Throughout a dialog with fellow producer Cardo for Lucid Monday’s cowl story, The Alchemist stated he nonetheless needs to work with Jay-Z.
“Jay all the time been on my checklist. I’ve been saying it for 100 years,” the producer stated, after claiming there’s not many artists left on his bucket checklist. “At this level, I hope it might be a mutual factor, like I might wish to work with any person that might wanna work with me. There’s a pair that’s brewing that’s like bucket checklist s–t for me that I hope occurs. I nonetheless have hopes like that.”
Whereas admitting Jay Electronica not directly made the dream occur when he featured Jay on the Alchemist-produced music “The Neverending Story,” he nonetheless hasn’t made a beat particularly for the Brooklyn legend.
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Nevertheless, that collab nearly occurred again in 2001. Throughout an look on the podcast A Waste of Time in 2015, the Los Angeles producer instructed hosts ItsTheReal he performed the “We Gonna Make It” beat for Jay, however he handed on it. “I truly performed him the ‘We Gonna Make It’ beat,” he stated. “I used to be enjoying it for Hip-Hop after which he instructed Jay come within the room and he was similar to, ‘Yeah, it’s dope,’ and simply walked out, he simply caught his head in.” The beat was additionally supplied to Nas, however ultimately landed within the arms of Jadakiss.
He then stated he bumped into Jay at a preferred New York Metropolis nightclub after Jada’s model blew up and the rapper had a message for him. “He leaned in my ear and was like, ‘Yo, whenever you gonna cease losing them beats?’” he recalled. “And it was in poor health as a result of it was very assured and he wasn’t attempting to be humorous, he was deada–. Like, that was the very first thing he stated to me. I checked out him and he was critical, it threw me for a loop.”
The Alchemist then stated he steered they go to the studio after the membership to which Jay agreed to fulfill up at Baseline, however he by no means confirmed. “Received my drum machine, went over to Baseline… he didn’t present up.” Nevertheless, that session ended with a placement on State Property’s second album The Chain Gang Vol. 2 with the music “Nonetheless in Impact” that includes Freeway and Neef.
Try a clip from The Alchemist’s interview with Cardo under:
