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JAY-Z and Massive Sean
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“I Don’t F**ok With You” nearly didn’t make it onto Massive Sean’s third studio album, Darkish Sky Paradise, which is wild contemplating how a lot of an impression the track had on his profession. In a March 5 episode of the “St. Brown Podcast,” the Detroit rapper shared that the monitor solely noticed the sunshine of day due to JAY-Z.
In accordance with Sean, the E-40-assisted report took place from him simply “f**king round” within the studio. Taking inspiration from Too Brief, he defined, “I heard the beat, and I simply freestyled that s**t.” Not pondering a lot of it, he later performed the monitor for JAY-Z and Beyoncé, who curiously instructed Nicki Minaj can be a fantastic match.
“I went to their home and was taking part in them the songs. Beyoncé was like, ‘It’s slightly disrespectful. Possibly it’s best to put Nicki Minaj on it for a feminine’s voice,’” Sean defined. “JAY-Z was like, ‘Nah, it’s laborious, although.’ He was like, ‘Individuals gonna get it that you simply simply having enjoyable.’”
He continued, “I keep in mind I used to be getting texts from Hov. He despatched me a textual content one time that was like, ‘Day-after-day you not placing that track out, you [are] shedding.’ I nearly didn’t put it on the album ‘trigger I assumed it was slightly dumb.”
To no shock, JAY-Z’s instincts had been spot on. The Mustard-produced monitor ended up going to No. 11 on the Scorching 100 chart, with the accompanying visible effort — which starred Massive Boy, Ye and the late Naya Rivera — having amassed over 390 million YouTube views up to now.
“I Don’t F**ok With You” was certainly one of, if not, the largest songs to return from Darkish Sky Paradise, which Sean celebrated the tenth anniversary of in February. “I can’t even lie: This [motherf**kin’] album had such an impression on me [and] my household,” he wrote through social media. “I wanna have a good time all yr. I owe you all a lot! I am turnt proper now!”