Metro Boomin seems to have had a bad experience with Atlantic Records.
It all started with a tweet by music consultant NOAHXZARK who posted a screenshot of a conversation with another person. The chat was about putting together a list of young Atlanta producers who could be approached for some new material by Atlantic Records A&Rs. “PSA to Producers in Atlanta,” tweeted the user.
PSA to Producers in Atlanta 👇🏾👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/OZgAlhimQc
— worlds greatest a&r (@noahxzark) October 16, 2017
Metro Boomin caught the tweet and sent some shots at Atlantic Records, advising his followers not to let the label “steal your soul.” See the tweet below. It’s unclear what motivated the super producer to say this publicly — he even mentioned Atlantic’s Twitter handle in the post, but it looks like a bad experience with the label may have triggered it. We have reached out to his rep for a comment. Listen to Metro’s new single ‘Blue Pill’ featuring Travis Scott here.
PSA to producers everywhere, don't let @AtlanticRecords steal your soul 🖤 https://t.co/W1kk3DuTh5
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
UPDATE: Metro expanded on his thoughts and clarified that he was talking about the APG arm of the label.
What I said about Atlantic was directed at Mike Caren and the APG division who deals directly with producers and songwriters.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
Dallas Martin, Orlando Wharton, and Lanre Gaba are good friends and black execs who do great business and wanna help us win.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
I just want to be clear and not publicly disrespect those who have been in my corner all along.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
But like I said, stay away from APG. They play by their own rules.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
This is not about slander. This is about not letting art and more importantly, lives go to waste.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
It is just so demeaning to take advantage of hungry artists/producers/writers who put their whole life into their music just 4 u to rob them
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
I'm not against major labels at all let that be clear. APG is just evil.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
How is a motherfucker in an office working 9-5 going to tell you how to make your beats or write your songs??
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
I let APG fly me to LA when I was 19. It was something I was of course excited about beforehand but day by day saw how full of 💩 they were.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
These niggas got a whole textbook on how to put a hit together like it's a fucking math problem. I to this day find it hard to believe.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
They basically just want to slave you and steal your music to make hits.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
I just got so much love for all the dope upcoming musicians and don't want to see you fall victim so I'm letting you know.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) October 18, 2017
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