I don’t have official guidance on this, but apparently once you get six strikes, your account is banned forever. Turns out I post a lot of stuff that includes copyrighted music. Twitter receives claims from either record companies or individuals on tweets by users who use copyrighted music, and more often than not, Twitter removes the video and adds a strike to the tweeter’s account. But, tragically, in mid-July, over two years after I’d posted them, I had to delete them forever due to the ever-expanding reach of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). These videos have been fun to make and have garnered me a lot of nice followers and cool interactions on Twitter. I made a few more videos, like Eminem needing more snare in his headphones in “Cleaning Out My Closet,” Future preparing a cup of lean near all of the expensive audio equipment, and Jay-Z telling the engineer to “release the flutes” in a song that does not include flutes in any way, shape, or form. As people started responding to it, I realized what an evergreen concept the whole thing is - so many rappers include their improvised chatter to the sound booth at the beginning of their tracks. So one night in March 2019, when “What’s Luv” came up on my Spotify shuffle and I imagined again that poor engineer having the worst day ever, I decided to make a quick seven-second video pretending to be her, and I posted it to Twitter that night.
Like, Jesus, Fat Joe, how about a little courtesy in that request? Why all the aggression? These people are here, for you, to help fulfill your artistic endeavors, and this is how you treat them? Okay … Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos by “What’s Luv” by Fat Joe was released in 2002, I had always felt offended on the engineer’s behalf when Joe yells, “Put the fucking mic on!” to kick off the track.
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