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'After what happened with this week,' he said, 'I'm going to have to take seriously now.' (The FADER has reached out to the label to confirm this, and is awaiting comment.) And he's still holding out hope that his unofficial version might become official: 'It's not the way I wanted to get approached-it's a leak, and as an artist I don't appreciate leaks, I'll tell you that-but if it's going to get this kind of buzz, it's everywhere right now, you might as well work with the person. Houdini has not heard from Drake or Beyoncé's camps, but claims to have gotten a meeting with an A&R from a major label off the leak. Which I guess made people assume it was the official version,' he said. 'Maybe because I filled those spaces, switched up the beat a little and the flow of the song, and ended with a sample of Drake. Houdini credits this to his version sounding more complete. But five minutes later, it's on the internet.'ĭespite his pleading Instagram, Houdini's take of the song was picked up by a number of music blogs blogs ( The Fader included) and streamed more than 42,000 times.

#SAL HOUDINI FULL VERSION#

'Right after I sent it to them, I specifically told them, please whatever you do, keep it to yourself, because the full version is not out yet and if this ended up leaking, it's not going to be good,' he said. 'This whole mess that's going on, people saying that I leaked it-I didn't do that,' he laughed, adding that he doesn't know who did.Īn accounting student from New York whose internet presence is nothing out of the ordinary-besides the standard Instagram and Facebook profiles, a Google search turned up a handful of Kanye To The message board comments, mostly requesting rare OVO gear and promoting his various DIY Drake collabs and other bedroom recordings-Houdini said he came across the leak on YouTube, and within two hours, he had added his vocals, tweaked the end, and sent it via email to a three of his close and IRL friends. Reached by phone on Friday afternoon, a man who claimed to be the Sal Houdini featured insisted that he did not leak either version of the song.

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