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Kanye and Nas team up
This week, during a listening session at New York's Right Track Studios, Kanye West shocked an industry crowd by premiering "We Major," a song featuring Nas. The track also features Kanye's artist, Really Doe on the hook. Over a melodic track, Ye delivers a passionate verse followed by Doe's long hook and then Nas.
At the session, Kanye cut the music off within a few bars of Nas' verse to stunt in his signature pose as the crowd begged him to play the song. The Louis Vutton Don then resumed by playing Nas' verse. Towards the tail end of the track, as the instrumental slowly faded, every ear in Right Track was listening close to see if Jay-Z was gonna jump on the cut. Later on, Kanye told SOHH.com that Hov recently freestyled over the beat while they were listening to the song, one of Jay's favorites according to Kanye. SOHH.com has long speculated on the collaboration.
Earlier this summer, West told reporters that his album featured unlikely collaborations, stating that he got to work with artists people didn't think he would get a chance to work with. Many thought Kanye/Nas collabo was unlikely because West produced "Takeover;" the song on which Hov dissed Nas back on 2001's The Blueprint. "We Major" doesn't mark the first time Kanye works with Nas. Ye ghost-produced Nas' "Poppa Was A Player" for former mentor Deric "D. Dot" Angelettie. The cut appeared on several mixtapes and later appeared on 2002's The Lost Tapes.
Late Registration also features guest appearances by Jay-Z, Common, Paul Wall, Brandy, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Consequence and GLC. Kanye also revealed that he performed "Hey Mamma" for his mother in an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show scheduled to air September 7th. Jiggaman, L.A. Reid, BET executive Stephen Hill and Talib Kweli were among the heads that came to show Kanye support.
Source: sohh
At the session, Kanye cut the music off within a few bars of Nas' verse to stunt in his signature pose as the crowd begged him to play the song. The Louis Vutton Don then resumed by playing Nas' verse. Towards the tail end of the track, as the instrumental slowly faded, every ear in Right Track was listening close to see if Jay-Z was gonna jump on the cut. Later on, Kanye told SOHH.com that Hov recently freestyled over the beat while they were listening to the song, one of Jay's favorites according to Kanye. SOHH.com has long speculated on the collaboration.
Earlier this summer, West told reporters that his album featured unlikely collaborations, stating that he got to work with artists people didn't think he would get a chance to work with. Many thought Kanye/Nas collabo was unlikely because West produced "Takeover;" the song on which Hov dissed Nas back on 2001's The Blueprint. "We Major" doesn't mark the first time Kanye works with Nas. Ye ghost-produced Nas' "Poppa Was A Player" for former mentor Deric "D. Dot" Angelettie. The cut appeared on several mixtapes and later appeared on 2002's The Lost Tapes.
Late Registration also features guest appearances by Jay-Z, Common, Paul Wall, Brandy, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Consequence and GLC. Kanye also revealed that he performed "Hey Mamma" for his mother in an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show scheduled to air September 7th. Jiggaman, L.A. Reid, BET executive Stephen Hill and Talib Kweli were among the heads that came to show Kanye support.
Source: sohh