Jermaine Dupri has responded to a slew of negative reactions in relation to DVSN’s new single “If I Get Caught,” which he produced with Bryan-Michael Cox and Nineteen85.
Released on Friday (July 22), the track has garnered a lot of backlash on social media as fans decried the current trend of “toxic R&B” and wanted “begging and love” back.
Dupri noticed the reactions on social media and chimed in on Saturday (July 23), citing the history of the blues as a backbone of R&B and dismissing anyone who couldn’t notice what all parties did with the track.
“The people I see with something bad to say about ‘If I Get Caught’ I’m sure have never listened to blues,” Dupri tweeted. “And if you never listened to blues.then you’re musically blind in my book and you can’t see what we did.”
The single, featuring a sample of JAY-Z’s 2001 hit “Song Cry,” hears DVSN singer Daniel Daley croon on the song’s opening verse: “You wouldn’t want me if you thought I never had hoes/ Women like men other women like/ That’s just something that everyone know,” before leading into a chorus declaring one moment of infidelity shouldn’t break up a happy relationship.
The team-up between Dupri and DVSN began in earnest after the So So Def founder noticed how DVSN sampled Usher’s 1997 hit “Nice & Slow,” which he produced, for the Snoh Aalegra-assisted “Between Us” in 2020. A year later, Daley and Dupri were spotted in the studio together and began the slow roll towards “If I Get Caught” and potentially a full-length album.
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Hov himself chimed in on the record ahead of its release, realizing he couldn’t imagine a song more toxic than “Song Cry” with its memorable line of “I was just fuckin’ them girls, I was gon’ get right back.” Durpi reached out to the rap legend via text message to get the sample cleared and Hov’s approval.
“I didn’t think one could make a song more toxic than Song Cry. I stand corrected,” Hov wrote. “I just want a disclaimer that says that I said this song is wrong! Haaaaa And you’re good!”
Clearing “Song Cry” for “If I Get Caught” comes as Hov has begun giving the green light to several of his songs getting sampled for new material. The Game recently declared he had seven Hov songs cleared for his upcoming Drillmatic: Heart vs. Mind album, which echoes a similar run artists had with the Brooklyn MC’s music, sampling him heavily after his brief retirement in 2003 and recently being the backbone for diss tracks between Drake and Pusha T in 2018.
Watch the “If I Get Caught” video below:
Lame
The first line is absolutely the truth. Women find out you’re married or that you have other women jocking you, and they want to see what’s up. Doesn’t matter what you look like or have going on. Maybe they’re upset because they got the mirror put up to their face. The cheating theme of the song is between the couple though. I don’t know why they’re getting upset about it.
No one said shit to Shirley Murdock or Kelly Price when they did the song As We Lay which is about woman KNOWINGLY cheating with a married man. Miss me with the fake outrage.
Nah, as a woman, we clown those girls. They are not as out and proud as you think
You saw how ol’ girl went back to sleep with HER MAN…but giving toxic advice to her homegirl…that’s how it be. Stay woke, ladies…your girl doesn’t always have you in her best interest. I see this sh!t all the time lol
Just like female rappers talking about F that Nig, F this Nig…but, be in a full-blown relationship lmaoooooooooo THE WORST!
JD a cool individual. Artist need better exec’s with his knowledge to be a better person. Potential builds character.
JD is damn near 50 years old. He is lame, still trying to act like he’s in his 20’s or 30’s. Sit down and let the youngings shine. You had your era. If you would’ve handled your bread correctly back then, you wouldn’t have to be still in full blown producer mode. This cat had Janet Jackson… She’s fine now, so you can imagine how fine she was back in 03 and this ? cheat on her…lol
Exactly. 50 still not learning from his past mistakes
If the fans say it ducks, they feel like it sucks, get over yourself and move onto the next record and try again. Stop bullying listeners bc they don’t rock w your stuff
Song’ s just lame…… Jermaine got musically deaf…
THIS IS SOME DIET JAGGED EDGE SHIT. I ACTUALLY GET WHAT HE’S DOING, AND THE SONG ACTUALLY SOUNDS DECENT AND WELL PUT TOGETHER. THE LYRICS ARE KIND OF TASTELESS THO AND KILL THE ENTIRE VIBE FOR ME TBH.