From the upcoming mixtape, The Last Hip-Hop Disciple.

Combat Jack writes: “One of my favorite interviews with one of the original Roc boys. Sauce talks growing up in the Marcy projects sandbox with childhood friend Jay Z, how Jay influenced him to start rapping. How he ghost wrote the Grammy winning “I’ll Be Missing You” for Diddy. He also gets personal about his struggle with weight loss, his issues with Jaz-O, how he was managed by Big Daddy Kane and why he stopped effin with Dame Dash. I also talk about why Steve Stoute might not be fuxin with me too tough.”

…On the cut. Produced by Team Demo.

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LISTEN: Sauce Money – “Let Me Live” (MP3)

Sauce Money – “Let Me Live” (MP3)

Sauce Money spills his third finger swagger over some soulful sonics. Directed by Gsus 187.

We never understood why Sauce Money decided to go to MCA, rather than rolling with the R.O.C., especially since we always thought he was the nicest-next-to-Jay in the original Roc-A-Fella crew. Sauce is back to middle finger u with his new single, “Snipershot”, the first from an as of yet untitled new album, which reportedly will feature both Jay and Bleek.

Sauce does not attempt to recreate the wheel with his debut, as it is a loose unregimented project that contains little in the form of concept. Yet, what holds this LP together is Sauce’s gift of gab. Though Sauce’s monosyllabic flow rarely varies, his slick street bravado is engaging enough to carry the lethargic production of EZ Elpee on “What We Do” feat. Memphis Bleek, and Clark Kent’s uninspired attempt at updating “Face Off 2000″ feat. Jay-Z. While formulaic cuts like “Chart Climbing” and the Rocky sampled “For My Hustlaz” relay Sauce’s new “cut a check, or suck a dick” motto for the 2G, his motto is not nearly as disturbing as Puffy’s verses on “Do You See”.

Sauce finds his niche, and is most pressing over the up-tempo grooves “Love & War”, and the power chords of Marley Marl’s “What’s That, Fuck That”. However, the LP’s true gems lays in Sauce’s too infrequent trips to the basement, “Say Unkle”, and “What’s My Name” where he laments “you just passing gas nigga, I’m the shit”. Sauce and DJ Premier reunite on “Intruder Alert”, and although Primo serves up a relatively frail track by his standards, it still works. While Sauce decided not to sign with Jay-Z’s fledgling Roc-A-Fella empire, his ties with Jay remain deep, evidenced by the Jigga man’s numerous cameo’s; none more impressive then the previously released “Pregame” where Jayhovah spits nothing but heat; “no kids, 6 cars, 3 rolies, and 2 kribs, trips to Cuba sipping the uba, got rap in a stupor, first too clap your group up, from the range with the ski rack, or 6 with the roof up, shit, I light the motherfucking soundproof booth up”.

With Middle Finger U Sauce Money proves that he is more then just a complimentary emcee. Yet, it is indecisiveness that ends up being Sauce’s undoing, as he never really establishes a direction with his debut. While Sauce’s witty, punchline style, and likeable personality have star-potential written all over them, it now rests all on Sauce’s broad shoulders to live up to that potential.