Hit-Boy has pointed out the disparities between rappers and producers, despite what he says are their equal contributions to a song.
In a new episode of the Back On Figg show streamed on Monday (January 29), the highly decorated producer spoke about the trouble he and his peers have to go through to get their fee for making a song, while the artists bring in big bucks from performances.
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“Producers get played, bro. I know other producers that’s poppin that’s complaining about albums that dropped months ago that none of us got paid off of,” Hit said. “These n-ggas is out here touring and we out here trying to beg the label to pay us a measly, bullshit-ass fee. And these n-ggas is using the songs muthafuckas is producing and getting millions of dollars a night to perform when n-ggas gotta be in here scratching to survive.”
He also noted that artists don’t give producers enough credit, even though they wouldn’t have a song to rap on if it weren’t for beatmakers.
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“A lot of muthafukas act like they cool bro,” he said. “I done gave n-ggas real hits that I can’t even get a hold of like that. That shit weird to me, personally.”
You can watch the full interview below, with the above convo happening around the 43 minute mark.
Hit-Boy also gave Metro Boomin props in the new interview, despite previously dissing him on wax.
“It’s dope what Metro Boomin just did with his album and having the right artists on there and doing real numbers,” he told Back On Figg host T-Rell. “That’s a good push for producers. I’m in full support of that.”
On an unreleased song Hit previewed last year, he rapped: “I’m usually homeboys with producers I get compared to, but on this one I want to say I’m stretched out, extra leg room/ I don’t really know dude, he seem like a cool cat/ But I never once heard Metro Boomin do boom bap.”
Metro soon responded by quoting Kendrick Lamar‘s “Rich Spirit” lyrics: “Stop playin’ with me ‘fore I turn you to a song.”
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The beef didn’t go any further than that, however.
