By now, you know the problems between Atlantic Records & Saigon (CLICK HERE for pt 1). In part two of this DX exclusive, Saigon discusses what is really going on and who he's looking to for beats if Just Blaze doesn't come thru. Did he really offend Just Blaze with his blog? Will he and Just continue to work together? Will this situation turn into Ras Kass Vs Capitol all over again? Will The Greatest Story Never Told become literal? Check it out here...

HHDX: Do you think putting “Pain In My Life” out as a street single was a mistake in a sense, just…?
Saigon: [Interrupts] Hell no!  That was the best thing I ever coulda did.  

HHDX: But it didn’t get picked up by radio.
Saigon: So what?  It don’t matter.  Radio doesn’t matter.  Radio is so overrated right now when it comes to hip-hop.  I know artists who are getting thousands of spins and can’t sell a record, and nobody comes to their shows.  And I make just as much money off shows as they do.

I’m touring the world right now.  I just came from London.  They treat me like Michael Jackson [overseas].  A girl fainted [at one of my shows] in Norway.  I don’t need radio.  

HHDX: But my question was just do you think it was a mistake in the sense that it sounds like it ruffled some feathers at Atlantic?
Saigon: No, ‘cause Atlantic didn’t spend no money on the record.  They know you gotta spend money on a record for a record to go, unless it’s a novelty record.  There’s what you got called novelty records, the 1-and-done artist, where he follows the formula of what’s going on with a catchy phrase.  Those are radio records.  They’re made for radio.  “Pain In My Life” was not made for radio.  It’s about a little kid who gets molested in church.  I knew this wasn’t gonna be a Top 40 record.  I knew that shit.  But that was never my objective.

HHDX: You suggested in your blog post that they want you to make a ringtone record, but you [just] said [to me] that that’s not really the reason the album’s being held up?
Saigon: I’m saying I don’t know why the album’s being held up.  I don’t know why, that’s what I’m assuming.  That’s what I’m assuming, because if I went in there and created a song… It’s funny, ‘cause I was just joking with my man, and I was like, “Watch, I’ma make some bullshit like [starts chanting] she got that donkey that donkey, she got the donkey kong jr.”  If I was to record that for real and get it up to 300, 400 spins Atlantic would put the whole team behind it, and then they would be trying to push my album out.  That’s all they see is radio [spins]. Continued on page 2 »