Those were strong words, and I didn’t know if I wanted to accept that. He’s a hip-hop legend and told me it brought hip-hop back. The first person who told me how great this song was, was Busta Rhymes. I think we were both on the same page as far as not knowing the potential of the record. And even when changed his mind and did the song solo, I don’t think his team knew what they had. He originally wanted to use the beat for an interlude with Corey Gunz, Tyga and Hurricane Chris. And I’m glad, because I probably would’ve given my opinion and things would’ve changed. I don’t think he knew what he actually had. I sent Wayne the beat, because he and I weren’t working in the same room. I was disappointed, not because it was terrible, but it wasn’t what I imagined it to be.

“A Milli” was like when you’re anticipating something happening, and then it doesn’t happen. I felt like that was going to hinder its potential.

It didn’t have a formal structure or a hook, and at the time I was used to songs having hooks. I didn’t really like “A Milli” at first, honestly.

The carter 3 mixtape