Full Circle Song [SEP] record label
album for A&M Records. For these sessions, Clark and record producer Chris Hinshaw assembled a top flight crew of L.A. studio musicians, including Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Clarence White, Byron Berline, and Spooner Oldham, but progress on the proposed album was slow. The recording sessions were eventually abandoned, due to A&M's frustration at the lack of progress, and consequently the album was shelved.
Some months later, Gene's friend and ex-manager of the Byrds, Jim Dickson, approached Dave Hubert, the head of
a freestyle over "Big Brother" entitled "Half A Mil Freestyle". The two later included the song as the first track on their "Full Circle: Gangsta Grillz" mixtape under the new title "Half A Million." Former Shady Records artist Bobby Creekwater rapped and released a song containing lyrics dedicated to Eminem using the "Big Brother" instrumental. In the song, Bobby explains how he got signed, what his relationship with Eminem and his labelmates was like, and where he stood within his record label Interscope