“I’m too scared. They’ll find me out. It’s like ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ They’ll find out there’s nothing there” said pop/soul icon Sade to the LA Times on the subject of producing collaborations with rappers. She has been approached in the past by a number of famed hip-hop artists, and has openly turned them down. The most publicized of these refusals was to Jay-Z back in October 2010.
Well, even sex symbols are allowed to change their mind every once and a while - Sade has agreed to allow Jay-Z to rap over her song “The Moon and the Sky” from her latest (and platinum-selling) album Soldier of Love. The remixed track will be featured on the upcoming The Ultimate Collection, a two-disc, 28-track greatest hits compilation that will be released on May 3rd.
Many in the music world are calling this an “awkward collaboration,” but I think Sade and Jay-Z have proven themselves capable of achieving musical greatness. Both artists have garnered critical praise and achieved commercial success on their own, so why shouldn’t they give collaboration the ol' college try?
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