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“The major situation wasn’t working out for me,” Slim Thug says regarding the lengthy delay between album releases. “It didn’t have anything to do with Star Trak [or Pharrell] — it had to do with Geffen/Interscope. They were moving slow [and] fumbling the ball too many times. So I just said, ‘Look, I want to go back independent and be in control of my music. I’m not trying to be on standby nowhere.’”
With the success of Already Platinum coinciding with the rise in mainstream recognition for Houston artists like Mike Jones, Paul Wall and others, it appeared Slim Thug was on the cusp of superstardom. But according to the surprisingly humble and calm artist, changes in A&R and other executive positions led to creative differences.
After recording over 200 songs between Interscope and his new home, Koch Records, Slim Thug is now set to drop his second album, Boss of all Bosses on March 24. While listeners will recognize the jewelry-laden tales of riding candy paint and sipping drank, Slim Thug also offers more introspection this time around, showing off his overall evolution as an artist, businessperson and family man.
“I’m still trying to find myself with music,” he says. “This is just a whole ‘nother side of Slim Thug. If you just caught on to me when we dropped Already Platinum, then … this is going to educate you on how I was doing it before then.”
–gavin philip godfrey
