he hits me back like 'Could you sing it again?'.
You’re not supposed to cut a song about New York in L.A. "I actually cut it in L.A.," she continued. Keys feels like that setting led to Jigga being unhappy with the first draft. When it came time to record her vocals, she decided to lay them down in Los Angeles. If you’re like me (and the rest of America, according to the Billboard Hot 100), you love the Jay-Z song Empire State of Mind.But here’s the thing: there’s apparently a frequently-misunderstood lyric regarding popular NBA players LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, one that seems to leave a number of people befuddled. So just imagine that song never happened."įinally, Hov was able to get in touch with Keys. Different people in the middle and the whole thing. but hearing someone is among the best at what she does bring it like Alicia does in 'Empire State of Mind' is incredible. JAY-Z - Empire State Of Mind (Letra e msica para ouvir) - In New York / Concrete jungle where dreams are made of / Theres nothing you cant do / Now. "He couldn’t find me, he couldn’t get in touch with me for whatever reason.
"For a minute, it wasn’t even going to come together," she explained at the clip's 3-minute mark. Yet during an interview with Ebro Darden for Beats 1 Radio, Alicia Keys reveals that the track almost fell to the cutting room floor. He suggests that, while Jeezy may be paying $23,000, Jay-Z is paying a mere $3000 (expressed as Dwyane Wade’s jersey number) for a kilo of cocaine." Empire State of Mind" is one of the most memorable tracks of JAY-Z's illustrious career. In “Empire,” Jay-Z takes this one step further, so as to show his impressive status in New York.
Play over million tracks for free on SoundCloud. Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind (ZIGGY Remix) by ZIGGY on desktop and mobile. Alicia Keys, 9, Shazams, featuring on Pure Throwback, and Pure Motivation Apple Music playlists. ” This means that he used to pay $24,000 for a kilo of coke, whereas now? He only pays $23,000, you see. Listen to Empire State Of Mind by Jay-Z Feat. The chorus of that song goes, “I used to pay Kobe, but now I pay LeBron. Empire State of Mind is a song performed by American rapper Jay-Z featuring vocals by American singer Alicia Keys, from Jay-Zs 11th studio album. In Young Jeezy’s song “24–23 (Kobe-Lebron),” Jeezy uses the players’ jersey numbers to articulate the price he’s paying of a kilogram of cocaine.
The actual answer is a bit more complicated. TriBeCa, meanwhile, is a high-class, high-profile neighborhood in. It seems weird that you even thought that. Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York, and its the one that Jay-Z grew up in. Young Jeezy also does not have any points in an NBA franchise. Again, you could not be anymore incorrect, I’m sorry. No one named Jesus, pronounced like the son of God and not in the more commonly used Hispanic way, owns any part of any NBA team. Sorry.Ģ) “If Jeezy’s paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade.” So now you might think, okay, maybe the popular rapper Young Jeezy owns a bit of an NBA team, just like Jay-Z does, and he’s saying that if Jeezy signs LeBron, Jay-Z will then settle for Dwyane Wade. Well, you know what they say about happens when you assume, and that’s just what you’ve done. Here’s how the different scenarios break down:ġ) “If Jesus is paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade.” A lot of people assume that this means that there’s someone named Jesus who owns a large equity stake in an NBA franchise who is vying for LeBron James (one of the best NBA players of all time, and close friend of Jay-Z) when James hits the market as a free agent in 2010. The lyric in question is usually misconstrued in one of two ways. Either:ġ) It’s misheard as: “If Jesus paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade.”Ģ) It’s heard correctly, but taken literally, as: “If Jeezy’s paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade.” Empire State of Mind is a pure product of Greenburg’s care and insight, an exploration of hip-hop’s most enigmatic mogul.' Dan Charnas, author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop 'Greenburg follows the money and key pieces of the Jay Z puzzle in this insightful,savvy read. Maybe you’ve heard this line? It’s in the second verse and goes something like this, “I got it made/If Jeezy’s payin’ LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade.” A lot of people think this has to do with an NBA franchise, of which Jay-Z is a part-owner: the New Jersey-soon to be Brooklyn-Nets. If you’re like me (and the rest of America, according to the Billboard Hot 100), you love the Jay-Z song “Empire State of Mind.” But here’s the thing: there’s apparently a frequently-misunderstood lyric regarding popular NBA players LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, one that seems to leave a number of people befuddled.