Against The Grain - Music

Sauce Money Is A Rapper From The Marcy Projects Of Brooklyn NY Notorious Most For Def Jam Honcho And 9-Year Rap Veteran Jay-Z. Sauce Was One Of The First Rappers To Run With Jay At The Start Of His Career The Two Formed A Trio With Jaz-O Who Gave Jay His First Break In The Music Biz. Sauce Was Known To Wow Hip-Hop Heads With His Punchlines And Along With The Well-Known Deceased Harlem Rapper Big L Can Probably Be Attributed For The Popularity Of Punchlines With Most Mixtape Rappers Today. He Was Featured On Jay-Z's Debut Reasonable Doubt On The DJ Premier-Produced "Bring It On" And On Jay's Third And Breakthrough Album Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life On The Track "Reservoir Dogs" With The LOX And Beanie Sigel. He Also Briefly Had Beef With Nas' Then-Protege Nature Which May Have Contributed To The Eventual Rivalry Between Jay-Z And Nas. As Reported By Jaz-O He And Sauce Money Were Never Very Comfortable With Signing To Roc-A-Fella Records Or Being Managed By Dame Dash As Jay-Z Was. So It Was With Little Surprise When Sauce Left The Label With Little Fanfare And Was Scarcely Heard From Again Until 1997 When He Won A Grammy For Ghostwriting Puff Daddy's Tribute To The Notorious B.I.G. "I'll Be Missing U". He Eventually Released His Debut And Only Album Middle Finger U On Priority Records In 2000. The Album Featured One Guest Spot From Jay-Z And One Track Produced By DJ Premier But Otherwise Had Little Cause To Draw Attention. He Released 1 Single From This Project "For My Hustlaz". In 2005 He Appeared At Jay-Z's I Declare War Concert To Perform "Reservoir Dogs" But His Presence Was Overshadowed By The Surprise Arrival Of Nas. Sauce Has Become Mostly A Ghostwriter For Various Artists Staying Low-Key In Hip-Hop. read less