Kanye West and JAY-Z flip an iconic vocal sample from Andrea Bocelli’s September 1995 track “Por Ti Volaré” (Spanish version of “Con te partirò”) on “Living So Italian,” a scrapped song that was originally supposed to appear for their August 2011 joint album Watch the Throne. The song pays homage to the Italian crime scene and their civilized lifestyles.

In an August 2018 interview with The Most Unruly, producer Karlyle revealed that JAY-Z’s verse was originally intended to appear on his July 2013 track, “FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt” and shares many similarities to the completed version. Months later, comedian Aziz Ansari confirmed this on an episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast”.

On November 9, 2010, New York rapper Lil B, first used the beat on “New York Subway,” indicating that the instrumental had been completed long before the release of Watch The Throne. On May 29, 2019, a short snippet of the song leaked online, although it’s unclear whether the song will ever release in its entirety.