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Hate Me Now

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This article is about the Nas song. For the Dave East album, seeHate Me Now (mixtape).For the Joseline Hernandez song, seeJoseline Hernandez.
"Hate Me Now"
US cover
SinglebyNasfeaturingPuff Daddy
from the albumI Am...
B-side
ReleasedApril 6, 1999(1999-04-06)
Recorded1998
GenreHip hop
Length4:44
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
  • Jones
  • Gavin Marchand
Producer(s)
Nassingles chronology
"Nas Is Like"
(1999) 		"Hate Me Now"
(1999) 		"Did You Ever Think"
(1999)
Puff Daddysingles chronology
"Come with Me"
(1998) 		"Hate Me Now"
(1999) 		"P.E. 2000"
(1999)
Music video
"Hate Me Now"onYouTube

"Hate Me Now"is the second and final single by rapperNasfeaturingPuff Daddy,from Nas' third studio albumI Am....The backbeat is inspired by, and contains some samples from,Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana".It was ranked 119 onXXL's 250 Best Songs of the 1990s.[1]

Production and release

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In a 2007 interview withRolling Stone,Nas recalled the making of the song: "It was a track D-Moet produced forFoxy Brown,and she didn't want the record, she didn't like it. It fit with my album,I Am...,so I did the D-Moet track and it sounded perfect for Puff to be on, so I gave it to him, went to the studio, and he rocked it, knocked it out. "[2]

"Hate Me Now" was released as a single in the U.S. byColumbia Recordson April 6, 1999.[3]

Composition

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Biographer Ronin Ro describes Combs's persona in "Hate Me Now" as "the angry young rapper battling jealous critics," a theme that would influence Combs's 1999 albumForever.[4]The beat samples "Carmina Burana"byCarl Orff.[5]

Critical reception

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ForRapReviews.com,Steve Juon said that "Hate Me Now" was the "only truly overpowering song" fromI Am...:"It may be yet another mad track about playa hating, but the rebuttal of the hate is crisp and well defined - owing little to cliche."[6]In 2013,Complexranked the "Hate Me Now" video no. 8 in its "50 Best Rap Videos of the '90s" list.[7]

Music video and Sean Combs controversy

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Themusic videofor the single, directed byHype Williamsand featuringNasbeingcrucified,was the subject of extreme controversy, as the original edit also featuredSean Combs,then known as Puff Daddy, on the cross.[8]Puffy, who was aCatholic,had demanded that his crucifixion scene be excluded from the broadcast edit of the video. However, the wrong edit was incorrectly sent toMTV,which aired that version on the April 15, 1999, edition ofTRL.[9][8][10]Within minutes of the broadcast, Combs had barged into the offices of Nas' former manager,Steve Stoute,with several bodyguards, and struck Stoute over the head with achampagnebottle.[11]In June 1999, Stoute sued Combs, resulting in a $500,000 out-of-court settlement from Combs.[12]

Combs released a statement afterwards where he said: “I’m glad to get this whole incident behind me. And it’s now time for me to do what I do best – concentrate on my album and give back to my fans.”[13]

Use in media

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References

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