N.O.R.E.’sStudent of the Game has only been out for days, and already the rapper is planning his follow-up.
“Every single skit on this album involved a famous person,” explained the artist who now goes by P.A.P.I. in an interview with Power 99’s Mina SayWhat. “What I was going to do is the opposite with part two: still have the skits, but I’m gonna take away the famous people and give some up-and-coming people some shine. Believe it or not, when Kevin Hart did that skit, he was up-and-coming, just right about to blow.”
P.A.P.I. went down his wish list for the next project, including a stellar line-up of producers. “With the new album, I want to reach out to [DJ] Premier, Q-Tip, already got something from 9th Wonder, my man Charlie Brown who did three joints on this album is gonna present something.”
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In particular, N.O.R.E. explained that he has specific requests for frequent collaborator Pharrell Williams. “Me and Pharrell…Pharrell only wants to give my aggressive, hardcore music. I am thirty-five years old, I’m in love and married. I would like to have a girl record. Pharrell, can we please change it up! Pharrell won’t give me a girl record, like ‘I’m not gonna be the one that changes you commercially!’ I’m like, ‘I’m ready to go!'”
Watch the interview below:
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