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New ‘Legendary’ Nas Track Featured In James Toback’s Upcoming Mike Tyson Documentary
When we wrote about the Cannes 2008 line-up, we briefly mentioned James Toback’s upcoming documentary that will debut at the Croisette about former heavy weight boxing champion Mike Tyson.Well, apparently a new Nas track titled, “Legendary,” will be featured in the doc according to Angry Ape. The score has been composed by hip-hop producer and keyboard player Salaam Remi known for his work with the Godson (Remi also producer ‘Be A Nigger, Too” from the controversially and still-unreleased upcoming album Nigger.)
The documentary, entitled “Tyson,” evidently follows the path that the fighter took after both his championship losses and his eventual fall from grace. Toback has said that he amassed over 30 hours of interviews with Tyson which took almost a year to complete. “Mike made himself completely vulnerable in this film, and he was honest about all the things that have highlighted his life,” said Toback.
Toback earned Tyson’s trust years ago when the mercurial pugilist played himself in the 1991 film, “Black and White,” which also featured Wu-Tang‘s Method Man, InspectahDeck, Masta Killa, GhostfaceKillah, and an infamous scene where uber-tart Bijou Phillips blows ‘s Raekwon (the MPAA gave the film an NC-17 rating initially until this sex scene was edited down).