9 Greatest Hoaxes In Music
4. Kanye West Released A New Studio Recording (Except He Totally Didn't)
You've likely heard of fabricated demos and fake, grainy, live performances, but you've probably never heard of a totally convincing fake studio recording.
Around the time of 2010's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West began performing a song titled Mama's Boyfriend. Kanye seemed totally enamoured by the track, and it was a favourite amongst fans, too, which made people wonder why it never made it onto the album. Then, without warning, a music blog leaked an official recording, which featured studio instrumentation and elaborate production. The only problem was...it was completely fake. The mock-up was that convincing, though, that Universal Music had to step in themselves and debunk the whole thing:The version of the Kanye West recording Mamas Boy that arrived on blog sites earlier this week is entirely bogus and unsanctioned, and violates the artists creative intentions. As is often the unfortunate case, an unknown party or parties got a hold of Kanye Wests vocal track and added their own soundbed to it, effectively and falsely releasing it as a Kanye West track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions. The result in no way resembles the final song Kanye West intended his fans to hear, and he is deeply disappointed that one of the most personal, meaningful and special songs he has ever written would reach people in this way. Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material.Pretty severe.