Posts Tagged Jay-Z
The Church of Jay-Z (a la Lundberg.me)
“May all our 99 Problems fade to black as we enjoy money cash and hoes. May we run this town tonight and then move on to the next one. May we always be allowed to re-introduce ourselves, even if we are already home. God damn your man HOV cracked the can open again. Holla atcha BOYS”
- The Lundberg prayer
Lundberg… “you’re crazy for this one…”
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys at AMA’s
Even Perez Hilton was rockin out to the NYC Anthem. NICE!!
All that was missing was Lil’ Mama. POW!
What you know about…?
“I’m so far ahead of my time my grandpop just met my grandma at a high school prom” – Jay-Z
I was going through my personal discography of Jay and came across the debut of the “Hovi Baby” remix on a 2002 DJ Clue mixtape. Random… sure, but epic nonetheless. Why? “C’mon Son!” Did you not read the verse? The dude took a verse that was already pissing you off because it was so well crafted…
“I’m so far ahead of my time I’m bout to start another life, look behind you I’m bout to pass you twice”
and then recycled it to create something more simplistic, but it still made you want to fight someone just because it surpassed your level of creativity (mine included).
It’s nuggets like this that keep the self proclaimed God MC ahead of the pack. The crazy thing is that of the millions and millions of people that consider themselves fans of Jay I’d venture to say that a strong 65% do not fully comprehend the content he’s rhyming about. Don’t believe me? Check this out.
On the Blueprint 3 Jay says in “Empire State of Mind” he says…
“Me, I gotta plug, Special Ed, “I Got it Made,” if Jeezy payin LeBron I’m payin Dwayne Wade.”
Now most cats would just take it as gospel and keep it moving. You’re probably reading this and saying to yourself… “wait, so he said Jeezy and not Jesus on that verse?” YES! That is EXACTLY what I’m saying. HOWEVER… bigger than is what you’re most likely missing. The true value of this gem is that in this verse he just told you what he pays for the “work” he gets from his suppliers.
Jeezy paying 23 (i.e. Lebron’s jersey number) Hov… he gets it for cheap. His connects hook him up for 3 (a.k.a. Wade’s jersey number). Simple right? Yet, if you don’t use your brain you’d never get it!
I can’t take credit for this interpretation of Jeezy/Wade it was my homie Curt Quillen (of http://www.BOyamaNYC.com) who enlightened me. So it’s only right for me to pay it forward!
Fix ya Face, Wake up and Pay attention!
DMX Has Feelings Toward Jay-Z
If cocaine was a helluva drug back when Dave Chappelle was imitating Rick James, what is it after watching this video? WOW!
Shouts to @hellojusto for sending
Jay-Z Recreates His Album Covers
Gotta give it up to the creative minds behind this Rhapsody ad. Probably just solidified Rhapsody as the go to place for digital hip hop music. Maybe?
GENIOUS!
“Run This Town” Jay-Z feat. Rhianna + Kanye West
Shouts to A. Barnes on the check in
The Trash Hop Phenomenon
On my way to the office a few days back I tuned in to Shade45 radio. While listening to the morning show I experienced a moment of “WHAT THE FUCKNESS.” I’m sitting there trying to switch lanes on a Texas expressway and in transition found myself banging my fist on the steering wheel.
If someone saw me they’d probably think I was having road rage. Little would they know that my anger (which completely caught me by surprise) was in fact owed to the music I had been subjected to.
The track was talking about moving weight (selling drugs to those of you not in the know), but it was the most annoying flow and most remedial word play I’ve ever heard (yes… even worse than the lame Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em). It was like listening to Corky (from “Life Goes”) rhyme over a Playschool beat, while recounting the Iliad… SUCKED!
The culprit was Gucci Man (or Gucci Mane… I can’t ever understand him when he says his name).
THANK GOD for upcoming albums from Slaughterhouse, WALE, Kid Cuddi, Jay-Z, Drizzy Drake and Wiz Khalifa. SAVE HIP HOP PLEASE!!!!
Hitler finds out about the Eminen Mariah Carey Dis
Dope video from film maker Jameel Saleem. Had me in stitches over here.
Remember where you heard it 2nd (cuz this is where I heard it 1st http://tiny.cc/p8Vlx).
Shout out to the Bol (that’s how the State Property kats say “Boy”) Deezshirts.com a.k.a. @hellojusto on Twitter for sending this my way.