Ma$e

Released: October 28, 1997

Featuring: The Madd Rapper

Songwriter: Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie

Producer: Diddy Ma$e Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie

[Trevin Jones]
And welcome back from that commercial break
Um, I found out some--please, ladies and gentlemen
Hold your applause, please? Can you please hold your applause?
I found out something very interesting
The Madd Producer, he's not really that mad
Uh...he...
Well, Mr. Producer, can you please tell us why you're not really that mad?

[Madd Producer (Madd Rapper)]
Eh eh eh yo would I be tellin' you shit though?
You can't be, y'knahmsayin?
Eh eh eh Yo, word up TV y'knahmsayin what's up for real
[Trevin Jones: Gentlemen, please]
Yo, I gotta tell you something, for real
(What up? What up?)
Them niggas got cheddar dog and I did a track on Mase's album
And I ain't gonna lie
(Naw, naw, you can't be talkin like that for real
Them niggas y'knahmsayin they be raisin..
Naw son! Naw!)
I'm sorry dog for real yo but...
(Man dog!)
That kid Mase, he be doin his thing yo
(What you mean he be doin his thing
I know they be doin their..what
What I don't be doin my thing
Milli Vanilli did they thing
New Kids on the Block, RuPaul
All them bitches and everybody else did they thing
And you ain't do no tracks on them
What happened to my track? You give 'em my shit?
You gave 'em my shit?
You gave 'em, send 'em to the fuckin' projects
You give--how could you do that?! I'm the jolliest nigga you know, son!
How could you do that to me son? Damn!!)

Mase is a Harlem rapper best known for his string of hits with Bad Boy Records in the late 1990s, including the top 10 pop hits “Feel So Good,” “What You Want,” and “Lookin' At Me.” He also appeared on Puff Daddy’s #1 hit “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” and The Notorious B.I.G.’s #1 hit “Mo Money, Mo Problems” in 1997.

Born Mason Betha in 1975, Mase moved back and forth between Harlem and Florida for much of his childhood. He started rapping as a teenager under the name “Murda Mase,” getting his first taste of the spotlight as a member of Children of the Corn, a group that also included well-known rapper Big L and Mase’s childhood friend, Cam'Ron.

In 1996, Mase signed with Bad Boy as a solo artist after his manager Cudda Love—who was also a road manager for The Notorious B.I.G.—introduced him to Puff Daddy. Within a week of signing, he appeared alongside the label’s superstar Biggie in the music video for 112’s platinum single “Only You (Remix).” He dropped the “Murda” from his name and was credited simply as “Mase.”

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