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The singer opened up about her kismet friendship with the rapper for VIBE's 'Then And Now.'
Keri Hilson‘s comeback landed her in the rugged streets of New York City on a mission with rapper Method Man.
In the visual for their collaboration, “Searchin,” Hilson hails a cab —driven by Meth— as she sings about searching for the man who knows she’s Mrs. Right and will treat her as such.
“So I’ll be searching low and high/ ‘Cause you’re all I wanna find/ If I’m your Mrs. Right/ Maybe then I could be your bride/ And you know just what they say/ Good things come to those who wait,” she coos.
Meanwhile, Method Man supports her efforts as he raps about her longing for real love and even likens her to his other famed collaborator, Mary J. Blige.
When speaking on “Searchin” for VIBE’s Then And Now , Hilson shared the record’s backstory and praised the Power Book II: Ghost star.
“The song has this tribal nature to it, but also [has] this really gritty street, grimy Wu-Tang thing to it […] And [Method Man’s] also not bad to look at. It was just perfect. I honestly was a fan of his voice and his cadence. Lyrically, he’s cold and he gave me a cold verse,” she recalled.
In working with him, she learned that he’s also a “solid” person, as well as artist.
Hilson explained, “He speaks highly of his wife and his marriage. There’s just solidity within him that he’s a real guy. You know what I mean? Really solid character. So I have a lot of respect for him in a lot of ways now because I know him. I also chose Method Man because our careers [are] parallel. Going from music to acting, and he’s full-fledged in acting right now and killing it. He’s good too. So, obviously that was another reason why I felt connected to him and another reason why it was really cool. And we spent a lot of time talking about that during our ‘Searchin’ session.”
Watch the full video and our sit-down with Keri above.
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