Jeru The Damaja: Tiny Desk Home Concert
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that and come clean...true classics
come clean is my shit but i c why he didnt include it ...he only did positive songs...
didnt know ONYX sued him ...half jus for a dam hook...smh
I am curious about them being sued. Primo knows the sampling game and I would assume he knows he needs to contact artists or labels for the sample. Curious if it was a simple hey can we use your beat, Onyx I want to use the line as a chorus for a new artist. Whats his name Jeru, yeah never heard of him go ahead. Oh shit that track is all over the east coast, lets get some of those profits.
DRS was it
Probably the reason cats can't dine with PRIMO.PE sued for 10 crack commandments which is bs knowing Chuck worked with the bomb squad the greatest sample force of all time. Introduced lawyers to cancel that art.
I didn't know that. Now i need to do research of how many times Primo has been sued.
Damn
10 Crack Commandments
B.I.G. was a fuckin’ sweetheart and jokester. The song was originally a promo for [New York radio station] Hot 97’s Top 5 at 9. Everyone from Onyx to Wu-Tang Clan was doing promos for [DJ] Angie Martinez, so we did one [with that beat] with Jeru the Damaja. [The beat] never goes past “9” because it was 9 o’clock. Puff [Daddy] was doing promo one day and heard it and was like, “What the hell. …” My homie hit me up on my beeper “911” like, “Puffy is on the radio telling you to call.” Puff said, “That beat is serious. B.I.G. has one record left on the album. We need that.” Puffy and Jeru were beefin’, but I asked Jeru and his answer was, “Yeah, that’s hip-hop. Let him get it.”
[In 1998, Chuck D sued Bad Boy Records, Arista Records, Premier and the estate of Notorious B.I.G., among others, for copyright infringement and defamation, alleging his voice was sampled without permission. The suit was settled later that year for an undisclosed sum.]
Biggie said, “Keep the Chuck parts in,” but I warned him, “Chuck ain’t with using his voice with alcohol, drugs or sex.” He goes, “Just do it and I’ll deal with Chuck later.” Then B.I.G. died and it was never brought to Chuck’s attention, but I knew Chuck wasn’t into that.
[The lawsuit] didn’t surprise me. I went on tour with Public Enemy less than a month later. We were cool, but it was awkward to talk about it on both of our sides. He explained his reasoning, which I respected. Even when I got the royalty check – and it was huge – and it had a big, red HOLD stamp on it, I was like, “Damn, that much?!” I was a little upset after [the lawsuit happened], but Puff said, “I’ll pay off half of it.” At Jam Master Jay’s wake, Chuck said, “Can we holla for a second?” I said, “We ain’t got to holla” and I just opened my arms and we hugged. It felt so good to hug him.
10 Crack Commandments
B.I.G. was a fuckin’ sweetheart and jokester. The song was originally a promo for [New York radio station] Hot 97’s Top 5 at 9. Everyone from Onyx to Wu-Tang Clan was doing promos for [DJ] Angie Martinez, so we did one [with that beat] with Jeru the Damaja. [The beat] never goes past “9” because it was 9 o’clock. Puff [Daddy] was doing promo one day and heard it and was like, “What the hell. …” My homie hit me up on my beeper “911” like, “Puffy is on the radio telling you to call.” Puff said, “That beat is serious. B.I.G. has one record left on the album. We need that.” Puffy and Jeru were beefin’, but I asked Jeru and his answer was, “Yeah, that’s hip-hop. Let him get it.”
[In 1998, Chuck D sued Bad Boy Records, Arista Records, Premier and the estate of Notorious B.I.G., among others, for copyright infringement and defamation, alleging his voice was sampled without permission. The suit was settled later that year for an undisclosed sum.]
Biggie said, “Keep the Chuck parts in,” but I warned him, “Chuck ain’t with using his voice with alcohol, drugs or sex.” He goes, “Just do it and I’ll deal with Chuck later.” Then B.I.G. died and it was never brought to Chuck’s attention, but I knew Chuck wasn’t into that.
[The lawsuit] didn’t surprise me. I went on tour with Public Enemy less than a month later. We were cool, but it was awkward to talk about it on both of our sides. He explained his reasoning, which I respected. Even when I got the royalty check – and it was huge – and it had a big, red HOLD stamp on it, I was like, “Damn, that much?!” I was a little upset after [the lawsuit happened], but Puff said, “I’ll pay off half of it.” At Jam Master Jay’s wake, Chuck said, “Can we holla for a second?” I said, “We ain’t got to holla” and I just opened my arms and we hugged. It felt so good to hug him.
Come Clean
My next lawsuit. [Laughs.] Jeru’s voice really resonates everywhere. It’s so big. I said, “Let me start working with him and see if we can get a vibe.” [I wanted] to get his first record to set his own identity off as a solo artist – when Jeru heard the water drops [that start the song], he said, “Yo, that’s a hit, Preem.” Certain records, we knew we had a hit. Everything’s experimentation for me, so I felt at first it needed a little bit more [production]. But Jeru wanted to keep it raw.
With the lawsuit, somebody ratted on us. [The estate of jazz drummer Shelly Manne, whose 1972 track “Infinity” was sampled for the song, sued Premier.] It’s a little, itty-bity piece of the song and it’s a drummer’s album, so who’s gonna really find that? Somebody ratted and whoever it is [lowers voice] one day, we’ll find them. [Laughs.] But the money was flowing, so we paid them off. They just said, “Add him as a writer,” which we did and the fee wasn’t over the top.
My next lawsuit. [Laughs.] Jeru’s voice really resonates everywhere. It’s so big. I said, “Let me start working with him and see if we can get a vibe.” [I wanted] to get his first record to set his own identity off as a solo artist – when Jeru heard the water drops [that start the song], he said, “Yo, that’s a hit, Preem.” Certain records, we knew we had a hit. Everything’s experimentation for me, so I felt at first it needed a little bit more [production]. But Jeru wanted to keep it raw.
With the lawsuit, somebody ratted on us. [The estate of jazz drummer Shelly Manne, whose 1972 track “Infinity” was sampled for the song, sued Premier.] It’s a little, itty-bity piece of the song and it’s a drummer’s album, so who’s gonna really find that? Somebody ratted and whoever it is [lowers voice] one day, we’ll find them. [Laughs.] But the money was flowing, so we paid them off. They just said, “Add him as a writer,” which we did and the fee wasn’t over the top.
Chuck sued because they took his voice and flipped it into a song about selling crack. Chuck was opposed to the negative references, especially considering all the shit they had to deal with with Flav and his addictions over the years. Just a tad more context.
Damn he could of ate off this song forever. To lose THIS ONE
, about as bad as Pharoahe losing "Simon Says" due to not clearing the godzilla sample. This is a GREAT album.
Forgot about that.Damn he could of ate off this song forever. To lose THIS ONE
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