Swizz Beatz Helped Solve Clipse's Sample Problems On 'So Be It'

Swizz Beatz was responsible for helping the Clipse solve a sampling issue they ran into on Let God Sort Em Out standout "So Be It".
The song, which also disses Travis Scott, features a sample of Saudi Arabian singer Talal Maddah's 1976 song "Maza Akoulou".


However, the duo were not able to obtain a proper clearance for the song.
Speaking to Brian Zissook, Pusha T's longtime manager, Steven Victor, revealed that Swizz Beatz stepped in to save the day.

Clipse dropped the video for "So Be It" on June 17. But the song didn't hit DSPs until after they released their new album on 7/11.
That was not their original plan.


To get the backstory, I spoke with @Clipse's manager @StevenVictor.
It turns out Swizz Beatz saved the day ?? pic.twitter.com/IaBDhwhLNo
- Z (@BrianZisook) July 22, 2025

"Swizz asked, 'Why didn't you call me about ['So Be It']?' Victor said to Zisook. "I told him, 'I did-I sent it to you.' He said, 'I didn't realize it was that record. Let me handle it.'"
Swizz was flying to Saudi Arabia and said: "'I'll connect with the right people and get it resolved.' And that's exactly what he did."
While the clearance did not come in time for the initial launch of the album, the song was changed to its original version on streaming platforms as soon as the use of the song was approved.


The late clearance also meant that the sample free version of "So Be It" is on physical copies of the album although that will be changed for subsequent runs.
"So Be It" was particularly notable for what Pusha T raps about Travis Scott.
On the song, he spits: "You cried in front of me, you died in front of me / Calabasas took your bitch and your pride in front of me / Her utopia had moved right up the street / And her lip gloss was poppin', she ain't need you to eat."
In an interview with GQ, Pusha then explained that his reasons for dissing Scott were a result of him shading Pharrell Williams on "Meltdown" which features a Drake verse with lines aimed at the legendary producer.





He said: "The true context of that is we were in Paris, literally working, and he was calling to play P his new album. He came to [Pharrell's] studio. He interrupted a session,"
"He sees me and Malice there. He's like, 'Oh, man, everybody's here,' he's smiling, laughing, jumping around, doing his fucking monkey dance. We weren't into the music, but he wanted to play it, wanted to film [us and Pharrell listening to it]. And then a week later you hear Meltdown, which he didn't play. He played the song, but not [Drake's verse]."

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