Sauce Money Talks Losing $4 Million Writing Puff Daddy’s “I’ll Be Missing You”

[pawdalaw]

I remember during that Puff rushed that song out quick as hell after Big passed. Faith said she wasnt ready to do it but Puff kind of twisted her arm.

 

[Big Boss]

Sting

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

He's within his rights as an artist to get 100%

Puff built his empire off samples so him not getting this cleared is really confusing to tell the truth. That's a major ball drop. It might not be much to puff but is probably the difference between a guy like sauce living in an apartment in the hood and a house in the suburbs.

It was going to be cleared, he just rushed the release thinking shyt was sweet

 

[ultimatemike]

either drop the double door stainless steel joint like Jada said or shuttttt the fukkk up about it fam..

 

[MrRDU]

so much smoke for puff

 

[Ziggiy]

And got nothing for it. Apparently the record was too big for Sting not to clear. Sting ain't some old starving artist. Dude is like UK music royalty so names like Puff Daddy and Biggie Smalls don't mean shyt to him.

Why seize the moment and rob yourself instead of fast track the clearance or pay a little more?

Because the exposure was worth the risk. Did you read the full quote from Sauce? Puff ate well off the physical sales of the album. Plus touring. That song was a MONSTER and helped put Puff on the map as a solo artist.


Puff made a calculated risk to catapult himself into superstardom and it worked. Maybe not what you are I would have done and definitely not good longterm business as far as publishing and fukking over royalties for the actual song writers (i’m sjre that not only Sauce, but Faith and 112 suffered too financially) but for that particular moment and that particular (to make Puff hot as possible, catapulting off Biggie’s death) it couldn’t have any better

 

[NormanConnors]

He's within his rights as an artist to get 100%

Puff built his empire off samples so him not getting this cleared is really confusing to tell the truth. That's a major ball drop. It might not be much to puff but is probably the difference between a guy like sauce living in an apartment in the hood and a house in the suburbs.

He was trying to get the music out quick to capitalize off of Big's death

 

[zayk35]

To me its clear Puffy knew what he was doing. Nobody "forgot", it was a calculated risk that worked for him.

 

[Da King]

He was trying to get the music out quick to capitalize off of Big's death

exactly, when Big died Puff was

 

[LevelUp]

To me its clear Puffy knew what he was doing. Nobody "forgot", it was a calculated risk that worked for him.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

all this guy does is talk about the late 90's

what have you done lately?

 

[beenz]

Either go fukk Puff up or let this shyt go

Real talk. This dude literally had nothing to talk about other than writing this song for the past 20+ years.

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

The stories 15 years from now about all the writers Drake done fukked over will make Puff look like a saint

 

[General Mills]

Sting and Tracey Chapman do not play. Use their music without clearance and they will eat off you.

 

[African Peasant]

Puff sacrificed Sauce's publishing cause he wanted to surf on the emotion of Biggie's death.

Puff a smart snake.

all this guy does is talk about the late 90's

what have you done lately?

Puff caused him to lose 4 mill. He's right to be mad and still talk about it, even fr a century

To me its clear Puffy knew what he was doing. Nobody "forgot", it was a calculated risk that worked for him.

Yep. Puff knew Sauce was gonna get jerked. He did not care.