Days before the release of Annie, the 2014 remake of the film originally released in 1982, Jay Z and Will Smith offered their thoughts on the project.
According to Jay Z, who helped in producing the film, Annie “feels like magic” and provides a “story of hope.” In 1998, Jay Z sampled “It’s The Hard Knock Life” from the Broadway version of Annie for his Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life record, “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).”
“It feels like New York City. It feels like magic, anything can happen. There’s a consistent theme there. That story of hope,” Jay Z said while appearing on the red carpet at the Annie premiere earlier this month.
Will Smith, who also serves as one of the producers of the film, applauded both Jay Z and Australian musician Sia for their musical contributions to Annie.
“Anytime you revisit a timeless story and that’s where you always wanna be able to add something different,” Smith said. “Jay and Sia did a really brilliant job of creating that new sound, that new vibe and a new energy.”
Annie will be released in theaters on Friday, December 19. The Will Gluck-directed film stars Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhane Wallis, and Cameron Diaz.
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NO, 45 King sampled The annie song. Jay Z heard it and copped it.
Dumb ass 45 king produced the record for Jay
According to Jay Z, who helped in producing the film.
Ye right, throwing money at people and putting your name on it
…and funding the film, isnt helping to produce the film… ?
i agree. if you never worked on a film or understand the business, you aren’t gonna get that. a producer can be anybody. i can be a producer even if i put a 100 dollars into a film. it’s only a title. the only title of producer that means anything is executive producer because he is the one on the set and actually doing the job. i doubt jay was on the set of this film doing anything
really. well how many films are you the producer of, mr big man.
Too bad the dvd screener has already been on the internet for like 2 weeks because of the sony hacks.
too bad no one cares about this piece of shit movie either way. LOL, i doubt anyone is really downloading the leak.
How did they get the clearance on the annie sample seems there’s a issue for a drum pattern nowadays
What about the racist Sony Film execs?