The Alchemist speaks on Lil Wayne & his You Ain't Got Nuthin track

[WeEeEeEzZzZyYy]

I sent it to him to get on it and then he said, ‘I’d like to use it on my album’ and I made the wise decision to agree. He hoped on ‘Who Can I Trust’ with Cormega which I produced with my man Jonathan Lightly for the Violator compilation.

They came to New York and they were the Hot Boys still and I can’t sit here and say like, ‘Yo I knew he was the one!’ but he always has been super dope and anytime we’d ever see him anywhere with Mobb Deep the love was always reciprocated. ‘We fuck with you. We fuck with you too.’ It was always, ‘Yo I gotta get you some beats’ in passing.

He’s just like amazing, it’s hard to even pinpoint when it happened. He was so ill that people were trying to say he had ghostwriters. That’s how you know your ill, like, ‘Somebody else had to have written that.’ Like, nope, he wrote it. He's capable and he's taken his shit to new heights.

It's definitely an honor to have contributed to a project with him. I'm never afraid to send him any type of beat. Like some artists you would say, ‘Oh I gotta send them certain types cause I know that’s what they are looking for.’ I feel like he's such an artist that I could send him anything. Wayne is ill.

A lot of beats that I use people don’t see the light the first time I play it. I'm not saying they think it’s weak, they just don’t see it. Numerous times I had a beat I wanted somebody to get on, they weren’t tripping on it, and I was like, ‘Yo can you get on this for my project?’ Then they record it and the next day the call you like, ‘Nah we gotta keep this shit, this shit is hot.’

So sometimes I gotta do a Jedi-Mind trick. That’s what happened with this song. That was supposed to be for my album, even Juelz and Fab got on that for my album because they weren’t fucking with it like that. I sent that to Fab and said, ‘Can you get on this for my album?’ He recorded it and then said, ‘Nah I want to keep it.’

Was Who Can I Trust with Cormega ever released ?

[Vocker]

He should give wayne a dope beat for INAHB 2..

[WeezyFan]

yeah its out

[Rain89nl]

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Editor’s Note: As told by Stephen “Spliff” Hacker of Spliffington Management. Spliff reps Alchemist, but he also manages producers Infamous & Streetrunner, who both have done numerous records for Lil Wayne. Read the story behind what is arguably the best track on Tha Carter III, and honestly the last time we’ve heard Fabolous & Juelz Santana actually spazz on a track, below.
Aside from representing Alchemist as a producer working with outside artists, I was recently heavily involved with his second album, Chemical Warfare

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This was an album that was in the making since 2005 and was released in 2009, so you know a lot of work went into creating it. Throwing around ideas of which guest artists to have featured on the project was something ALC was very critical of, but I knew there were some names which undeniably had to be heard on his music. Case in point, what became “You Ain’t Got Nothin On Me” featuring Fabolous and Juelz Santana, from Lil Wayne’s 3x Platinum and Grammy Award winning Carter III album

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Firstly, that beat was coincidentally on the same CD I gave Cam’ron that had what is now the “Wet Wipes” beat on it. Now, back in early 2007 I had spoken to Fabolous and let him know I wanted him on Alchemist’s album. He said he was a fan of Al’s work and obliged us. He had done a bunch of prior freestyles over Al’s beats and I knew there was a good synergy when they matched up. I set up a session and let him work his magic. He went through some beats and started to record. Not knowing what would come out of this experiment, since it was the first time Al and Fab actually worked together, we knew we had something great when he was finished. Even though it was only one verse, it took a few days of listening to it over and over again for the insane punchlines to set in. That was that and the ball was rolling. We sat on the Fab verse for about a week and then I told Al we have to put Juelz Santana on it next

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This is where it starts becoming a major pain in the ass. I’ve known Juelz for about 5 years now where I’ve learned the hard way that he loves taking his sweet time. I brought him the track with Fab’s completed verse and he took an instant liking to it and told me he’d get on it ASAP. ASAP in his dictionary means 7 months. That’s life when you are dealing with rappers sometimes. I lost count how many times I called, went to go see him and tried convincing him that this really could be something special with him on it. Fast forward to November 2007, I finally get the call from him that its done

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Now we are left with a song with 2 verses and no hook. What now? Only one choice I thought, The Fireman. Alchemist knew this could be a big record so he told me to go for it and get it done. I had tried to getWayne on another song with Prodigy called “Keep The Heels On” for the Chemical Warfare album about a year before, but it didn’t end up coming to life. Within a week after Juelz had finished his verse, I sent the track with Fabolous and Juelz on it to Wayne and he sent it back a few days later. Not only with the 3rd verse done, but he filled in the hook as well, which we weren’t expecting. We also got the song back with different drums only over Wayne’s verse, something we later found out Weezy sporadically wanted done when he was recording to enhance the song. Those new drums were programmed directly on top of Alchemist’s track by Wayne’s engineer, which surprised the shit out of us. Weezy at this time was already taking over the game and it really surprised us how fast he got it done

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So you are probably asking yourself, why wasn’t this record on Alchemist’s album? We had all of the pieces of the puzzle in place, 3 of the hottest rappers going hard on the same track produced by The Alchemist. We were hype and really felt like we now had the song the fans and the streets are going to love. About 2 weeks after we get the song back from Wayne, I get a call that Wayne really likes the record and that he wants to keep it for his new album, Carter III. My gut reaction was like, there’s no way we’re giving this up, considering how long it took to complete it and all of the work put in. I told Al and he pretty much felt the same way. However, after looking at the possibilities of what was ahead with Wayne’s career, we decided to counter with a trade offer. We told them that we’d let them keep the record, if and only if, Wayneand the rest of the artists on the song agreed to record new verses for our project.

[2006WayneForever]

Wayne got murked on that track. By Fab. AND Juelz. And that doesn't usually happen. Because on 6 Minutes, Wayne went just as hard as Cass and Fab. Which surprised the fuck out of me. And also provoked the urge in me to start lookin' at Wayne as a Formidable lyricist, back then. Before that, you know how many niggas used to joke about how elementary Wayne's style was back in the day? Before Tha Carter franchise kicked off? Shit was CRAZY! Monumental point in that man's career. But You Ain't Got Nothin' On Me wouldn't have been shit without Fab & Juelz. I hate Wayne on that track. Shit was annoying. Plus, I feel like Alc had produced better instrumentation. That's just my opinion. I bet he could easily give Wayne a better beat. I still find myself rockin' to it though because it's perfect for East Coast Artists. Shit sound like something Mobb Deep would spit on. Just not necessarily my cup of tea. Only reason I'm downplayin' the beat so hard is that the article above me made the laughable claim that it was the best track on the album when it's quite the opposite.

[martian master]

Was Who Can I Trust with Cormega ever released ?

[__cas__]

Wayne got murked on that track. By Fab. AND Juelz. And that doesn't usually happen. Because on 6 Minutes, Wayne went just as hard as Cass and Fab. Which surprised the fuck out of me. And also provoked the urge in me to start lookin' at Wayne as a Formidable lyricist, back then. Before that, you know how many niggas used to joke about how elementary Wayne's style was back in the day? Before Tha Carter franchise kicked off? Shit was CRAZY! Monumental point in that man's career. But You Ain't Got Nothin' On Me wouldn't have been shit without Fab & Juelz. I hate Wayne on that track. Shit was annoying. Plus, I feel like Alc had produced better instrumentation. That's just my opinion. I bet he could easily give Wayne a better beat. I still find myself rockin' to it though because it's perfect for East Coast Artists. Shit sound like something Mobb Deep would spit on. Just not necessarily my cup of tea. Only reason I'm downplayin' the beat so hard is that the article above me made the laughable claim that it was the best track on the album when it's quite the opposite.

Wayne murked that track. Then Juelz then fab.

[Tunechi Lionches]

The hook on You Ain't Got Nuthin'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

[Guest]

Wayne got murked on that track. By Fab. AND Juelz. And that doesn't usually happen. Because on 6 Minutes, Wayne went just as hard as Cass and Fab. Which surprised the fuck out of me. And also provoked the urge in me to start lookin' at Wayne as a Formidable lyricist, back then. Before that, you know how many niggas used to joke about how elementary Wayne's style was back in the day? Before Tha Carter franchise kicked off? Shit was CRAZY! Monumental point in that man's career. But You Ain't Got Nothin' On Me wouldn't have been shit without Fab & Juelz. I hate Wayne on that track. Shit was annoying. Plus, I feel like Alc had produced better instrumentation. That's just my opinion. I bet he could easily give Wayne a better beat. I still find myself rockin' to it though because it's perfect for East Coast Artists. Shit sound like something Mobb Deep would spit on. Just not necessarily my cup of tea. Only reason I'm downplayin' the beat so hard is that the article above me made the laughable claim that it was the best track on the album when it's quite the opposite.

That's because they're better punchline rappers than Wayne.

[nucklez954]

Wayne got murked on that track. By Fab. AND Juelz. And that doesn't usually happen. Because on 6 Minutes, Wayne went just as hard as Cass and Fab. Which surprised the fuck out of me. And also provoked the urge in me to start lookin' at Wayne as a Formidable lyricist, back then. Before that, you know how many niggas used to joke about how elementary Wayne's style was back in the day? Before Tha Carter franchise kicked off? Shit was CRAZY! Monumental point in that man's career. But You Ain't Got Nothin' On Me wouldn't have been shit without Fab & Juelz. I hate Wayne on that track. Shit was annoying. Plus, I feel like Alc had produced better instrumentation. That's just my opinion. I bet he could easily give Wayne a better beat. I still find myself rockin' to it though because it's perfect for East Coast Artists. Shit sound like something Mobb Deep would spit on. Just not necessarily my cup of tea. Only reason I'm downplayin' the beat so hard is that the article above me made the laughable claim that it was the best track on the album when it's quite the opposite.

what? Weezy snappef on that shit boy you crazy

[StevenHTX]

I loved how the beat shifted when Wayne came out. Shit is nice

[SpaceGhostBlacc]

one of the best songs on the album