Noted Wu-Tang Clan emcee Raekwon is one of only a handful of artists to be featured on Jay-Z’s 12th studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, but according to the rapper, his collaboration with Jay-Z was one that was long overdue.
Raekwon, who joins a list of Magna Carta Holy Grail collaborators that include Rick Ross and Justin Timberlake, shared a few details of his studio session with Hov while speaking with Montreality. On top of the usual studio pleasantries, the pair shared life stories as they touched on parenthood and other topics not concerning music.
“Definitely his peoples had reached out to me and said that he wanted to connect with me on a track,” Raekwon revealed. “My thing was it’s about time. We both never had an opportunity to really do that before, so I knew in my heart it was time to make that kind of move happen…He embraced me. He gave me nothing but love. We laughed. We talked. We talked about real shit. We talked about parenthood. We talked about life.”
The Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… rapper has also been hard at work on Fly International Luxurious Art (F.I.L.A.), a solo project of his own. Before referring to the album as a “classic record,” Raekwon informed fans that F.I.L.A. could be released either September or October of this year and also promised to touch on every genre of Hip Hop.
“That was a title I really wanted to run with with this album because I feel like I’m at my best. 20 years later, I’m still able to grab that pen and do what I do normally,” said the rapper. “So, I wanted to name it Fly International [Luxury Art] cause that’s how I felt. This is a lifestyle album. This is me really invading every genre of music; you know what I mean, as far as in the Hip Hop world. You got underground music. You got the mainstream music…It’s all about just being a more responsible artist and just balancing everything out.”
While F.I.L.A. may be without an official release date, Raekwon’s collaboration with Jay-Z can be found on Magna Carta Holy Grail when the album is released exclusively to Samsung users on July 4.
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DOPE. They’ve definitely both humbled themselves thru the years…. I remember alot of subliminals back in the 90’s and early 2000s between these two… glad to see this move
fuck gaykwon and gay z both or old and done its drakes time now so learn to cope with it and accept it
Look in the mirror before you call others gay. Pretty sure that just flew right over your head.
He cant even spell .Of course that statement has gone over his head
Fuck Drake.
Which track is it that has Raekwon on it? Should be dope.
i cant get over that wack ass album title name. ill still listen ofcourse n if its good ill buy it..but thats a title id expect some wack fuck from the south to make up..or a mixtape name– not a raekwon it seems to. easy
raekwon u fat monkey dont get beat up in the bath room. some ppl might lean on u
hey black monkey hahaa
wheres the eminem wigger skate boarders at lol
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha
monkey thats you yes you lol dont fall off your bike you be that
u wanna be mixed than make fun of us than get us haha.
I remember Raekwon dissing one of Jay’s albums on stage.
Yeah, he totally shitted on Kingdom Come…lol. That was pretty funny.
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if it aint a collabo with weezus. i aint listening. ya bish? ya you bish! ya damn bish!!!
Fuck Wayne and fuck you, too.
cosign!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVuiM3dmw3Y
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Raekwon said you know what I mean at least 500 times during this interview
lol..hes always been like that…lol…
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thats what im sayin
knowwhatimean
most black rappers (just saying)
Wasn’t Raekwon dissing Jay-Z on stage a few years ago? Saying he doesn’t give a fuck about him and all types of shit? Now he wants to become his buddy because he acknowledged his lame ass. All these rappers are phony. First those tweets showing supposedly “friendly” rappers dissing each other, now this shit.
grow up
why the fuck you gotta bring up something that’s prolly irrelevant, talkin about what a nigga said YEARS ago, are you stupid? niggas suppose to hold grudges now? Jay-Z didn’t piss in his cereal, he didn’t steal his bitch. get real hater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCGNTO0qaVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zP7nnp-5I
this dude is so fucking real and down to earth
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Its weird because I didnt see his name on the track listing for Magna Carta Holy Grail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRFmnAw1siY
I wonder if they discussed Kingdom Come at all.
They probably did.
The Wu-Tang nigga I always seemed to hate the most
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGhoq0X8Fik
Rae said “u know what I mean” 9,000 times, shit got annoying as fuck!!
I know what he means!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EGp3ZOKj3U
Kanye West > Jay-Z … this site needs more fuckin articles of kanye west…i dont give a shit if he’s taking a shit post it retards…he’s the best artist in pop culture POST MORE OF HIM!
KANYE WEST!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH-cIzI4iQA
jay-z influence
wtf? Chef aint even on MCHG? I just went through the app and cant find sh!t to say he on it? I havent listened to the whole album yet someone tell me what song he’s on???
whats the track called?????????????
cant find anything !!!!!!!!!!!!!
great interview,
lol @ mcdonalds and wendy chicken burger
gay-z must have cut out raekwon from the album to make room for rick ross and timberlake