{"id":262090,"date":"2021-05-29T05:45:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/swizz-beatz-explains-why-pop-smoke-didnt-make-dmxs-exodus-album\/"},"modified":"2021-05-29T05:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:16","slug":"swizz-beatz-explains-why-pop-smoke-didnt-make-dmxs-exodus-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/swizz-beatz-explains-why-pop-smoke-didnt-make-dmxs-exodus-album\/","title":{"rendered":"#Swizz Beatz Explains Why Pop Smoke Didn&#039;t Make DMX&#039;s &#039;Exodus&#039; Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Swizz Beatz Explains Why Pop Smoke Didn&#039;t Make DMX&#039;s &#039;Exodus&#039; Album<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/05\/swizz-beatz-dmx-memories-1200x675.jpeg\" alt=\"Swizz Beatz Explains Why Pop Smoke Didn't Make DMX's 'Exodus' Album\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Johnny Nunez\/WireImage<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nDMX\u2019s first posthumous album <em>Exodus<\/em> arrived on Friday (May 28), seven weeks after his untimely death. But among the myriad of guest features, which included JAY-Z, Nas, Snoop Dogg and<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hiphodx.com\/artist\/lil-wayne\"> Lil Wayne,<\/a> among others, Pop Smoke was noticeably absent.<\/p>\n<p>Not long before DMX passed away, the Ruff Ryders legend <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on an episode of <em>Drink Champs<\/em> where he excitedly talked about the album, once again confirming Pop Smoke would appear on the 13-track project. During an album listening party earlier this month, Swizz Beatz mentioned Pop Smoke didn\u2019t make the cut but didn\u2019t really explain why \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>The Breakfast Club,<\/em> Swizz explained, \u201cThey used the verse already. I know X wouldn\u2019t want an old verse.\u00a0We fought for it.\u201d He also said the verse was \u201cpulled out of nowhere\u201d then added, \u201cIt was two verses and both of them was used. We went to get another verse and it was used.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPbyFtmBVs8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPbyFtmBVs8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">A post shared by Hip Hop Is Life (@hiphop_is_life__)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Swizz then reached out to Moneybagg Yo to fill the void on \u201cMoney Money Money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just put Moneybagg on the song,\u201d he said. \u201cNot that they the same energy, but they the same demographic. X wanted to touch that part too. I\u2019m not mad at it. I like Moneybagg verse better anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pop Smoke\u2019s omission, <em>Exodus\u00a0<\/em>has received plenty of praise now that fans have had some time with the project. Shortly after its release, the song \u201cBath Salts\u201d featuring JAY-Z and Nas became a trending <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> topic.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, people seemed to love Nas\u2019 line, \u201cLet\u2019s put success to the side\/I\u2019d still be this fly if I worked at Popeye\u2019s\/That\u2019s a whole lot of spinach\/Whole <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> full of gimmicks\/Make a foot out of yourself for a post on Akademiks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song was originally recorded in 2012 for Nas\u2019 <em>Life Is Good<\/em> album but never made the cut.<\/p>\n<p>Pop Smoke was fatally shot during a botched home invasion in the Hollywood Hills last February, while DMX died on April 9 after suffering a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u201cBath Salts\u201d below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3sIMsZIQvU4OIytuNyocrk\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Kyle Eustice\"><br \/>\nby Kyle Eustice\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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