As most people probably know, Mac Miller used a Lord Finesse instrumental for his extremely popular 2010 mixtape song “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza” (pictured above.) Lord Finesse is claiming that Mac profited from the song. The suit is controversial, especially because Finesse apparently failed to clear on of the songs he sampled in the original, “Hip 2 Da Game.” Both Mac Miller and Lord Finesse took to twitter to comment on the lawsuit.
Mac Miller tweeted all of the following:
“‘I’m supposed to be on hush but lemme speak on this real quick.’
‘1. I made that record and video as nothing more than an 18 year old kid who wanted to rhyme and pay homage, no other intentions.’
‘2. Finesse and I spoke on the phone for an hour after he heard the record and cleared the air.
We even planned to work on music together.’
‘3. All I wanted to do is shed light on a generation that inspired me.’
‘4. When I heard there was a problem, I reached out to him to try and solve it. No response.’
‘5. Finesse never cleared the Oscar Peterson sample on the original record. I did nothing wrong. We spoke on the phone had a good conversation, he was cool with the record. It’s all love tho. I ain’t even mad at dude. He still a legend.’
‘Lord Finesse, thank you for what u did for hip hop. Thank you for bringing my favorite rapper into the game.
To my fans, don’t be disrespectful. Finesse is a legend. If you have a problem with his actions be intelligent about it and be respectful. ‘”
Finesse responded with these tweets:
“‘1. I appreciate Mac’s kind words but his people did not handle his business correctly.’
‘2. Basics – Mixtapes are one thing, but you can’t take someone else’s entire song, shoot a music video and call it your own.’
‘3. Mac’s on the top of his game right now. I wish him the best in Europe and I hope to hear from him besides on Twitter.’
‘Wow.. Mac. We spoke trying to resolve the situation. Next thing you back on Twitter.. wow.. ‘”
No idea how this lawsuit will play out but seeing Mac Miller’s fans bash Lord Finesse without knowing who he is at all is about as disappointing as Finesse’s lawsuit was to begin with.
