Eminem turned down a collaboration with Nas on his 2012 album Life Is Good.
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The Lose Your self rapper, 53, allegedly did not need to characteristic on the observe Daughters as a result of it was a delicate topic after releasing uncooked tracks like Mockingbird, Once I’m Gone, and Hailie’s Tune about his relationship along with his personal daughter, Hailie Jade, 29, who he’s protecting of.
In dialog with Joe Budden, Nas stated: “Each document I do will not be a battle. I bear in mind I despatched the track ‘Daughters’ to Eminem and on the time he had spent a lot time talking on daughters, he was like, ‘Thanks, however I informed my daughter I’m not gonna do anymore songs immediately about daughters for the time being as a result of it’s a delicate concern with all of the music I’ve put out.’
“I believe [his] message was like, ‘Thanks ’trigger most individuals need to do songs the place they’re battling me on a document. It was refreshing to get a document the place you’re not coming for me.’”
Eminem has large respect for his fellow rapper. They beforehand labored collectively on The Cross on Nas’ 2002 LP God’s Son, and years later, they reunited on 2021’s EPMD 2.
He loves Nas’ 1994 debut Illmatic a lot, he spent an eye-watering $600 on a cassette copy of it.
Fan-boying over Nas in an interview with The New York Instances, he stated of the document: “I bear in mind The Supply gave ‘Illmatic’ 5 mics [a perfect score].
“I already knew I appreciated Nas from ‘Stay on the Barbeque’ with Principal Supply as a result of his verse on that is without doubt one of the most traditional verses in hip hop of all time. However I used to be like, ‘5 mics, although? Let me see what that is.’
“And once I put it on, ‘And be affluent, whough we dwell harmful / Cops may simply arrest me/Blamin’ us, we’re held like hostages.’ He was getting into and out of doors of the rhyme scheme, inside rhymes. That album had me in a droop, too. I do know the album entrance to again.”