Omillio Sparks was on this song originally and there's an unreleased Roc The Mic Remix that has all of State Property and Jay-Z on it. Just Blaze said after he gave the beat to Freeway he left and when Just Blaze got back to the studio Freeway had the whole song done by himself. Just Blaze said “I went downstairs to the people, and everybody was up early at the pool blasting it. I was like, 'This is crazy.' Beans was like, 'Yeah, as a matter of fact, I'm getting on this.' I think Sparks might have been on Roc The Mic originally. There was a bunch of records that he got knocked off of. There was originally a Roc The Mic (Remix) that I don't think ever came out. It was a remix with everybody from State Property and Hov. They all had eight bar verses, and then Jay dropped a sixteen at the end. I completely forgot that it existed, and I came across it when I was shutting down Baseline. I don't know why that never came out”
Jay-Z wanted Beyoncé to do an R&B version of Roc The Mic. Just Blaze flipped the beat and did an R&B version of it. At the end, Jay-Z was going to get on it so Just Blaze changed the beat up a little for him to rhyme to. Obviously, Beyoncé's Roc The Mic never got finished. Freeway got his hands on the switch-up at the end that Jay-Z was going to rhyme to and did this song called Make The Cake. That's Flipside's original title. Just Blaze said, "Alright, hold up. This is crazy, but it sounds too much like Roc The Mic, I'm going to have to switch up the beat." So Just Blaze went in and did the beat over. He kept the music, but he beefed it up. He made it a lot bigger, so it didn't sound like a Roc The Mic remix.
Omillio Sparks was on this song originally and there's an unreleased Roc The Mic Remix that has all of State Property and Jay-Z on it. Just Blaze said after he gave the beat to Freeway he left and when Just Blaze got back to the studio Freeway had the whole song done by himself. Just Blaze said “I went downstairs to the people, and everybody was up early at the pool blasting it. I was like, 'This is crazy.' Beans was like, 'Yeah, as a matter of fact, I'm getting on this.' I think Sparks might have been on Roc The Mic originally. There was a bunch of records that he got knocked off of. There was originally a Roc The Mic (Remix) that I don't think ever came out. It was a remix with everybody from State Property and Hov. They all had eight bar verses, and then Jay dropped a sixteen at the end. I completely forgot that it existed, and I came across it when I was shutting down Baseline. I don't know why that never came out”
Jay-Z wanted Beyoncé to do an R&B version of Roc The Mic. Just Blaze flipped the beat and did an R&B version of it. At the end, Jay-Z was going to get on it so Just Blaze changed the beat up a little for him to rhyme to. Obviously, Beyoncé's Roc The Mic never got finished. Freeway got his hands on the switch-up at the end that Jay-Z was going to rhyme to and did this song called Make The Cake. That's Flipside's original title. Just Blaze said, "Alright, hold up. This is crazy, but it sounds too much like Roc The Mic, I'm going to have to switch up the beat." So Just Blaze went in and did the beat over. He kept the music, but he beefed it up. He made it a lot bigger, so it didn't sound like a Roc The Mic remix.
Fire …can someone call 911, please!!!
West Philly…..
2019.
Rap classic!
I still "Roc a Wear".
Still looking fresh 20 years later.
True Hip Hop For Life Man.
Uggghhhh why freeway let cass kill him, smh….. Roc da mic!
That lead in at the start, yooooooooooo
I still bump this!
Still cranking this song in 2018
Great "Rap" classic….
Straight Illadelf
free was nice. so was beans
I miss those underground dayz
Fuck meek millz