This isn’t a drill.
For these of us sufficiently old to recollect the golden days of file sharing, there was a music named “Analyze This” that includes Lord Tariq, Jay-Z, and Nas. File sharing purposes like Limewire have been massively fashionable through the early 2000s, which additionally occurred to be across the identical time Jay and Nas have been within the throws of their legendary beef, so some weren’t positive whether or not or not the music was actual. It sounded stitched collectively, and there was additionally a model of the music with Shaq floating round.
Effectively, that’s as a result of the unique music “No Love Misplaced” was on O’Neal’s third album You Can’t Cease the Reign and it’ll lastly be obtainable on streaming providers Friday, June 28. Andrew Barber of FakeShoreDrive broke the information on his X account earlier right this moment.
Earlier this month, Barber additionally broke the information that Shaq’s collab with Biggie — the album’s title observe — was set to hit DSPs, as properly. That’s how on fireplace the Diesel was in 1996. Not solely did he signal a seven-year, $120 million cope with the Lakers, he dropped a platinum rap album that includes the likes of the Infamous B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas, and launched rap group Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz to the world. The latter of which might have an enormous hit with “Déjà Vu (Uptown Child)” in 1997.
Whereas Shaq and Lord Tariq do their factor, the true draw listed below are the previous rivals.
Nas spits certainly one of his finest verses with the assistance of bars like, “I flip my loot twice every week on essentially the most trifling streets/You bought no proper to eat, by the legal guidelines of life you retain.”
Jay finishes issues off with a easy 16 filled with memorable traces like, “Get wetted up by the sleeve that leaves the bezel out/You don’t prefer it? Sue me, I’ll settle out.”
Throughout an look on Drink Champs, the legendary basketball participant and entertainer addressed why the unique model of the music by no means got here out, saying, “Individuals didn’t clear it, however I didn’t take it private.”
Take a look at a model of the music that made onto a DJ Clue mixtape again within the day.
That’s historical past proper there, you perceive?
Yow will discover the album’s presave hyperlink right here.