Was Jay-Z there in the studio when you recorded your part? I was there with Ski, and he and I created the melody together, and then Ski came up with the lyrics. But I didnвЂ™t turn my nose up or turn my cheek, because it was a great studio - my initial thought was about howвЂ™s the sound going to turn out more than the atmosphere or the things that were around, itвЂ™s safe to say. Yeah, itвЂ™s pretty grimy! They had top-notch equipment, but it was definitely a male-dominated environment, like going into a manвЂ™s bedroom. What were your first impressions of D&D? It was a pretty grimy place. recorded there, DJ Premier was known to always be there. It was at D&D Studios, a very popular studio. He was more mature in his life and career at that time. But Reasonable Doubt was definitely a different style for him. Yeah, I knew Jay-Z back then from doing stuff with Jaz - the вЂњHawaiian SophieвЂќ song was popular, and he was on the networks with that one. Did you know much about him and his music? What sort of music were you making back then?ДЄt that point in his career, Jay-Z wasnвЂ™t a superstar. The very first day I was there we recorded вЂњFeelinвЂ™ It.вЂќ He said he loved my voice and my style. He was there on business, and a couple of weeks later he wanted me to come up to New York. I met Ski in the mid-вЂ™90s in my hometown in Virginia. Yeah, it started with Ski Beatz, and Suede from Camp Lo, the three of us.

How did the opportunity to feature on a Jay-Z song come about? Was it through Ski Beatz, the producer? вЂњ IвЂ™m feelinвЂ™ it, fill the glass to the top with Moet/FeelinвЂ™ it, feel the Lex pushinвЂ™ up on the setвЂ¦.вЂќ Yes, that is me! YouвЂ™re best known for singing the hook on Jay-ZвЂ™s вЂњFeelinвЂ™ It,вЂќ right? With first single вЂњIвЂ™m FreeвЂќ out now, Scott looks back on being in the booth with Jay-Z, hanging out with deceased Harlem icon Big L in D&D Studios, and her unlikely sideline penning a ditty for Kim Zolciak from the reality-TV show The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Now, finally, 15 years on from her introduction to the world, Scott is preparing to release her own debut statement, Angela Scott Vs.

But despite going on to score features on songs by artists from AZ to Camp Lo, her solo career stumbled thereafter. Over a beat based around a sample from jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, ScottвЂ™s scat-like vocals referenced bottles of Moet and Lex coupes the result, вЂњFeelinвЂ™ It,вЂќ became track five on (and the fourth single from) JayвЂ™s career-launching 1996 debut album, Reasonable Doubt, making Scott the only non-emcee guest on that record other than Mary J. вЂњI was before my time, as the record labels would say.вЂќДЄt 17, Angela вЂњMeccaвЂќ Scott was beckoned by producer Ski Beatz to fly from her Virginia home up to New York City to sing on a track for an up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper named Jay-Z.

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