The never-before-heard track was originally recorded for GaGa's 2013 album 'ARTPOP' but it didn't make the final cut.
- Aug 15, 2016
AceShowbiz - Lady GaGa and Azealia Banks' unreleased collaboration "Red Flame" has leaked online. A rough demo for the never-before-heard track was posted on SoundCloud by MonsterVlad on Sunday, August 14 and has since spread on the Internet.
The demo, which was originally recorded for GaGa's 2013 album "ARTPOP", features Banks' fiery raps and GaGa intoning about wearing patent leather and smoking Mary Jane.
"Patent leather / 6 inch, high heel / Ostrich, platform / Mary Jane, thirty-seven red flame (Yes girls) / Pump it," GaGa sings, "I wanna see you pump it / Ha don't be mad cause they always said you'd free-fall / I wanna see you pump it."
"Vixon and viper the first / Viper the first, ooh / like two and a third / like who is the curve / like who in the fur / you heard it from here / Little heffa in a flat 10 dollar skirt / B***h, never spit stack on the frock of the purse / the buzz of the block, why nah be the word / the stock of the hills / fifth fire flavor for real / when I vamp down the catwalk, I pump it for real / Liquorice lipstick, candy coated, the deal," Banks raps.
Best Quality of Red Flame is almost CD Quality https://t.co/HmSKXLdLNJ
— Jake | Gaga Facts (@LG5Facts) August 14, 2016
In a 2012 interview with Brazil's Mix TV, Banks said, "I worked with Lady Gaga, but I worked with Lady Gaga from afar. We worked via email and via Internet. We have a song called 'Red Flame' and a song called 'Ratchet', but I don't know what she's doing with it. She's going to release it when she wants to release it".
In 2013 before "ARTPOP" was released, Banks blasted GaGa for "stealing" "Red Flame", saying in a now-deleted tweet, "Make sure u let them know where u got the title for red flame from. U stole that from the demo I sent u. You can have it. Plenty more where that came from. Seriously... This one is free. Next time I'm charging."
Although there was no official word on why "Red Flame" was left unreleased, GaGa told fans after her performance on "Good Morning America" in September 2013 that Banks had "a bad attitude."
