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“ Busta Rhymes has recalled that DMX had a heavy reaction to JAY-Z’s verse on their classic cut “Why We Die.”
Appearing on Shopping For Sneakers with Kick Game, Busta detailed how X wanted to improve his verse after hearing that Hov was going to be on the track.
“My man Eric Nicks brought back the two-inch reel with DMX’s verse on it and JAY-Z didn’t spit yet,” he said. “So when we put the record out and Dog heard JAY-Z was on it, he stepped to Eric Nicks and he called me and was like, ‘Yo, you know that verse was just a ref, right? N-ggas went and put JAY-Z… If I’d have known that shyt I’d have spit my shyt better!’
“I was like, ‘But Dog, your shyt was crazy!’ He was like, ‘fukk that. Y’all ain’t tell me that Jay was getting on the shyt. Next time we do a song, let me hear my shyt finished first!’ Dog’s passion, I can’t even compare it to nothing else in existence.”
Busta Rhymes also detailed DMX’s at times complicated creative process, saying: “Dog would tell you he coming to the studio and then he’ll tell you to meet him somewhere. You gotta go four-wheel motorcycle riding with him first, you gotta go to the hobby store and he’ll buy like a $30,000 remote control car and he builds it and then he wants to play with it in the street.
“Dog would take you on like a 15-hour excursion before he’d come studio, and then you’re lucky if he comes that day. He might make you do that shyt for three days in a row before he’d pull up to the studio — but when he come, he gonna deliver.”
What DMX Was Really Like In The Studio: A Deep Dive
“Why We Die” is the classic collaboration between Busta Rhymes, DMX and JAY-Z that was included on Busta’s 2000 album Anarchy.
DMX also featured on Busta’s star-studded remix of “Touch It” in 2006, which also boasted verses from Eminem, Lloyd Banks, Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Papoose and Rah Digga.”
Busta Rhymes Recalls DMX's Heated Reaction To JAY-Z's 'Why We Die' Verse
Track was and is absolute flames.
