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Goldie Lookin' Chain have been dropped by their record label due to 'disappointing sales'.
The Welsh rap collective, who count Big Brother star Maggot amongst their 'crew', only sold 90,000 copies of their most recent album compared to 2004 debut Greatest Hits, which sold 210,000.
Manager Conal Dodds said of the decision: "From our point of view, it doesn't make any odds. If anything, we have more freedom to do what we want to do now.
"We were frustrated when Maggot was in the Big Brother house because we wanted to put out the single Maggot at Midnight but because the MD of the label was on holiday nobody could make a decision.
"The second album hasn't sold as well as the first and that is the reason they don't want to continue with us, but we are probably in a stronger position than ever. We've just done our most successful UK tour and the boys are earning more money than they've ever earned.
"The Goldie Lookin' Chain are going to be around for a long time. I fully expect in two years' time, they will try to re-sign us. Unfortunately the label we are on would prefer to spend money on James Blunt - work that one out."
The Welsh rap collective, who count Big Brother star Maggot amongst their 'crew', only sold 90,000 copies of their most recent album compared to 2004 debut Greatest Hits, which sold 210,000.
Manager Conal Dodds said of the decision: "From our point of view, it doesn't make any odds. If anything, we have more freedom to do what we want to do now.
"We were frustrated when Maggot was in the Big Brother house because we wanted to put out the single Maggot at Midnight but because the MD of the label was on holiday nobody could make a decision.
"The second album hasn't sold as well as the first and that is the reason they don't want to continue with us, but we are probably in a stronger position than ever. We've just done our most successful UK tour and the boys are earning more money than they've ever earned.
"The Goldie Lookin' Chain are going to be around for a long time. I fully expect in two years' time, they will try to re-sign us. Unfortunately the label we are on would prefer to spend money on James Blunt - work that one out."
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