who speaks in the beginning of pound cake
Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2 Jay-Z's verse on "Pound Cake" has him referencing pop-culture and rapping in foreign languages. The "Paris Morton Music 2" section features Drake "proclaiming his once-in-a-generation greatness amid upscale-retail piano tinkling." The closing line of the song and album, is also the album's title; "the tone is neither rueful nor celebratory as much as simply matter-of-fact."[7] Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M." is sampled on "Pound Cake", where the chorus is chopped throughout the song. The song also features Jimmy Smith in the intro, vocals from Timbaland on the chorus, and Ellie Goulding from her song "Don't Say a Word."[8] The track features a "smooth and mellow instrumental that remains steady, before a complete beat switch up at the four-minute mark".[9]