The Jay-Z, Damon Dash fallout has been long documented, but no one actual knows when and how the once dynamic duo starting moving in different directions and eventually parted ways.

In a recent Esquire piece, which follows Jay through his the post-Blueprint 3 press grind, writer Lisa Taddeo spoke with Dash to add some back story, and he gave some insight into the pair's break-up.

According to Dash, one of the problems was Jay's business practices. Basically, they both wanted to go into different directions.

"I'm indie, and Jay went corporate," said Dash in the piece. Taddeo adds: "Dash says this so many times in the space of an evening that it's likely what he employs at bedtime instead of counting sheep."

Later on, Dash pinpointed the moment he realized that his future was Jay-Z wouldn't last too much longer. It was during a meeting about clothing line Rocawear's future.

"One day, they [Jay and his businesspeople] brought me to a hotel," he explained. "I said, 'Why are we meeting at a hotel?' and it was because they didn't want anyone to hear me yelling. That was the day they told me they didn't want [celebrity photographer] Mario Testino to shoot the ads... Here the Russians were telling me how to cater to my people! I wanted [Rocawear] to be sold at Bergdorf Goodman's, not Dr. Jays... I wanted to do something more tailored, more luxury, more classic, less... throwaway."

Head over to Esquire.com to read the entire feature.