Boi-1da Tells All: The Stories Behind His Biggest Hits
By Insanul Ahmed | May 12, 2010 | 11:52 am | Permalink
Drake f/ Lil Wayne & Bun B "Uptown" (2009)
Boi-1da: "I made that beat a little bit after I made “Best I Ever Had.” Drake wanted to do a song called “Uptown” since Wayne was from Uptown, so he said, “Use Billy Joel’s 'Uptown Girl.'” I found it and we just killed it. We actually did that one in the studio in Toronto without them. I wasn’t with Drake or anything.
"I used a program on my computer called Adobe Audition to chop the sample up. It’s kind of confusing for me to chop samples up on Fruity Loops, I haven’t mastered that yet. I found a certain part in it that I liked and we used that part. I was slowing it down, giving it that Dirty South, Louisiana, Houston feel."
jason May 14th, 2010 at 07:48 PM
you're too close man!!
Steve May 15th, 2010 at 02:07 PM
No one in the hood gives two shits or a fuck about drake. It's all Cam & VADO, Gucci Mane, LOX over here. Drake is an insult to the rap game. Stick to R&B nigga. You'll get slapped n jacked around here. No respect ass nigga. Only reason he is in the game is because he bought a house off of Wayne. Where the album at? It's been years.
Screwface May 15th, 2010 at 03:01 PM
Because he bought a house of wayne? you're serious? LOL c'mon bro he's had more hit songs than all those rappers you just named BEFORE he even dropped an album not to mention countless features. Maybe he's not from the ' hood ' but he has all your favorite hood rappers making their own remix to his songs. Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper is drake. LOL
truth May 15th, 2010 at 09:08 PM
I don't really likke drake, but he is talented. But drake prob isnt most rappers favorite rapper tho ha, that title goes to live ass motha fuckas that most have never heard of
roger May 16th, 2010 at 03:09 PM
He's from silver springs, Scarborough, like me.