Boi-1da talks about Not Afraid

[q_shady]

"That beat was done last summer in my basement in the late afternoon. Just me and my dude Matt having fun, playing around with some instruments, cracking jokes. He was playing the strings and the choir. I added the percussion and the arrangement. I sent it to one of [Maino’s] A&Rs and they played it for him. At first, Maino liked it. He actually did a song on it last year. And after that, I never heard anything back from them. That was just a situation where I’ll make a beat and an artist will say they like the beat. They’ll say, “We got to do something with it.” But they don’t end up using it. So you don’t really wait on anybody. If anybody else wants to use it, they’ll want to use it. But on the Internet and a lot of people are saying that the beat was sold twice and it was shady or whatever. Like I said, beats don’t get sold twice. It’s just something that happens in the industry all the time but doesn’t get out there a lot. You know like, Cam’Ron had the “H To The Izzo” beat first but then Jay-Z came and did his song on it. That’s just how the game goes.

"So the beat was floating around but the beat wasn’t purchased or anything. Then [Eminem] heard the beat and got on it immediately. He ended up buying the beat, putting everything down, and putting it on his album. The beat sounds like he’ll do something serious on it. I figured he’d make a deep song, or an emotional song on it. He put the piano in there. He added that and the church choir singing along with him. So three months ago, we were at dinner and my manager, Fake Work, got a text from Eminem’s manager, Paul Rosenberg, that said, 'Eminem just bodied this beat!'"

www.complex.com/blog_galleries/boi-1da- ... not-afraid

[slimsoxshady]

good post
I still think its a great beat despite the hate its gotten on here
perfect beat to this type of song

[Alaine]

so Em added the piano, just like I thought

[dR3]

Great. Thanks for posting.

[slimsoxshady]

i noticed this morning driving to a final exam listening to Not Afraid...the vocals are so massive that there could have been any beat and it still would have sounded great. I love the crispy snare though and the space it creates for the flow.

[venomous_volatile]

How Em saw any potential to the stripped down beat minus piano and choir is amazing

That's how he's the master

[dR3]

Just something I forgot to say.

I don't think any other beat would have inspired him to write those lyrics.

[MikeNUFC]

I don't think any other beat would have inspired him to write those lyrics.

Why not?

Cheers for posting this, I'm suprised it was done 3 months ago; thought it would have been made at the last minute. This is bad news as it means a lot of Recovery may have this type of rhyming.

[dR3]

I don't think any other beat would have inspired him to write those lyrics.

Why not?

Because different beats inspire different stories.

[MikeNUFC]

I don't think any other beat would have inspired him to write those lyrics.

Why not?

Because different beats inspire different stories.

But if he's got that idea in his head then he's gunna write about it. It might not be word for word but I'm sure he would have had similar content.

[slimsoxshady]

I don't think any other beat would have inspired him to write those lyrics.

Why not?

Cheers for posting this, I'm suprised it was done 3 months ago; thought it would have been made at the last minute. This is bad news as it means a lot of Recovery may have this type of rhyming.

you got Relapse...let others get what they want

[MikeNUFC]

I don't think any other beat would have inspired him to write those lyrics.

Why not?

Cheers for posting this, I'm suprised it was done 3 months ago; thought it would have been made at the last minute. This is bad news as it means a lot of Recovery may have this type of rhyming.

you got Relapse...let others get what they want

No.I want to be able to enjoy this music as well as other people. Just cus I enjoyed Relapse doesnt mean I should expect sub-par rhyming on Recovery just to please "others".

[dR3]

Why not?

Because different beats inspire different stories.

But if he's got that idea in his head then he's gunna write about it. It might not be word for word but I'm sure he would have had similar content.

I don't think he thought of it before he got the beat.

[Mikey1990]

i think its a dope beat
i know alot of members dont like on here though

[James Deuce]

How much money do artists usually pay-out for beats?