Published Tue, April 19, 2022 at 2:00 AM EDT
"First time I met Nas, I was in Corona, Queens, at Kool G Rap's house," MC Serch told XXL in 2014.
"When everybody decided to split, Nas stayed behind and broke bread with me, and I told him, 'Do you want to jump on this record?'"
- MC Serch (XXL, 2014)
"But, now, with 'Halftime,' this was HIS session."
"...and THAT'S when you knew it was serious."
"I always say that was a more lyrical-driven album, if anything," Large Pro would say years later.
"It was my intention to make this album a game changer. If we weren’t talking about it today it would have been just a fail. I definitely knew that this was special. I was excited and really happy because I knew I was coming to change things, for sure."
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for appreciating that record, but it’s over.”