Slaughterhouse member Crooked I was once signed to Death Row Records and was considered one of the label's best new artists. In an interview he did recently, Crooked I discussed his days spent with them and says that he's still owed $1 million, because they're still using some of his older music even though he's no longer affiliated with them.

"I know that the people that bought Death Row Records put out some s**t called Hoodstar, and they used a few [of my] songs off of that album. I've seen a few songs pop up on pirate websites. I was watching [Eddie Griffin's] 'Dysfunktional Family' the other day, and I had nine songs on that soundtrack".

He then contends that the label wanted him to support the older tracks, and he responded by saying he needed $1 million before he agreed to anything.

"[Death Row] called me and they wanted me to support it. I told them, 'If you want me to do some s**t, cut me a check for $1 million, and I'll come over there for some solo s**t.' I told them if they weren't going to do anything like that, then I wasn't going to support anything. It's reminding people of a past that no longer exists. There is no real Death Row Records anymore. Once Suge was removed from the picture, there was no Death Row. You can't be Death Row without Suge. My terms were to have me do a brand new album for a $1 million. They gave me the run around, and I told them I was cool."

He continues on to say that the label has problems marketing old, unheard music to fans and that is detrimental to selling records.

"They are trying to put out old s**t, and they don't know how to market it. They just think that the catalog is going to sit around and sell itself – and it will – but not the part of the catalog that people haven't heard. You have to market that. You can sell 'All Eyes On Me' forever and a day. What about the unheard music, though? That has to be marketed to the people. They don't know how to do that in my opinion. So when they read this, all I have to say is $1 million. As a matter of fact, it was $1 million back then. I want $1.5 now."

Source: hiphopdx.com