"During the summer of 1998, a 19-year-old rapper named Eve (formerly known as Eve of Destruction) received a phone call from her producer friend Scott Storch about an opportunity to hop on a record with the Roots. The hip-hop band from Philadelphia, formed by Black Thought and Questlove, was bubbling at the time and Eve, a known battle rapper in the city, was excited to work together on a song called " You Got Me.""
"After tweaking the verse that Black Thought, the band's lead MC and co-founder, wrote for her, Eve laid down her vocals, rhyming the lyrics " Another lonely night? / It seems like I'm on the side, you only lovin' your mic." "It was really exciting," Eve said, while lounging on a couch in a Hollywood residence. The rapper, actor and fashion designer has been based in London for the last decade."
"When the song, which is featured on the Roots' career-defining "Things Fall Apart" album, was released in 1999, it was the first time the world heard Eve's voice - but no one knew it was her. To her surprise, she wasn't listed as a contributing artist on the track. She was also surprised to find out that Jill Scott, a poet and rising neo-soul singer from Philadelphia who wrote and sang the initial hook, was replaced by Grammy-winning singer Erykah Badu."
In 1998, 19-year-old rapper Eve recorded a verse for the Roots' song "You Got Me," adjusting a verse written by Black Thought and delivering a memorable vocal. The session felt professional and exciting to her. When the track released on the Things Fall Apart album in 1999, Eve's contribution was not credited, Jill Scott's initial hook was replaced by Erykah Badu, and Eve did not appear in the music video after receiving the wrong shoot address. The Roots and Badu won a Grammy for the song, and Eve, by then signed to Ruff Ryders, moved on with her debut album.
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