“A world with amnesia won’t forget your name” – Jay-Z (The City Is Mine)
The big homie Jay-Z decodes the above line from “The City Is Mine” off of the In My Lifetime, Vol.1 album and why that line or “vow” as he calls it led to him choosing to pay homage to the late great Notorious B.I.G by using his lyrics in his verses through the years to keep him fresh on the listeners’ mind. Check it out below
“We can sit down next to anybody and write two verses… Well they could write a verse and I could sit up there and come with a verse and we could see who comes up with a better verse any day”