Your Favorite White Boy

Apparently the Universal Music Group head is OK with disappointing hip-hop heads across the globe.

When in an interview with Billboard Magazine about the status of Dr. Dre’s upcoming album, Iovine explained that he encouraged Andre to focus on his protege Marshall rather than finish Detox .

Damn you, Jimmy! Damn you straight to hell!

So, let’s move from a record that is coming out this year to some that aren’t, like U2 and Eminem.

I met with the guys in U2, and they say to me, ‘You know what? This album needs two more songs, and it will be exactly what we have in mind.’ I go there and I listen, and I agreed with them. It’s a great record, but it deserves the time. Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked.

I’ll tell you about Eminem. We only tried to put him out this year to replace Dr. Dre, but we got into a quagmire. Eminem was always coming next year. But what happened was, I lost Dr. Dre to Eminem. Dre had to stop making his album to finish Eminem’s album. Eminem hit a streak, and when a guy like Eminem gets on fire, you stop everything. That’s how we lost Dre.

So what’s the status of Dre’s record?

Dre’s going back in in January. He’ll be finished with Eminem by then, and he’ll finish his album.

There’s a rumor in the retail world that Eminem might be an exclusive as well .

No. There’s no truth to that.