#jayz30
![Next up, letter F: “Fallin’” #JayZ30 #JayZ Jermaine Dupri: “I went to the studio, and he [Jay-Z] played me a part of the movie [‘American Gangster’] that he felt like he didn’t have a song for yet ... the inevitable part of every drug dealer’s life is ... either they die, or they go to jail ... the fall happens ... Jay had all these songs, but he didn’t have that aspect of that movie. So, I start visualizing a song called ‘Fallin’ ... if I give Jay-Z a concept, it’s gon’ go ‘cause that’s what happened with ‘Money Ain't a Thang’ ... as soon as I sent it, that nigga was in the booth.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2068022300419518655/amplify_video_thumb/2068021933082300416/img/KbvQD9Gb_Y4CqyF7.jpg)
Next up, letter F: “Fallin’” #JayZ30 #JayZ Jermaine Dupri: “I went to the studio, and he [Jay-Z] played me a part of the movie [‘American Gangster’] that he felt like he didn’t have a song for yet ... the inevitable part of every drug dealer’s life is ... either they die, or they go to jail ... the fall happens ... Jay had all these songs, but he didn’t have that aspect of that movie. So, I start visualizing a song called ‘Fallin’ ... if I give Jay-Z a concept, it’s gon’ go ‘cause that’s what happened with ‘Money Ain't a Thang’ ... as soon as I sent it, that nigga was in the booth.”
Luis137,230 次观看 • 2 个月前
![Next up, letter E: “Empire State of Mind” #JayZ30 #JayZ Below, Angela Hunte, one-half of the songwriting duo along with Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic, details co-writing the hit song that spent five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the ‘Billboard’ Hot 100: “I think that when Jay-Z heard it ... I know what he heard. He heard himself, he heard his story, he heard all the stories of New Yorkers. People come to New York to win. We don't come to fail.” Hunte: “I know this sounds crazy, but you don’t know who you’re writing for. But it wasn’t until we were finished, and I was like, “This would be great for Jay-Z.’ ‘Cause you just see him and, like, a holographic picture of Frank Sinatra on the Empire State Building, and I remember that’s when the idea kind of spawned to send it.” She continues, “Jon [Platt], our publisher, took it to Jay, I believe, or however he did it ... and then I remember getting the text back like, ‘he [Jay-Z] loves this record, and he believes you just changed his life.’ If you hear the original record … it’s a beautiful song, and the fact that he heard what he could do. That’s always going to be mind-boggling to me, like he heard through that.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2067617692924674237/amplify_video_thumb/2067617111812300800/img/kMzWjX9yT1PWKPWB.jpg)
Next up, letter E: “Empire State of Mind” #JayZ30 #JayZ Below, Angela Hunte, one-half of the songwriting duo along with Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic, details co-writing the hit song that spent five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the ‘Billboard’ Hot 100: “I think that when Jay-Z heard it ... I know what he heard. He heard himself, he heard his story, he heard all the stories of New Yorkers. People come to New York to win. We don't come to fail.” Hunte: “I know this sounds crazy, but you don’t know who you’re writing for. But it wasn’t until we were finished, and I was like, “This would be great for Jay-Z.’ ‘Cause you just see him and, like, a holographic picture of Frank Sinatra on the Empire State Building, and I remember that’s when the idea kind of spawned to send it.” She continues, “Jon [Platt], our publisher, took it to Jay, I believe, or however he did it ... and then I remember getting the text back like, ‘he [Jay-Z] loves this record, and he believes you just changed his life.’ If you hear the original record … it’s a beautiful song, and the fact that he heard what he could do. That’s always going to be mind-boggling to me, like he heard through that.”
Luis129,030 次观看 • 2 个月前
![Next up, letter I: “Intro - A Million and One Questions / Rhyme No More” #JayZ30 #JayZ DJ Premier: “That one was totally his [Jay-Z’s] idea. He called me and said, ‘I want to do this intro to the album [In My Lifetime, Vol. 1].’ Even when we were doing ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ same thing. He would call me, and he would rap the rhyme on the phone a cappella. So, with this one, same thing. He did the whole ‘A Million and One’ verse for me over the phone with the idea, and he said, ‘I want it to connect some type of way ... and I’m gonna go motherfuckers can’t ... and when I say rhyme, I want the drop.’ He's very calculated on how he wants to do his thing ... he goes in there and cuts it. I’ve never seen him write anything on paper. I’ve been in many sessions with him and never seen him write.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2069079528689807607/amplify_video_thumb/2069078172935540736/img/vwO8WKFKHy6IWwRm.jpg)
Next up, letter I: “Intro - A Million and One Questions / Rhyme No More” #JayZ30 #JayZ DJ Premier: “That one was totally his [Jay-Z’s] idea. He called me and said, ‘I want to do this intro to the album [In My Lifetime, Vol. 1].’ Even when we were doing ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ same thing. He would call me, and he would rap the rhyme on the phone a cappella. So, with this one, same thing. He did the whole ‘A Million and One’ verse for me over the phone with the idea, and he said, ‘I want it to connect some type of way ... and I’m gonna go motherfuckers can’t ... and when I say rhyme, I want the drop.’ He's very calculated on how he wants to do his thing ... he goes in there and cuts it. I’ve never seen him write anything on paper. I’ve been in many sessions with him and never seen him write.”
Luis120,711 次观看 • 2 个月前
![Next up, letter M: “Moment of Clarity” #JayZ30 #JayZ Jay-Z: “I was talking about my Pop. That's how it [verse 1 of ‘Moment of Clarity’] started ... my Pop died, you know, I didn’t cry. ...It just came from me being real about those feelings. When I went to the church and I seen him ... I was smiling a little bit, like, this guy looks so much like me. ...Just the fact I got a chance to talk to him, and I got a chance to re-meet him. I got a chance to tell him how I was affected by him leaving and things like that. That I was cool with it, and that’s what that verse is about.” On producing “Moment of Clarity,” Eminem once told DJ Cipha Sounds: “I actually met with him [Jay-Z] in New York, and I played him basically what I had been working on, and he picked that one. ...I wasn’t there while he recorded it, but he sent it to me pretty much that same week. ...I don’t know if I was really feeling that beat until he put words to it. Jay-Z has that ability to take things that you don’t think the beat is good if you just listen to it, like, if you just hear the beat.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2070539059940749526/amplify_video_thumb/2070537977927733248/img/Cs9qBDQC547wBgBR.jpg)
Next up, letter M: “Moment of Clarity” #JayZ30 #JayZ Jay-Z: “I was talking about my Pop. That's how it [verse 1 of ‘Moment of Clarity’] started ... my Pop died, you know, I didn’t cry. ...It just came from me being real about those feelings. When I went to the church and I seen him ... I was smiling a little bit, like, this guy looks so much like me. ...Just the fact I got a chance to talk to him, and I got a chance to re-meet him. I got a chance to tell him how I was affected by him leaving and things like that. That I was cool with it, and that’s what that verse is about.” On producing “Moment of Clarity,” Eminem once told DJ Cipha Sounds: “I actually met with him [Jay-Z] in New York, and I played him basically what I had been working on, and he picked that one. ...I wasn’t there while he recorded it, but he sent it to me pretty much that same week. ...I don’t know if I was really feeling that beat until he put words to it. Jay-Z has that ability to take things that you don’t think the beat is good if you just listen to it, like, if you just hear the beat.”
Luis94,458 次观看 • 2 个月前
![Next up, letter N: “Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)” #JayZ30 #JayZ Timbaland: “…When we did ‘Jigga What,’ I did a beat at first. He [Jay-Z], like, ‘Nah, I need…’ [Timbaland starts mimicking Jay’s flow and lyrics]. I said, ‘Give me five minutes.’ ‘Cause he had the rap already ... the first beat I did wasn’t it.” Jay-Z: “I got a whole new respect for Timbaland, for real. You know, you listen to his tracks, and [he’s] like a very innovative producer. ...He brought that sound to the game, like you hear that, it’s either his joint or you think it’s his joint. ...When he got in there, he had a track up, and I was like, ‘That’s cool ... but I want it [to feel like] Timbaland.’ Like, two minutes later, he came back with something even crazier. Then, after I laid the vocals, he just kept adding on to it … I was like, ‘Wow, got a new respect for him.’ ”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2070902848376754309/amplify_video_thumb/2070902361938071552/img/ZPI0vuZUvZQ_hoty.jpg)
Next up, letter N: “Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)” #JayZ30 #JayZ Timbaland: “…When we did ‘Jigga What,’ I did a beat at first. He [Jay-Z], like, ‘Nah, I need…’ [Timbaland starts mimicking Jay’s flow and lyrics]. I said, ‘Give me five minutes.’ ‘Cause he had the rap already ... the first beat I did wasn’t it.” Jay-Z: “I got a whole new respect for Timbaland, for real. You know, you listen to his tracks, and [he’s] like a very innovative producer. ...He brought that sound to the game, like you hear that, it’s either his joint or you think it’s his joint. ...When he got in there, he had a track up, and I was like, ‘That’s cool ... but I want it [to feel like] Timbaland.’ Like, two minutes later, he came back with something even crazier. Then, after I laid the vocals, he just kept adding on to it … I was like, ‘Wow, got a new respect for him.’ ”
Luis88,510 次观看 • 2 个月前
Next up, letter T: “Threat” #JayZ30 #JayZ Young Guru and Questlove’s appreciation for North Carolina’s hip-hop group Little Brother led to a meeting between 9th Wonder and Jay-Z during the recording of ‘The Black Album.’ Below, 9th and Guru detail the process of the producer playing 29 beats for Jay and executing Jay’s concept for “Threat,” which 9th created on the spot using Fruity Loops in “about 20 minutes.” Then, Cedric the Entertainer hilariously recounts his involvement freestyling the spoken-word skit on the track. “As long as I live, and even when I’m gone, nobody will ever be able to take that away from me,” 9th Wonder said of producing the song and being name-dropped by Jay-Z on ‘The Black Album.’
Luis53,439 次观看 • 1 个月前
![Next up, letter S: “Say Hello” #JayZ30 #JayZ DJ Toomp: “That’s the genius of Jay-Z, too. He knows how to attach that branding ... he attached it to ‘American Gangster’ because that was the new big Denzel movie that was coming out ... and it actually felt like the soundtrack to the movie when you listen to it and align it with all the parts. So, he based it around that, which was brilliant.” Toomp told T.I. in January, “I had, like, top three songs that I wanted to play [for Jay-Z] … of course, I tried to get an original joint in just to have all the publishing. And he was like, ‘Yeah, that’s cool, but let me hear some of that soul.’ ...If you go on YouTube, you can see where I was actually making that beat before I even went to New York. …When I got there … Jermaine [Dupri], LRoc, and No ID, all of us was in the studio. I started playing it, and he started bobbing his head. …About 15 minutes later — no pen, no pad — that man went straight to the booth.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2072741770702860634/amplify_video_thumb/2072741396583198720/img/RBwjKcIUiEzlFL3l.jpg)
Next up, letter S: “Say Hello” #JayZ30 #JayZ DJ Toomp: “That’s the genius of Jay-Z, too. He knows how to attach that branding ... he attached it to ‘American Gangster’ because that was the new big Denzel movie that was coming out ... and it actually felt like the soundtrack to the movie when you listen to it and align it with all the parts. So, he based it around that, which was brilliant.” Toomp told T.I. in January, “I had, like, top three songs that I wanted to play [for Jay-Z] … of course, I tried to get an original joint in just to have all the publishing. And he was like, ‘Yeah, that’s cool, but let me hear some of that soul.’ ...If you go on YouTube, you can see where I was actually making that beat before I even went to New York. …When I got there … Jermaine [Dupri], LRoc, and No ID, all of us was in the studio. I started playing it, and he started bobbing his head. …About 15 minutes later — no pen, no pad — that man went straight to the booth.”
Luis48,207 次观看 • 1 个月前
![Next up, letter U: “U Don’t Know” #JayZ30 #JayZ Just Blaze: “I remember when I started the first version of ‘U Don't Know’ ... I just knew it had the potential to be something explosive. When Jay first did his rhyme, I’m like, ‘Alright, this is cool.’ But what really set that record off, for me at least, was when I added the [mimics the piano keys] at the very beginning. He does ‘turn my music high’ … it was just the perfect setup to a great record.” The producer added: “...If you notice, there's a start and stop with his [Jay-Z] rhymes, and the reason that is, is because he did the first verse and then he left it there. ...Every day he would come in to refine and work on a new idea. That was like his gym music, so he would listen, add another 8-to-16 bars, and then pull up the next record. ...That was basically the record [‘U Don't Know’] that would get him hype to record every day, which is why it goes on for as long as it does ‘cause he’s thinking of more rhymes...”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2073427720982172083/amplify_video_thumb/2073425989263073281/img/tPzL7lVizih9QoXa.jpg)
Next up, letter U: “U Don’t Know” #JayZ30 #JayZ Just Blaze: “I remember when I started the first version of ‘U Don't Know’ ... I just knew it had the potential to be something explosive. When Jay first did his rhyme, I’m like, ‘Alright, this is cool.’ But what really set that record off, for me at least, was when I added the [mimics the piano keys] at the very beginning. He does ‘turn my music high’ … it was just the perfect setup to a great record.” The producer added: “...If you notice, there's a start and stop with his [Jay-Z] rhymes, and the reason that is, is because he did the first verse and then he left it there. ...Every day he would come in to refine and work on a new idea. That was like his gym music, so he would listen, add another 8-to-16 bars, and then pull up the next record. ...That was basically the record [‘U Don't Know’] that would get him hype to record every day, which is why it goes on for as long as it does ‘cause he’s thinking of more rhymes...”
Luis36,043 次观看 • 1 个月前
