Earlier this week Hot97's gossip girl Miss Info reported exclusive updates from the Lil' Kim and Trackmaster's lawsuit. She read a piece of an anonymous letter sent to her from someone in Lil' Kim's team. I did what I had to do to get a copy of it and bring this exclusive to you all on our behalf here at KiddUNot. This is the first words we get from the other side of the table and things are starting to get a bit clearer. Rock on Kim!!!!
Miss Info: SOMEBODY FROM KIM'S CAMP HAS HAD ENOUGH AND WANTS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT!!! THEY ARE TIRED OF KIM CONSTANTLY BEING SABOTAGED IN THE MEDIA AND RECENTLY BROOKLAND MEDIA (THE TRACKMASATERS) FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST KIM CLAIMING SHE IS " STIFFING " THEM WHICH LED THIS PERSON TO SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" AND TELL WHATS REALLY GOING ON.
THE DEAL WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN KIM AND BROOKLAND (TRACKMASTERS) WITH DISTRIBUTION THROUGH UNIVERSAL. AS THEY BEGAN WORKING TOGETHER ERICK NICKS WHO MANAGES THE TRACKMASTERS STARTED TO TREAT KIM AS IF SHE WAS SOLELY AN ARTIST SIGNED TO A LABEL AND NOT WITH THE FAIRNESS OR RESPECT OF A PARTNER. FOR EXAMPLE KIM WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SEE MARKETING/ PROMOTIONAL BUDGETS AND SHE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HER MONEY WAS GOING. KIM EXPRESSED TO THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NEW INDEPENDENT VENTURE AND ALSO STRESSED HER VISION FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED TO SUCCEED, BUT ERIC NICKS CONTINUED TO TREAT HER AS AN ARTIST. ERIC NICKS WAS CONSTANTLY BRAGGING TO OTHERS ABOUT STARTING A LABEL AND KIM WAS THE FIRST ARTIST THAT HE SIGNED. WORD OF THIS GOT BACK TO KIM AND SHE CONFRONTED ERIC ABOUT THIS AND HE ADAMANTLY DENIED IT. ERIC FELL SHORT OF HIS WORDS WHEN KIM'S CO-MANAGER AND LONG TIME FRIEND PRODUCED AN ARTICLE WHERE ERIC NICKS IS CLEARLY QUOTED SAYING THAT KIM "IS THEIR (BROOKLANDS) FIRST ARTIST SIGNED", AND FAILED TO MENTION THAT THEY WERE ALSO IN A PARTNERSHIP IN THIS VENTURE.
THIS HURT KIM DEEPLY. WE ALL KNOW KIM FOUGHT EXTREMELY HARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO GET OFF OF HER PREVIOUS LABEL IN ORDER TO GO INDEPENDENT. SO WHY WOULD KIM ENTER INTO THE SAME TYPE OF DEAL WITH TRACKMASTERS? HMMM.
MEDIA REPORTS ALSO MENTIONED THAT TRACKMASTERS RENTED A HOUSE NEAR KIM'S HOME FOR $12,000 A MONTH FOR HER TO RECORD HER ALBUM. KIM HAS HER OWN FULLY EQUIPPED IN HOME STUDIO WHERE SHE HAS BEEN RECORDING AND NEVER AGREED NOR ASKED FOR THEM TO RENT A HOUSE AND HAS NEVER RECORDED OUT OF THE HOUSE THEY RENTED. THIS WAS JUST AN EXCUSE FOR ERIC NICKS AND TRACK MASTERS TO GET A NEW HOUSE FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL USE.
AS THEY BEGAN TO RECORD, CONFLICT STARTED OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE ALBUM.
KIM ALSO BEGAN TO SEE POOR BUSINESS SKILLS ON THE TRACKMASTERS BEHALF. WHEN MEETINGS WERE CALLED THEY WOULDN'T ALL SHOW UP, THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND POOR BUSINESS SKILLS ON THEIR BEHALF. KIM BECAME VERY CONCERNED AND SOLICITED WYCLEF AND AKON TO WORK WITH HER ON THE PROJECT. THE TRACKMASTERS AND SPECIFICALLY ERIC NICKS BECAME EXTREMELY INTIMIDATED BY THE CALIBER OF PRODUCERS THAT KIM WAS ABLE TO GET TO COMMIT TO THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND NOT MAINLY FOR THE MONEY.ERIC WAS GREEDY AND SELFISH AND THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THE TRACKMASTERS PRODUCE ALL THE SONGS ON THE ALBUM. WITH CONTINUED RESISTANCE BY ERIC NICKS AND TRACKMASTERS, KIM INSISTED THAT WYCLEF AND AKON WORK WITH HER ON THE ALBUM AND GET WHAT THEY DESERVE. KIM ALSO EXPRESSED HER CONCERNS WITH THE MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS BUDGET AND REQUESTED AN INCREASE TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROMOTE THE ALBUM. ERIC AGREED TO PUT THAT ON PAPER. THAT THEY WOULD INCREASE THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION BUDGET AND THAT HE WOULD COME OUT OF POCKET AND PAY WYCLEF AND AKON. AT THE NEXT MEETING KIM AND HILLARY ASKED ERIC FOR THE ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK AND HE RENIGED SAYING HE'S NOT PAYING. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT
KIM AND ERICK NICKS COULD NOT SEE EYE TO EYE SO SHE REACHED OUT TO POKE OF THE TRACK MASTERS TO LET HIM KNOW THAT SHE AND ERIC NICKS BOTH AGREED THAT THE DEAL WOULD BE TERMINATED. KIM WAS SHOCKED BY ERICS BEHAVIOR AND IMMEDIATELY GOT HER LAWYERS INVOLVED TO STEP IN AND PROTECT HER BRAND!
Y'ALL MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT THE TRACKMASTERS ONCE HAD 50 CENT BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIM…. SO HE LEFT. THEY ALSO HAD ALICIA KEYS…SHE WAS NOT HAPPY AND SHE JUMPED THEIR TUG BOAT TO RIDE THE CLIVE DAVIS YACHT. NOT TO MENTION OTHERS AND THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WITH THE GROUP ALLURE. I FEEL YOU KIM!
LET GO BACK A SECOND, YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO LANCE "UN" RIVERA, YOU KNOW THE BIG GUY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNING KIM AND JUNIOR MAFIA? A FEW MONTHS AGO UN STEPPED IN TO HELP KIM WITH HER NEXT MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUM, EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE UNTIL UN AND ERIC NICKS BEGAN TO CLASH. UN BECAME EXHAUSTED AND HIGHLY AGITATED WITH ERIC NICKS AND THE TRACKMASTERS TERRIBLE BUSINESS, SO HE DID WHAT EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH TRACKMASTERS DID AND WHAT KIM IS DOING NOW JUMPING THE SINKING BOAT. HE SAID THAT HE STILL HAS LOVE FOR KIM BUT HE CAN'T DEAL WITH ERIC NICKS. (COMMON DENOMINATOR HERE)
WELL JUST A WORD TO YOU ERIC NICKS & TRACKMASTERS KARMA IS A MUTHA BECAUSE FROM WHAT I HEARD SHAKIM OF FLAVOR UNIT HAD KIM FIRST AND YOU GUYS BETRAYED SHAKIM TO GET KIM TO BE PARTNERS WITH Y'ALL.
Lil'Kim Knows who she is as an artist...She knows her brand! She has to protect herself at this point in her career and make the right decisions. We ain't mad at you Kim! She did what any other "BOSS BITCH" would have done. Protect dat ass baby! IF YOU DON'T WHO WILL? YOU GO QUEEN BEE!
To show support in Kim's time of need, you can leave comments on Kim's Myspace page.
HOW DO YALL FEEL ABOUT THIS??? I need some feed back fom ya'll on this one!
KodakBoi
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