Kelis

Kelis reportedly did not approve of Beyoncé using a sample from her 1999 hit “Get Along With You” on 'Renaissance.' The Neptunes' Pharrell Williams and Chad ...

In 2020, she revealed to the Guardian that she allegedly did not make any money from the sales of her first two albums, which were produced by the duo. Kelis, known for hits like “Bossy” and “Milkshake,” is publicly criticizing Beyoncé for not receiving a heads up that her 1999 song “Get Along With You” was being used on the Renaissance cut “Energy.” But the issue is larger than just the one track: Kelis is also criticizing the Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who she worked with on her first album, for not crediting her to begin with on the original song and then, 20 years later, using it without even notifying her. The R&B singer soon commented on the post, expressing her disbelief: “My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding. In a follow-up post, Kelis said that “all this female empowerment stuff only counts if you really do it if you’re really living it and walking the walk” and then noted the hypocrisy when it comes to Williams and music ownership, citing a Variety interview where Williams championed artist rights and ownership of their work. Kelis called Williams “petty” and that he “does this shit all the time” in order to spite her. It all started on July 25, when a Kelis fan page on Instagram posted that Beyoncé would be sampling ”Get Along With You,” thus breaking the news to Kelis herself.

The “Milkshake” singer is furious over a track from Bey's new album—and wants the world to know it.

Something has to be done about it, it happens to a lot of artists and it happens all the time. She calls Beyoncé’s track thievery and said, “I would never do that to another artist. If you’re really living it and walking the walk.” I am a creator, I’m an innovator, I have done more then (sic) left my mark on an era of music and style that will go down in history. I know what I own and what I don’t own. “I heard about this the same way everyone else did.

Beyoncé's song “Energy” from her new album 'Renaissance' will feature a sample of a Kelis track, but the latter has said she had no idea about it.

“I thought it was a beautiful and pure, creative safe space. So I’m saying it today . I’m coming for what’s mine and I want reparations.” “I heard about this the same way everyone else did.

If you're going to come for Queen Bey, get prepared for the BeyHive, because when they sting, it hurts. Singer Kelis calls out Beyoncé for allegedly using a ...

Beyoncé did give Kelis a song credit, but that was not enough for her. “It’s not a collab it’s theft,” Kelis alleged. While some people in the comments thought she should “admire” that the 28 Grammy award-winning artist included Kelis on the “Renaissance” album, Kelis wrote, “admire is not the word.”

"Renaissance," the upcoming album by Beyoncé, contains a sample of a Kelis song.

"Nothing Kelis said was wrong, she stated how she feels about it. "Kelis didnt write nor produce the song, she doesn't own her masters so like legit her feelings are 0 in this and her saying it's theft is also a baseless accusation," one tweet read. "Nothing is ever as it seems, some of the people in this business have no soul or integrity and they have everyone fooled."

The "Milkshake" singer called out Beyoncé and The Neptunes for allegedly failing to get her permission to sample her 1999 song "Get Along With You" on ...

But it's beyond this song at this point," Kelis wrote in a caption alongside the second video. This is a direct hit at me," she alleges, adding, "He does this stuff all the time. In a later comment, she added, "it's not a collab it's theft." "I'm an artist, so I am as Erykah [Badu] said 'I'm sensitive about my s---.' The reality is that my real beef, is not only with Beyoncé, because at the end of the day, she sampled a record, she's copied me before, so have many other artists, it's fine, I don't care about that." She goes on to call out Pharrell Williams, who co-founded The Neptunes with Chad Hugo. "Pharrell knows better. In a series of comments on Instagram from her Bounty & Full business account, the singer did not mince words when a Kelis Instagram fan page announced that " @Beyonce's RENAISSANCE album will include a @kelis sample on the song 'Energy.' " Via her business account, Kelis wrote, "My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding.

Kelis Says She Wasn't Told About Beyoncé Sampling Her Song on 'Renaissance': 'It's Not a Collab, It's Theft'. "I heard about this the same way everyone else did ...

“I was told we were going to split the whole thing 33/33/33, which we didn’t do,” Kelis told the outlet then. After a Kelis Instagram fan page announced that “ @Beyonce‘s RENAISSANCE album will include a @kelis sample on the song ‘Energy,'” alongside a mind-blown emoji, Kelis commented: “My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding .” The new song “Energy” on Renaissance features bits from the song, written by The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. While Kelis sang the tune, only the production duo are credited as songwriters.

Kelis alleges that Beyoncé sampled her 1999 single 'Get Along with You,' without permission. ... R&B singer ...

"I was told we were going to split the whole thing 33/33/33, which we didn't do," adding she was "blatantly lied to and tricked" by "The Neptunes and their management and their lawyers and all that stuff." we are all very aware of the situation with Pharrell and how Kelis came to be without her masters so why throw that in her face now? She can contact me It's just common decency," Kelis said in one of the clips.

Kelis accused Beyoncé of “theft” after Queen Bey sampled her 1999 song “Get Along With You” in “Energy.” The “Milkshake” singer, 42, took to Instagram to ...

Black queens can have conflict and also resolve.” … Kelis needs 2 take up her misplaced anger with her former label.” “I heard about this the same way everyone else did,” she continued. “It’s just common decency … even if you’re gonna do it anyway.” The reality is, this is frustrating. “This is a direct hit at me.

"It's not collaboration, it's theft," the "Milkshake" hit-maker wrote on Instagram following the album leak.

Now all that’s left to do is anxiously await a response from any of the aforementioned offenders. The reality is: All of this female empowerment stuff only counts if you really do it,” Kelis says in the second Instagram video, directly referencing Beyoncé’s brand of feminism. “I thought it was a beautiful and pure, creative safe space. I am a creator, I’m an innovator, I have done more then left my mark on an era of music and style that will go down in history . But there are bully’s and secrets and gangsters in this industry that smile and get away with it until someone says enough is enough . So I’m saying it today . I’m coming for what’s mine and I want reparations . “My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding,” Kelis first commented on a post from @kelistrends, a fan account. But it’s beyond this song at this point . This was a TRIGGER for me . Milkshake alone is one of the most licensed records of our generation.

It's not a collab it's theft,” Kelis wrote on Instagram.

“I thought it was a beautiful and pure, creative safe space, but it ended up not being that at all.” “And it just so happens that I was thrown in this.” I usually hire business folks to help out with that kind of stuff.” And he never wrote a song, a lyric a day in his life,” she claimed. “It’s real cute and fun to sing all these girls’ songs — come on now. “The reality is, all of this female empowerment, it only counts if you really do it — if you’re really living it and walking the walk,” she said. This is a direct hit at me [and] he does this stuff all the time,” she said. “Someone has to talk about it and bring it up,” she said. “I heard about this the same way everyone else did,” she continued. “It’s fine, I don’t care about that.” I also know the lies that were told. “I know what I own and what I don’t own.

Singer Kelis has said she's furious that Beyonce didn't tell her she was sampling one of her songs — but it's about a lot more than that.

Variety explored this issue at length last year in an article titled “ Inside the Dirty Business of Hit Songwriting,” which shows that the practice of artists or business people taking credit or royalties for songs they did not write goes all the way back to the 1950s and, as depicted in the film 2020 “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” much longer than that. Williams — who spoke at length about himself being on the wrong end of a publishing deal during his induction speech at the Songwriters Hall of Fame last month — has declined to discuss the situation with Kelis in the past and a rep for him did not respond to Variety’s request for comment. While some instances are allegedly cut and dried — Elvis Presley’s manager and countless others have demanded a significant percentage of a song’s earnings, arguing that the money wouldn’t be rolling in without them — others are among the greyest of grey areas. “I was told we were going to split the whole thing 33/33/33, which we didn’t do,” she told the Guardian in 2020. Kelis has said previously that she feels she was not properly credited or compensated for her work with the duo. In the past 48 hours, the only noise louder than the Beyhive’s buzz has been coming from R&B singer Kelis, who is outraged that Beyonce sampled her 1999 song “Get Along With You” without informing her.

Kelis Has Much More to Say About Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Lift: 'I'm Coming For What's Mine and I Want Reparations'. The singer said it's not about the sample, ...

In a second video posted on Thursday, she went further, stressing again that the issue was not with Beyoncé, but about “hypocrisy” and music industry “nonsense,” specifically calling out Williams once more for what she said were allegedly unfair business and songwriting practices when they worked together. “I was told we were going to split the whole thing 33/33/33, which we didn’t do,” Kelis told the outlet then. “I just heard the record everyone is saying has my sample. In fact, she suspects the lift was “on purpose… I didn’t ask for this , but I’m not afraid of it either.” In Thursday’s video, Kelis made it clear that she’s not mad about the lift itself, but that “not only are we Black female artists in an industry where there’s not many of us,” pointing out that she and Bey have met, know each other and have mutual friends. She can contact, right?” Kelis said, noting that 20-year-old singer Ashnikko reached out when her 2021 song “Deal With It” sampled Kelis’ “Caught Out There.” It’s very petty.” At press time spokespeople for Williams and Beyoncé had not returned requests for comment on Kelis’ claims. I also know the things that were stolen. The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo wrote “Milkshake,” which Kelis sang on her 2003 album, Tasty, with only the production duo credited as songwriters and producers. I also know the lies that were told. “I’m an artist, so I am as Erykah [Badu] said ‘I’m sensitive about my s—,'” Kelis said.

Kelis accused Beyoncé and songwriter-producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of “thievery” late Thursday after discovering a track on Beyoncé's highly ...

“Show Me Love” is credited to Allen George and Fred McFarlane — who, similar to the situation with Williams and Hugo, earned writing credits on the Beyoncé track. “I also know the things that were stolen. “I also know the lies that were told,” she continued. But early on in her career, she struck a deal with Williams and Hugo that she now considers to be unfair. Neither Beyoncé nor Williams and Hugo were any under legal obligation to contact Kelis before drawing from “Milkshake,” Bennett said, as Williams and Hugo, who produced the 2003 single as the Neptunes, were also the only songwriters listed on it. A common industry model, called out in recent years by Taylor Swift, is for the record label to own the masters and the songwriters the musical work.

On her new album Renaissance, Beyoncé samples Kelis' 2003 song 'Milkshake,' but Kelis has criticized the way the singer went about doing it.

The Renaissance credits listed on Beyoncé’s website state that “Energy” contains an interpolation of “Milkshake,” which was “written by Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and performed by Kelis.” Beyoncé, however, has a history of dutifully crediting all of her many collaborators and contributors (even if those contributions are unwitting)—hence the lengthy “credits” section under each song on her website. In the last 15 or so seconds of the track, those “las” that Beyoncé softly sings are an apparent reference to the earworm pre-chorus from the Kelis track. “Nothing is ever as it seems, some of the people in this business have no soul or integrity and they have everyone fooled.” “Ah, la-la, ah, ah,” Beyoncé sings. “Ah, ah, ah, la-la-la-la-la-la,” Beyoncé responds.

Though “Milkshake” Isn't Technically Sampled on Beyoncé's New Album, Kelis Is Calling Out Industry Hypocrisy ... Kelis, who is not listed as a songwriter on her ...

In the video, she called out the hypocrisy of Williams giving an interview about artists reclaiming their rights and renegotiating bad deals that they signed when they were too green to know better. “I’m like: ‘Yeah, I signed what I was told, and I was too young and too stupid to double-check it.’” (Williams did not respond to The Guardian’s request for comment at the time.) In the caption of her follow-up video, Kelis wrote, “I just heard the record everyone is saying has my sample. “I have the right to be frustrated,” she said. The reason Williams and Beyoncé allegedly didn’t reach out might have been that the song’s use wasn’t technically a sample. I also know the things that were stolen.

The controversy over to Kelis' songwriting credit threatens to derail Renaissance's meticulously planned release. By Nadira Goffe. July 29, 20224:02 PM.

Beyoncé could play her part in giving her a credit on “Energy,” but beyond that the industry—and The Neptunes—owe a lot of reparations to one of hip-hop’s most important voices. The ill-treatment of Kelis has a storied and long history—one that she’s never hid, but is, as she claims on her Instagram, no longer willing to be passive about. Jessica Hopper, author and director of the docuseries Women Who Rock, notes that the exploitation of young artists, especially of female artists, and even more specifically of Black female artists, has been a practice in the music industry since its inception. Professionally, she has gone on record to discuss how The Neptunes tricked her out of the ownership of her masters and writing credits on her own songs, merely listing her as a performer. “Kelis has always been telling the truth, this is not a new story about her or her career. In that lead-up, some reports alleged that the Queen was endeavoring to create her most socially conscious album yet—not necessarily in terms of content, but in its actual production, all in line with the album’s ethos of acceptance, self-love, and letting your inhibitions go on the dance floor.

Kelis and Nas were married for several years, and she claims there was substance, physical, and mental abuse throughout the timeline of marriage.

The “Milkshake” songstress stated that the videotape happened before she and Nas got together. “Everyone moves out of the way, and Nas stands up, and I put my hand out, and I’m like, Hey, I’m Kelis,” Kelis recalled to Vibe magazine. Since their split, Nas and Kelis have both found other lovers. Kelis also credits getting pregnant with her son for allowing her to leave when she did. Kelis took the nontraditional route with her wardrobe and wore a stunning green chiffon dress down the aisle. The rapper said the cover shoot was his creative way to move on from the marriage. After they met at the VMAs, Kelis and Nas became smitten with each other. Kelis was the one who made the first move, as Nas reportedly pretended he didn’t know who she was. Kelis and Nas met for the first time in September 2002. Nas and Kelis were married for nine years before she eventually filed for divorce. Let’s look at Kelis and Nas' relationship timeline and where the exes stand now. While many celebrities thrive independently, some become even more famous after dating another A-lister. Singer Kelis and rapper Nas were public figures before they crossed paths in the early 2000s.

The issue is with the track “Energy,” which uses an interpolation of Kelis's 2003 hit “Milkshake," per Pitchfork. (A “sample” copy and pastes a piece of an ...

The fan page posted that Beyoncé’s “Energy” would be sampling Kelis and included a mind-blown emoji and Kelis herself commented, “My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all three parties involved is astounding. “I know what I own and what I don’t own. Yes, I did just google that.) Apparently Kelis didn’t even know that Beyoncé would be using part of her work until she saw it on Kelis Trends, a fan Instagram page.