Jay-Z politely declined to be a part of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You”
It looks like we’ll never get to know the shape of Hov
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Perpetual mystery both in voice and appearance on Game Of Thrones, Ed Sheeran continues to confuse audiences with his sultry voice, ginger locks, and a surprising amount of tattoos. However, even tattoo guys get the blues, which is presumably how the English singer-songwriter came up with his massive hit “Shape Of You.” But even with lyrics “grab on my waist and put that body on me” and “your love was handmade for somebody like me,” which make prom chaperones blush with the fury of a thousand Sheeran strands, Sheeran needed even more cred. As proven by “Monster,” what every good song needs isn’t a Nicki verse, it needs Jay Z. Unfortunately, J-Hova wasn’t interested.
“We were in touch,” Sheeran told Rolling Stone. “I sent him the song, and he said, ‘I don’t think the song needs a rap verse.’ He was probably right. He’s got a very, very good ear. He usually gets things right. It was a very natural, respectful pass.”
Though, both Jay and Sheeran had what appears to be a very professional back and forth, we like to assume Jay’s disinterest has something to do with Sheeran being a self-described “nerd” who, per the profile in Rolling Stone’s, watches “North By Northwest in [Peter] Jackson’s home screening room, with fellow New Zealand resident James Cameron and family also in attendance.” After all, we’re mad at him about this too.
“I love Lord Of The Rings ,” says Sheeran before going on to describe his affection for the most popular things on planet Earth. “I love Pokémon. I love fucking Lego and Warhammer, and yeah, I’m not meant to be considered cool.”
None of this hurt the song, which currently sits at number 10 in Billboard’s Greatest Hot 100 Singles,
a list dominated by wedding songs, “Smooth” by Santana and Rob Thomas,
and topped by The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” Chubby Checker’s “The
Twist” probably would’ve charted higher if the Fat Boys version got the
“Shape Of You” push. Maybe there’s still time to get a new remix. “Chubby Checker and Ed Sheeran love the shape of you are gonna do the twist.” It writes itself.
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I don’t listen to much Sheeran but I like “Shape of You.” It has – a Calypso beat? Embarrassed to say I know nothing of British rappers, but I just listened to some Stormzy and also Dave. Seems like it would be nice if he’d extend this invitation to one of his country brethren. After only a few samplings, I’d say they’re both better than Drake, anyway. Hov would have been nice though.
There actually is a remix featuring London rapper YXNG BANE, not sure if I can post links here but you can find the track on youtube
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Every song is made better by Jay-Z, but he was right, the song didn’t need him.
“I love Lord Of The Rings ,” says Sheeran before going on to describe his affection for the most popular things on planet Earth. “I love Pokémon. I love fucking Lego and Warhammer, and yeah, I’m not meant to be considered cool.”He’s probably into this new genre called K-pop. And he loves bubble tea. Very counter culture. Such an underdog this guy is.