Maybe down to the ‘mess’ that arose when she sampled his earlier hit ‘Pon Di Floor’ to create the track, the maestro is yet to speak publicly about the cut- and its subsequent success on the charts.
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Sometimes I make records I don’t even like. I’m working on some pop artists, like I’m not even that excited about the Beyoncé record. I didn’t have full control of those records, but this is stuff that helps me parlay into different things.
I’m on a path that I want to take advantage of, so I can also go this direction if I want to, but I can’t control what the audience wants to hear.
Classic Diplo. Work with a mainstream artist, pay your bills with the cheques from the mainstream artists, openly trash talk mainstream music in a sad attempt to retain your credibility and "coolness", then work some more with mainstream artists and hope nobody notices.
The way he incorporated the sample on the song is proof of that. He basically took Bey's version and add his beat. I also like the fact that he says he didn't have much control on the whole process.
Is this some kinda of new rule for Diplo to trash every single mainstream artist that he's worked with to try and gain some credibility He's such an ass right now.
Of course it wasn't exciting for him since the exact same beat was out since 2009, and all Beyoncé did was add the vocals in, which he wasn't a part of that process either.
Classic Diplo. Work with a mainstream artist, pay your bills with the cheques from the mainstream artists, openly trash talk mainstream music in a sad attempt to retain your credibility and "coolness", then work some more with mainstream artists and hope nobody notices.
Y'all stay making his comments more than they are. I think it makes sense for him to be unexcited that the Beyonce record is just using the same beat as Pon De Floor. I wouldn't be particularly excited if I got to work with Beyonce, and then she was just singing over my old beat. Making new beats and truly making music together >>>>