Tay Keith claims that he was dragged for working with Sexyy Red at first, even by those he considered his closest friends.
In an interview with Billboard published on Monday (April 22), the Memphis beatmaker reflected on the initial skepticism he dealt with from others when he first partnered up with the rapper.
“People were trolling the s–t [shit] out of me,” the “Pound Town” producer said. “They were real-deal trolling me. It wasn’t much good feedback. It was coming from even people around me, ‘What you doing?’ I saw the potential. That’s as simple as it was, me believing in her.”
He also elaborated on his intuition about “Get It Sexyy” being a hit, adding: “When I finished the beat, I’m telling Sexyy, ‘This the one. This the hit.’ I’m telling her team. I’m just knowing when I made it right there I’m like, ‘This is the hit.’”
The producer also discussed his working relationship with Sexyy on the heels of the said song becoming a blockbuster.
“That whole situation is so crazy,” he contined. “We had did it in the last week of February or [the] beginning of March. I made the beat and we did the record that week. She did the snippet and it kinda caught on. So when she released the song, it took its course. It was a spontaneous song we had created.
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“We was in Miami and had just left from Memphis. I flew to go work with her. I’m like, ‘We gotta get another big record.’ When I had started on the beat, I had my producer send me some chops. We chopped it and I heard it and I’m like, ‘I know exactly what I had to do with it.’ I made the beat from the sample chop.”
The 27-year-old also teased new music with his peer, saying: “We definitely got a collab album on the way. We putting work in, cooking up s–t [shit]. In a sense, we just working on a lot of shit.
“I touch up a lot of records. I feel like she do what she do best. She don’t necessarily need no writers or other producers. I really just come and do my part, and [not] overstep, and let her be as creative as she wants.”
Regarding a release date, he said: “I don’t know, man. We still working. I can’t put a date on it. We definitely got some heat. We got a lot of [records] for sure.”
Sexyy isn’t the only artist that the “FREAKY” producer has a great relationship with. Last month, he recalled how Drake treated him after he landed his first big hit.
In an episode of Aux Money With Chase B, Keith told the host about the Canadian superstar’s fair treatment in the wake of BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” which features Drizzy — the joint went on to become was Tay’s first major hit.
The experience of working with the Toronto rap star “taught me a lot about the business,” he said.
“[O]ne thing I always tell people I respect about Drake the most was, he could have been on some shit like, ‘Y’all n-ggas ain’t signed? Alright, I’ll do a song with y’all, but I gotta sign y’all.’
“Drake is the type of n-gga, he don’t want nothing… He gonna give you your fair share. He’s gonna do fair business. It ain’t gonna be no trying to get over on you or nothing, bro.”
