After praising Robin Thicke —another white, soulful crooner— and how he reportedly sampled the guitar lick from Jon B’s classic ballad, “ They Don’t Know ,” he spoke on how often the record gets sampled, which for him is annually. It was also sampled for Gunna and Chlöe’s “ you & me ” in 2022, with Jon B deeming their usage of the record was “ratchet.”
“They put that ratchet record out,” he stated, adding, “I couldn’t stand it. I wish they never did it.”
The singer claims the sample wasn’t cleared and called out the rapper. “Gunna, we gotta holler about that […] That’s some business s**t we gotta handle,” Jon continued. Despite later cleaning his sentiments up by saying that being sampled is a “compliment,” many aren’t happy with his aforementioned stance.
“A white man calling two black ppl ratchet is crazy,” one person tweeted .
Singer-songwriter Isadore Noir tweeted , “I 100% understand him not being happy about sample clearance, but issue a copyright strike or cease & desist or [whatever] you have to do but the scorn and way he’s talking about two young black artists is incredibly disappointing.”
Another chimed in tweeting , “It’s one thing to not like the sample of the song you don’t own, but watch your mouth! Also, this is why I don’t care for blue-eyed soul (excluding Teena Marie ). This is why I’m not impressed/moved by what y’all perceive as soulful white artists or white musicians stepping above their normal mediocrity to perform at a level that’s basic for Black musicians. This is why I’m belligerently against those tired a** ‘cookout’ invites y’all love to pass out. #CloseTheGates.”
Others defended Jon B.
One fan wrote “Jon B ain’t said nothing wrong” as another added , “They didn’t get sample rights to a classic, used it and butchered it, but people hung up that he called the version ratchet. You youngins don’t understand Jon B’s contribution to R&B movement.”
It remains unclear if Jon B owns his masters , but the sample was cleared by Sony Music.
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