Jay-Z Drops First New Verse in Years on BeyoncĂ©âs New âMorning Dew (Donk)â Remix

Late in the night, BeyoncĂ© dropped an extended remix pack for âMorning Dew (Donk),â the archival release she shared last month that dates back to the Beyoncé album era. The four-track release builds on the base of the R&B track with a featured appearance from Jay-Z and new production elements that draw on releases from Soulja Boy, the Isley Brothers, and Sheck Wes.
âBitch so bad, I had to give her my last name/Up for the cash, came diamond in the tatted rings/If you ainât ridinâ for the gang, shut the fuck up,â Jay-Z raps on his added verse. Sheck Wesâ 2018 hit âMo Bambaâ provides an overlay on the new bridge as Jay-Z uses his first new rap verse in almost half a decade to mock any envy anyone might have over his watches or his wife.

Buried just beneath âMo Mambaâ is a sample of a song from more than a decade earlier: Soulja Boyâs âDonk.â The remix also samples âBetween the Sheets,â the Isley Brothersâ R&B hit from 1983. Jay-Z previously sampled the classic track in 2007 on âIgnorant Shit.â
The other releases in the pack are the non-explicit versions of the original âMorning Dew (Donk)â recording and remix. But thereâs more to come from BeyoncĂ©. The single, written by the singer, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, and Darius Dixon, is the first glimpse into her plans celebrating the 20th anniversary of her second album, BâDay. An anniversary edition will be released on her upcoming birthday, Sept. 4.
Shortly after the songâs initial release in July, BeyoncĂ© joined Jay-Z on stage at Yankee Stadium during his three-night run celebrating the anniversaries of Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint. During the first night, BeyoncĂ© belted out the chorus of âCanât Knock the Hustle.â She returned for night three with âDrunk in Love,â her collaboration with Jay-Z from BeyoncĂ©.
SOURCE: ROLLINGSTONE