Eve sits down to reflect on her biggest chart-topping hits, including how she originally envisioned Gwen Stefani for “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” and their first meeting, her crossover into pop with Gwen on “Rich Girl,” writing her verse for “Hot Boyz” in just 2.5 seconds, and more!
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Eve: What’s up? Y’all, it’s Eve here, and this is my Billboard charts history.
Yeah, it was a lot of preparation for that video. I remember the video a lot more than the actual song. It’s so funny. One thing that was important for me when writing the song, I had to start the song off with Rubia hanging out in New York. I was always in Harlem. I was always in the Bronx, and I had my short blonde hair then, so guys will always be like, “Rubia. Rubia. Rubia.” And I used to be like, “What?” They all thought I was Dominican for the longest time. I was like, “Oh, that means ‘blondie.’ It’s blondie.” So I was like, “I have to start the song off that way,” because it’s like, you know, a Latin track. I had to take salsa lessons as well for the video. And the man was very mean. He was so mean, it was my entry, but also, like, my first experience with doing a video and how big it all is and the pressure behind it. But it was great.
Yeah, Darren Dean was always the one that kind of was, like, could see in the future. He was like, “I’m telling you, I’m telling you, this is the one that’s got to be the first single.” I didn’t really understand it in that way. I kind of was just like, “Damn, that’s a great record.” But, um, they knew 100%. He knew him and Wale, they knew they was like, “This is the one. This is a great entry for you. It’s different than any other female that’s out.” So they, they knew it.
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