What song does Regina Spektor has been sampled by Jay-Z?
Earlier this week, Rolling Stone received a press release about a new Jay-Z song called “Crispy Benjamins,” featuring a sample of Regina Spektor’s “Chemo Limo.” The announcement seemed official, yet somewhat dubious: The song was to be released in “late 2009,” but this announcement came less than three weeks after The Blueprint 3 dropped, and the three months left in 2009 seemed too soon for a BP3 reissue. According to MTV, however, “Crispy Benjamins” may be destined for an upcoming Jigga greatest hits collection that might be released on November 24th. However, Jay-Z’s old label Def Jam is supposedly releasing the greatest hits collection, the third in the rapper’s career, but “Crispy Benjamins” was recorded for Atlantic’s BP3, so it remains unclear if Def Jam would even have access to the track, which falls under Jay’s RocNation umbrella. The plot thickens. The track was produced by Mirk of the New Familiar Music Group, whose members attended the SUNY Purchase Music Conservatory alon
A Talk With Regina Spektor: Jay-Z, Her Beloved New Musical, and Spirituality on Far By Maria Murriel on October 9th, 2009 A Talk With Regina Spektor: Jay-Z, Her Beloved New Musical, and Spirituality on Far There were grueling months of requesting, calling, and emailing. There was letter-writing, cake-baking, dog-walking, and all sorts of other fictional brown nosing to get this interview. Finally, last weekend, our relentless team’s efforts paid off. Consequence of Sound got a chance to talk on the phone with the lovely Regina Spektor, our site’s “princess,” so to speak. (Just in case you were not aware, “Consequence of Sounds” is a song off her second album, Songs. Our name is not a coincidence.) I spoke to her for little more than 15 minutes, but in that time Ms. Spektor proved to be a genuine, good-natured person. Although an absurdly talented pianist and songwriter, she was pleasantly down to earth and ecstatic to talk about her upcoming musical. As she splayed out her feeli
Earlier this week, Rolling Stone received a press release about a new Jay-Z song called “Crispy Benjamins,” featuring a sample of Regina Spektor’s “Chemo Limo.” The announcement seemed official, yet somewhat dubious: The song was to be released in “late 2009,” but this announcement came less than three weeks after The Blueprint 3 dropped, and the three months left in 2009 seemed too soon for a BP3 reissue. According to MTV, however, “Crispy Benjamins” may be destined for an upcoming Jigga greatest hits collection that might be released on November 24th. Sources: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.
