Following the release of Swizz Beatz’s latest album POISON, on particular collaboration was missing. During a recent interview with TIDAL’s Rap Radar podcast, the storied producer revealed what happened to the track “Just Because,” which was supposed to feature Nas, JAY-Z, Jadakiss and DMX.
He explained he felt it would have overshadowed the rest of the songs on the 10-track project.
“Imagine if I put that record on this album, I don’t think a lot of songs would be getting the attention that they’re getting as a body of work,” Swizz explained. “It took discipline, and I had to remove things on purpose…That would have been like the main thing on people’s lists.
“What I was noticing was people were coming in the studio and only talking about that song, and you know the era that we’re in people are going to go to the album, go to that song, and not even bother with the rest of them.”
Despite the omission, POISON is still bursting at the seams with high profile guest appearances, including Jim Jones, 2 Chainz, Pusha T, Young Thug, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and Styles P. Nas and Jadakiss ultimately wound up on the album, although on two separate tracks.
Nas is featured on “Echo” while Jadakiss pops up on “Something Dirty/Pic Got Us.”
The collaboration has existed for over 18 months, Swizz and Just Blaze initially previewed it in February 2017. It’s still expected to see the light of day.
Watch the interview clip above.
That Swizz album sucks. He literally tells on every single track, like always. The features were good names, not good verses.
Crappy production. Swizz hasn’t changed a thin in 15 years… And it all sounds dated. Like, that Kendrick verse? Nothing special at all. Kendrick sounds radio now, like HS signed to Young Money in 2009 lol. It’s too bad though… Kendrick had potential to be like a second coming of Tupac. But not at all now… Comparing the two with what Kendrick puts out today would be disrespectful to Pac. Go back to 2009-2012 and id say kendrick could hang with Pac and the 90s emcees. Today? More like Weezy, Tpain, and Drake lol.
I agree with you 100 percent. This album was horrendous….Most of these beats were horrible and sounded the same
Yeah man, I’m not trying to be a hater either. My bad for all of the typos in the above comment lol. But yeah. Terrible album. Sounded like junk, from the production, all the way to the verses and the mixing. Swizz used to make some great stuff, especially with DMX. I’m a diehard DMX fan. But this Swizz album is a complete throw away. I can’t listen to any of it at all.
That was a good move…that’s exactly the song I would have went to first,.
Trash? No disrespectful, but what year were you born?
album was trash
He said this album was better than nas…lol..yeah right!!!! But he made a right move not putting that track on the album.
Well, that’s too bad, since no one gives a fuck about album anyway. And i’m hundred percent sure those verses are old as fuck.
I heard the song already. King HOV obliterates everybody on the song, even the broke woman beater Nas.
I wonder how many artists lined the camel stole to do his verse.
I wonder how many artist lines the camel stole to do his verse.
Broke. Lol
Poison was dope. Nas joint and Pusha T shine bright.
is this the bath salt song from the battle? so basically he didnt put it on cuz it was too dope. what kind of ass backwards thinking is that?why didnt he make sure the rest of the albun is just as dope then? swizz beatz is a fuck boy.
Stupid. He should have used that song as s way to entice ppl to check out the album. Instead he felt threatened by his own work (which is crazy) and put out a lesser album. That can’t be the real reason, if it is, what a clown. “Nah man, that’s too dope, can’t use that”, those words were never uttered in the history of artists putting out an album in any genre of music.
When King HOV says a Biggie verse, he’s only bigging up his brother. Every rapper has used lines from other songs. Why does King HOV get the most heat from it?
C’mon don’t insult our intelligence. Who wouldn’t want that track on their album? It was most likely omitted because of a sample clearance issue or some other legal or money issue. 100
Now I’m not interested. See how that works!
This doesn’t even make sense…..If the album is good it won’t even matter….I don’t think he intended to do this. But he said that this album is garbage so I’m gonna leave the best song out….
Wise words from Swizz here. Posse cuts are clickbait, and albums are long-term. The Bath Salts song is ironically a song concept capitalising on the Bath Salt Zombie headline. Too many deep cuts go unnoticed when artists reach too far for a single with big names, that it overshadows the rest of the project.
The album was mediocre it could’ve used that track for the help.