“We wanted to make a record that speaks to kids. [1] There’s a couple of lewd words there, but I wanted to make sure that kids heard this record and felt inspired,” Williams told MTV News. “That’s why there’s a little bit of anger to it. There’s anger in his verses, there’s anger in my chorus. That’s why I say spiteful things at the top [of the record]. There’s anger there, because there’s heat. Because you’re young and people are telling you what you can and can’t do. Unacceptable.”
“We did it all by phone,” [2] Williams said. “One-hundred percent. Phone and e-mail. I’ve never done that before in my life. I just sent him the joint, ’cause he beat me up for the whole album. He was just kinda like, ‘I need something to really tell a story.’ And I was like, ‘OK.’ And I sent him this track. I said, ‘I’m sending you clouds with 808s [drums] under it.’ There’s just clouds, and it’s expansive. You can just speak. It’s a blank canvas. Then I sent him the hook and played it for him, and he lost his mind.”
Williams said the song was made the day Jay-Z was mastering his album, and he believes the rapper held off on completing his album until he finished the song. The result, according to Williams, is another classic.
“[Just] the attack on it,” he said of the song. “Ferocious.”
[1] So the line “I might hit two sisters” speaks to the kids to inspire them? Um, alright.
[2] I’ve never been a fan of emailing in songs, particularly if the artist and producer have already worked with each other in the past. I just feel that that energy and magic that comes from the producer and artist working in-studio is lost over the dot com era. But hey, that’s why I do this and I’m not a rapper or producer.
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i dont give fucc what anybody says this song is shit!!!… S_H_I_T… SHIT!!!… Jay-z’s verses are horrible…
^ SMH
One of my favorites of the LP
that mite b the stupidest shit i heard all week…so far……thats 1 of least best songs on BP3 ” Im so ambitious, i mite hit 2 sisters” cmon now!! even the biggest jay fan cant like that stupid line
Pharrell needs to back up.
And, yes, indeed one of the worst songs on a disappointing album.
Yeah Pharrell fell off, the track sounded like a leftover from ‘In My Mind’. Nothing new, not a classic, and Pharrell’s singing has become annoying to me.
It’s a great and inspiring track..
this is easily the worst track on the album. i’ll rock with forever young before this shit
It’s a great and inspiring track..
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u must b listening 2 Brother Ali!! not
Jay-Z…..US is fiya by the way
this track didnt really impress me much when i heard it..meh
I will admit, the “I might hit two sistas” line is rather confusing. What was he referring to exactly?
As far as the track being the worst, I would have to disagree completely!
The content is definitely inspiring, and the trumpet (or whatever those are) do the song some justice.
Honestly, “Young Forever” get no playtime in my iTunes, that shit is poo-poo to me.
“Thank You” and “As Real As It Gets” are the best songs on the album. Period. Unless, your from NY then I guess its “Empire State of Mind” :P
best track on the album.
Oh shit one line and you girls got your panties in a wad?
Not even gone lie…this is my favorite track off BP3
BP3 Sucks All Together
BP3 is jus a coaster to keep me from messin up the coffee table. The end.
1) best song on the album is Already Home with KiD CuDi. 2) So Ambitious was a track where Jay was reminiscing over how far’s he come. Nothing different from the last 10 albums, but nonetheless, a (2)dope song from a GROWN UP, top-notch hip-hop album.. all of ya’ll saying BP3 was wack prolly listen to Gucci like he REALLY goes hard ||.
I FUCKING HATE GUCCI. I cant even understand what he’s saying. I just don like BP3 as a whole.
me personally im feelin the song…its not a classic or nun but its a cool song nonethelss in my opinion…and for sum of yall to say “well can’t nobody like that song after that i mite hit 2 sisters line”…smfh…jay z didnt even say it…pharrell said it…i admit…it was a head scratcher when i heard him say that but…whatever the song is still cool…do some of yall just diss shit jus for the hell of it on here???
and also…this is off topic i guess but…do anybody think BP3 was a lil to long??? i mean outta 15 songs i like 9…idk bout yall but for me, it wouldve been nice for sum songs to be left out…but hey its his album so its whatever he can do whatever he pleases with it
When he’s saying that he would hit 2 sisters, he means that he’s so ambitious that he would try to bed two sisters, because that’s hella hard, damn near impossible