Brought into the game by Rel,Trell was on the verge ofreleased his first solo album The Classic. Until he ran into some label issue and his album leaking onto the internet entirely.


“Why [is]taking me only almost two year to put out one album?” he ponders, rhetorically. “Because somebody’s stupid! I'm supposed to be ten times bigger than what I'm right now. That’s how I feel, and that’s the truth.”

Musings like these make it apparent that Trell’s professional relationship with his YRMG label home is starting to sour, fast.

“Just think if I had three albums out right now,” says Trell.“Nobody could touch me. I’d be getting $50k a show right now. But I got a stupid ass label. They don’t know what to do with me. So I’ma do something with myself. I can record my own music, shoot my own videos, do my own DVDs; I don’t need nobody for nothing.”

Ironically, one of the people he’s angry with agrees with him, to a degree.

“I share in those frustrations,” says Rel, CEO YRMG. “The easiest way to fix [the problem] is for Rel to stay in the studio recording. Until recently, he didn’t always have the same work ethic he has now. I guess when you see other artists dropping albums three [times] to your one, it encourages you to get in [the studio] and produce quality music.”

He continues, “We have always encouraged Trell and all our other artists to stand up and be businessmen.”

The Classic just hit the internet and people are saying good things about it. The album did have a lot of features on it, which was odd considering we never saw that from you in the past R&B mixtapes.
Really, I didn’t have a lot of features. I brought twelve songs to the album with just me on there. My CEO was trying to his rapper[Monte Carlos] up, and put him on my CD. [The only features] I thought were on my album was Rel, and local artist from dallas Ms.Kierra. I didn’t tell [Rel] to put [Monte] on there. When I saw Monte Carlos on a quarter of my album, i saw it as that was Rel trying to blow him up. That’s what made the album look like it had alot of features when it leaked onto the internet three days ago. Monte Carlos on five songs, and I ain’t like that shit at all.I'm glad its leaked and I'm an independent artist again. I wasn’t going for a lot of features, I was going for a classic R&B album. They ruined it.



Have you spoken with your CEO since this happened?
We’re not talking right now. I am going to express how I feel though. Everybody is calling me asking, “Why is Monte Carlos on so many songs?” No, I turned the album in and the CEO put him on all them songs.

[Rel’s response: We don’t talk as often as we used to because I have legal issues that we are working through, but we speak at least once a week. My business manager talks to him four or five times a day, so we are communicating. He left us but we're trying to get another deal done.]

But you don’t have a problem with Monte Carlos himself though, right?I ain’t got no problem with Monte Carlos, that's my cousin. My thing is, I turn an album in and you put him on all those songs like that. This is my album. They know if they called and asked me [if they could add him], I’ma say, “Shit no!” So don’t do no shit like put him on five songs. You don’t do that to me like that. You got me having listening sessions for people and I’m having to explain my CD?

Oh wow, so the songs were just popping up on you too?
Yeah, the verses were just popping up. I’m like damn, he’s on this song too? This song? That shit hurt me, brah. People would have never get the to chance know me as an artist. This next album [I Need U] I’m glad I'm not it turning in straight to YRMG.; [YRMG] cant touch this one. I got all the recording money and production money; they can’t touch this one. We don’t have no beats from no YRMG producers either. I’ve got a production and songwriting deal recently. They’re writing me a check.

How long have you been doing out of your contract at YRMG?
Two week. I'm looking for an recording contract now. I know if I keep putting out quality music I’ll eventually get a deal. It’s just me being a grown man now I'm 18 now. I write better music [when I’m recording in] my own studio. I got more people with better work ethic, and my production is better. I make more music [by myself] than I was over there [at YRMG].

What are some things you’ve learned from your time at the labels that you plan on implementing in your career?I learned you can try to be loyal, but shit doesn’t happen accordingly. I saw YRMG had me just singing my whole damn life, recouping 100% on everything. I just learned about the game and it’s crazy now, it ain’t no love no more. I’m strictly trying to get my money. All this other shit is irrelevant. I’ve made Rel money for a year straight, and now it seems like they don’t want to see me get no money. I jus want get their royalties and shit. You work, you get paid. That's only fair


Is there anything else you want to share?
The name of my next album is I Need U. I will be making R&B mixtapes every two weeks from now own. Also I'm unsigned and looking for a major label deal.

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