Final evening, Kanye West gave a prolonged interview on REVOLT’s Drink Champs podcast, the place he coated quite a lot of subjects, to say the least. In the course of the interview’s “Quicktime With Slime” phase, West took a swipe at producer Just Blaze, calling him a “copycat” (the 2 each famously dealt with manufacturing on Jay-Z’s The Blueprint, together with Bink, Timbaland, Trackmasters, and Eminem). Now, Just Blaze has posted a response on Instagram.

“Just Blaze is a copycat, you understand,” West instructed co-hosts co-hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. “He get credit score for [Jay-Z’s] The Blueprint, and I did the primary half of The Blueprint, and he simply copied my half. I imply look—look the place I’m at as we speak and look the place he at as we speak. So that ought to present you…”

In response, Just Blaze known as West’s remark “unlucky.” He added:

I’m solely addressing this publicly as a result of it was acknowledged publicly. I’m not right here for mudslinging, I’m only a bit confused and disillusioned. None of what was mentioned tonight relating to me matches with any of our historical past or our earlier interactions – significantly in mild of very current makes an attempt to work collectively once more. Via current years he has reached out to collaborate on numerous initiatives, together with a a lot rumored collaborative challenge that he was in search of me to deal with an excellent quantity of.

It sadly by no means noticed the sunshine of day on account of causes unrelated to me. Most not too long ago, a few months again I woke as much as a literal purple alert from his those who he was in search of me for his final album within the 11th hour. We tried to drag one thing off however it was means too final minute.

Jay-Z additionally chimed in, calling West’s remark “unfair” throughout a Twitter Areas chat for Netflix’s The More durable They Fall. Hov added:

In the event you’re making an album, should you’re creating an album and the project is soul samples, everybody’s coming with soul. It’s not you attempting to make a cohesive piece of music. I don’t assume anybody was copying off anybody. Bink! has this downside and you understand I believe everybody created for the challenge.

However the factor was, the infant was The Blueprint and I believe everybody ought to be prized for what we created. it’s in like — I don’t know what you name — on the Library of Congress or one thing. It’s prefer it’s one thing that all of us ought to or you understand their contribution.

To spherical issues out, Large Sean additionally responded to West’s remark that signing him to GOOD Music was the “worst factor I’ve ever performed.” Sean principally appeared amused by your entire alternate, claiming to have frolicked with West proper after the Drink Champs interview. He wrote on Twitter, “Was simply wit this man, he ain’t say none of that!!! And this was after the interview! I’m dying laughing at you @kanyewest.”