Ma$e

Released: October 28, 1997

Songwriter: Ma$e

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

[Biggie's 'Fuckin' You Tonight' plays in the background]

*phone ringing*
Dre get the phone!

Mase: Chill Dre I got it. Hello?
ARION: Hello?
MASE: Yeah, who this?
ARION: It's Arion, Hi Mase!
MASE: Oh, whassup you miss me?
ARION: Yeah I miss you, I'm tryin' to see you tonight
MASE: What time?
ARION: Whatever time is good for you
MASE: Whassup wit 7:00?
ARION: 7:00 is good
MASE: Hold on, hold on, hold on. Hello?
GINA: Hello?
MASE: Who this?
GINA: This Gina
MASE: Gina whassup you miss me?
GINA: Yeah
MASE: So tonight, you tryin' to see me?
GINA: No doubt. Wuz up wit you?
MASE: I don't know. Wuz up?
GINA: What you mean you don't know?
MASE: It's gonna hafta be later cause I was s'posta be goin' somewhere wit-wit my brothas
GINA: How late is late?
MASE: Like 11:00?
GINA: Oh, that's good
MASE: Aight, hold on cuz I got my mother on the other line alright. Hello?
ARION: Yes baby
MASE: Wuz up. So I think I'mma be able to do it at 7:00
ARION: 7:00 is good?
MASE: Yeah where you want me to pick you up?
ARION: I'll be in front of the building
MASE: Alright hold on my man on the other line. Alright?
ARION: Okay
MASE: Yo, Arion?
GINA: Who the fuck is Arion? What happened to your mother?
MASE: You know I was just playin' Lis- oops
GINA: Who the fuck is Lisa? Motherfucker you must've lost your mind!
MASE: You know I was sayin' that shit to get you mad
GINA: Oh, you wanna be callin' names motherfucker?
The real nigga I wanted was Puffy but he didn't come to the club
That night fool, I know that make you real mad!
*Gina hangs up the phone hard*

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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