By shelz.

When was the last time an album was assigned a release date and actually dropped on that day?  I’m going to assume it happens for some artists, but not any of the dudes that I support.  We normally sit through push back after push back until fans get pissy and start hopping off the bandwagon and then the album falls from the sky.  I don’t know what started this trend of not being ready on time, but its annoying as hell.

In honor of National Procrastination Week, which was sometime last month, (Hell, no one else does shit on time,) we at Planet Ill (actually it was me at Planet Ill, but who needs the spotlight) have compiled a list of the most ridiculously delayed albums in urban music right now.  None of these have seen the light of day and we’re starting to wonder if they ever will.

Drums please…

Dru Hill – InDrupendence Day

Dru Hill was on MySpace back in ’08 asking the fans if they were ready for InDrupendence Day..  You should probably tack that on to the previous 6 years that the group laid dormant.  The release dates for this album range from April to June and there is so much new material floating around the nets (including an almost note for note hijack of Usher’s “Moving Mountains” called “Love MD”) that you could probably just cut and paste your own new Dru Hill album together yourself. However, they are touring, their MySpace page says its coming and Sisquo has a fresh dye job, so prepare yourselves. 

Eve – Lip Lock

Eve has changed labels and titles of this album (I Am Here, Flirt) several times in the last couple of years.  I’m sure the acting has eaten up a substantial amount of her time but she continues to claim that we will get another album out of her.  Remember Tambourine? Yes, that’s going to be on it, whenever it comes out and regardless of what it’s called.

Johnta Austin – Love Sex and Religion

The talk started in ’06. The talented songwriter/producer was going to step from behind the pen and into the spotlight.  However, the only spotlight he’s garnered recently is playing the cool, suited guy in Jermaine Dupri’s Oceans 7 videos.  Folk in the know at one point said that there was all this label shake up closed-door politics going on with the LP and that’s why it hadn’t surfaced.  However, a couple of months ago Bryan-Michael Cox said the crew was working hard on the album and they were 6 songs deep.  Which means they are clearing about 1 ¼ songs per year.

Saigon – Greatest Story Never Told

Once you get beyond the myriad of jokes you could tell about the title, know that it’s been a hard road for Mr. Saigon.  Sample clearance troubles, label troubles, ownership troubles have all culminated in a so far 5 year wait.  “C’mon Baby” has reached old school status and Sai-Giddy has gone from one of the most buzzed dudes in the game to snatching at relevance by trading internet diss bars with Joe Budden.  And that was over a year ago. Anybody seen this dude? Somebody? Anybody? Daaaad?

Young Buck – Buck The World

Albums being held hostage is bad business.  I mean someone might actually buy this.  However, folks put years of work on the “shelf” and let it collect cobwebs because they have their panties in a bunch.  Give the damn thing to me.  I’ll figure out something.  Anything has to be better than just letting it sit there.  Anywho, Buck says 50 won’t let him have it and it doesn’t appear Curtis has any interest in releasing it.  Yet we still get Yayo projects.  Sigh…

Ghostface Meets Metalface.. Ironman Meets Metal Face… Swift and Changeable… Changeable and Swift  .. Ghost and That Guy in the Mask…Or Something Like that.

I have no idea on this one.  2005 maybe?  Then in 2007 some dude said it was 75% done and then well nothing.  There was some song that was supposed to be the first single, now I can’t find it anywhere.  It’s easy as hell to shroud an album in mystery when it doesn’t exist.  Maybe Doom can get his body double in the booth and record something so we can at least have it by 2020.

Papoose – The Nacirema Dream

Whether he’s looking for the right “situation” or trying to break his sweetie pie out of jail, this dude always seems a bit too distracted to drop his album. At least we actually got to the point of seeing an unofficial track list.  Plus I can’t imagine Kay Slay leading us astray.  That just wouldn’t happen.  So I believe we will see this album soon. And I have to admit, I didn’t know that Nacirema was American spelled backwards till a couple of minutes ago.  I just figured that was some exotic car or drug I was way too square to be down with.

Nicole Scherzinger – Her Name is Nicole

This album was pressed in 2007, yet still has no release date.  You may wish your girlfriend was hot like her, but you obviously don’t want to listen to her sing.  The two “test” singles that were released were returned to sender unopened and Nicole has been relegated to “Dancing With the Stars” on which she will more than likely lose to that lady with all the kids.

Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left Foot

It’s been three years and two labels.  There are plenty of people waiting on this album because both Antwan and Andre said once their solo albums were released; they would get back to recording as a duo. Even though we have a collective suspicion that none of that will happen, Big Boi’s album is the only project with a name and some singles, so all of our Outkast dreams are riding on it.  Maybe after this we might actually get that Goodie Mob album we’ve been promised.  A girl can dream, can’t she?

Dr Dre – Detox

This album was in the brief case in Pulp Fiction. I just can’t take this seriously anymore.