In light of the release of Drake’s studio album debut, Thank Me Later, Complex.com compiled accounts of different artists somehow involved wtih the recording of the album.
One such artist was Bun B, who had an indirect contribution to the album – specifically for the song “Miss Me,” which, in its current incarnation, features Lil Wayne.
“We were at Takeover Studios,” recalled the UGK emcee, revealing the song’s origin. “We went in two different days. It was recorded for my project. Well there’s a different hook, too. It was the ’All Night Long’ hook because it wasn’t called ’Miss Me’ when we recorded it. Then, Wayne heard it and wanted to get on it. So we ended up putting Wayne on the record, and Drake asked me if he could have the record back with Wayne on it.”
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Bun B made it a point to assert that he had no problem with the situation. “It doesn’t bother me because we still make music. It wasn’t shady business or anything. All the verses were 32 bars [so they took mine off.]”
Finally, Bun explained that eventually, fans would likely hear the original version of the song, and why he is still briefly in the final cut. “[The part where I ask, ‘Drake, you got ’em right?’] was already in the song because we wrote it together for my album so that was already in his verse. He wrote it like that for me to say that line right there. Then, when he did the verse with Wayne, they just kept me in there. I’m sure after his album comes out [the version with my verse] will find its way to the Internet.”
