Background
On September 15, 2020, West posted a series of tweets about his relationship with Universal Music Group. [5] In the tweets, the rapper expressed desire to buy back his master recordings. He went on to leak his full recording contract documents between himself and Universal. He also stated that he is "not putting no more music out until I'm done with my contract with Sony and Universal.". [6] The next day, on September 16, West flew out to Jamaica and recorded music with Buju Banton and Saint Jhn, the former of which features on the track; while Saint Jhn did record for the track, his contributions did not make the final cut. [7] Other artists who recorded for the track but did not make it onto the final version include singer Steve Lacy and West's Sunday Service Choir. On September 26, West shared a snippet of "Believe What I Say" on his Twitter account. The track samples Lauryn Hill's 1998 song "Doo Wop (That Thing)". [5] [8]
The track was officially previewed on August 26, 2021 at the Donda listening event at Soldier Field. On September 9, composer Antman Wonder, who was initially left off the credits, posted the original version of the track; claiming that West had not properly credited his, as well as several other artists' contributions to Donda. [9] [10] The credits were later updated to include his contribution.
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