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Most Annoying Jay Z (aka GOAT) Stan of All Time
More people speaking on our Flow Lord and Lyrical Savior Hova Da Gawd's infamous recording process:
…For example Jay Z mumbles when he writes his songs, he mumbles for 10-15 minutes, then he comes back with like 16 bars of one of the most comprehensive verses you have heard in a long time. He does it every time. - See more at:
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Scarface recently spoke about some of the past collaborations he’s done and expressed his respect for Jay-Z‘s creative process. The rapper explained that Hov writes his lyrics with virtually no effort and literally only has to hear a beat once to flesh out a song.
Scarface explained how he first met Hov back in the late 1990s and said he was immediately impressed by Jay-Z’s ability to quickly write a song. “I met Jay-Z in 1998 or 1999. I was recording ‘The Last of a Dying Breed’ and Jay-Z was out there doing something in L.A. and I met him. Jay-Z came in to lay a couple records down for me. He was so damn fast it was sick the shyt that he did,” Scarface told Complex.
Scarface had previously assumed that Hov came in with his lyrics already worked out, and he was astonished at Jay-Z’s improvisational method. “For the longest I thought he had pre-written shyt and he would drop that down. But as time went on, I realized he was a freak of nature. He can hear a beat three times, listen to the beat ride once all the way through, and then lay his verse. I’ll be at the board writing my verse and he’ll already be gone. He’ll come in there sit, chat, and laugh, and then the beat will come on and he’ll write that shyt in the middle of a conversation. The music will be playing and he’ll zero in and be like, ‘Ooh, ooh,’ and then lay that shyt,” said Scarface.
Scarface Speaks On His Respect For Jay-Z’s Writing Style, Says Hov Is A “Freak Of Nature”
DX: I think you’re the first person that’s ever compared Tupac’s writing process to Jay-Z’s.
Rick Rock: Yeah, ‘cause – ‘Pac wrote it though, on paper. But it was like he was [makes slashing noise] Zorro. And then with Jay-Z, I was doing “Change The Game” and then he wanted to do [another] track. So I ended up doing a beat there [on the spot that became “Squeeze 1st”]. So when he was writing that, he was just kinda rubbing his hands and walking around and just bobbin’ his head, [and] then he’s like he’s ready. I had never seen that before. We recorded three songs that day: “Parking Lot Pimpin’” and all that. And seeing how his writing process was, how he didn’t write it down, was just something I hadn’t seen at the time. A lot of people try to mimic it now – and I heard [Notorious B.I.G.] got down like that – but I had never seen it at that time. It just struck me as … how people are put here to do something. It kinda puts things in perspective with your own skill when you see people that are like that. You really see a separation with them from others. I think Tupac and Jay-Z just have that.
Rick Rock Talks 2Pac And Jay-Z's "Weird" Writing Processes, Slaughterhouse's New Sound, & Frequently Sampling Digable Planets
…For example Jay Z mumbles when he writes his songs, he mumbles for 10-15 minutes, then he comes back with like 16 bars of one of the most comprehensive verses you have heard in a long time. He does it every time. - See more at:
Pharrell Talks Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Making Meaningful Music, Blurred Lines + More
Scarface recently spoke about some of the past collaborations he’s done and expressed his respect for Jay-Z‘s creative process. The rapper explained that Hov writes his lyrics with virtually no effort and literally only has to hear a beat once to flesh out a song.
Scarface explained how he first met Hov back in the late 1990s and said he was immediately impressed by Jay-Z’s ability to quickly write a song. “I met Jay-Z in 1998 or 1999. I was recording ‘The Last of a Dying Breed’ and Jay-Z was out there doing something in L.A. and I met him. Jay-Z came in to lay a couple records down for me. He was so damn fast it was sick the shyt that he did,” Scarface told Complex.
Scarface had previously assumed that Hov came in with his lyrics already worked out, and he was astonished at Jay-Z’s improvisational method. “For the longest I thought he had pre-written shyt and he would drop that down. But as time went on, I realized he was a freak of nature. He can hear a beat three times, listen to the beat ride once all the way through, and then lay his verse. I’ll be at the board writing my verse and he’ll already be gone. He’ll come in there sit, chat, and laugh, and then the beat will come on and he’ll write that shyt in the middle of a conversation. The music will be playing and he’ll zero in and be like, ‘Ooh, ooh,’ and then lay that shyt,” said Scarface.
Scarface Speaks On His Respect For Jay-Z’s Writing Style, Says Hov Is A “Freak Of Nature”
DX: I think you’re the first person that’s ever compared Tupac’s writing process to Jay-Z’s.
Rick Rock: Yeah, ‘cause – ‘Pac wrote it though, on paper. But it was like he was [makes slashing noise] Zorro. And then with Jay-Z, I was doing “Change The Game” and then he wanted to do [another] track. So I ended up doing a beat there [on the spot that became “Squeeze 1st”]. So when he was writing that, he was just kinda rubbing his hands and walking around and just bobbin’ his head, [and] then he’s like he’s ready. I had never seen that before. We recorded three songs that day: “Parking Lot Pimpin’” and all that. And seeing how his writing process was, how he didn’t write it down, was just something I hadn’t seen at the time. A lot of people try to mimic it now – and I heard [Notorious B.I.G.] got down like that – but I had never seen it at that time. It just struck me as … how people are put here to do something. It kinda puts things in perspective with your own skill when you see people that are like that. You really see a separation with them from others. I think Tupac and Jay-Z just have that.
Rick Rock Talks 2Pac And Jay-Z's "Weird" Writing Processes, Slaughterhouse's New Sound, & Frequently Sampling Digable Planets
