^ It also depends on whether or not Meat is the driving force behind the compilation, and where it's released. Could just be a cash grab in one of his best-selling territories. For example, in the UK at least, Sony owns nearly all of the labels involved (Epic/Cleveland International for the first three, Arista for the two Eighties albums everyone prefers to forget, Mercury had CHSIB, Bat 3, and HCTB in the UK, Legacy for Handbasket); the only other people to negotiate with would be Universal (owns both MCA and Virgin, covering all the Bat II and Neighbo[u]rhood bases) and 429 for the Braver tracks. For a UK-only release, provided no one got piggish, it could be slapped together in the time it takes to snap one's fingers.
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