ON SEPT 20TH THERE WAS A LETTER SENT TO KOCH RECORDS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE IN BREACH OF CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY WERE LYING RETAIL AND TO THE FANS BY SAYING THIS WAS AN M.O.P. ALBUM AND NOT A MARKSMEN RECORD.
THEY WERE TRYING TO JUMP RETAIL ON INTERSCOPE AND GUNIT. SINCE FIFTY CENT HAS BEEN TOURING THE WORLD WITH M.O.P. THERE HAS BEEN A RESURGENCE IN SALES AND AWARENESS OF THE FIRST FAM.
WE FEEL THAT THIS WAS WRONG BY KOCH AND THOUGH THE MARKSMEN IS A GREAT RECORD. SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS THE G UNIT ALBUM. SINCE THE MARKSMEN WAS MADE UNDER THE STRESS OF OUR FORMER ROCAFELLA DEF JAM SITUATION.
THIS LETTER IS TO INFORM OUR FANS THAT AFTER THIS FIRST RUN OF CD'S THE MARKSMEN RECORD WILL BE PULLED OFF THE SHELVES AND REPACKAGED IN 2006. AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE G UNIT ALBUM.
SO IF YOU HAVE THIS CLASSIC CD, TAKE CARE OF IT. IT WONT BE OUT AGAIN IN IT'S PRESENT FORM.
SALUTE
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cd is now a collectors item