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Lil Wayne - Beat Biter?
I've been beat jacked!! Again!! For those not au fait with Hip Hop vernacular, someone's stolen a beat I made!
Back in the days, I made some beats and did some songs (I won't go as far as to say I was a producer, but I may go back to it in the future - anyway, I digress). One of the songs I did was with Wu Tang affiliate and all round nice emcee Shabazz The Disciple called "Red Hook Day". It was released in the US on an independent record label in 2003 but never got released over here. It got quite a lot of love in the US - lots of radio spins, backing from some of the big names in Hip Hop such as DJ Premier, Funk Flex etc... #3 in boombap.com's top 10 tracks of 2003, licensed to a load of compilations/TV shows/films etc... If it had the right label behind it, it would have been a lot bigger.
Check it here
First, Mark Ronson used the same sample but flipped it differently for "Tell A Story" on Rhymefest's album. Didn't really mind that because he worked the sample differently and hey, at the end of the day, it's a sample. BUT there's a new Lil Wayne track doing the internet rounds called "La La La" that is supposed to be from his forthcoming album where the producer has straight jacked my beat! Very similar sample chops, very similar bass line, very similar drum pattern...
Listen to it here
Compare it to this here
Should I be chasing Weezy for a cheque? Or should I be sending him my beat CD from 2003?
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Post your commentI'll tell you one thing, "Red Hook Day" is better than both of those!
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I listened to you talk about it on the radio show, and I think Lil Wayne is soooo lame. It's a ill beat, believe, and he just took it like that. I'd send him the track with a letter telling him to make it right. Who knows, it might not have been intentional, or the track might have been given to him by someone. Or he could totally be pushin his luck. This comes from a US listener who thinks fair payment should go around.
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Yo the beat is banging , and Lil wayne killed it , on wikipedia they said it wasnt gon be on his album though, so its like a mixtape joint
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