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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 23879" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/bobby-shmurda.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=436&amp;crop=1" alt="bobby shmurda collaboration" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageOf all the various locales that have been pivotal to the overall dominance and growth of hip-hop over the past three decades, it’d be hard to argue against Brooklyn as the genre’s number-one force. It’s the birthplace of acts like the Juice Crew, The Notorious B.I.G., Lil Kim, and many folks’ GOAT, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-summer-jam-2001-michael-jackson/" target="_blank">Jay-Z</a>. However, it turns out that one of the borough’s residents has a different view of the lattermost name, preferring a more recent Brooklynite as his dream collaborator.During a recent appearance on DJ Akademiks’ Off The Record podcast, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-major-label-blackballing/" target="_blank">Bobby Shmurda</a> explained why he’d rather collaborate with late <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/pop-smoke-faith-another-update-six-songs/" target="_blank">Pop Smoke</a> than the all-time great Jay-Z (who recently <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-diddy-lil-uzi-vert-celebration-40-40-club/" target="_blank">had Bobby out to his 40/40 club</a> to celebrate its anniversary). Akademiks presented the two options to Bobby, positing that “the hood gonna go crazy for” a Pop Smoke collaboration or “a song with Hov.” Without hesitation, Shmurda replied, “Pop Smoke,” taking the host aback with his on-point impression of Pop’s booming bass voice and memorable ad-libs. “I love Jay too, but I like it,” he said.It’s no surprise; despite his familiarity with rap fans thanks to the 2014 smash “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-hot-n-only-20-dollars-one-hour/" target="_blank">Hot N****</a>,” Bobby is only 27 — much closer to Pop Smoke’s 20 years than Jay’s 52(!). It makes sense he’d be much more tapped into Pop Smoke’s contemporary approach than any of Jay’s latter-day output — let alone his 10, 15, and 20-year-old classics, the oldest of which would have dropped when Bobby was just seven(!!).Unfortunately, it looks like only one will ever be available for the <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-epic-records/" target="_blank">newly-independent</a> rapper, who drops his first post-Epic Records single this Friday. Hopefully, Jay won’t take this news too personally if Bobby ever decides to reach out for that verse.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-pop-smoke-verse-jay-z/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 23879, member: 81"] [IMG alt="bobby shmurda collaboration"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/bobby-shmurda.jpeg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] Of all the various locales that have been pivotal to the overall dominance and growth of hip-hop over the past three decades, it’d be hard to argue against Brooklyn as the genre’s number-one force. It’s the birthplace of acts like the Juice Crew, The Notorious B.I.G., Lil Kim, and many folks’ GOAT, [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-summer-jam-2001-michael-jackson/']Jay-Z[/URL]. However, it turns out that one of the borough’s residents has a different view of the lattermost name, preferring a more recent Brooklynite as his dream collaborator. During a recent appearance on DJ Akademiks’ [I]Off The Record[/I] podcast, [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-major-label-blackballing/']Bobby Shmurda[/URL] explained why he’d rather collaborate with late [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/pop-smoke-faith-another-update-six-songs/']Pop Smoke[/URL] than the all-time great Jay-Z (who recently [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/jay-z-diddy-lil-uzi-vert-celebration-40-40-club/']had Bobby out to his 40/40 club[/URL] to celebrate its anniversary). Akademiks presented the two options to Bobby, positing that “the hood gonna go crazy for” a Pop Smoke collaboration or “a song with Hov.” Without hesitation, Shmurda replied, “Pop Smoke,” taking the host aback with his on-point impression of Pop’s booming bass voice and memorable ad-libs. “I love Jay too, but I like it,” he said. It’s no surprise; despite his familiarity with rap fans thanks to the 2014 smash “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-hot-n-only-20-dollars-one-hour/']Hot N****[/URL],” Bobby is only 27 — much closer to Pop Smoke’s 20 years than Jay’s 52(!). It makes sense he’d be much more tapped into Pop Smoke’s contemporary approach than any of Jay’s latter-day output — let alone his 10, 15, and 20-year-old classics, the oldest of which would have dropped when Bobby was just seven(!!). Unfortunately, it looks like only one will ever be available for the [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-epic-records/']newly-independent[/URL] rapper, who drops his first post-Epic Records single this Friday. Hopefully, Jay won’t take this news too personally if Bobby ever decides to reach out for that verse. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/bobby-shmurda-pop-smoke-verse-jay-z/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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