Did Arty give clearance to Will.i.am's new album? *Updated
/@moskahouse Well..I actually spoke to his producer and he said he cleared it with Arty. Seems he's getting producer credits and everything!
— Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) April 17, 2013
@moskahouse I think it's wrong that Arty isn't telling the world he's actually a part of the record.
— Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) April 17, 2013
@moskahouse I think so man, first thing I did was email his producer as he's a friend.
— Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) April 17, 2013
@astateofchern I wrote the producer a long email about stealing, and he said Arty is getting producer credits and everything. It's cleared.
— Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) April 17, 2013
@edm_ec @astateofchern I know and I was ready too. But I found out the real info. Seems all was cleared beforehand.
— Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) April 17, 2013
Based on this alleged information from Laidback Luke, there now appears to be a disconnect with Arty's tweets from yesterday. I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be closely watching as this story unfolds.
Update:
Arty responded to Laidback Luke's tweets this morning:
@laidbackluke there is no official licence agreement, signed contract or anything else between me, Mat Zo, Anjunabeats and Interscope
— Arty (@arty_music) April 17, 2013
@laidbackluke it's only one wrong thing right now
— Arty (@arty_music) April 17, 2013
Laidback Luke later responded with:
@arty_music Alright, thx for your response. Seems we have your word against their's. I hope you will get the credit u deserve.
— Laidback Luke (@LaidbackLuke) April 17, 2013
Meanwhile Quintino has also taken to Twitter to shed light on will.i.am's Bang Bang track which contains similarities to Quintino/Sandro Silva's Epic:
To be clear .. @iamwill never asked me or sandro's permission to release his rip off ...
— QUINTINO (@QUINTINOO) April 17, 2013