Young Guru brings receipts of JAY-Z’s one-take “GOD DID” verse.
DJ Khaled recently released his star-studded new album “GOD DID“, which topped the Billboard 200 charts this week. Among all the top features, the one that took the crown was JAY-Z’s, who rapped for over 3 minutes on the title track, which also featured Lil Wayne and Rick Ross.
The track hits its climax with Jay-arrival, Z’s as the deified veteran rattles off an extended rhyme spill, topped off by a majestic delivery by Rozay, with the energy ratcheted even higher upon Weezy’s stanza. Hov tackles these current rumors and more with a lyric that many fans and reviewers consider among the finest of the year, displaying his typical humor while paying for wins past, present, and future.
During a recent interview with Rob Markman, Hov’s personal engineer Young Guru stated that the rapper did his verse on one take. “This one was different because normally, we’ll sit down, we’ll do a song, three verses, two verses or whatever, and he’ll have a verse and then we’ll figure out what’s next.”
He continued, “No, he walked in and this was completely, he’s spitting the verse to me. One take. He’s literally asking me, ‘Guru, put the beat on.’ I’m like, ‘Khaled didn’t send me the beat, you didn’t send me the beat. Send me the beat.’ So then he sends me the joint and I started trying to loop it, and he was just like, ‘No, no, no, hit Khaled and get the whole instrumental,’ so he could spit the whole verse.”
Now after doubts & getting trolled by the social media, Young Guru decided to share proof that JAY-Z did spit the firing verse in one take. “This is first and last time I’m gonna do this,” he wrote. “I could care less if you believe me when I say that he did this @djkhaled verse in one take. Let’s be clear for the youth. Doing a song in one take is just a bonus of the level of talent. The song is what is important. You have to realize how much work is done before he goes in the booth. Questions like, “are these the right words”, “are you going in the right direction”, “is this the best flow” are all answered and addressed mentally way before you record. Then you say the verse over and over in the control room to memorialize it.”
“Does jay do EVERY verse in one take? No. But has he done A LOT of verses in one take? Hell yes!!! I have no reason to [Cap emoji]! Look at the zoom in of the screen. There are no chops or breaks in that audio. This “I don’t believe you unless I see it” thing is foreign to me. So here is your proof. It doesn’t matter if you believed me…..God Did!!!”
“THIS GOD DID! THIS HOV DID! GURU DID!!!!!!” wrote Khaled in the comments. “Professionalism hits different to doubters… I’ve lived those 1 take sessions. Keep doin ya thang bro,” states DJ Premier.
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