In a recent interview, the hip hop veteran also provided an update on his forthcoming Netflix documentary, “Paragraphs I Manifest”.
Big Daddy Kane announced that he was working on a monumental project looking into the past, present, and future of hip hop. One of the first artist for him to talk with was Eminem. In February 2021, Daddy Kane posted a photo with Eminem on his Instagram and captioned it with:
Chopping it up tonight with this great lyricist @eminem
We spread a lot of love in this convo.
Then came updates on recordings with Common and J Cole. Then — long silence. And now, in the interview with AllHipHop.com, Daddy Kane let us know that the project is still alive and is nearing the release. The legendary rapper said:
We’re in the editing stages right now. And hopefully, we’ll be finished within the next two months. That’s what I’m praying for, you know, because I really feel that it’s important to get this out as Hip-Hop is celebrating 50 years.
The most rewarding part of this experience is hearing different artists’ perspectives. To sit with someone like Common, who I respect as a great lyricist and is someone with a unique flow other than the norm and representing a city other than New York, to hear his influences and his thought process, things of that nature. To hear Eminem talk about losing a rap battle. To hear him talking about what motivated him to write a song, who he listened to and studied, stuff like that.
The biggest thing I learned was something Eminem said, because I never really thought about it. When I am writing and I am doing what I do, I am just in my zone. I am listening to him talk, but as I am listening to him, I am trying to think who did it before me, and I actually could not come up with no one. I was just sitting there really blown away.
When we left, I actually went listening to different artists that had songs out before me to see if anyone else did that in their writing style, and I did not find no one. I am not saying that I am the first, am just saying that so far I have not found anyone. It was crazy.
Interestingly, talking later about modern artists, whose lyricism Kane appreciates, he names two Shady Records alumni, Griselda’s Conway The Machine and Benny the Butcher.
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