Young Guru recently appeared on Math Hoffa’s ‘My Expert Opinion’ podcast and dropped numerous gems during his talk that lasted for hours. One portion of the interview found Guru speaking on Just Blaze’s production and how Aaliyah loved his work. From there, Guru revealed unknown information related to late singer Aaliyah, who Guru says wanted to hop on the remix of the Just Blaze-produced “Roc The Mic” by Beanie Sigel and Freeway.
Guru revealed that Aaliyah heard an early version of “Roc The Mic” and really was into Just Blaze’s creation, noting she wanted to put a verse on the track. Guru said, “When Aaliyah died, Aaliyah was supposed to be coming to us, flying to us.” He continued, “She had already called [Just Blaze] and was supposed to be doing a remix with Just.”
The producer and engineer gave more details on the song, saying, “She had left us — she had heard ‘Roc the Mic’ when we did it. We was about to go to the strip club and Freeway was complaining, ‘Yo, we been down here for a week and you giving all the beats to Beans and [Memphis] Bleek.’ He looking at Just like, ‘Yo, I can’t get nothing?'” He then explained how Aaliyah gave “Roc The Mic” her stamp before passing.
“Just is real quick on the ASR-X… A little longer, like 10 minutes maybe… Aaliyah had heard ‘Roc the Mic,’ and she made a point to say something to Hip Hop and was like, ‘That’s the one.',” said Guru. Watch above.
source: HipHopDX
