Minulý rok bol pre Bucka dosť turbulentný. Po niekoľkých preloženiach konečne vydal svoj druhý major album "Buck the World", ktorý sa dočkal prevažne priaznivých reakcií, ale zároveň pre neho minulý rok znamenal aj oslabenia spojenia s Fiftym, ktorý sa cítil urazený niektorými Buckovými výrokmi ohľadne jeho beefov. Do nového roka vstúpil však nielen s novým účesom, ale aj novým labelom Cashville Records, pod ktorým vyjde aj jeho nový album "Product of the South". Po minulých dvoch albumoch, ktoré vyšli pod značkou G-Unit teda radikálna zmena. "Buck is in a good place. A lot of people want to see me succeed and that's why I created my own brand, Cashville Records. I'm just stepping up to the executive bracket. I'm still a part of G-Unit, 50 is still my boss when I'm doing G-Unit and I'm my boss over here. I'm trying to establish me and just getting to my money."

Nový album, predbežne naplánovaný na 1.apríla, sa bude spoliehať na mikrofónovú výpomoc od Young Jeezyho, Pliesa, Deavina a Brotha Lynch Hunga a produkčnú stránku zabezpečia Hi-Tek, Drumma Boy a Sha Money XL. Aj keď to vyzerá na podobnú zostavu k minulým albumom, podľa Bucka bude mať album uplny iný sound. "It's a totally new feel to the music. I can definitely tell you it's gonna be all fresh sounds. I'm working with new producers. I wanted a separate sound and feel from G-Unit. I mean, how could it be a new label if I went with the same stuff as ya'll used to hearing from G-Unit? This record is ghetto gospel, reality rap that identifies with the people still in the struggle. I'm bringing that feeling back to the game. I'm still gonna make those club, party, feel good songs but look how high these gas prices are. People need to get back to talking about something on these records. As long as there's a mixtape scene or an internet, my presence will always be felt. Buck ain't going nowhere."

Keďže Buck chýba na medzinárodnom turné G-Unit, ponúkajú sa otázky ohľadom jeho vzťahu s Fiftym. Ale Buck hovorí, že aj keď sa ich vzťah zmenil, ani zďaleka by to nenazýval beefom. "At the end of the day, I been over here getting money and establishing me. My relationship with 50, it is what it is. 50's becoming bigger by the day. We don't communicate as much as we used to, but that's cool because I'm not the type of artist that's gonna wait for the CEO to make a move for me. I respect 50 to the utmost. Even though at times to the world it seems like 50 ain't down with me, I still stay loyal to the nigga because he put me in this position. It's just he's more focused on 50 more than anybody. Everybody wonders, what's up with Buck and Fif? He's a business man. He gets the final word and makes the [business] decisions for G-Unit. Anything outside of that, you gotta ask 50 about."

Aby dostal svoj label na vrchol, Buck neodmieta ani spoluprácu s bývalymi Fiftyho rivalmi ako The Game. "My label is Cashville, not G-Unit," Buck said. "We'll see who chooses to holler and if it's a positive move that's going to benefit the label and my artists, then we'll work it out. It's a whole new year, there's new money to go get. A lot of those situations [between 50 and other artists] were obviously not my situations," he added. "I'm open to those that are open to me. I ain't trippin' if [Game] ain't trippin'. I ain't trippin' if the world ain't trippin'. I'm in a lane where I got other people's lives to think about too now. This is a fresh Buck."

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