Not long after collaborating with Lil Wayne on “Hallelujah Heaven“, Jeymes Samuel aka The Bullitts chopped it up with Genius for an interview via Zoom.
In their conversation, Jeymes talked about how he grants everyone he works with their full creative license and how he looked forward to hearing what Weezy came up with for his verse on “Hallelujah Heaven“.
The London singer-songwriter also revealed if he saw a disconnect with Tunechi and Buju Banton‘s verses on the single as Tune proclaimed: “I’m a God, so when you see me, say Hallelujah” whereas Buju said: “All praises to the most high”.
You can read everything what Samuel said down below! Are you still playing the “Hallelujah Heaven” song?
“I wouldn’t even give Wayne, Buju, Shabba, JAY-Z, or any of these people a [creative] brief, because they’ll know from listening to the song. I mean, the song is called ‘Hallelujah Heaven,’ so I don’t think someone’s going to rhyme about robbing a liquor store. And people like Wayne, they’re such great artists. Lil Wayne is one of the greatest lyricists of all time and to me possibly the greatest metaphor rhymer, analogy rhymer, in the history of hip-hop. I would just sit back as a fan and wait to see what Wayne comes with.”
“It’s different understandings, but it’s all the same thing. God is inside us. God made man in his own image. Both Buju and Wayne are uplifting, and I think what Wayne is doing is internalizing the upliftment. We say: ‘Peace to the God’, ‘Peace black king’, ‘Peace God.’ [When Wayne says] ‘I’m a Sod, so when you see me, say hallelujah,’ it’s just that.”
“Never take that thrill for granted. I’m from the hood. I’m from Kilburn Lane in London, and I’m out here working with Buju Banton, Shabba Ranks, and Lil Wayne on one record. It’s amazing.”
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