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song ended up unfinished/unmastered, but the record is hard. He went off on that second verse.
Kanye was supposed to be on the hook....say he was also supposed to sign with G.O.O.D Music.
http://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata
http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2010/...-prod-by-no-id.html/n1526863613_30031737_6899
Kanye was supposed to be on the hook....say he was also supposed to sign with G.O.O.D Music.
http://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/3ltXZR2VQEU?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata
http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2010/...-prod-by-no-id.html/n1526863613_30031737_6899
âNas said Hip Hop is Dead, Wayne said heâs the best alive, they mustâve thought I died, but hey, hereâs a Letter To My Competition, P.S. Iâm still here, Truly Yours â the oppositionâ
One record that was featured on the Bump J x MoonDawg mixtape, Remember Me, that I felt needed itâs own post, is the much heralded, but never released âLetter 2 My Competitionâ, which was a known/unknown classic in certain circles in Chicago. Recorded just weeks before Bump was arrested on bank robbery charges, the Chief was hard at work with No ID on crafting his official debut LP. After severing ties with Atlantic Records, the label that once gave him the âbiggest deal since 50 Centâ, Bumpy linked with No ID, who was to produce the album in full. Rumor has it Bump was also on the verge of aligning with Kanye Westâs G.O.O.D. Music imprint, but as we all know, things didnât quite go as planned.
Bump was working with No ID around the same time of the 808s & Heartbreak sessions, so you can tell that this track has the same vibe and feel as many of the records that ended up on Kanyeâs most experimental album to date. Another interesting tidbit on this track, was that Kanye was scheduled to lay the hook - but that never happened after the arrest.
When I first heard this song at Mikkey Halstedâs âInternet On Lockâ Party all the way back in January of 2009, just two months after Bump was pinched on Bank Robbery charges, I had to exhaust my efforts to find a copy. Luckily, I was able to snag one. One of the things about blogging or running a website is, yes, I have access to a decent amount of songs that are unreleased and may never see the light of day â which is a plus. But if you breach peopleâs trust and go around leaking records youâre told not to, youâre not going to have friends for too long â and that was the case with this song. Iâve been patiently waiting to get the go ahead, and this is it.
I will note that this is not the finished/touched up version that No ID crafted. If I ever get clearance to let that one go, Iâd be happy to do so, but until thenâ¦
âThey hate Iâm sippinâ Dom P, calm breeze, under the palm trees, Paparazzi all on me Iâm gettinâ my Don C on, take ya tape, but I ainât just gonâ break ya camera, Iâll break ya face, have my n**** take the case. This rap game is just a race and youâre just second place, Iâm so far ahead, I could sit down and take a break . I rolls dolo from state to state, paper plates on the new coupe, tell those fruits who paved the way â
Thereâs so many quotables in this song, so spend some time with it.
Bump J â Letter 2 My Competition (Prod. by No ID)
A new Bump mixtape dropped yesterday called "Remember Me". It was basically a best of w/ a few unreleased records (new Kanye record) and a freestyle from prison...
http://www.box.net/shared/my3yvr0z1k