No I.D. is an established name in the music industry who’s produced classics for many artists throughout the years. He’s always known his worth as a producer, which is why he turned down a contract to become part of a Roc-A-Fella super-group back in the late 90’s. In a recent sit-down at the Red Bull Music Festival, he explained why he didn’t join Kanye West, Bink and Just Blaze at the label.
“Around Resurrection I had developed a relationship with Roc-A-Fella, which was around Jay-Z’s first album,” No I.D. said. After working with Jay some more, the producer was offered a contract. “I just didn’t like the paperwork,” he continued. “I had worked all these years so I wanted my money now. We all looked at the paperwork and Just Blaze and Ye were like ‘Alright. I don’t care. Whatever. We’re down. And me and Bink were like ‘Nah.’ It was funny because there were certain people after that happened that we’re like ‘You blew it. It’s over. you’re a dummy.’ Because Roc-A-Fella explodes. But I had put much blood sweat and tears in before that to just be cool and accepted.” He said.