Swizz Beatz has added another rap titan to his highly-anticipated Hip Hop 50: Vol. 2 EP with Jay Electronica serving as a last-minute inclusion to the project.
The super producer unleashed the latest edition of the EP’s tracklist early Wednesday (April 19) and track No. 6 features Jay Elect closing out the project on a solo cut titled “Khalas” serving as the outro.
“Updated track list !!!!! Few more updates to come,” Swizz teased in his caption. “Can’t wait for y’all to hear this EP 4-21!!!!!”
Jay Electronica and Swizz last connected in 2020 when he produced the New Orleans native’s “The Blinding” featuring Travis Scott off the 46-year-old’s 2020 A Written Testimony project.
Fans were excited for the EP’s arrival later this week as DJ Premier, Busta Rhymes and more lent their stamps of approval.
Hip Hop 50: Vol. 2 is set to arrive on Friday (April 21) with features from Nas, Lil Wayne, Jadakiss, Fivio Foreign, Lil Durk, Benny The Butcher, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and more.
Track No. 2 titled “This Shit Right Here” originally featured JAY-Z alongside Lil Wayne, which sent fans into a frenzy, but that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore with HOV’s name removed from the credits. It seems that Jay might only be featured in the form of a sample on the song now.
This makes for the second collab between Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz this year alone, as the pair partnered up in February for the former’s Tha Carter VI single, “Kan’t Nobody.” The late DMX is also featured on the song, with his 1998 classic “N-ggaz Done Started Somethin” being sampled on the beat.
“I started as a DJ in the Bronx. Everything just happened so fast,” Swizz Beatz can be heard saying over the upcoming Weezy-assisted banger in a teaser. “You’re either going to pay with money or pain.”
“This is not a warning ! It’s already tooooooo late [sweating bullets emoji] 4/21 !!!!!!!!” Swizz captioned the post.
The project is part of Mass Appeal’s Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack initiative commemorating Hip Hop’s 50th birthday this year, and follows DJ Premier’sHip Hop 50: Vol. 1 EP which dropped last year.
Why is swizz working with bums like nas and washed up old rappers like lil Wayne? Hova and roc nation would have turned him into a superstar on the level of metro boomin
Cause Wayne and Nas are both miles ahead of that dirty old capitalist Hov
Jay Electronica is a bum too. Fam is legit homeless. He just squats at one of his BM’s cribs for food and shelter.
Let’s face it guys, my mother should’ve done society a favor and swallowed me
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I fuck Jay-Z mom before she turned gay. Cunt was mad good!