Beyowulf Accused Of Taking Credit For Tracks She Didn't Write…AGAIN!!
Uh-oh! Looks like she's up to her old tricks!!
After speculation that Beyowulf was getting songwriting credit where it was not due, producer Rob Fusari is talking about how the diva ripped off his idea for the now classic Destiny's Child track Bootylicious!!
I came up with the idea to build a track using the guitar riff from Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen. I really wanted to play the riff from Eye of the Tiger, but I was flipping through my CDs in the studio and I couldn't find it. But I saw the Stevie Nicks CD and I remembered that the riff was similar.
I figured I'd put the guitar loop on there temporarily, and later go into the studio with a guitar and replay it, because I'd learned, after sampling Stevie Wonder's I Wish for Will Smith's Wild Wild West, that I didn't want to lose 50% of the publishing. I vividly remember telling Mathew Knowles, "Mathew, you got to book me into your studio and let me replay that riff." It was Guitar 101! One note!
He didn't want to do it. So 50% got cut for one note. That whole experience was bittersweet for me.
I remember watching Barbara Walters interview Beyoncé about Bootylicious, and she told Barbara about how she came up with the idea for the track. And I was just like, "What?" I called Mathew - which was a big mistake; I got emotional, and I apologized after - but I called Mathew and said, "Mathew, like, why?"
And he explained to me, in a nice way, he said, "People don't want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J. No offense, but that's not what sells records. What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything." And I'm like, "Yeah, I know, Mathew. I understand the game. But come on, I'm trying too. I'm a squirrel trying to get a nut, too."
Shady, shady Beyowulf!!
What do U think?? Do U think Beyowulf is really using other people's work as hers??
[Image via WENN.]
Thanks A LOT, Tyra!
RiRi Gets Rude
how daft are you?
ripped off and taking credit on barbara walters are both bad but ARE NOT the same thing
Stealing. What a black person does best. Shocker.
whatever i dont give a shit for who wrote the song i dont even care for the lyrics as long as it has a cool beat am okay with it
People get jealous of others outstanding success and when you are as successful as Beyonce Knowles you get it worse then others. She is an amazing artist, producer, and songwriter and deserves the credit. It is not like she said she created the guitar riff…it is from a different song. How much credit does this joe blow actually expect to get for flipping through his CD book and hearing a good song.
To that Ignorant BabySoulSister - You should be ashamed for yourself. You are a prime example of what is wrong with society. It is the year 2010 it is time for love and positivity.
He sounds credible.
Rob Fusari was the person who named Lady Gaga and was her first producer, he is brilliant…really messed up matthew Knowles
I believe what the guy is saying. There has been more than one story of Beyonce taking other people songwriting credit. It sad how much of a lair she is. I think Beyonce needs to tell the honest truth. Beyonce is used people to get to where she is now. Beyonce Karma is a really bitch
Re: BabySoulSister – Omg…HAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
JUST LIKE HER WACK ASS HUSBAND, JAY-Z. JAY-Z STOLE BIGGIE SMALL'S RAPS AND BEYOWULF STEAL CREDIT FOR MUSIC SHE DIDN'T EVEN WRITE. AFTER MJ THERE ARE NO MORE GENIUS ARTIST. F.UCK BEYOWULF AND HER SUCKY HUSBAND. SHE IS SUPER OVERRATED.
Lord this woman is a pro at stealing ideas!
Damn I hate that she entertains me…
BITCH ISNT CALLED A SWAGGER JACKER FOR NOTHING. FIRST A LIP SYNCER NOW A SWAGGER JACKER. THINK BEYAAAWNCE HAS COUPLA CAREER CHOICES TO FALL BACK ON WHEN HER SINGING GIG IS DONE!! OF COURSE THIS SHIZ IS TRUE. DIDNT MATHEW PAPA "MAFIA" KNOWLES LOSE A FEW COURT CASES OVER COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS (AKA STEALING)??
Yah, I believe him (Rob). We all know what a good Daddy and Husband Mr. Knowles has been…..One of the other former members of Destiny's Child also had a similar accusation about Beyonce & her Dad. I believe it 100%. Money makes people do bad things.
Bootylicious is one of the shittiest songs ever.
all hail THE TRUTH!
well.. that is plagiarism and copyrights violation for such a wonderful singer but aint lucky enough to be original but pirated…
finally this bitch is being exposed, I always felt like their was something fishy about her. The fact that she is so private, trust me nobody is that private about their lives unless they have a huge secret to hide. Karma is a bitch Beyonce and she just won 6 or 5 grammies their is more talented artists out there who actually write their own lyrics like Shakira for example.
Stealing. What a black person does best. Shocker.
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What a stupid cow you are. White people are the original thieves you dumb stupid cow. If you can, go to the library and read a history book.
Let me get this straight; A guy who rips off other peoples music is complaining about someone ripping off music. Yeah OK
It was Sasha who took the credit, that's why Beyonce killed her lol. Probably sat on her
You know if this was the first time she was accused of this I wouldn't bat an eye but it has been several times now. Am starting to wonder if she deserves her grammy's. She an expert liar that's for sure.
Re: BabySoulSister – any race can be a thief.
Re: Beyowulf – yeah but she deserves credit for what SHE does not an idea someone else had…DUH!
Re: light2you – wow, forgot the name of the guy who named her. Cool that is him, he seems credible and I love how he named lady gaga after Queen!
yeeaah
OMG. She is gorgeous. I was surprised to see her nice profile on a site with hot pics. It seems called 'Rich ki ss.c om'. Was it her? Is she lonely?
This is nothing new from this chick! She couldn't even write a decent essay about herself… let along a song!!! She ALWAYS STEALING! Thank God BC Jean fought her and didnt let her take credit for "If I was a boy", even though she tried.
Re: BabySoulSister – STILL laughing at this
BabySoulSister. Stealing your life right under you destroying families and encouraging suicides. What a white person does best. Shocker. Look at the big picture. Who fucked up the economy? Who raised your credit rates and wouldn't stop calling you? Who provided drugs to the inner city kids? Who appears perfect to everyone before and after he murders your ass and you can't protect your ass cause you don't see it coming? Who killed Jesus. Lol shut the fuck up. Not trying to be racist, hell you might even be black and self hating with THAT name. It might even be a joke. But whatever the fuck it is, I'm tired of it.
What an idiot.
No talent hack! She's probably tried stealing Ms. Hudson's Oscar! HA!
Whos your daddy. And what the fuck are you laughing at?
I love Beyonce's music, but she uses other people's material all the time. So many songs from "I Am… Sasha Fierce" are someone elses. It is kinda sad.
she is such a FAKE ATTENTION WHORE WITH NO TALENT!!! i think people are getting sick of her ghetto singing and her booty shaking thunder thighs… she really neeeds to take a LONG break
Why does she pretend like she writes all her songs? I'd be suprised if she even wrote 1% of them. Lots of singers admit that they don't write most of their songs, even Miley did! Fess up Beyonce!
i remember watching an interview Beyonce said "i had gained alot of weight around my hips so i came up with the word bootylicious and it was just for fun but we turned it into a song" something like that.What a liar, i wonder what else she lies about because she's soo damn good at it.she considers herself a singer/songwriter,yeah right you theif!. IN THE MIDDLEAST THEY CUT PEOPLES ARMS OFF THEY STEAL THEY SHOULD CUT HER TONGUE OFF FOR LYING. theres nothing wrong with having others write songs for you ,it makes you less of an artist but still theres nothing wrong with that but this woman takes credit for it.
Re: praize21 – wow did not know she tried to take credit of the song if I were a boy.
BEYONCE IS NO MARIAH…BEYONCE HAS NO SONGWRITING ABILITY OR TALENT..SHE IS A GREAT STAGE PERFORMER BUT SHE IS NO VOCALIST AND SHE MOST CERTAINLY IS NOT GIFTED LIKE MARIAH CAREY, ESP WHEN IT COMES TO SONG WRITING ! THIS IS JUST ONE MORE PROOF !!
I wouldn't be surprised.
it sounds like matthew knowles is more of the douche in this situation. to be honest, i don't think beyonce really knew what she was doing at that point in her career, she probably just listened to whatever her idiot dad told her. it's a shame that she gets so much shit for all these writing credit scandals when it really seems like her shithead dad is behind everything.
That track was 10 YEARS AGO, and now this guy suddenly wants to talk bout it?!!!!! Someone wants to jump on the Beyonce bandwagon. NEXT!
LADY GAGA WRITES ALL HER SONGS,AND SHE NEVER LIP SYNCS ,AND SHE CAN PLAY INSTURMENTS UNLIKE BEYONCES FAT THIGHED ASS!
BEYONCE IS A FAKE BITCH .SHE DOSNT WRITE HER SONGS AND SHE LIES TO HER FANS .BEYONCE STARTED WEARING SHOULDER PADS BECAUSE SHE SAW RIHANNA WEAR THEM BEYONCE WANTS TO FIT IN SOO BADLY ,WHAT A PATHEITC BITCH!!
There have been too many people coming up with the same idea, that Beyonce stole their songs, and maybe she is really dunce, and has no clue what's happening behind the scenes, but unfortunately I don't think that's the case.
Re: Beyowulf – BEYONCE DOSNT WRITE HER SONGS SO STOP FUCKING CALLING HER A SONGWRITER! WHEN BEYONCE HITS 30 PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET TIRED OF THE BOOTY SHAKING .BOOTY SHAKING IS NOT DANCING SHE THINKS SHES AN ENTERTAINER BECAUSE SHE SHAKES HER FAT ASS ! SHES NOT!
Hell no people don't blame this on her dictator dad. She was the one who lied everyone heard her take credit for Bootilicious. I think she is another Britney she has an incredible voice nobody can deny that and amazing stage presence in her performances. Not that many female artists can sing and dance the way she does but cant she at least be an honest musician. I think this is why she is supposedly killing Sasha Fierce, I bet she stole that whole alter ego idea from somebody else too. She did not deserve 5 grammies just cause shes hot right now and stupid teenagers who will listen to all the garbage in the radio today. Mainstream Hip Hop & rap sucks now.
Re: Brown_Eyes44444 – WHO THE FUCK CARES HOW LONG IT WAS? THIS BITCH IS STILL GETTING CALLED OUT FOR TAKING CREDIT FOR OTHER PEOPLES SONGS! YOU STUPID BITCH! IT DOSNT MATTER IF IT HAPPEND 20 YEARS AGO IT STILL MATTERS BECAUSE IT SHOWS WHAT A FAKE BITCH SHE IS!
she's an illuminati piece o shit, what the eff do you expect? she's got no real song writing talent of her own…obviously!
SHE STOLE THE CLOTHING FROM A FASHION LINE FOR HER VIDEOPHONE MUSIC VIDEO (she needed gaga because she knows that song sucked with just beyonce alone) SHE GOT ACCUSED FOR STEALING PEOPLES SONGS A MILLION TIMES NOW ! LET THIS BITCH DISAPEAR SHE IS SOO BORING! SHE IS AN OLD HAG…YES I SAID OLD!!! BECAUSE I THINK 28 YEARS OLD IS A VERY OLD AGE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHER ARTISTS ARE DOING LIKE SHE DOES ,SHE TRIES TO CHANGE HER STYLE BECAUSE SHE KNOWS ARTISTS LIKE LADY GAGA ARE IN RIGHT NOW !
Re: Beyowulf – when will you "sheep" wake up ?!! Stop following the herd….as a fan she is playing you most of all!!
"People don't want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J. No offense, but that's not what sells records. What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything."
Matthew sounds like a douche.
LOL ITS FUNNY HOW SHES TOUCHING HER WEAVE LIKE ITS HER HAIR !
To channel Johnny Cochran: "If its true, then SUE!!!"
ok people…do you really think these people like beyonce write their own songs!!!
no no no this is hollywood…hello someone writes the songs…gets paid very well for it
and you have idiots like Beyonce (no offense girl is beautiful…but she speaks like a ghetto rat) saying they write their own songs!!! please!!! hello the queen of this is Madonna maybe through the years she's can write a line or two but homegirl has bought all of her songs!!!
im a beyonce fan though but she isn't very original!!! in her look, her moves
but she is fine to look at
wow is everyone just recently catching onto B's ways? She's not a writer. She never wrote a single song. She steals lyrics and puts her name on it. She steals dances too like "put a ring on it" Thats and old dance from that old school mexican group. Shame on you B people are starting to catch on.
I don't get the obsession with making everyone think she writes her own songs, at this point no one believes it anyway. There are perfectly good artists out there where they just show up and sing, and it doesn't make them any less talented. If you cant write, deal with it. You've got other talents, right?
She can sing, but of course she can't play any instruments or write songs. Neither can any of these so called singers (Carey, timberlake etc). Listen to rock music where they actually write their own music.
I do not believe that Beyonce took credit for the music. First, the riff is from a very famous song. Second, Stevie Nicks was featured in the video. Third, Beyonce wrote or co-wrote the lyrics. Also, it's Matthew with 2 t's.
does this really shock anyone? its what daddys done her whole career.
i call bs on this one. if he believed he had rights to any of it, he would've claimed it when it happened…LIKE 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THAT SONG CAME OUT!
Re: chicacaliente – i love beyonce and i dont care what anyone will think of her..and by the way what do u mean by beyonce is another britney??? i never heard that britney accused or sued for stealing tracks…
Yup, I believe the guy….. she STOLE and is taking credit for Victoria Beckham's song "resentment" (which is obviously about David)
YO PDIZZLE.
in the end, we all want gaga to be on the very tipy tipy top. no matter how much we respect the others, right?
im serious I'd smear every single celeb in order to make gaga the president!!!
even beyowolf sasha fierce (DUH, she stole the idea from GAGA. even if B's music was her own, we KNOW she stole her persona from glogalog.)
long live gaga!
This is just like Smack into you, she got writing credit from changing Smack into SMASH. Otherwise the lyrics were identical.
ALL HAIL QUEEN GAGA
FUCK BEYONCE
THATS SUCH A STUPID NAME
AND SHE SOUNDS LIKE A GHETTO BOY GOING THROUGH PUBERTY
All pop stars are 100% fake. They sell an image and that's all. Why do you think all popstars from hollywood becomes ”has-been” after a few years. They replace there artists with new ones and so on…. It is sad to here that, but I am not surprised. It's the same with the interview with Gaga and B.Walters, Gagaloo claimes that she writes all the music she does…. RIGHT!?! LOLlllll
They do it all the time Perez. You should know that.
yes everyoneee knows beyonce doesn't write her own shit…i feel bad for all those songwriters who get overshadowed
She is a nobody without her song writers. She is just a puppet that has nothing to say. She needs someone else to put the words in her mouth.
And she didn't "Invent" the word Bootylicious. A lot of people had used that word way before her. A Detroit Rapper (Eminem names him as 1 of his influences) by the Name of Esham, says the word in a song he did in his 1994 album "Closed Casket" I'm not saying she ripped him off, she just needs to stop pretending she is this creative mastermind.
She should record a remake of The Great Pretender. (the Platters.)
Sounds like Matthew Knowles stole the idea and told Beyonce to claim it as her own.
I believe Rob Fusari! Beyonce always takes credits for songs she didn't write…it's not the first time. She has a good voice but she is a liar
beyonce, katy perry, rhianna… none of these birdbrains are capable of writing their own stuff
That's the music business… Believe me Amy Winehouse, MC, Whitney Houston also did this….
i am not surprised. business is this yucky. it happens everywhere at all levels.
but i am not not pleased that Beyoncé is projecting that image, if she's "so wholesome" and honest she should empower her entertainer phase which is what gave her the $$$$$ instead of pretending something she's not: an accomplished songwriter. some people have such big egos that want to have it all, or at least pretend it, no matter if they discredit others in the way.
Beyonce has done this all trough her career, she screwed her former band mates and anyone who has collaborated with her for her own benefit. She could not write something by herself if her own life depended on it. I can't stand the bitch.
i lost respect for her in one of the interviews she did with Oprah…when O asked her a question she started to babble some rehearsed lines that had nothing to do with the question..afterwards she apologized..and started to babbble another rehearsed answer…omfg?! it came out so stupid and after that i didnt even want to hear the rest of the interwiev…i mean who wants to hear words that someone else wrote and the fact that her interview did not anything to do with true portrayal of Beyonce…so this news does not surprise me at all…
NOT SURPRISED.. this whole family is SKETCHY… what a bunch of stealing sketch-balls…. not surprised one bit..
Re: terp – LOL..
Rob Fuasri, as in Gaga's Rob Fuasari?!?! Beyonce's dad has done enough, I am starting to think Beyonce has nothing wrong with her, but her dad is extremely screwed up. But Rob Fusari co-wrote and produced Paparazzi, Beautiful Dirty Rich, Summerboy, and many more, so he's definitely not just some studio body, he's quite talented.
Re: IntoTheGroove – GAGA WOULD NEVER LIE TO HER FANS
I don't think it's a great thing to do but that's just how the business works! As long as the guitar-guy gets payed it's ok.
@LadyGagaQueenOfMusic Isn't Lady GaGa a stupid name then???
Re: trinigirl123 – fighting racism with more racism… genius!!
fyi, EVERYONE is responsible for the shit you listed.
Rob worked with Lady Gaga in her early days too. Why does this guy keep getting kicked in the teeth?
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My boss (a pretty famous fashion photographer) does this ALL the time, stealing ideas me and the other photo assistants have worked out on our own, personal photo shoots.
It's infuriating and you'd be surprised how often it happens.
NOT cool
we need to transmission gagavision and leave this fake bitch in the past were she belongs
It's sad that someone like Beyonce has to step on all the little people to get to the top. Guess it's the price one pays to become famous. Sell their soul….unless this is unfounded gossip.
I do not think it matters where she got the songs from whether she wrote them or not . I think out of respect for the little people who helped her become a huge success she should give them credit .I mean why not who is it going to hurt .We all know alot of artists sing other peoples songs or co write them .
Remember Neyo called Beyonce out for saying that she wrote irreplacable and Neyo came out and said that the song was already finished and recorded by him when Beyonce re-recorded it? This is nothing new.
She writes her songs my ass. She probably changes a lyric or two and gets a writing credit. It happens all the time in music, but Beyonce shouldn't take credit when credit's not due to her…Her image as a songwriter is slowly cracking away. And they say Rihanna rips other people off…LOL.
I think that she stole it plain and simple. I think that what she should do is come out and tell the truth and be honest. Karma is a bitch. For her being soo private i bet you she has secrets. Since this isnt the first time she was accused of stealing i will bet you that there are other times and we just don't know that.
Beyonce is not Shakira. She wants to be like her. She wants to dance like her and writte the songs like her.
Ugh. I hate her. Every song of hers that I've ever had the misfortune of hearing has just pissed me off. And she's too fat to be a popstar. I don't give an eff how "healthy" she is or how "superficial" I am, she is just not attractive enough to be such a talentless moron with songs that aren't even catchy.
Re: -rica- – AGREED
Re: OhhParis – I DONT LIKE BEYONCE BUT SHAKIRA WHO? BEYONCE IS MORE FAMOUS THAN SHAKIRA SHE DOSNT NEED TO COPY HER I HONESTLY DONT THINK SHES EVEN WORRIED ABOUT HER
to beyowulf and all the other dance pop music fans that no matter what is said about their "idols" will defend them blindly. mrs. jay z could shoot someone and torture a child and her tweeny bopper fans would respond, oh she is still gourgeous and such a good artist give her a break… the point is all the compliments you floated her arent true. the point is she isnt an artist she doesnt create the beats, the lyrics (at least a good portion of the time) she doesnt come up with the dance routines, she doesnt sing live or if she does with a backing track and even then only half the time. (the other time she is just dancing) she doesnt design her costumes or her sets and to top it off she is lying to all of you/us. she is just a pretty face and a liar and a fraud. at this point her career could have been achieved by anyone with a pretty face a sleezy well connected rich dad and no dignity. and its time for positivity says the fan defending the thief. i wanna rob a bank and then when the cops catch say "hey come on what about positivity" dumbass
and the comment who cares about the producer….well you and anyone who listens to dance pop music does cause he writes have the crap you love. the reason why no one thinks they care is because con artist like this one and her dad/gaga/britney lie and steal this guys credit. you want positivety how bout giving credit to the guy who sees other people getting paid and credit for his talent. and stop calling her or anyone like her an artist..she isnt one artists create not steal or mime. she is a dancer or at best an entertainer.
Shes a phony! So fake! There is no need to lie and steal credit! Its a needless act that just stains her reputation.
And the untalented rich just keep getting richer….