Moore and McRae say they’re now working on their debut studio album, Party, to arrive later this year as a “carnival, festive, feel-good” record. But ultimately, Ghetto Blues fell through - “things happened, the business happened,” Moore says - and the duo still hasn’t dropped a studio record. A second single, “Cluck Cluck,” doubled as the lead single for the Dr. The duo wasted no time releasing a second Santana collab, “Dirty Dancin,'” in 2001, meant to be the first single off their debut album, Ghetto Blues. Still, he can only describe what happened next as “magical.” “ was a genuine mesh, a synergy, and it just worked,” continues Moore, who co-wrote the song along with McRae, Santana and Wyclef. “That’s why they’ve got ‘Wild Thoughts’ now.” “You would have thought he was somebody’s grandfather coming from the bus stop, real talk.” “He came in with magic marker drawn on his sneakers, and we were thinking, he’s a guy who brings in the guitars or something, and he’s actually Santana,” Moore explains, laughing. Consequently, they failed to recognize the legendary artist when he walked into the studio. “We were like, ‘Who the hell is that?'” Moore says. Though the duo claim they pored over everything from gospel music (Moore while in church choir as a teenager) to The Temptations to Whitney Houston, they admit they’d never heard of Santana. The only problem? Moore and McRae didn’t actually know who the Latin rock band leader was. And then brought us along to make history.” “That was the next big thing, to come do something with Carlos,” says Moore. One thing led to another, and soon, Davis introduced Moore and McRae to Carlos Santana. But things really got moving once Moore and McRae met Wyclef - who had just kicked off an explosive solo career with his multi-platinum album The Carnival, and who the duo would come to view “like a big brother.”Īfter guest-spotting on the Wyclef, Khadejia and Funkmaster Flex track “Here We Go Yo” in ’98, the duo signed to Wyclef’s J Records imprint, Yclef, where they got to working with music industry giant Clive Davis. McRae and Moore had spent years working toward that moment. Back in the mid-1990s, the twenty-somethings were a burgeoning “ghetto and blues” act from Hempstead, Long Island, whose ability to both spit verses and sing lead vocals had just caught the attention of Pras, then a member of popular hip-hop group The Fugees with Wyclef and Lauryn Hill. People were trying to rush the stage we had to sing it twice. “We came out, and the place was like a riot. Khaled dropped the music video for "Higher" on Friday, which Hussle filmed alongside Khaled and Legend before he was killed.“The manager handed us the microphones, and he said, ‘watch this.’ We’re like, ‘watch what?'” McRae recalls, beginning to hum the now instantly-recognizable “Maria” intro. Directed by Joseph Kahn, the video is reminiscent of the 2006 action film 300.įather of Asahd also features Nas, Cardi B, JAY-Z, Buju Banton, John Legend, Rick Ross, and Future, as well as Nipsey Hussle, who appears on the motivational "Higher" with John Legend. Khaled has also released the music video for "Just Us," which finds him and SZA battling against countless warriors as the latter takes her place on a throne. Jackson," a track from the duo's 2000 album Stankonia, was inspired by 3000's relationship with Erykah Badu and her mother. Jackson." Or, more accurately, it's a more updated take on the instrumental to the Outkast classic, similar to what Khaled did to Santana's "Maria Maria" for "Wild Thoughts."īoth Andre 3000 and Big Boi are credited on the track. Taken from his recently released album Father of Asahd, the track features SZA and samples Outkast's "Ms. READ: Outkast Reunites At Big Boi's Son's High School Graduation Now, it seems he's trying to do it again with "Just Us," using a hit from the 2000s. Two years ago, DJ Khaled had repurposed the hit '90s song "Maria Maria" for his track "Wild Thought" with Rihanna and Bryson Tiller. Source: We The Best / Epic Records A music video for the track which is reminiscent of the film 300, was recently released.
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