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DJ Swizz Beatz and rap group The Clipse attends Bow Wow’s twenty first Birthday Celebration at Jet Nightclub at The Mirage Hotel and Casino Resort on March 15, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Key Takeaways:

• Swizz Beatz leveraged his Saudi Arabian ties to resolve a last-minute pattern clearance situation for Clipse.
• The authentic model of “So Be It” dropped with out the pattern resulting from delays in worldwide clearance.
• Roc Nation later up to date streaming platforms with the supposed model after Swizz’s intervention.

Clipse acquired some help from Swizz Beatz to ensure their Let God Sort Em Out album was launched as they supposed. Apparently, the producer needed to do some maneuvering with a global connect with get a pattern cleared for the Virginia rap duo.

In the run-up to the brand new album’s launch, Clipse dropped a menacing video for “So Be It.” The tune drew constructive response and loads of on-line chatter since Pusha T’s closing verse was rapidly decided to be lyrical slander aimed toward Travis Scott. However, that model of the observe didn’t instantly hit DSPs — and now we all know why.

On Tuesday (July 22), Audiomack co-founder Brian Zisook posted on X (previously referred to as Twitter), detailing an interview he had with Steven Victor, Clipse’s longtime supervisor. According to Victor, they have been unable to clear the pattern from “Maza Akoulou” by late Saudi Arabian singer Talal Maddah, which was featured on “So Be It.” So, when Let God Sort Em Out initially dropped, it had the sample-less model of that observe.

Victor then acquired a message from the “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” producer. “Swizz asked, ‘Why didn’t you call me about [“So Be It”]?’” he stated within the interview. “I told him, ‘I did — I sent it to you.’ He said, ‘I didn’t realize it was that record. Let me handle it.'”

It simply so occurred that Swizz was due in Saudi Arabia — the place his inventive company, Good Intentions, relies — that very same day. He met along with his join, and the pattern was cleared. “He said, ‘I’ll connect with the right people in person and get it resolved.’ And that’s exactly what he did,” Victor defined.

The pattern was not cleared till after the July 11 launch of Let God Sort Em Out. But Roc Nation then up to date the metadata on all of the DSPs, making the correct model of “So Be It” out there to all as supposed.

In the music enterprise, it all the time helps to have the proper buddy and, in flip, the proper plug.