Come on, 'Baby, it's the Roc/ I'm the baby from the Roc,' is detrimental to the violent image we need to portray. Neef: And dude, you've been sleepwalkin' through this album. Young Chris: Kids is growin' up faster every generation. When he says, 'I been laying the pipe in every lady, I liked up in the 80s/ My life is really crazy, I been like this since the 80s,' it doesn't make any fucking sense! He's only 19! Does that mean he was a four-year-old pimp, with a gold-plated high seat and a three-wheeler with 24-inch rims? Neef: I don't care who this Juelz guy is. Young Chris: This'll truly be an adventure! I haven't worked in a musical in months!ĭissention comes between the group during a discussion about the record's progress around the midway point. Basically, just sound like someone a dad wouldn't want to see his little girl out with. Phil! Your motivation on this record is as follows: You want to fuck every girl that you see and you are murderous. Young Chris: So why exactly is the album called Tough Luv? I mean, first off, I'm a very non-violent individual and I feel as if love is something that is only experienced once. Even early on, the Philly duo thought the plan seemed a bit strange. Later, at Baseline Studios, Jay assists his boys in cutting their first record. Simmons: You've made me far too much money to say no to you. Jay-Z: Surely, it sells itself! I mean, come on, they sound like all of my proteges combined and- get this- they are young! Simmons: What's your marketing plan? How you gonna sell this? let's say they're the latest in Rocafella technology: We've combined the repetition of Beanie Sigel, the exaggerated cadence of Freeway, the incredibly boring street lyrics of Memphis Bleek, and the completely nonsensical constant-rhyme style of Cam'ron. Jay-Z: Naw, Russell, ain't nothin' like that. Russell Simmons: So, you finally came to announce the signing of Common and Mos Def, right? It took you long enough but I'm glad you.

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