D’Angelo and ‘Verzuz‘ made history on Saturday night with the first-ever solo verzuz since the platforms inception–but according to Swizz Beatz, that wasn’t the original plan.
Per usual, following Saturday’s showing, ‘Verzuz’ creators Swizz Beatz and Timbaland took to Instagram live to do a recap of the night. They also dished on the initial plans for D’Angelo’s ‘Verzuz’ and revealed it was supposed to be a Valentine’s Day showdown with Maxwell.
“That didn’t work out … the fact that D’Angelo was still ready to go … and motivated, we had to celebrate him … no matter who was on stage with him. We had to celebrate that king because, as you can see, those songs that he played tonight, man, that’s real music. This is a celebrational stage and we couldn’t play around with him. We had to let him get his garden because he showed up and showed out…”
Swizz also celebrated D’Angelo for being super prepared and showing up the battle earlier than any other performer in the past.
“That man pulled up to Verzuz three hours early. D’Angelo was the earliest in Verzuz history tonight. So, don’t get him showing up at the time he did mixed up with the pre-show, which was by DJ Scratch..”
In case you missed it, get into the recap below.
