Track Record: Kanye West’s Humble Beginnings

Monica After the Storm Cover

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Monica

Album: After the Storm (2003)

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Notable Song: “Knock Knock”

After Monica’s project All Eyez on Me was scrapped, she got into the studio with super producer Missy Elliott for her album, After the Storm. Elliott called on West to help co-produce the second track “Knock Knock,” providing a laid-back soul groove that complimented both Missy and Kanye’s sound at the time. Kanye being Kanye, he wanted to get a cameo in the video, but Monica wasn’t having it. Tired of dealing with Kanye’s tantrums, Monica asked her then boyfriend, Young Buck of G-Unit fame, to give Mr. West a phone call to lay off his girl. Of course, these are all rumors, and I ain’t one to gossip.

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