So the one who I didn't know asked if Styles or Kiss were there, I said "Na they aren't here." The female on the other end was like, "Well, tell him we are looking for them to work on a song tonight." I said, "Ok cool, who's this?" She said, "It's Aaliyah, tell them we called please." I hung up, bugging out that these two cats are ducking Aaliyah and Lil' Kim. One I knew was Lil' Kim, you can't misplace that voice. I'm thinking one of Puff's assistant's would be calling the crib, or maybe Dee or Wahh from Double R, but when I answered the phone I heard two cute voices on the other end. So they were like, "Geno, answer the phone and say we're not here." I'm like cool. A (212) number kept calling the crib, that was Daddy's House number (Puff's music studio). Styles and Kiss didn't want to go to the studio, Puff had them there recording every night, so they just wanted to just chill at home and relax. We had BIG's mob hat chilling in the crib, (I don't know how it got there, ask Kasino, he's the one who brought it home), Puff's Versace shirt (which I have on in pic below). All the little rug-rat kids from our block rushing her as she got into a cab. I'll never forget that big ass hat she had on. Foxy came through, with the same outfit she had on in one of her videos. Ma$e frequented the crib a few times a week, this was when the Bad Boy family was bubbling heavy. Kiss lived down the block, so he would be there on the reg. (Benjamins, Money Power Respect, Ni88as Done Started Something, just to name a few). I couldn't even explain what went on there, but I'll tell you one thing, a lot of legendary verses were written in 142 Woodworth Avenue. I was living with Styles P and my crew in a hood ass apartment in Yonkers. Clue used to come looking for us for joints. See, when you were accepted by the streets, you earned your respect, and mix tapes were the streets. There were no payoffs, no nothing, it was talent OVER everything. If Clue put your joint on his tape, you made it. It was all about getting accepted by a DJ, and them dropping it on their tape. You couldn't record a song, shoot a video, and put it on YouTube yourself. Remember, this was a time when if you were coming up in the rap game, the ONLY way you were heard was on a mixtape. I was barely legal enough to cop a beer, running the streets figuring out where the fuck my life is going. It was 1997, "The Glory Years", the # KeepItReal era. The first time I was ever featured on a mixtape, it was this DJ Clue tape.
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