Yesterday, we reported that a producer who used to work with Jay Z was allegedly planning to extort him for $20 million over stolen master recordings made during the Roc-A-Fella Records years.
According to TMZ, the producer, Chauncey Mahan, is expected to face charges of extortion and grand larceny after attempting to strike a $100,000 “storage fee” deal for a set of master recordings that include masters for Jay’s Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter and The Dynasty: Roc La Familia albums.
Mahan spoke out against the charges, claiming that Def Jam told him to hold onto the recordings and that his previous attempts to give them back have been ignored by Jay Z’s camp for ten years.
Hov has not yet released a statement on the matter, but one of his greatest friends and collaborators during that time, Just Blaze, took to Twitter to address the situation himself:
Chauncey stayed effing up. Big part of the reason Hip and I brought in Guru.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
Ill never forget the day Chaunce stepped to Duro wanting to fight lol. This guy ruined every tape transfer for the Dynasty Album. — Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
Duro calls him out on it. He runs over to Soundtrack studios, comes in the room like “yo Duro I ain’t no bitch” takes his jacket off.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
Me and Duro just looked at him. Blankest of stares.. And went back to work. — Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
If you listen to Bleek’s version of “is that your b***h” you’ll notice it’s in mono. Why? Bc Chauncey. Lol.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
If u listen to “get your mind right” from Dynasty, You’ll notice all the choruses after the first one fall in the wrong places. Bc Chauncey — Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
We had to re record “streets is talking” vox. Why? Bc Chauncey.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
The Dynasty intro sample flanges the entire time.. Guess why!? Chauncey.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
We eventually got tired of it. I randomly ended up doing a session with this new engineer who called himself @Young_Guru..
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
He was young, understood the sound, and knew what he was doing. Brought him in on a Hov session as a test and it clicked. Rest is history. — Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
Oh. And I have backups of just about all of those files Chauncey tried to extort for. Dummy.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
Last thing @ind3lible and I did before we shut down baseline was a digital back up of EVERYTHING that was ever done there. EVERYTHING. — Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
They reside in a fallout shelter in an undisclosed location.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
Guru just called and reminded me of the time Chauncey tried to kick him out of the studio. He was amazing,that guy. — Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 21, 2014
I’m not “blasting” dude. Saw funny story that brought back some memories. bad as some of those situations were, I’m happy i can laugh @ them
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 22, 2014
This is getting real messy, and we’ll be keeping you posted throughout every development. Check back for more updates and get into Just Blaze and Hov’s collab with Baauer, “Higher,” here.
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