Bored with scouring the web for that obscure Jay-Z and Nas collaboration monitor you swear you used to take heed to again when Napster was nonetheless a factor?
Fortunate for you, the tune (some might know by the identify Analyze This) is lastly getting an official launch on Shaquille O’Neal’s third studio album You Can’t Cease The Reign, which hits streaming companies immediately.
To refresh your reminiscence, the unique studio model of the monitor, titled No Love Misplaced, was launched in 1996 off You Can’t Cease The Reign, although it featured Jay-Z and Lord Tariq alongside Shaq as an alternative of the Brooklyn rapper and Nas.
Now, the beforehand unreleased model of the tune, which additionally marks Jay-Z and Nas’ first-ever collaboration, will lastly make its method to DSPs. The pair are recognized for partaking in probably the most iconic beefs in hip-hop historical past, although they appear to have buried the hatchet in 2005 throughout JAY-Z’s ‘I Declare Conflict’ tour.
Shaq’s third album ‘You Can’t Cease The Reign’ FINALLY involves DSPs this Friday, June twenty eighth…
And for the primary time ever, the beforehand unreleased unique model of “No Love Misplaced” that includes each Nas & Jay-Z will likely be included (their first-ever collab) 🌧️🌧️🌧️ pic.twitter.com/hPncEqP7uR
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Again in 2022, Shaq spoke about making an attempt to launch the tune and why it was finally scrapped, saying: “Individuals didn’t clear it, however I didn’t take it private.”
He advised Drink Champs, “Me being within the studio with Nas, I’m glad. I get to name my boy and say, ‘Come over, Nas right here.’ I get to name my boy and say, ‘Jay in right here.’ I get to name my boys and say, ‘Yo, Biggie on the home, he ’bout to leap within the seat.’ That’s what it’s all about.”
Final week, Shaq opened up in regards to the time Ice Dice stopped him from releasing a Dr. Dre-produced tune named That’s Gangsta. He mentioned that Dice pulled the brakes on the discharge as a result of he thought the previous NBA star was “extra than simply gangsta”.
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