Energy, the party starting dance track by Beyoncé featuring BEAM has now sold more than 500,000 units according to Chart Data.
The song from the IVY Park icon’s dance album Renaissance got some Jamaican influence and upon release it had a little bit of drama.
Beam, who is the son of Jamaican music legend Papa San added some vocal flavour but Kelis took issue on the release by saying Beyoncé sampled her song without permission. The original release of “Energy,” sampled Kelis’s “Milkshake,” a track that was originally produced by The Neptunes.
Kelis, a former Neptunes artist says they (Beyoncé’s people) should “have the common sense and decency to reach out, a manager, an agent anybody should be like heads up this is what we are doing even if you are gonna do it anyway.”
Kelis is credited on the song although only Pharrell and Chad Hugo are credited as writers on the original.
Kelis posted on Instagram, “I just heard the record everyone is saying has my sample . But it’s beyond this song at this point . This was a TRIGGER for me . Milkshake alone is one of the most licensed records of our generation. I am a creator , I’m an innovator, I have done more then left my mark on an era of music and style that will go down in history . But there are bully’s and secrets and gangsters in this industry that smile and get away with it until someone says enough is enough . So I’m saying it today . I’m coming for what’s mine and I want reparations . Peace .”
“Energy” also samples Big Freedia’s 8 year old track “Explode” and was produced by Skrillex, Al Cres, Beam, and Beyoncé.
Beyoncé has since removed the Kelis sample from the track.
In other Beyoncé News; the singer performed in Dubai for the opening of the Atlantis hotel for a whopping 24 million dollars.
Although organizers tried to keep it the event private, scorers of videos have circulated online showing the Drunk In Love Singer in her first concert for the last 5 years.
The event, called the “Grand Reveal,” at the Atlantis The Royal, mega hotel in Dubai featured a full live concert by Beyoncé, followed by fireworks from the Hotel’s balcony and an afterparty with Swedish House Mafia.
The weekend celebration took place before the hotel officially opens on March 4 2023.
The 43-storey resort will feature 231 luxury apartments, 693 hotel rooms and 102 suites, all of which offer views of the Arabian Sea and Palm Island.
