He didn't produce the album version. The version that's on the album and was released as a single was in fact produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Janet got a co-production.
Credits:
Arranged By [Vocal Arrangement, Rhythm] Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Drum Programming Alex Richbourg
Engineer, Mixed By [Assistant] Brad Yost, Xavier Smith
Engineer, Mixed By, Recorded By [Rap] Steve Hodge
Executive Producer Janet Jackson, René Elizondo, Jr.
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals Janet Jackson
Performer [All Other Musical Instruments] Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Producer Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Rap Q-Tip
Recorded By [Assistant] Michael McCoy
Songwriter James Harris III, Janet Jackson, Joni Mitchell, Kamaal Ibn Fareed*, René Elizondo Jr., Terry Lewis
http://www.discogs.com/Janet-Got-Til-Its-Gone/release/1499887
Production of "Got 'til It's Gone" was officially credited to Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. However, the hip hop collective The Ummah (composed of Q-Tip, J Dilla, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad) contest that they are the actual producers of the track. In an interview, J Dilla himself stated that he, Q-Tip, and Muhammad produced the original after Jackson met Q-Tip on the set of the 1993 film Poetic Justice.
I heard Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis redid the beat for Janet's album. Still a shady move.
we know about the official credits
Got 'til It's Gone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
it clearly sounds like a Dilla/Ummah track
I heard Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis redid the beat for Janet's album. Still a shady move.
That still doesn't prove that Janet, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis stole the beat or that Dilla produced the one that was officially released.
That still doesn't prove that Janet, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis stole the beat or that Dilla produced the one that was officially released.