Dans une récente interview donné au site Complex.com, Jim Jones a avoué que sur le dernier album de Jay-Z, il avait bien aimer le titre "Success" featuring Nas.
Il en a profité pour revenir sur le choix de Nas de signer sur 'Def Jam' dirigé à l'époque par Jay-Z (depuis il a quitté son poste).
Jay-Z feat. Nas - "Success"
Extrait de l'interview:
[...] There are a few songs on American Gangster that I did appreciate, I can’t front, he got off on a few.
Which ones did you like?
The shit with Nas, he got crazy on it. “How many times can I go to Mr. Childs?”
Has your perception of those two working together changed at all?
For somebody trying to stay in the game and keep life and get off the respirator and say they came out of the coma, it’s good. I’m not knocking nobody’s hustle. I’ve become older and some of my childish grudges, I’ve let go of a little bit. What I call a stupid move may be a smart move for him. Maybe that’s all he can accomplish or all he can negotiate. For what it’s worth, he [Nas] was in a position where he had to deal with [Jay-Z]; he was the president of that label. For me, though, I would have never done that. I’m my own boss by all means; I figure for a person of that stature who has put so much work in the game and is a veteran, I thought he would never do that move. Sign of the times goes to show you though; people play chess in a different way. You’re either a king or a pawn.
