Jay-Z is covering the new issue of London's NME magazine. Check it out inside, plus find out how Timbaland penned Jay-Z an apology track after their big fall out a few years ago, and which song he put the lyrics in...
New Musical Express is going inside Jay's circle to talk to folks that contributed to Magna Carta Holy Grail. And to find out how he became the Superman of pop culture. Here's an excerpt from REM's Michael Stipe, whose lyrics were used by Jay on the album:
Michael Stipe of REM has told NME that he is “thrilled” that Jay-Z chose to include lyrics by his band on his latest album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’. Speaking to NME as part of this week’s cover feature on the US rapper, Stipe discussed his relationship with Jay-Z and his reaction to words from his song ‘Losing My Religion’ appearing on his new song ‘Heaven’. “I’ve known Jay for a long time, he’s super cool, super grounded, super smart and super talented,” says Stipe in the magazine, available digitally and on newsstands from today (July 17). “I’ve always had the deepest respect for him, and his music and choices. We’re thrilled (for our lyrics) to be included, it’s a really great honour.
Check out the full article below:
And after Jay & Timbaland fell out before theBluePrint 3 album, Timbaland apologized in his own way, and said it was totally his fault and was some personal ish. Timb revealed to Revolt TV that he actually wrote an apology track that he did with Keri Hilson.
It was called "Sorry" and Keri spoke about apologizing for people thinking she came for Beyonce on several ocassions, while Timb said he just wanted to apologize for his own personal mess ups. Especially when he missed Jay's 40th birthday over some emotional ish.
Check out both Timba nd jay speaking on their past beef above.