If you are a Silkk the Shocker fan, you may remember his 1999 song “You Know What We Bout” which featured Jay-Z on it.
During a recent appearance on REVOLT’s “Drink Champs” podcast with N.O.R.E and DJ EFN, the rapper recalled how he submitted the 4:44 emcee with Jigga’s verse just hours before the deadline with his record label.
“I wanted JAY — nobody really knew JAY at the time … I’m like, ‘Yo, I need this song,’ [but] by the time I got to it, JAY was poppin’ a little more,” he recalled.
“Rest in peace to DMX. I think it was supposed to be me, DMX and JAY on a record. … What happened was, my album had to be turned in on a Thursday at 11 a.m., and I think the [Hard Knock Life] tour was over Wednesday night.”
DMX did not appear on the track, but HOV and Silkk were able to get the track done just in time.
“He left the show immediately, went back and knocked it out like 3 a.m., 4 a.m. in the morning, and sent it,” Silkk said. “He coulda just been, you know, ‘I’m tired, I just rocked a show.’ … He came through. I hit JAY I’m like, ‘Yo, how much I owe you?’ JAY like, ‘You ain’t owe nothing. … Nah we good, it’s on the house.’”
Silkk’s “Made Man”—his third studio album—featured the song and went on to peak at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for 20 weeks. The album was also listed as the No. 1 R&B and hip hop album and stayed on the spot for 23 weeks.
