Memphis Bleek is cool with Damon Dash

When Roc-A-Fella Records split in 2004, Memphis Bleek sided with Jay-Z. Out of all of the feuds going on in the crew, it was said that the worst one was between Bleek and Damon Dash. Right before a performance in 2003, Memph Bleek got into it with Dash and Jay-Z told him that there would be a day when he would never see Dash again. That time would come within the next year and things would never be the same again.

For five years after the split, Memphis Bleek remained on the label. Despite being the most loyal member of the label, he was lost in the shuffle when it came time for him to release his fifth studio album. In his last years with the Roc, Bleek often spoke highly of Jay-Z and badly of Damon Dash. Even to this day, he does not blame Jay-Z for the mishandling of his album, which has yet to come out.

Last summer, Memphis Bleek was finally able to leave Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records. Throughout his career, Bleek has been running his own label, Get Low Records, which was distributed by Roc-A-Fella. During his time away from the game, Bleek used the label to release a series of mixtapes. But, by 2009, he realized that he needed to make plans to release his album. There were short talks with Def Jam, then Memphis Bleek broke out on his own and signed a distribution deal with the independent label, Mass Appeal Entertainment.

Now that the deal is in place, Memphis Bleek has made plans to release his album, The Process, and the first single, "Still Ill," has taken over the radio waves. Recently, there was video footage of Memphis Bleek running into Damon Dash in London, England and the two former rivals shook hands. When Bleek was questioned about the footage, he said that the footage was actually from 2008. Memphis Bleek never did state his current feelings for his former boss, but it was clear that there was little friction. Around the same time that they saw each other, Memphis Bleek was saying bad things about Dash in interviews. That was because he was still signed to Roc-A-Fella, at the time.

Memphis Bleek is now the captain of his own team and he speaks directly with the big executives. That gives him the right to say whatever he feels like saying. Recently, he was asked how he feels about Damon Dash and Memphis Bleek said that their issues are in the past. Often, he tries to downplay feuds that he was once involved in. While he and Dash are on good terms, the chances of the two uniting for any causes are slim, at the moment. On March 23, 2010, Memphis Bleek is expected to release his long-awaited album, The Process, through Get Low Records and Mass Appeal Entertainment. No Roc-A-Fella, no Def Jam.