Angie: What’s your Mase relationship like now?
Jimmy: I spoke to him. I guess he’s trying to do some music. I told him for me to participate in any plan that he got, he got to sitdown in front of me and explain it to me. Cuz I can’t hear it over the phone. Nah’mean?
Angie: No.
Jimmy: I just want to have a conversation with him.
Angie: When was the last time you had a face-to-face with him?
A long time ago so I’m not going to be MP3′ing some verses back-and-forth cuz somebody out of the blue decided to do music. No disrespect to nobody, I’m just… [Angie: You want a face to face before that happens.] That would be cool, I think that would be the gentlemen thing to do. This the new me.
Angie: I don’t even know who you are. [Laughs.]
Jay wrote a letter to MTV News, reacting to his latest accolade of Hottest MC in the Game.
“MTV, Thanx for this nod of appreciation,” Jay wrote. “Although I don’t strive to be ‘hot’ for any particular year, I thank you for the acknowledgment. My whole goal is to be recognized as the best ever. I created the term ‘best rapper alive’ as a sign of respect to my fallen comrades (Biggie and Tupac). I believe I’ve allowed a significant grace period, and I believe I would not be respecting myself if being the absolute best was not my goal, and that’s why I continue to push myself until exhaustion … salute.
“Sidebar: Kanye moment if I may … Eminem?!?! I think you do the credibility of this list a disservice if you don’t thoroughly explain his omission,” Jay continued. “As of this second he has the highest selling rap album of the year and a scene stealing verse on the best ‘posse’ cut of the year . (*Hands mic back to Taylor Swift … and nobody was harmed, I apologize in advance.)”
(Editor’s note: Eminem’s absence from the Top 10 is explained right here.)
Here’s a cut Del and Tame recorded during the sessions for their new collabo album Parallel Uni-Verses, that ultimately didn’t make the cut.
Not every great track can make the album, but that’s what gives us juicy material for your hungry ears. “I’m A…” is a banger of a track recorded during the same sessions as the material for Parallel Uni-Verses and produced by Parallel Thought. A liberal Quantic Soul Orchestra sample lays the foundation for the two supa emcees to get buckwild and do what they do best. Parallel Uni-Verses drops October 13th on Gold Dust.
In the final part of my interview Cool & Dre discuss Obama and politics, why Dre is taking some time off from singing and just focusing on producing, their clothing line, staying humble, and more. -Jessie Maguire
