bigdmakintrax
BeatKreatoR
Hey this is old news but its a pretty good lesson of what might happen if you are selling beats with no contract or even handing out a beat CD.....I have had this sort of happen also....with cats that will get beats from me, have paid me in the past but get slack and then sort of fade out on the dough.....
http://www.hiphop-elements.com/article/read/4/5337/1/
what would you do?
Neil Maman from Quiet Storm Entertainment has e-mailed Y2Hiphop.com a recent interview regarding the situation between Jadakiss, Ras Kass and The Alchemist over the so-called double selling of a beat. The Alchemist recently revealed his side of the story over the situation and said that it was the fault of Ras Kass' record label, Priority Records that this whole situation arised.
It appears that back in 1999, Ras Kass had approached The Alchemist to produce three beats for his forthcoming album "Van Gogh". The Alchemist agreed a fee with the label and the beats were produced with Priority Records paying an initial deposit for the beats. However, when the beats were passed on to Ras Kass, Priority completely neglected The Alchemist and didn't cough up the rest of the cash or send The Alchemist any contracts to sign, so in his reckoning, the beats were still up for grabs. Enter Jadakiss, who heard the beats and was feelin' the beat that was originally done for Ras Kass. Contracts were agreed and signed and it looks like Jada will be using the beat on his forthcoming solo debut, "Kiss Tha Game Goodbye".
The Alchemist even claims that Ras Kass knew about the deal a month prior to "Home Sweet Home" being released on mixtapes and even went on to say that Ras Kass try to mess up the deal by doing this. When The Alchemist offered to pay back Ras Kass the initial deposit laid down for the beats and offered Ras Kass a new beat, Kass rejected it.
It looks as though this might be an ongoing issue which will never be resolved. Either way, it's unlikely Ras Kass will be able to stop Jadakiss from using the beat since no contracts were signed.
http://www.hiphop-elements.com/article/read/4/5337/1/
what would you do?
Neil Maman from Quiet Storm Entertainment has e-mailed Y2Hiphop.com a recent interview regarding the situation between Jadakiss, Ras Kass and The Alchemist over the so-called double selling of a beat. The Alchemist recently revealed his side of the story over the situation and said that it was the fault of Ras Kass' record label, Priority Records that this whole situation arised.
It appears that back in 1999, Ras Kass had approached The Alchemist to produce three beats for his forthcoming album "Van Gogh". The Alchemist agreed a fee with the label and the beats were produced with Priority Records paying an initial deposit for the beats. However, when the beats were passed on to Ras Kass, Priority completely neglected The Alchemist and didn't cough up the rest of the cash or send The Alchemist any contracts to sign, so in his reckoning, the beats were still up for grabs. Enter Jadakiss, who heard the beats and was feelin' the beat that was originally done for Ras Kass. Contracts were agreed and signed and it looks like Jada will be using the beat on his forthcoming solo debut, "Kiss Tha Game Goodbye".
The Alchemist even claims that Ras Kass knew about the deal a month prior to "Home Sweet Home" being released on mixtapes and even went on to say that Ras Kass try to mess up the deal by doing this. When The Alchemist offered to pay back Ras Kass the initial deposit laid down for the beats and offered Ras Kass a new beat, Kass rejected it.
It looks as though this might be an ongoing issue which will never be resolved. Either way, it's unlikely Ras Kass will be able to stop Jadakiss from using the beat since no contracts were signed.
