M.I.A. said in a recent interview for MTV that she has the perfect song for Jay-Z and she would love to be able to produce it. The secret track was supposed to appear on her latest album, ///Y/. She admitted that this was actually the song that inspired the whole album. However, the singer decided not to include it because, according to her,
“It suits him [Jay-Z] more. It’s insane. He’s never done anything like that.”
Jay-Z and M.I.A. previously collaborated, along with T.I. and Kanye West, on Swagga Like Us whose performance rocked the Grammy Awards of 2009. Their most recent collaboration was on M.I.A.’s first single of her new album titled XXXO.
The controversial singer claimed to be very surprised that Jigga liked the song. “I was really surprised he liked the version that’s on the album, and not Blaqstarr’s version, which is more… sort of urban sounding,” she told MTV News.
“It was interesting he liked the one with the crazy synths and stuff. It’s more sort of [an] electro vibe… and his verse is so great. It was good to hear him say the word ‘metrosexual.'”
M.I.A.‘s album, ///Y/., is scheduled to be released on July 13th.