Beat Suite

By Peter Foreman

Rapper Saigon has reportedly obtained his release from Atlantic Records.  The rapper was contractually obligated to the label and, while he recorded a full length LP, it has yet to be released.  Saigon went on record with a statement saying that he and producer Just Blaze "Faked" being off Atlantic as  a stunt to draw publicity.  Producer Just Blaze fired back to restore his credibility.  In a statement via his Twitter.com account, Blaze attempted to set the record straight.  

"I Dont do publicity stunts," Just wrote. "And I don't fake things for public perception. That devalues my word to the people when I'm speaking on something real. What's done is done at this point, but I don't play that game. Faking being off of a label would not help anyone at the end of the day...What I look like faking label releases? Come on man. I stick by my ppl whenever I can, even to my detrmnt but don't have me looking crazy!! Let me clarify. I was a bit aggy when I woke up.. To my knowledge Atlantic agreed to release Sai. But there were probably terms that had yet to be resolved. I know it took a second for the agreement to be put in place as far as being able to walk with the masters, but there were probably other terms that still needed to be renegotiated. Probably point overrides and buyout fees. That was the last I heard. Apparently that end of it still isn't done I guess? I was never involved with that part of the situation really. When Sai said that I think he wasn't really thinking about te context and it probably just came out a little wrong. All the more reason we gotta be careful when talking to the folks with cameras. All is good tho. I just dint like waking up to headlines like "just blaze lied!!!". Back to destroying and rebuilding. Good day all."