Earlier in the week a Kanye West song titled “Mama’s Boy” leaked across the net and who woulda thunk it, but it was not an official release. Not only is this an industry No-No, but you’re going to do this over one of Ye’s most personal subjects? Disgrace. This again brings up the point about why people leak tracks in the first place. Here at RH, we have our hands on some great unreleased material, but at the end of the day that material means nothing if it is not released in the proper format – which usually is decided by The Artist. These are the folk the RIAA needs to go after. Check the 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.”