Beatsmith Alchemist has worked with Hip Hop titans like Nas, Eminem, Prodigy and Action Bronson, among others. Aside from producing four studio albums, Alchemist has contributed to over a dozen more.
During the debut episode of ItsTheReal’s podcast, “A Waste Of Time”, the Beverly Hills-bred beat maker told the hosts Eric and Jeff Rosenthal about a Jay Z collaboration that never came to fruition. Instead, the track, “We Gonna Make It” ultimately landed in Jadakiss and Styles P’s hands.
Before Jay Z or Jadakiss heard the track, Nas had a chance to make the song his.
“I laid that beat for Nas,” Alchemist recalls. “I had the beat, I knew it was dope. I played it for Nas… He and Horse said it’s gonna be a solo song.”
Two weeks later, Alchemist returned to find out the track had been given to another artist. He declined that collaboration and was introduced to Jadakiss by a friend.
Alchemist played several tracks for Jada at the studio in Yonkers and the Lox rapper turned his favorite beat into “We Gonna Make It”, a single off of his debut album Kiss Tha Game Goodbye.
Check out the interview below.
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Rass Kass had it first
Is that the “other artist”? So ALC declined that collaboration?
No one never wants to acknowledge that smh “home sweet home” rass kass is THE ORIGINAL! Rass and alchemist were at odds becuz alchemist passed the beat to kiss! #FACT
Real Talk, if Alchemist is gonna be real, he should be a 100%, that was Rass Kass’ beat, and Home Sweet Home was a ridiculous song. Very dope!
Jay knew this guy’s beats sucked ass, so he turned it down. Good thing he stuck with Kanye and Just Blaze.
You’re a clown. That beat was ridiculous
ridiculously bad sure
@Qurious
If I’m not mistaken Rass Kass and Alchemist were boys at the time, so the cut was kinda deep when he Jadakiss ended up with the beat and Rass already completed a track way before Jadakiss even heard the beat.
Rass is a dope mc but Jada made that shit a classic, can’t front. Got em both on vinyl and used to spin em back to back…
The label made it a classix
Y’all just gonna play Hollywood and not even mention Ras Kass as the cat that originally had this track? Even dropped promo copies thru Priority Records? “Home Sweet Home”? Smh, you wonder why people don’t respect the come-up. Salute the legend Razzy Kazzy.
I wish Canibus would’ve had that beat..
lol, canibus? NO. ras smoked it, but jada & styles made the track hi profile and what it is today.
Klassic Alchemist Beat
I thought that was the beat him and Ras Kass was beefin’ over because he had it first and then sold it to Jada later?
couldn’t see nas over that beat
REMEMBER WHEN RA THE RUGGED SAID HE DID THE SAME WITH THE ROYCE 59 da king BEAT