….from producer Major Seven (allegedly), who spoke with XXL about the production hijack, which you can check out excerpts of below (you can listen to the song, which features JAY Z, here). Above is a series of Tweets that Major Seven put out expressing his angst over the situation, as well as K.E. On The Track not-so-modest reply. So what’s really going on?
XXL: Not a lot of people in hip-hop know Major Seven, but they know who K.E. On The Track is. Does it happen a lot when a bigger producer tries to take credit?
Major Seven: Its happened with K.E. before. I’ve heard his tag on my stuff online. It’s just K.E. I mess with people that are really only in the industry ‘cause my first look was really Keith Sweat being my manager, so that kind of gave me an advantage a little bit. That happened because my music was good [Laughs].The actual beat that I submitted actually sounds better as far as quality wise because he tried to replay the drums, but they aren’t the same quality as the one that I used. And [he] tried to change the 808s to a bass. The original one is actually better. You know, I guess it’s going to work itself out. It’s going to be a big look for me, for my first placement to be Jay Z and Rick Ross? The track I did before that was on T-Pain’s last mixtape, “Let You Go.” I produced that. I just see this as the start of my career.
Are you guys still beefing with each other? Because you’ve said the situation was already resolved.
I mean, it’s resolved from a business perspective, but I haven’t spoken to him. He was really trying to sign me to his production company [Beat Mechanics], but when that went sour the deal with Keith. That’s when he got upset and pretty much blacklisted me and just took the track. He had the track in the works. He had the whole situation in the works. That’s how that happened. I don’t really want to put it all out just because the situation got resolved. Even though it is what happened, at the end of the day, it is something that he’ll probably do to me, but I am not even that type of person. You know what I am saying? To where I am completely going to take his ability to make money away and make a living.You should get your proper credit. I can understand why you were frustrated.
All I am going to do is make a beat video with me showing every single track that’s in the beat. And it’s going to be a real beat video. I really don’t have to say anything. I mean, the people in the industry will know. Big people already know. I made so many big connections just between today and yesterday.Did you play your version to K.E. and you guys collaborated? How did he end up stealing your beat?
No, we never collaborated. He stole it because I emailed him back in January, along with six other people who I trust. That’s the people who give me constructive criticism in all my stuff, like homies. I knew K.E. for years, so he was one of those people. I knew he could get the record placed and Keith had no problem placing the record for me. And they get what they deserve for placing the record. I even got him on the phone with Keith after he attempted to sign me for multiple days and take 40 percent of my publishing and all of this. Pretty much, got Keith on the phone and just didn’t like that I guess. [He] pretty much tried to blackmail me.
