Mode Records, for example, received less than one third of a penny for every stream on Spotify. Jay-Z capitalized on the runaway success of The Blueprint with a number of follow-up projects. Rage Against the Machine 's mix of radical politics and headbanging kicks was a startling anomaly amid the self-absorbed ennui of the Year Grunge Broke. Sadly, the artist passed away only months afterwards. Kent brought Big to the studio where Jay was set to lay the track down and asked the Bad Boy MC to wait in the car while he worked out the details.
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