"Jim [Jones], all of them. They was just fukking it up. They was under this impression—I think they all adopted this from Cam’ron—they were all into this impression that the new guys must pay the dues," said Max B, who co-wrote Jones' biggest hit to date in "We Fly High (Ballin')." Max remembers stating his frustrations, after he was reportedly receiving $300 for his role in shows. "'Number one: I [write] all the fukking records around here. Number two: all the records we producing in the studio—these are fukking singles you puttin’ out, radio spins! Where’s my shyt? Why when I go perform at a show, and you making excess amount of dollars, you making [$10-15,000] how the fukk is you giving me $300? I'm doing eight, nine fukking records! I'm out here sweatin’ too! When you got drama and beef in different cities, and motherfukkers is throwing chairs on the stage—they throwin’ them shyts at me too! I want money.' This is what all the beef start stemmin’ from."
While shows were one place of tensions, The Byrdgang's ensemble recording schedules were another. "There was arguments, there was disrespect every night in the studio. To where, I didn't want to go in. Some nights he had to call me: 'Yo, come and work.' 'I don’t wanna go. I don’t like this shyt no more.'"
"I got out on bail in 2007, summertime. My bail was like $1.5 million," recalls Max B who spent early 2007 in Bergen County Jail awaiting trial for the murder charges he was later convicted of. "No way I think I'm gettin’ out. I'm thinking, 'Who’s gonna come get me.' But we found a way. My tangible songs, I was able to sell some publishing to those, for some money. When I got out of prison, my buzz got bigger, I became more recognized." The tensions still existed in the studio, despite Max's dire legal woes. "And when I came home this time, it was the same thing with these guys in the studio. No recognition, like, 'Come on, give me my proper due. Where’s the etiquette here?'"
300 a show before jail. No money really except for Jim. Go to jail. 1.5 mil in bail which is only 150k. Has to sell pub to all his song. He left out that it was to Jim tho. Then goes right back to Jim and back to no money
It wasn't until a little after jail was he saying fukk Jim and getting his own money. But how broke was he by then?
I mean just think. If dude had money. Would he be involved in this robbery