Aug 10 2010 6:17 PM EDT210
[h1]Exclusive: Young Jeezy Addresses Rick Ross 'Dis' Speculation[/h1][h2]'What am I gonna get out of dissing him?' the Snowman says to MTV News, addressing 'Death B4 Dishonor' verse.[/h2]
By Shaheem Reid
We're not going to make you wait 26 episodes until the season finale toreveal the answer to this cliffhanger. On Monday night, Young Jeezyreleased "Death B4 Dishonor," the first song from his upcoming mixtape,
1,000 Grams, Vol. 1. On it, he
raps over Rick Ross' "(B.M.F.) Blowin' Money Fast"instrumental, which quickly fueled heavy speculation among fans thatthe Snowman was actually dissing the Bawse. Jeezy settled the questionstraight-up on Tuesday (August 10).
"It's not a dis," Jizzle told MTV News via phone from ATL."First of all, I'm not gonna get nothing out of dissing that guy.That's one. What am I gonna get out of dissing him? I think sometimespeople can read into things too deep. They trippin' man. They crazy outthere. Basically, if homie takes that as a dis, he's insecure, andanybody else out there who does, they are insecure.
"When it comes to that [Black Mafia Family] situation, I'mgonna talk about it a little flyer anyway," Young added. "I happen toknow that situation very well. But basically ['Death B4 Dishonor'],it's off a mixtape that's coming out. My mixtape is coming out onThursday, it's called
1,000 Grams. I took all the records Iliked and flipped them my way. It's a gang of records on there likethat. It's like 12 joints, all records that I heard in the club that Ilike and flipped them my way.
While Jeezy doesn't mention Ross by name on "Death B4Dishonor," one of the lines fueling the speculation questions: "How youBlowin' Money Fast?/ You don't know the crew/ Oh, you part of the fam?/Sh--, I never knew."
"That's for real," Jeezy explained. "That's for anybody. I gotn---as in prison behind that sh--. I feel that if you speaking on sh--,you gotta at least know who you talking about. That's like n---asspeaking on Cash Money: If he ain't never been a part of Cash Money,[then] I'mma speak it better if I'm a part of Cash Money. To me, [BMF]was real. I know all the members. Who else would say a line like that,but me? I'm one of the few people who can say that, so I said it.That's real life, though. You gotta know the crew, baby. I thought thatwas the purpose of the game: to get on records and talk your sh--,right?
"Subliminals, for what?" the Snowman added. 'What's understoodain't gotta be said. I didn't think people would take the record likethat. I did it like I would have any Shawty Lo record, any Rockorecord, whoever. I got on [Ross' beat] and did it like how I do it, thebest way I know how. I don't know if because the BMF situation is forreal for me that everybody is like, 'Ooh. Oh, sh--.' Twitter is amuthaf---a, by the way."
During our talk, Jeezy said that his song "The Real BMF" hadalready been recorded (and was sitting in his vault) before Ross's"(B.M.F.)" was released. "The Real BMF" was supposed to have beenincluded on the upcoming
TM103,but once he heard that Ross put out a song so similar, he decided itdidn't belong on his LP; it would just be a giveaway to the streets.
Young also described Ross' "(B.M.F.)" as "dope" and said he wasbound to jump on the record one way or another, either officially orthrough the mixtape circuit, which he ultimately did. On
1,000 Grams, Vol. 1he also flips Soulja Boy's "Pretty Boy Swag" into "Dope Boy Swag" andKanye West's "Power" into the record & #8212; so aptly titled forthe #1 Trap Star & #8212; "Powder." Records by the Clipse and YoungMoney also get their instrumentals borrowed for the tape.
"It was one of those things, you get in a zone and wanna getsome sh-- off," he said of the DJ Scream-hosted tape. "I wanted to havesome fun. Get in the booth, smoke me one or two."
And yes, his long awaited
TM103 album is still on the way. He promises it'll drop before the end of 2011.
What do you think of Jeezy's explanation? Does this end the speculation for you? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.
I knew that was going to be the response.
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