Curious as to how this tandem snagged MJB for Survival Skills ? Well, according to Buckshot, his relationship with the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul is deeper than rap.
Former Black Moon frontman Buckshot said getting Mary J. Blige
on his new single wasn’t about money — it was about friendship. Buck
and the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul go back to the ’90s, when Buck’s artists
and Boot Camp Clik members Smif-N-Wessun rapped on the remix to MJB’s
“I Love You.” The two have been cool ever since.
“One of the last times I saw her before this song was in front
of Sony studios,” Buck remembered. “Me and Mary played a game of
basketball right in front of Sony studios. You know how you would be in
front of your building and you would use the wall as a hoop? So me and
Mary was literally on the sidewalk just playing ball, bugging out.
Mary, she really is Mary J. Blige. She’s ‘hood, she’s elegant, she’s
real.
{mp3}the way i live ft mary j blige main{/mp3}
Yo, this new track from The Chef is an absolute banger! Raekwon never misses when it comes to dropping that gritty, vintage hip-hop storytelling. The beat on "Travel Places" hits hard and takes you right back to the golden era. Listening to this makes me want to pack my bags, catch a flight, and book a reliable Taxi kilimanjaro airport to Moshi just to go explore the world with some heavy bars in my headphones.