Silkk The Shocker says that Jay-Z shot down a $100,000 offer for their 1999 collaboration, "You Know What We Bout." Instead, Silkk says that it was bigger than money for him. Silkk The Shocker reflected on his relationship with Jay-Z during an interview with The Art of Dialogue published earlier this week.
“Our relationship was dope because when I did the song with him, I thought I had a budget for him,” Silkk recalled. “I was like, ‘Yo, I got a hundred racks’ — that’s a lot of money back in the day too! I’m sure he could’ve used the extra $100,000; who ain’t gonna use that? When I hit him up, I’m like, ‘Yo, the song is dope, you killed it. Where I should I send that bread to?’ Jay was like, ‘Nah, it’s good, man. Just keep it and we’ll figure out something later on down the line.'”
Silkk The Shocker On "The Art Of Dialogue"
“He won’t do it for anybody, though; he won’t even do music for anybody. What I came to learn was that it’s bigger than [money] for him,” he added. “To me, that’s consistent with [where he is] today — if you look at him, it’s not a fluke that he’s successful.” Silkk continued: “I don’t care how rich you are, you gonna be like, ‘Man, send my bread.’ But he was just dead cool. He ain’t even second-guess it like, ‘Yeah, send me half of it.’ The good part about it: down the line, I kinda did something for him and I just thought it was solid.”
“You Know What We Bout” was featured on Silkk the Shocker's third studio album, Made Man. The project debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 selling 240,244 copies in its first week. Silkk previously discussed the making of "You Know What We Bout” during an appearance on Drink Champs in 2021. The song also features Master P and was originally supposed to feature DMX, but a tight deadline prevented that from happening. He also revealed that Jay-Z submitted his verse at the last minute. “Salute to DMX too, he really wanted to do it, but he probably was just like, ‘I’ma get it in the morning, I ain’t got time to do it.’ So I just had to go with Jay," he explained.
"You Know What We Bout”
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