 In 1998 after negotiating with Dreamworks Records to buy him out his contract from Relativity Records to promote "Earthquake" more quickly and aggressively than Relativity would or could, E-A-Ski and his label IMG agreed to sign to DreamWorks.Also in 1998 E-A-Ski released the second single from the album "Earthquake" entitled "25 With A Mill Ticket".But on December 7, 1998, E-A-Ski would sue DreamWorks for $30 million due to them at the time not wanting to release "Earthquake"; the album would later be shelved.