New York producer Easy Mo Bee and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Bizzy Bone recently detailed their collaboration experiences with the Notorious B.I.G and Tupac.
“A lot of people have said I was the only one to work with B.I.G and Tupac while they were alive and that’s partially true,” Easy Mo Bee stated in an interview with therealhiphop.com.
He continued, “I’m not sure about any other situations, but I know for a fact that Eddie F form The Untouchables, rest in peace to Heavy D — that was his crew, produced a song called ‘Let’s Get It On’ on Motown. This had to be at least ’95. This was during the period that Andre Harrell went over there and was president. The song contained Biggie, Tupac, Heavy D and Grand Puba. That is the second instance of Biggie and Pac on a record made together while they were both alive.”
Bizzy Bone also detailed his collaboration experience with both the late Notorious B.I.G and Tupac before their deaths on the hit, “Notorious Thugs,” according to the website Ballerstatus.
“We were all in the studio together, man. It was a wonderful thing,” explained Bizzy.
Bizzy Bone also reportedly got the opportunity to work one-on-one with Tupac on the song “Thug Love.”
“We were in the studio together. I actually got to see the man work and it was monumental,” stated Bizzy.
He added, “It was a blessing. He was a one-hitter-quitter. He got in the studio and he was quick with it. One verse, add a couple of dubs and he was done. His work ethic was crazy.”
One of the things that had gotten between Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G before their past collaborations involved singer Faith Evans, who was married to Biggie, according to The Boom Box. Rumors reportedly circulated that she had had sexual relations with Shakur, which many speculated through Tupac’s song “Hit ‘Em Up.”
Evans cleared the air in an interview from the late ‘90s, stating that the rumors began after she collaborated on the song “Wonder Why They Call U B****” with Tupac.
“There really never was a situation,” Faith Evans stated.
She added, “I come back home and the first thing I hear that has nothing to do with his record is that me and him were involved. That’s not true at all.”
