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Nas goes after Jay’s bedrock of credibility: his (fairly well-documented) history as a successful New York drug dealer. This subject kept going back and forth in the feud. Starting with Memphis Bleek:
And only a few fit in, your lifestyle’s written
So who you supposed to be, play your position
Then Nas with this line and:
Which Jay fired back on “Takeover”:
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Nas told Complex:
People were talking about this East Coast/West Coast shit but Dre called me and was like, ‘I got this record for you.’ He played the sample† over the phone for me and I went crazy. We just wanted to show that a New York rapper could rap on a Dr. Dre beat and it’s all love. That was our position on that one.
I recorded in Dre’s house. Dre had a banging studio in his house. It was real chill, just how it sounded. It was just banging beats, real energy, not a lot of people there to distract us. It was just us, happy to work together.
† – The main sample is “Synopsis Two: Mothers Day” by 24 Carat Black.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jUVXNjItas
But Dre occasionally also sprinkles in a ound effect from Scooby Doo sample! It’s a sound credited to Ted Nichols, and it was used in “The Black Knight” episode of Scooby Doo.
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“Undying Love” is the cathartic finale to Nas' third album I Am… – a first-person story about a man who returns from Las Vegas with plans on popping the question to his fiancée, only to find her cheating on him. The man’s response caps off one of the most depressing stories in hip-hop history.
While fictional, the story sounds like a sick fantasy of Nas. Around the time of this song’s release, Nas' baby-mama, Carmen Bryan, was known to be cheating on him. It’s nice that he got out his aggression through music.
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Def Jam mad that he signed the contract Nas – Destroy & Rebuild
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Nas gave Cormega a platform to show his talents on the It Was Written album on a track called ‘Affirmative Action’. Subsequently Mega was signed to Def Jam. But Def Jam shelved his album for several years and he never released n album on the label. It wasn´t good enough and/or wouldn´t sell so they dropped him and regret ever spending money on him.
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