for me so to speak.....Ive realized now that sooo many people have gotten into Hip Hop, whether the business aspect or otherwise, its not really for me anymore...First of all, people need to know that I am a contraversial person period, before I ever was in a magazine, on T.V. in a studio, I was very very deep in the street shit..Contraversy has always followed me, Its unfortunate but it is what it is...Its my life...
Ironically, his album was titled The Greatest Story Never Told and it appears the prophecy just might be true. Here's the confirmed tracklist for the doomed album:
01. C'mon Baby Remix
02. Clap
03. A Better Way
04. The Invitation
05. However Do You Want It
06. Preacher
07. The Truth
08. What The Lovers Do
09. Oh Yeah
10. The Greatest Story Never Told
11. Enemies & Friends
CMJ News
My Trusted MOGs
damn that's crazy...