Micheal Jackson told Nas if he didn't cuss he could use his Sample

[Cladyclad]

Yall nikkas stuck in the past with this dude goddamn

Dont any of you losers reply to me either

 

[African Peasant]

Yall nikkas stuck in the past with this dude goddamn

Dont any of you losers reply to me either

Your trolling used to be funny

 

[CHICAGO]

his joint publishing venture with Sony didn't happen until '95, a year after Illmatic dropped. Sony wanted some of that Beatles/MJ music royalty bread which led to that linkup.

and of course his momma sold all of his half to Sony later after he died.

THESE TYPE OF DEALS DON'T
HAPPEN OVER NIGHT.

MJ WAS DEFINITELY WORKING
ON THAT MERGER
BEFORE THIS ALBUM CAME OUT



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[spliz]

his joint publishing venture with Sony didn't happen until '95, a year after Illmatic dropped. Sony wanted some of that Beatles/MJ music royalty bread which led to that linkup.

and of course his momma sold all of his half to Sony later after he died.

Nope MJ actually was working on that crazy publishing deal a few weeks before the first accusation happened. Alotta people don’t know this. Def one of the biggest motivators of that first accusation. Low key Sony is HIGHLY responsible for the destruction of MJ’s image.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I always wondered how Nas was able to clear that one on his debut album as I figured it had to be pricey as hell. Huh.

It also helped that they were label mates.i think he only had to clear the publishing for that

 

[Diondon]

 

[Rekkapryde]

It also helped that they were label mates.i think he only had to clear the publishing for that

Going straight to MJ instead of having to deal with the label wanting their cut helped too.

Wonder how much the royalty split, if any, Nas and Large Pro get

 

[Jerz-2]

Vocabulary spill, I'm ill....

 

[Tres Leches]

Vocabulary spill, I'm ill....

plus matic

 

[Mandizi]

From the bars and the flow to the baseline and the sample. Classic song.

 

[Peauxboy]

I’ve never noticed he didn’t cuss.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

It also helped that they were label mates.i think he only had to clear the publishing for that

yeah. Sony/Colombia/Epic. Songwriters were Porcaro and Bettis. I don't know how true that meme is, but you obviously can't believe everything posted online.

 

[the cac mamba]

nas is like, too. only thing they bleeped out was "lines of cocaine"

 

[reserved_one]

For free…..that’s so dope of Michael to do that for a new comer like Nas at the time. I’m sure Mike saw a lot of potential in him.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

nas is like, too. only thing they bleeped out was "lines of cocaine"

Jay-Z Streets Is Watching is another one, although that gets weird as the same song was then sampled on My Name Is a year later and well...we all know how vulgar that one was lol