In a recent interview with World Star Hip Hop, rapper Nas referred to his duet “Like Smoke” with late songstress Amy Winehouse as “bittersweet”. The rapper is satisfied with the track which is featured in Winehouse’s posthumous album “Amy Winehouse Lioness:Hidden Treasures”, and says that it is also a constant reminder about her death.
He said “It’s a bittersweet feeling to do something with her now that she’s not here. I’m happy… the sweet part is that we do have the music, fans have new music from her. It’s new because they’ve never heard it. The bitter part is that she’s no longer here to really give it to us and to really live her music and for us to see her smile and hear her voice.”
Nas fondly reminisced about their time together in the studio “She was hilarious, man. She would make you laugh. To her, music came so easy. To everyone else, I guess around her, I don’t know this but I’m assuming that they wanted her to put out a new record. To her, it’s like, she can’t do it until it’s really time. Whatever that time is, only time will tell.”
