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Bam (song)
"Bam" is a song by American hip hop artist Jay-Z from his thirteenth studio album, 4:44 (2017).
No I.D., the producer of the album 4:44, stated that he felt that "Bam" was "the most difficult" song on the album to assemble, and credits Jay-Z's wife Beyoncé with spurring the completion of the track: ". . . she was like, 'Man, just give me that beat. You messing around.' And I saw the smoke coming out Jay’s nostrils, and the next morning he had the raps.'"
Marley recalled that his appearance on the track resulted from a meeting in California where Jay-Z asked Marley to drop by the studio and listen to the album:
"[Jay-Z] had the idea for the hook for the song already. He knew what he wanted for the hook, so I did that for him. And then he said, 'OK can you just freestyle over the beat?' So they played the beat down and looped it out for like, 15 minutes. So I'm just freestyling, singing all kind of garbage. And then they edited my freestyles and made my verse. So it was kind of cool, yeah. Easy work."
The song's title references a sample of "Bam Bam" by Jamaican musician Sister Nancy, who described her participation on the track as "a blessing."
The song's hook, sung by Damian Marley, is an interpolation of the 1976 song "Tenement Yard'' by Jacob Miller and Inner Circle, with Marley singing "Gangsta cant live inna tenement yard" in place of the original "Dreadlocks cant live inna tenement yard."
"Bam" also samples "Prerogative" (1991) by Nicodemus, Super Cat, and Junior Demus.
Additional artists who appear on the song include: RØVÉL (Trumpet and Flugelhorn); Kenneth Whalum III (Tenor Saxophone); Nate Mercereau (French Horn); Jona Levine (Trombone); Michael “Law” Thomas (Additional Recorder); and Casey (Assistant Engineer).
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Bam (song)
"Bam" is a song by American hip hop artist Jay-Z from his thirteenth studio album, 4:44 (2017).
No I.D., the producer of the album 4:44, stated that he felt that "Bam" was "the most difficult" song on the album to assemble, and credits Jay-Z's wife Beyoncé with spurring the completion of the track: ". . . she was like, 'Man, just give me that beat. You messing around.' And I saw the smoke coming out Jay’s nostrils, and the next morning he had the raps.'"
Marley recalled that his appearance on the track resulted from a meeting in California where Jay-Z asked Marley to drop by the studio and listen to the album:
"[Jay-Z] had the idea for the hook for the song already. He knew what he wanted for the hook, so I did that for him. And then he said, 'OK can you just freestyle over the beat?' So they played the beat down and looped it out for like, 15 minutes. So I'm just freestyling, singing all kind of garbage. And then they edited my freestyles and made my verse. So it was kind of cool, yeah. Easy work."
The song's title references a sample of "Bam Bam" by Jamaican musician Sister Nancy, who described her participation on the track as "a blessing."
The song's hook, sung by Damian Marley, is an interpolation of the 1976 song "Tenement Yard'' by Jacob Miller and Inner Circle, with Marley singing "Gangsta cant live inna tenement yard" in place of the original "Dreadlocks cant live inna tenement yard."
"Bam" also samples "Prerogative" (1991) by Nicodemus, Super Cat, and Junior Demus.
Additional artists who appear on the song include: RØVÉL (Trumpet and Flugelhorn); Kenneth Whalum III (Tenor Saxophone); Nate Mercereau (French Horn); Jona Levine (Trombone); Michael “Law” Thomas (Additional Recorder); and Casey (Assistant Engineer).