the Lacefront Queen and her Svengali were at it even back in `01.
Producer Rob Fusari is responsible for
launching the career of pop superstar Lady Gaga,
but did you know this guy was secretly
responsible for another cultural phenom,
that Beyonce got credit for?
Find out what after the jump...
Fusari produced the #1 hit Bootylicious for girl-group Destiny's Child,
which heavily samples Stevie Nicks' 1981 record Edge of Seventeen.
Rob claims that it was his idea to use the sample.
He recently sat down with Billboard.com,
and he talks about how Mathew Knowles blatantly
stole the Bootylicious credits on Bey's behalf.
launching the career of pop superstar Lady Gaga,
but did you know this guy was secretly
responsible for another cultural phenom,
that Beyonce got credit for?
Find out what after the jump...
Fusari produced the #1 hit Bootylicious for girl-group Destiny's Child,
which heavily samples Stevie Nicks' 1981 record Edge of Seventeen.
Rob claims that it was his idea to use the sample.
He recently sat down with Billboard.com,
and he talks about how Mathew Knowles blatantly
stole the Bootylicious credits on Bey's behalf.
Fusari tells Billboard magazine,
“I came up with the idea to build a track
using the guitar riff from Stevie Nicks’ Edge of Seventeen.
“I came up with the idea to build a track
using the guitar riff from Stevie Nicks’ Edge of Seventeen.
“I figured I’d put the guitar loop on there temporarily,
and later go into the studio with a guitar and replay it,
because I’d learned, after sampling Stevie Wonder’s I Wish for Will Smith’s Wild Wild West,
that I didn’t want to lose 50 per cent of the publishing (royalties).
I vividly remember telling Mathew Knowles,
‘Mathew, you got to book me into your studio and let me replay that riff.’
and later go into the studio with a guitar and replay it,
because I’d learned, after sampling Stevie Wonder’s I Wish for Will Smith’s Wild Wild West,
that I didn’t want to lose 50 per cent of the publishing (royalties).
I vividly remember telling Mathew Knowles,
‘Mathew, you got to book me into your studio and let me replay that riff.’
“He didn’t want to do it.
So 50 per cent got cut for one note.
That whole experience was bittersweet for me.
So 50 per cent got cut for one note.
That whole experience was bittersweet for me.
“I remember watching Barbara Walters interview Beyonce about Bootylicious,
and she told Barbara about how she came up with the idea for the track.”
and she told Barbara about how she came up with the idea for the track.”
Fusari insists he was brushed off when he complained about the interview:
“I called Mathew and said, ‘Mathew, like, why?’
He explained to me, in a nice way,
‘People don’t want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J.
No offense, but that’s not what sells records.
What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything.’
And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I know, Mathew. I understand the game.
But come on, I’m trying too. I’m a squirrel trying to get a nut, too.’”
“I called Mathew and said, ‘Mathew, like, why?’
He explained to me, in a nice way,
‘People don’t want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J.
No offense, but that’s not what sells records.
What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything.’
And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I know, Mathew. I understand the game.
But come on, I’m trying too. I’m a squirrel trying to get a nut, too.’”
hmph.
shame on you, Daddy Mathew.
shame on you, Daddy Mathew.
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