Kanye Reacts To “Mama’s Boyfriend” Leak

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On Monday a long-awaited leak of “Mama’s Boyfriend” surfaced on the net. Turns out that Ye’s vocals were stolen and paired with an unrelated backing track. Check out his statement below.

The version of the Kanye West recording “Mama’s Boy” that arrived on blog sites earlier this week is entirely bogus and unsanctioned, and violates the artist’s creative intentions. As is often the unfortunate case, an unknown party or parties got a hold of Kanye West’s vocal track and added their own soundbed to it, effectively and falsely releasing it as a Kanye West track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions. The result in no way resembles the final song Kanye West intended his fans to hear, and he is deeply disappointed that one of the most personal, meaningful and special songs he has ever written would reach people in this way. Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material.

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  1. Cruziiie says:

    That’s sad, but the Gif is absolutely genius! Great work on your image selection, haha

  2. Wow….I like the song the way it is but I would love to hear how he wanted it to be.

  3. Michelle says:

    prosecute tho? Wow…..

  4. JHP says:

    I knew the mixing sounded kinda odd, and it sucks for Ye I might’ve not even listened to it had I known, that was a good sounding instrumental for it though. And the Gif is hilarious btw!

  5. Word says:

    Lmao @ the Gif alone. I bet thats exactly how is face was when he typed in rapradar.com and saw it posted on the website. 😀

  6. Black Shady says:

    “Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material”

    Really??? smh

  7. KANYE IS THROWING TANTRUMS LIKE A BALD HEADED BLONDE GIRL.

    GROWN MAN DO NOT PROSECUTE, THEY PUT THE SONG ON THEIR ALBUM.

    THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SELL YOUR SOUL.

    THIS AIN’T BK, KANYE… YOU CAN’T HAVE IT YOUR WAY.

    PLEASE START THE HATE ON MY COMMENT. THE TRUTH HURTS, I KNOW.

  8. RedRocBoy says:

    That’s fucked niggaz always gotta take shit and ruin it . Get them niggaz Ye.

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  10. Mr. A From Tha T says:

    THE FUCK??? What, theyre gonna act like he was gonna use that shit, trust me theres a slim chance that they were gonna re release MBDTF. It got some plaques and shit, but really it was a dope song, tbt it helped yeezy wet his feet to gear up for Watch The Thrown

  11. Jaymalls says:

    @Philly Lawyer
    That BK joke was so corny!

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  14. Olu says:

    So glad this isnt the real thing. The production was ass.

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  17. Chris says:

    Knew something was up with that track…1) The real sample for Mama’s Boyfriend is “Anthony’s Song” by Billy Joel. 2) DJ Premier was nowhere to be heard on that track https://rapradar.com/2010/11/05/premier-discusses-mamas-boyfriend/

  18. dadankness says:

    Seriously I understand what the homie @philly lawyer is saying.. Does seem to drop knowledge on your skinny jean wearing hipster hop fags that flock to this blog site

    Anyways Kanye.. When you release music this shit doesn’t happen.. So how about releasing this shit instead of putting out albums like that auto tune nonsense you dropped.. (cant even remember the name of it off the top of my head and the one song coldest winter is not enough to google it)

    Anyways.. When you taunt fans for so long this is the reprecussions that you must deal with.. FUCKING RELEASE THE MUSIC.. especially when you give snippets YOURSELF way before the album drops.. and then dont even have it on the album and barely even mention it until someone is forced to steal it and liberate it(even if its just the vocals)

  19. […] A few days removed after the release of the anticipated Ye cut “Mama’s Boyfriend” hit the blogosphere, Donda’s baby boy responds to the leakage of the song, which according to him, was stolen, and vows to hang persecute the people(s) responsible for the unauthorized release of his meaningful track. Here’s a statement issued via the Louis Vutton Don’s team [via RapRadar]: […]

  20. ddssf says:

    I get it!!

    But it’s no ironic that mister sample himself from roc or is albums would sue the one who got sued himself and that is mister west profile number. He never did get over thet fact lauren hill did not let him use the sample, but he redid with another vocalist without ms hill permison. Karma is a bitch
    PM”RIP MOMMa

    Here is some of the samples kanye used.

    And be aware that duck sauce/atrak used a barbra streisand song that they sampled into a #1 that was not even released by barbara yet. It took forever to clear.
    + Duck sauce used a bootleg to sample there track that came out before barbara version. Hope you get it!

  21. […] I caught a lot of messages from people asking me why I never posted the Kanye leak on HHNM, and now DefJam has issue a statement confirming what I suspected. Apparently the version that hit the web was completely different than the actual, finished product. Spotted over at RR. […]

  22. John says:

    Mama’s Boyfriend is one of Kanye’s most personal songs. He said it took him 33 years to write, it’s his first real song involving his mother directly since Hey Mama, and that’s when she was still alive. Someone stole his vocals and put it over a fake beat, so now people are judging a song he’s been working on for so long to perfect on something he didn’t even do. If you don’t think he has a right to be pissed than you’re retarded. Everyone knows how much of a perfectionist he is. Took him how long just to get the Monster video out? Imagine how much work he was putting into this.

  23. Eddie Arkadian says:

    What up Yeezy?! Just be happy people are enjoying your dope-ass song. Walk that shit off lil nigga!!!

  24. Gato says:

    From an artist stand-point its reasonable that he would be upset that someone would take his vocals and just lace it over something and say it was his at the same time though the song itself is pretty sick so I think its a little overboard to be getting THAT upset about it. TBH he should just release the song as he intended it and keep it moving but thats just my opinion.

  25. T. Allison says:

    To dadankness:
    Ye’s been dropping music almost non-stop for how long now? So I don’t even get your point of saying he doesn’t release music. Would you rather him release a bunch of rushed bullshit? Let the artist work on his masterpiece.

  26. […] RR AKPC_IDS += "38133,";Popularity: 1% [?]Kanye West – Mama’s Boyfriend Video: Kanye West Debuts “Mama’s Boyfriend” @ The Box (NYC)CyHi Da Prynce feat. Big Sean – “Woopty Doo” (Prod. Kanye West & No I.D.)Big Sean ft. Kanye West & Roscoe Dash – Marvin Gay & Chardonnay [CDQ]VIDEO: Kanye West Live @ Heineken x G.O.O.D. Music Tour (NYC) Will Kanye West x Jay-Z “Watch The Throne” On July 4th?VIDEO: No I.D. Speaks At Big Sean Album Listening PartyVIDEO: Kanye West Speaks At Big Sean Album Listening PartyVIDEO: Kanye West ft. Rick Ross, Jay-Z Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver – Monster (Official Version)Photo Op: Kanye West x Jay-Z In NYC, Watch The Throne In July? […]

  27. Anonymous says:

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  28. […] A long-awaited full-length version of the deeply personal song he freestyled from at Facebook finally drops. And it’s as good as everyone thought it would be … but it’s not actually Ye’s. […]

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  30. BLaZe1 says:

    I KNEW THAT SOUNDED BOGUS!!! IT WAS SUPPOSED 2 HAVE A SAMPLE ON IT!!

  31. […] Plus there was some confusion over who had done the beat in the first place”. Read more on RapRadar Posted on June 16, 2011 by duMPy. This entry was posted in NEWS and tagged kanye west. Bookmark […]

  32. Biggi247 says:

    All of you can shut up, of course hes gonna prosecute. If you dont like it stop stealing music. STUPID FUCKS. By the way stop saying, dont hate on my opinion, its like your little bitchs who are scared people will dissagree with you.

  33. […] Kanye West ließ in einem Statement verlauten, dass es sich bei dem Song um eine vom Künstler nicht abgesegnete Version handelt. Laut […]

  34. RC says:

    That’s intellectual property there. Most of the cats here don’t understand that downloading music that’s not meant to be free is stealing.

    I’d be pissed as well.

  35. JC (White Guy) says:

    then you drop the song ye you idiot

  36. me says:

    stop crying over spilled milk!

  37. WeUpOnIt.com says:

    Kanye (@kanyewest) Releases A Statement About The Song “Mama’s Boyfriend”…

    Kanye is sort of pissed (if you can believe that. lol.) about the release of his track “Mama’s Boyfriend”, which is actually called “Mama’s Boy”. It seems like somebody added their own touch to it the Yeezy didn……

  38. […] a fake. Some douche got hold of his vocals and (sloppily) put it over some instrumentals. Props to RR for the image, I just had to use it. Anyway, here’s what Yeezy had to say: “The version […]

  39. […] Check out his statement below via RapRadar […]

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  41. […] Rap Radar: The version of the Kanye West recording “Mama’s Boy” that arrived on blog sites earlier this […]

  42. Big Bank Take Little Bank says:

    Don’t care, it’s a good song!!!

  43. […] reps released the following statement: The version of the Kanye West recording “Mama’s Boy” that arrived on blog sites earlier this […]

  44. Jake B says:

    man if i leaked that song i would be shitting my pants right now…having kanye after you= you living in a hit somewhere in Ethiopia for the rest of your life

  45. […] reps released the following statement:  The version of the Kanye West recording “Mama’s Boy” that arrived on blog […]

  46. […] reps released the following statement:  The version of the Kanye West recording “Mama’s Boy” that arrived on blog […]

  47. dagooch says:

    release the track but i was hoping jay added a verse and its on watch for the throne

  48. […] Leaked Kanye B-Side Is Fake “Mama’s Boyfriend,” the leaked track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions that we mentioned in Tuesday’s roundup, is actually Kanye’s a cappella track over someone else’s beat, and Kanye is none to happy that someone else’s production is masquerading as one of his. He is threatening legal action if the source can be found. [Rap Radar] […]

  49. […] Leaked Kanye B-Side Is Fake “Mama’s Boyfriend,” the leaked track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions that we mentioned in Tuesday’s roundup, is actually Kanye’s a cappella track over someone else’s beat, and Kanye is none to happy that someone else’s production is masquerading as one of his. He is threatening legal action if the source can be found. [Rap Radar] […]

  50. Anonymous says:

    […] Leaked Kanye B-Side Is Fake “Mama’s Boyfriend,” the leaked track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions that we mentioned in Tuesday’s roundup, is actually Kanye’s a cappella track over someone else’s beat, and Kanye is none to happy that someone else’s production is masquerading as one of his. He is threatening legal action if the source can be found. [Rap Radar] […]

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  52. Andrew says:

    i gotta say i’m kinda surprised to hear this, and i think Ye should take a half step back to ponder this. Despite the fact that it’s fucked up that someone stole the vocals, imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Whoever made that beat did a great Kanye impression. it sounds very Kanye a la the first 3 albums, and i found that really refreshing cause that’s something we don’t really hear from him anymore.

    i’d still love to hear what he did with it cause i really love this song

  53. kid chronic says:

    They should have never have you NIGGAZ MONEY!!!!!

  54. Hip Hop Fan says:

    props on the GIF…PERFECT

  55. It is a shame from an artist’s standpoint to work on something with an intended vision and have it unveiled by someone else in a different way. If I were painting a picture and someone took it from me and finished it with different colors and then displayed it, I would be upset. This is just a general statement as it would apply to any artist….even Barbara.

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  58. […] Leaked Kanye B-Side Is Fake “Mama’s Boyfriend,” the leaked track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions that we mentioned in Tuesday’s roundup, is actually Kanye’s a cappella track over someone else’s beat, and Kanye is none to happy that someone else’s production is masquerading as one of his. He is threatening legal action if the source can be found. [Rap Radar] […]

  59. Anonymous says:

    […] Leaked Kanye B-Side Is Fake “Mama’s Boyfriend,” the leaked track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions that we mentioned in Tuesday’s roundup, is actually Kanye’s a cappella track over someone else’s beat, and Kanye is none to happy that someone else’s production is masquerading as one of his. He is threatening legal action if the source can be found. [Rap Radar] […]

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