Busta Rhymes recently told a story about working on the “Why We Die” track with DMX and Jay-Z. During the process, Busta revealed that DMX was looking to make his verse better after hearing Jay-Z’s verse.
The rapper said, “My man Eric Nicks brought back the two-inch reel with DMX’s verse on it and JAY-Z didn’t spit yet. So when we put the record out and Dog heard JAY-Z was on it, he stepped to Eric Nicks and he called me and was like, ‘Yo, you know that verse was just a ref, right? N****s went and put JAY-Z… If I’d have known that s*** I’d have spit my s*** better!’”
Busta replied to X, saying, “I was like, ‘But Dog, your s*** was crazy!’ He was like, ‘F*** that. Y’all ain’t tell me that Jay was getting on the s***. Next time we do a song, let me hear my s*** finished first!’” He continued, “Dog’s passion, I can’t even compare it to nothing else in existence.”
source: YouTube
