Ma$e

Released: October 28, 1997

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

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

I told them I was gonna give them a call on the phone
Nigga I'mma get them on the phone, tell you they bad though
Put on your clothes nigga, we might have to go out there
Aight, it's rining, let me do the talkin
Let me put you on the phone
Hello?
Hello, can I speak to Julie?
Speaking
Julie, you remember my man you was askin for last night?
Yeah
Yeah, I got him here with me. He's sittin right next to me
You got Ma$e?
Yeah I'mma put him on the phone
Becky, pick up the phone
Yeah, tell Becky to pick up the phone
Hello?
Hi Becky
Hi, how are you?
I'm fine, how are you?
Fine
Aight, so Becky & Julie, I'd like you to meet Ma$e
Ma$e?
Ma$e?
Yeah, what up?
Oh my God
This isn't really Ma$e
It's Ma$e
This is Ma$e
Oh my God
Where you at?
No I'm at Harlem World
125th Street, Apollo?
Yeah
Where all the abandon buildings are?
Yeah
Oh cool
Oh wow. This is not Ma$e

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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