Yesterday a track featuring some of the biggest names in Rap leaked. “Syllables” featured Jay-Z, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Stat Quo and Ca$his.
Ca$his spoke to Mikey Fresh over at Vibe about recording the track and confirms it was done in 2007.
“‘Syllables’ was cut a couple of years ago, around the end of 2007,” says Shady rapper Ca$his of yesterday’s monumental leak. “I think it was going to be for one of Em’s albums or Detox.”
The Chicago native continues: “When we first recorded it, the hook wasn’t even the same. It went something like ‘Happy Birthday…’ But when I heard it this time, I thought it was ridiculous and even better.”
Paired with the big four, then-newly signed Shady recruits Ca$his and Stat Quo were given the opportunity to rhyme along with the rap legends heard on the previously unreleased track, which takes a stab at hip-hop’s lyrically indifferent.
“I laid my part at Dre’s studio with Stat, 50, and Em. I heard that Jay had just left when I got there. Fif’ was there kicking his verse in another room when I did mine.” He continues, “I was more so excited than intimidated because I already had held my own with Em, and I think they believed in me this time. After I kicked my verse, Em, Dre, and 50 all said it was dope. That was the cosign I needed. I learned more from that session than any other before that.”
