

Every guest emcee makes us look like assholes. Young Chris: Listen, you got problems, too: "In order to fuck mine, you gotta suck me off first"? Do you know what you're saying half the time? Besides, don't matter what we're saying, our fans are gonna be bored with this album in like two weeks anyway. seriously, man, you have a pretty nice flow, but I feel like you're not even trying sometimes! "They're lacking heat like Bermuda?" And, "Your pigeons ain't risin', man/ It's like you're lactose tolerant," I mean, I know what you were going for, but. Come on, "Baby, it's the Roc/ I'm the baby from the Roc," is detrimental to the violent image we need to portray. Neef: And dude, you've been sleepwalkin' through this album. Young Chris: Kids is growin' up faster every generation. When he says, "I been laying the pipe in every lady, I liked up in the 80s/ My life is really crazy, I been like this since the 80s," it doesn't make any fucking sense! He's only 19! Does that mean he was a four-year-old pimp, with a gold-plated high seat and a three-wheeler with 24-inch rims? Neef: I don't care who this Juelz guy is. Young Chris: This'll truly be an adventure! I haven't worked in a musical in months!ĭissention comes between the group during a discussion about the record's progress around the midway point. Basically, just sound like someone a dad wouldn't want to see his little girl out with. Phil! Your motivation on this record is as follows: You want to fuck every girl that you see and you are murderous. Young Chris: So why exactly is the album called Tough Luv? I mean, first off, I'm a very non-violent individual and I feel as if love is something that is only experienced once. Even early on, the Philly duo thought the plan seemed a bit strange.

Later, at Baseline Studios, Jay assists his boys in cutting their first record. Simmons: You've made me far too much money to say no to you. Jay-Z: Surely, it sells itself! I mean, come on, they sound like all of my proteges combined and- get this- they are young! Simmons: What's your marketing plan? How you gonna sell this? let's say they're the latest in Rocafella technology: We've combined the repetition of Beanie Sigel, the exaggerated cadence of Freeway, the incredibly boring street lyrics of Memphis Bleek, and the completely nonsensical constant-rhyme style of Cam'ron. Jay-Z: Naw, Russell, ain't nothin' like that. Russell Simmons: So, you finally came to announce the signing of Common and Mos Def, right? It took you long enough but I'm glad you.
