Consider this a
bonus episode. Back in September, Jay-Z and I had put together a really
brilliant companion to the American Gangster movie, featuring a lot of
talented beatmakers previously featured on MTSN. I was pretty excited -
my first A&R project, my first big industry check, everything was
awesome.

Then Def Jam heard the final project and freaked. Next thing I know
everyone’s scrambling around grabbing beats from no-names like Pharrell
and Just Blaze, nobody’s returning my phone calls, and my money is all
screwed up. Then the “official” record comes out, and no mention of my
name.

So Jay, if you’re reading this, you know our first version
would have gone triple plat, easy. I’m putting the first EP version up
so people can hear the original. My version is 10 times better than the
commercial release, Jay, and you know that.

MIXTAPE 101 - ORIGINAL GANGSTER