Dispatch went through the roof into the U.S. sampling sector to see if Big Hit Entertainment's statement regarding the producers not knowing the recent issue is legit.
On May 31, Big Hit Entertainment issued an apology about BTS's Suga's mixtape song "What Do You Think?" he was caught under fire for including a sample of a sermon by Jim Jones, notorious cult leader.
Big Hit Entertainment said they had no idea about Jim Jones. Then, Dispatch started asking Big Hit Entertainment for more relevant data, such as Suga's contribution to creating the mixtape as the executive producer and any specific clarification of the issue that may have triggered, including the sermon. Still, the agency provided similar answers to each question.
"As we mentioned in our statement, the other producers picked the sermon vocal sample without any deliberate intention," Big Hit Entertainment stated.
Dispatch the took the matter in their own hands and delved deeper through the content creator's point of view. Here's the whole investigation of Dispatch, as the news source itself said.
SPEECH
Firstly, a creator will have to browse on Splice and include a monologue or sermon. Splice is America's largest sampling site, where producers worldwide register their pieces and sell them to others.
Dispatch repeatedly tried to scan the term "speech," as they assumed "speech" was the first phrase to browse for somebody who wanted to provide a sample of speech in their soundtrack.
Of the 89 outcomes, none included Jim Jones.
RELIGION
Dispatch then tried searching for religion, and accessible for use are two sampling packs. There are 103 samples available to be used in the scan.
Dispatch made it absolutely clear that labels #52 and #96 are the same two subjects that are used in the "What Do You Think?" opening. They have a similar duration, but, oddly, maybe Suga utilized two speech samples from Jim Jones?
JIM JONES
Did the production team of Suga not recognize Jim Jones? Dispatch kept asking Big Hit Entertainment if they had searched for him on Splice's keywords, but there was no answer.
Dispatch then started searching for Jim Jones on Splice, and the outcome was 1,366. Four findings included Jim Jones from the first religion sample pack, called "Vintage Vocals: Twisted Religion."
VINTAGE VOCALS - TWISTED RELIGION
Here, Dispatch made another theory. "Suga, EL CAPITXN, GHSTLOOP don't know Jim Jones."
There seems to be a precise explanation on the Vintage Vocals: Twisted Religion Pack, so they didn't even read stuff like the synopsis?
PACK DESCRIPTION
This is the synopsis on the sample pack for Twisted Religion.
Twisted Religion is full of dramatic quotes from speeches, sermons, outrage, and incidents, including those of the group's notorious leader, Jim Jones.
Words and ideologies come out like the notorious figurehead. There has been a specific mention of both Jim Jones and Jonestown.
DISREGARDING THE DESCRIPTION
In their clarification, Big Hit Entertainment stated that the creators didn't even know it was Jim Jones, and did not realize it was an inappropriate sample.
However, the sample pack's description itself is labeled "Twisted Religion," so why didn't they seriously doubt anything? BTS's main promotional activities are now in the U.S., which is extremely cautious of the cult. Also, the name of Jim Jones is on the description of the audio sample files (sm101_vv_jim_jones_on_reality.wav, sm101_vv_jim_jones_socialism_rant_01.wav). Thus, shouldn't they have checked Jim Jones?
GOOGLE: JIM JONES
If people keep making an excuse after excuse for them, then head to Google and check. If you look for Jim Jones on Google, thousands of details of disturbing incidents will appear.
Jim Jones is deemed the very worst cult leader in the United States. Over 900 of his followers were stuck in a distant South American jungle area in November 1978, leading to mass suicide. It is the biggest massacre in the history of the United States.
POISON
The introduction of "What Do You Think " takes 11 seconds. The voice of Jim Jones is twice heard in the audio sample, five and six seconds at the same time. Dispatch dug some more and found the same lines as Suga used throughout in his soundtrack.
Dispatch wants to think and believe Suga genuinely. His statements and acts have been more critical and honest than everyone else on the stage. Yes, perhaps, he hadn't heard of Jim Jones. And this leads us to the saying that what you don't know can be "poisonous," by the way.
SUGA IS HIS MIXTAPE'S OWNER
The mixtape's principal producer is Suga himself. His mixtape stance wasn't just singing. He is also the "What Do You Think?" recording engineer, whose job entails determining the overall balance of song while processing.
The process of perfecting wasn't without fault, either. Mastering is where the musicians, songwriters, engineers, and staff from A&R come together to test the song's sounds and consistency as it reaches the second half of development. Why didn't they doubt a voice they didn't know?
Nevertheless, in these times of unfortunate events surrounding the artist, ARMYs support Suga. They argue that Jim Jones is a sign of madness that has destroyed lives, and how simply his statements are "bull." Suga utilized his preaching to show that the words of haters are worthless, too.
However, with the conclusion that Jim Jones is a cult leader, who committed the mass killing, you can't simply switch out people to be antis. It's different when it is about the pains, religion, and race of a person.
