Alchemist Reveals Carter 3 Song Meant For His LP, "They Cut Me A Check For $350K

[Elano]

With The Alchemist's sophomore LP Chemical Warfare hitting stores next month, XXLMag.com caught up with the producer to speak on the disc, and one track in particular that didn't make the final cut.

It turns out that "You Ain't Got Nuthin" from Lil Wayne's multi-platinum Tha Carter III - which also features Fabolous and Juelz Santana - was originally supposed to be on Alc's album. In fact the Beverly Hills-bred beatmaker wasn't initially thrilled about losing the song.

"I'm gonna keep it real," he revealed to XXL. "At first, I was angry. Just the stubborn, dumb rapper/producer guy. Like, ‘Nah, son, I'm making an album! You're pulling my arm out of my body! This is a finger on my body and you're making the body incomplete.' But there was an artist who shall remain nameless who was with me at the time who was like, ‘Shit, if you don't wanna use that shit, I will!'"

Al sent the track to Weezy, hoping to get a hook, but instead the New Orleans superstar had other plans in mind. "At first the record was done without Wayne and then we sent to Wayne to get the hook on it and it came back with his verse," Alc explained. "At first, with the whole effect on the voice, I wasn't crazy about it—not that I'm against it, I just don't know if that's how I heard it on the record. It worked out. Hallelujah."

Al was in turn compensated nicely for his work behind the boards. "[Universal] cut me a check that was $350 grand," he said. "I'm chillin now. Thanks, baby!"

Chemical Warfare, which features cameos from Eminem, Jadakiss, Pusha T, Blu, Lady Of Rage, Kool G Rap, Prodigy, Three 6 Mafia and Juvenile, among others, hits stores on July 7 via E1 music.

 

[Chamillitary Click]

that could be the best song off of Carter III.

[Reventón Bogotá Rolla]

wow I wonder what it cost totally to make carter 3

[Action!]

Did Wayne make any money off Carter 3?

[J.D. Wykid, Esq.]

350k for a beat?

FUCK!

[Chamillitary Click]

Did Wayne make any money off Carter 3?

i don't know, but it doesn't really matter.

Wayne is such an iconic name that he can do whatever he wanted to, even if he had twelve dollars to his name lol.

[Al Bundy]

easily the best track off of an underwhelming album.

[dubsmith_nz]

350k for a beat?

FUCK!

Haha that's what I was thinking, especially when it's just an album track. It does go hard though...

[Lunatic]

good track, crazy beat, but is any one song really worth 350K? Probably not lol.

[Action!]

Doesn't Dre charge more?

I wonder what Just Blaze charges.

[The Predator]

That was a dope Alch' beat, Fab' and Santana delivered verses to match.

Lil Wayne trying his best to ruin the song with auto-tune bullshit rambling towards the end.

[Big B]

i dont believe he was paid 350,000 for that one song.

[dubsmith_nz]

Doesn't Dre charge more?

I wonder what Just Blaze charges.

500k in his prime I heard, still think that shit is crazy

[Elano]

The Alchemist has denied claims of making $350,000 for a track which was featured on Lil Wayne's Grammy-winning album Tha Carter III.

Despite making the claim earlier this month, Al said he was only joking about the big payoff.

"I can't front, I was lying," Al explained in an interview. "Because the truth is they really paid me $1.5 mil but $750 was the first half. [laughs] Nah, you know what it is? It amazed me, maybe I should have said they paid me $5 mil in like, pounds, like in a sack. I should have said they dropped off a sack of English pounds, like you know, the coins? Like 'Yeah they dropped off a $5 million sack of coins.' I was joking. I guess $350 [thousand] was believable? Jesus Christ. No, I don't get paid $350,000 to do a beat."(Paul J Cantor)