▁recording ▁artist ▁N ore aga , ▁released ▁as ▁the ▁third ▁single ▁from ▁his ▁debut ▁studio ▁album ▁N . O . R . E . ▁( 1 9 9 8 ). ▁The ▁song , ▁produced ▁by ▁then ▁up - and - coming ▁record ▁producer ▁Sw izz ▁Be atz , ▁is ▁a ▁pos se ▁cut ▁featuring ▁guest ▁appearances ▁from ▁fellow ▁New ▁York - based ▁rapp ers ▁Nature , ▁Big ▁P un , ▁Cam ' ron , ▁J ad ak iss ▁and ▁St yles ▁P . ▁The ▁song ▁contains ▁a ▁sample ▁of ▁" Also ▁Sp rach ▁Zar ath ust ra ▁( Th us ▁Spo ke ▁Zar ath ust ra )", ▁as ▁performed ▁by ▁Richard ▁Stra uss . ▁ ▁Background ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁interview , ▁N . O . R . E . ▁revealed ▁Big ▁P un ' s ▁appearance ▁on ▁the ▁song ▁wasn ' t ▁planned : ▁“ Act ually , ▁P un ▁bul lied ▁his ▁way ▁on ▁there . ▁I ▁had ▁Nature ▁on ▁there , ▁and ▁P un ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁studio . ▁I ▁went ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁sh it , ▁and ▁P un ▁sn uck ▁himself ▁on ▁there . ▁I ▁wanted ▁ ▁to ▁er ase ▁[ P un ’ s ▁verse ] ▁‘ c ause ▁he ▁viol ated . ▁But ▁I ▁never ▁did ▁er ase ▁it . ▁That ▁was ▁always ▁my ▁brother .” ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Director ▁X . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁nearly ▁fifteen ▁years ▁later ,