Hit-Boy Says Beat For New Benny The Butcher Single Was Made For JAY-Z & Kanye West's 'Watch The Throne'

Hit-Boy has been on a roll in 2020. The superproducer shed light on the origination of Benny The Butcher‘s upcoming Burden of Proof single “TIMELESS,” which releases on Friday (October 9), saying he’s had the beat sitting in the stash for nearly a decade.

Hit-Boy actually made the beat being slaughtered by Benny The Butcher, Big Sean and Lil Wayne for JAY-Z and Kanye West while they were cooking up Watch The Throne in 2011, but it wasn’t picked.

“The beat for This new @getbenny single ft @liltunechi and @bigsean dropping tomorrow was made in 2011 at the Mercer hotel for jay z and Kanye west #watchthethrone it wasn’t picked,” he wrote to Instagram (October 7). “I was actually hot I made a beat this good and they picked something like n*ggas in Paris which was one of my more simple beats. That was a blessing in disguise.”

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Aight so I wanna let all my producer Homies know you should never give up on any of your ideas. The beat for This new @getbenny single ft @liltunechi and @bigsean dropping tomorrow was made in 2011 at the Mercer hotel for jay z and Kanye west #watchthethrone it wasn’t picked. I was actually hot I made a beat this good and they picked something like niggas in Paris which was one of my more simple beats. That was a blessing in disguise. I needed NIP at the time to open more doors. 9 years later it’s Benny single #timeless Sean snapped on that “I know labels thats up B’s that owe me M’s” ????

A post shared by HIT-BOY AKA Tony Fontana (@hitboy) on Oct 7, 2020 at 9:11pm PDT

Hit-Boy made the post to inspire other producers to never give up on their ideas for placements, as you never know what the future holds. The clip is from a studio session of Big Sean rapping along to his verse on the track. Sean Don was the latest addition to the single after the original version of “TIMELESS” leaked with just Benny and Lil Wayne.

The “N*ggas In Paris” producer served as the executive producer behind Nas’ King’s Disease and Big Sean’s Detroit 2 earlier this year. Hit locked in with Benny The Butcher to produce the entirety of Burden of Proof, which will feature Freddie Gibbs. The Griselda rapper is also sitting on the sequel to his The Plugs I Met project with Harry Fraud.

Look for “TIMELESS” on Friday (October 9).

Most Anticipated Album of the year I kno the streets need this one so FRIDAY I’m droppin my first single off BURDEN OF PROOF “TIMELESS” and I kno some of y’all heard the leak Thts cool cause then u kno the 3rd verse was open and y’all ain’t here tht ? me and @hitboy not playin pic.twitter.com/iD3IX9nkGp

— BENNY THE BUTCHER (@BennyBsf) October 7, 2020