That wasn't actually a legit tape tho, it was fan made by some dude overseas. Dude said they told him they appreciated it but Rocky hated some of the songs on there specifically the one with Seth Narley
There's a long *** blog post out there where dude explains how he came across Rocky on the Realniggtumblr. I think Yams had posted Been Around the World in like January but after that he was actually talking to Yams for months early 2011 and he told him the whole plan to reintroduce him via the blog, etc months before
According to him Yams already them at label offices and had turned down a deal from Atlantic before Purple Swag. I think he said he also helped them contact Soufien3000 to get the beat they ended up using for Acid Drip. If I can find it again I'll post it, it was kinda hard to read because I had to translate it to English, it was really interesting tho.