Now I remember back in the glorious days of summer (whatever happened to those anyway), Boogz did a post over on his blog and kept telling me that this kid Cha Lo, from Chicago, was the guy who actually created the beat for "A Millie" over three years ago. I just figured he was some kind of understudy, or maybe he had just laid the skeleton for the track, or the drums or something.
Lo and behold, this man was the full co-producer and basically the man behind the track. A journalist by the name of Rahiem Shabazz has uncovered the full story over at this blog in a post called "Two Producers, One Huge Hit, One BET Award".
Peep:
The city of Atlanta played host to the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards once again. The celebratory event is highly known for its star studded after parties and nomination celebrations. I got a personal request to attend Shondrae “Bangladesh” Crawford’s nomination celebration for Amilli, Lil Wayne’s lead single off the multi-platinum selling Tha Carter III album. I decided to go in support of the co-producer Cha-Lo whom I interviewed just days prior. Within hours of my decision to attend, I got a text message stating, the Chicago bred producer Cha-Lo known for his house music infused sound, which is the signature sound dominating the Amilli record, would not be attending nor was he invited.
Now, I know what you're going to say: "Well, Cha Lo is a beat maker, but Bangladesh is a 'producer' much like Dr. Dre and Quincy Jones and yada yada yada ya". But from the looks of Rahiem's piece, Cha Lo was basically the brains behind this whole operation. Rahiem also has all kinds of documentation and samples of the song over his spot. I highly you suggest you check it out and weigh in. This is a battle for the ages!
17 Comments:
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thats the industry for yo ass!!!!!!!!
Bangladesh just disappointed me though.
Wow, this is almost as bad as finding out Kanye didn't write Jesus Walks or Diamonds. I hate when people don't get the props they deserve. It's hard enuogh to make it in the industry as it is.
Come on now...if Bangladesh didn't attach his name to it Wayne probably wouldn't have touched the track and yada yada yada. Thats how it was and thats how it is, ask Audio Two. He will get his turn to shine but FIRST concentrate on the grind...
It happens all the time, it's part of the game, this time it just happened to be one of the biggest songs of the year....Cha Lo good though
Damn, but dude will get his shine nonetheless
Snakes around every corner in the industry. Tahts why I work in the insurance field.
I feel you Reece, fuck the industry. I'ma stay flipping burgers at Wendys....atleast aint nobody stabbing me in the back for giving out free Biggie Sizes on value meals.
...Real talk ask around, I get shit popping on the dollar menu son.
my mans was smart enough to play the game and now he'll shine..gotta pay some dues...this nigga from chi did the clickety clank beat for "piggy bank" on fifty's joint...happens all the time.
so what happens money-wise when this goes down? did dude at least get paid just not the credit??
i don't get what people are trippin on...if you read the contract, it says that the track will be released as produced by Bangladesh, with co-producer credit (which would only be in the liner notes) given to Cha-Lo. The ONLY complaint I can see anyone having is that they didn't put producer and said some elements were done by dude.
Nothing happened, everything legal and fam put his name to it. Nothin rattish happened here
I heard somebody else produced that song too, but I forgot dude's name. Didn't know he was from Chicago...
He probably got his money, just like the plaque he's holding, but creditability behind a major hit takes you far in that business. Artists will call on you just cause. And Shondrae, that nigga did Bossy and 8Ball & MJG's music but that nigga didn't blow up like I thought he would after being Luda's in-house producer back in the Incognegro & BFTFT days....Nigga was too thirsty.
Who really cares the track is simple 808 garbage with a lame vocal sample so what!??? If Wayne didnt rap hot over the share it would have been ignored for another 3 years...NEXT!!
In a situation like that all you can really give a fuck about is did he get paid for it? Its just really one of those gotta pay dues situations but its also fucked up that a nigga would step on another man's toes like that just to shine.
As long as Cha-Lo got his paper that's all that matter really. A milli was a hit. He made it and got paid for it. This is the rap game in 2008. It's all smoke and mirror. The winners are the ones who create the best illusion.
Whoever he is, he needs to take off that Bachrach sweater vest and that Sisqo Fedora, then maybe niggas wont bitch him over his royalties.
I KNOW IM LATE WITH THIS BUT DOES ANYBODY KNOW THIS DUDE OR HAVE HIS MYSPACE PAGE? 2ND WHO DID PIGGY BANK? AND WHERE IS HE OR HIS MYSPACE PAGE? I WOULD LIKE 2 WORK WITH BOTH GUYS THE END
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