S. Samuel
Former Roc-A-Fella Records producer Just Blaze has come forward to speak out on an alleged ex-affiliate making headlines this week for trying to extort Live Nation with stolen Jay Z master recordings.
According to reports, the alleged producer actually held an engineering position at the Roc before parting ways.
“Lol. He was never the brightest. One correction: he was an engineer, not a producer.,” Blaze tweeted April 21.
“Chauncey stayed effing up. Big part of the reason Hip and I brought in Guru.”
“Ill never forget the day Chaunce stepped to Duro wanting to fight lol. This guy ruined every tape transfer for the Dynasty Album.”
“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.”
“Me and Duro just looked at him. Blankest of stares.. And went back to work.”
“If you listen to Bleek’s version of “is that your b***h” you’ll notice it’s in mono. Why? Bc Chauncey. Lol.”
“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’s Twitter)
Blaze also denied using his Twitter rant to blast the former Roc family member.
“Oh. And I have backups of just about all of those files Chauncey tried to extort for. Dummy.,” Blaze added.
“Last thing @ind3lible and I did before we shut down baseline was a digital back up of EVERYTHING that was ever done there. EVERYTHING.”
“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’s Twitter)
This week, reports revealed a producer named Chauncey Mahan had been drilled by Los Angeles police over the recordings.
Here’s the backstory … Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records recorded a boatload of master recordings between 1998 – 2002. We’re told in 2002 the masters went missing — Jay Z and his people assumed they were lost. Fast forward to this past Friday. Mahan apparently had a number of the masters in his Northridge, CA storage facility. (TMZ)
After allegedly contacting Live Nation and agreeing to a $75,000 deal, reports revealed the LAPD were called upon to capture Mahan.
We’re told cops then detained Mahan and he agreed to come into the station for questioning. He also agreed to let the LAPD take possession of the tapes until a judge determines ownership. Mahan was not arrested, but our sources say the Beverly Hills PD is investigating the extortion allegations because that’s where Live Nation is based. We’re also told Jay Z’s people filed a grand larceny complaint Friday with the NYPD and that investigation is ongoing. (TMZ)
