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The main reason that Hov and Sosa never did a song together is because Jay-Z doesn't deal with people outside of his inner circle, unless it benefits him in someway. Just look at any collab that he ever did. Its always tied to his inner circle or he is trying to reach a different region/market. Him and Biggie wanted to create "The Commission" just to rival Nas and the Firm. Big was his boy and was instrumental in helping him get on. Jaz-o and Kane introduced him to the game and helped him get his feet wet. He put Foxy on in hopes that she'd be the First Lady of Rocafella. Sauce Money was signed to the Roc. Bleek was Roc artist that he mentored, and the same with Beans. Too $hort collab came when there was tension between west coast and east coast so he just wanted to hit the ears of the west coast, and the same could be said for the Juvenille, Scarface (though he does respect Brad as an emcee), and Master P collaborations. The Mya collab was brought to us courtesy of DJ Clue who did the Backstage soundtrack and was like a distant cousin of the Rocafella family. OutKast and UGK were kings in the south and Jay wanted some of that dirty south doe. Lupe is from Chicago and was cool with Kanye, plus he used to ghost write for Jay, but you didn't hear that from me. Dr. Dre, Timbo, and Pharrell are producers with hot beats to give to Jay. Dmx and Ja Rule were suppose to be in a super group with Jay, called Murder Incorporated. Eminem... well his beats weren't that great but he was crushing the numbers with the white suburban teenagers, so Jay just wanted to make sure he could get his fingers in on that just incase he had missed anyone. Kweli is from Brooklyn, but so is Mos Def, but just so happens that Kanye did the "Just To Get By" beat for Kwe, so Hov hopped on the remix. Dead Prez had the RBG crowd, right around the same time Jay was sporting the Che t-shirts and comparing himself to Che in rhymes. I could go on but I don't need to because if you can think of a collab that I missed, think about it for a second, and then you will see the connection or the advantage in it for Hov.
AZ was close to Nas, which was Jay's enemy at the time, and there was no advantage in making a song with him since people who listen to AZ, already listen to Jay. It is ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS....business with Jay.
A better question to pose is this.... Why has Nas never done a song with Pharoahe Monch (since they are the two best lyricist from Queens, and Nas did songs with EVERYONE else from Queens)..... and why Nas never took the challenge of hopping on a track with Eminem????????
Peace 1, William Goodgame
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