Director Jeymes Samuel Hypes Upcoming JAY-Z Bars: “The Illest You’ve Ever Heard”
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At this stage of JAY-Z’s career, he has nothing left to prove but the fans still demand new music. Jeymes Samuel, director of The Book Of Clarence, has high praise for some upcoming Hov bars.
Samuel and the Brooklyn rapper have a close relationship as the latter served as co-producer for the film dropping this Friday (Jan. 12). “We speak all the time,” Samuel told Level. “So because we’re both creatives, it’s just an organic bleed into film and music, into art of all types. I’m a floor-to-the-ceiling creative. I wake up and create pretty much until I go to sleep, which is why I’m able to write, direct [film], and then write, compose, produce, and perform all the songs for the soundtrack.”
He continued, saying that the 4:44 artist has a similar work ethic. “This guy wakes up at, like, five in the morning and he’s creating from the start,” he said. “If he calls me and he’s on the treadmill, I’m gonna get new bars. That guy’s running and composing literally the illest rhymes you’ve ever heard.” Check out some pull quotes from the full interview in the Instagram post below.
JAY-Z has some new bars coming on his first-ever collaboration with D’Angelo. The record, titled “I Want You Forever,” is part of the soundtrack for The Book Of Clarence. “It’s so deep,” Jeymes Samuel said of the record at a recent Q&A event. “D’Angelo and JAY-Z on the same track. [It’s] 9 minutes, 33 seconds of absolute soulful biblical bliss.”
Hov’s last verse came in August 2022 on “God Did.” The DJ Khaled track also featured Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, John Legend, and Fridayy.
“God Did” was nominated for three Grammys at the 2023 award show, namely Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Song Of The Year. The collective also performed the record that evening.
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