When Jay & Nas squashed their beef and sat down with Sway for an interview, during the interview Sway started to quote lines from the battle, and Nas wanted NO parts of it! ☠️🤣
And this line was from “Takeover”where Jay was only alluding to what he had up his sleeve…
The verses dedicated to Kanye and Wale got all the attention. But what stands out to me right now, given the current events, is the last verse in which he’s talking about himself.
A profound and honest message to himself, and his supporters.
J. Cole - False Prophets
In TWENTY YEARS since the Roc breakup, Dame has accomplished nothing. All because he couldn’t move on with his life and get over the split
Every time he talks he validates the fact that Jay made the right move by distancing himself from him
All he does is tarnish the Roc legacy
I love Lupe.
But this is stupid, and tone deaf as fuck.
Drake has made a mockery of Hip Hop artifacts. He collets these historic items not because he values them, but instead because he wants to flaunt them around on some disrespectful shit.
Kendrick just highlighted this.
Foxy Brown has always denied ever having a sexual relationship with Jay-Z.
Jay met, and started working with Fox because of her cousin, DJ Clark Kent. The man was a mentor to Jay, and maybe the person mostly responsible for getting Jay to leave the streets and focus on music.
50 Cent addresses his beef with Rick Ross in a clip of the upcoming episode of Million Dollaz Worth of Game.
"Nothing else works for him outside of mentioning me."
Drake’s “The Heart Part 6” (or like my homie and I like to call it “Heart Failure”)
I underestimated just how bad that song is
Initially I thought it was good because I was mainly focusing on the technical aspect of it
But that might be the most poorly executed diss track ever
The two best RAPPING albums ever.
To me, these two albums feature the two best RAPPING performances ever on an album.
By the 2 greatest rappers ever.
And they came out exactly one week apart.
It’s not his money. His wife. His record sales. His awards. His business mind. His accomplishments.
It’s his mind. His talent. His artistry. His rapping ability. His consistency. His versatility. His impact.
What makes him the greatest rapper ever is simply THE MUSIC.
54.
@chriscznn
@BelovedBone
@ElliottWilson
No, nigga. But if the daughter angle is a lie and invalidates Kendrick. Then Drake is also invalidated for lying about the domestic violence angle and the Dave Free angle.
We have zero proof about any of that shit being true. So, be fair and invalidate them both.
Roc-A-Fella Records
1996-2007
Jay-Z - 10 solo albums
Kanye West - 3 albums
Beanie Sigel - 4 albums
Memphis Bleek - 4 albums
Freeway - 2 albums
Young Gunz - 2 albums
State Property - 2 albums
Cam’ron - 2 albums
The Diplomats - 1 album
Juelz Santana - 1 album
DJ Clue - 3 albums
Listen, man. The haters will never give Hov the credit he deserves, and they’ll always criticize him no matter how ridiculous it is.
So, at this point, I hope he does it out of spite.
That’s the ultimate flex. PICKING HIMSELF to headline the SUPER BOWL.
50 might collapse.
The best timestamp records ranked in order…
1 - 6:16 in LA - Kendrick Lamar
2 - 9AM in Dallas - Drake
3 - Do Not Disturb - Drake
4 - 7AM on Bridle Path - Drake
5 - 6PM in New York - Drake
6 - 8AM in Charlotte - Drake
7 - 5AM in Toronto - Drake
8 - 4PM in Calabasas - Drake
“Grown man, I put hands on you
I dig a hole in the desert, then build the Sands on you
Lay out blueprint plans on you
We Rat Pack niggas, let Sam tap dance on you
Then I Sinatra, shot ya, goddamn you”
Jay-Z is the greatest rapper ever.
He can’t add to his legacy.
He’s done and achieved basically everything he could have imagined.
Make another album when you’re inspired and have something important to say. Don’t make music just to make it.
He’s not competing with ANYONE.
Jay-Z says he wants to make music, but it has "to be something important."
The two-part interview with
@GayleKing
airs on Thursday and Friday on
@CBSMornings
Feels like every other day there’s a dope story about Hov doing something great, lending a helping hand to someone in a personal way when he had nothing to gain from it. And still, his name is constantly being dragged through the mud on here. Smh
Mic Geronimo on how JAY-Z helped him
"I felt somebody grab me, and they pick me up & throw me on their shoulder. I heard 'em told Irv, 'don't worry, I got him.' It was Jay. Jay carried me all the way back to a Range Rover... I remember him saying 'you can't do this to yourself'"
It still warms up my heart watching Jay embracing Clark Kent child-like after tearing down that stage in their hometown. Forever thankful to Clark for pushing Hov to leave the streets alone and give his all to Rap music. The rest is history. 🐐
Btw, this is EXACTLY what Joe Budden did to Drake. Gave his ass a whole EP of fire diss tracks.
But nobody cared.
Drake was smart enough to completely avoid that one. And got away with it because of “status”.
But he knew he couldn’t “Toosie Slide” his way out of this one.
Let’s say he’s telling the truth.
So the fuck what if they didn’t want him on there?!
All he does is hate on Jay.
He’s like an obsessed/infatuated little high school girl when it comes to Jay.
And Jay just ignores him.
50 Cent said Roc Nation didn’t want him at the Super Bowl.
“Roc Nation. Yeah, they didn’t want me there. Eminem wouldn’t do it without me. That’s how I ended up on the show because he was not coming if I didn’t do it. When that happens, you go, “Damn, so you just lost Eminem
A masterpiece!
Zero flaws on this album.
Concept
Storytelling
Lyricism
Content
Production
Sequencing
Replay value
All elite!
Even the one “skip” isn’t even a bad song, it’s just an odd fit that throws off the soulful vibe for a sec.
And this is only his 4th best album!🤦🏾♂️🤣
And Nipsey’s Puma partnership came to fruition because of who?
The guy that gets the most ridiculous hate on here on the daily. But I guess all of a sudden he ain’t Hip Hop.
Puma deposits money into Nipsey Hussle’s children’s trust fund every year.
In 2019, Puma committed to honoring their deal with Nipsey Hussle he signed weeks before his untimely passing 🕊
This was Jay’s mission with TIDAL.
Unfortunately he didn’t get the support needed in order to make real change.
Fans didn’t support enough, and artists didn’t see the vision.
Even a lot of the artists he gave equity to. They benefited without adding any value to the company.
Hov offered Dame and Biggs complete ownership of Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear, all he wanted in return was sole ownership of “Reasonable Doubt.”
They declined, and all 3 of them kept their equal 1/3 shares of the album.
Hov kept the companies and is now worth 3B.
He good!
Clearly you’re not competing, nor inspired by what any of these rappers are doing.
But you have to be inspired by the incredible music being created in your own household. I know because you’re helping write some of it.
So, how ‘bout one more album, Mr. Carter?
@sc
@bronhistory
Shit like this is why it can be tough playing with LeBron. I feel for Kyrie on this one. That reporter is talking to LeBron ABOUT Kyrie, like Kyrie isn’t sitting RIGHT NEXT to Bron. Bruhhh 🤦🏾♂️They really acted like Bron was Kyrie’s dad or some shit smh lol
I’m not sure there’s an adult person alive who *seems* to live a better life than Shawn Carter.
Talk about winning at life.
There’s a reason why you never see him tripping over anything. No matter what’s being said, he always has a smile on his face.
[THREAD]
I’d like to share a fun little project I’ve been working on.
I created 5 full Jay-Z albums, each album produced by a single producer.
Jay-Z. One producer.
I created a theme for each album, cover and track-list artwork, and a sequenced playlist on TIDAL for each one.
Jay-Z didn’t really retire after “The Black Album”. What he actually retired from was being a fully active rapper.
He’s had periods of time where he’s been fairly active. But nothing like his initial run.
He’s been a part time rapper since 2003.
His ‘96-‘03 run though>>>
One day I’m gonna compile a list of all the outrageous shit Hov has asked Guru to do on records lol
It’s a lot!
Shouts to the best engineer in Hip Hop!
@Young_Guru
@Kameron_Hay
His whole strategy for the entire battle was a mistake. Every single angle he took can be picked apart. When he dropped. How he dropped. The memes. Addressing other people. It was all bad.
Fam, look at this fucking tracklist! 🤦🏾♂️
- Intro: A Million And One Questions/Rhyme No More
- The City Is Mine
- Imaginary Players
- Streets Is Watching
- Friend Or Foe ‘98
- Lucky Me
- Who You Wit II
- Rap Game/Crack Game
- Where I’m From
- You Must Love Me
The MF GOAT!
People that never listen to the music will tell you that you that this album is only about Jay responding to “LEMONADE”
When in reality out of all the topics he touches on this album, that might be the one he spends the least amount of time on.
Jay-Z - “444” - the most culturally socioeconomically important Hip Hop album of the last decade
⁃ transgenerational trauma
⁃ intersectionality
⁃ Self-Deconstruction
⁃ Mental wellness
⁃ Black equity/autonomy
⁃ wealth/power redistribution
- home & community economics
& more
@chriscznn
@BelovedBone
@ElliottWilson
Drake also lied about him planting the mole.
Lied about the splits angle, and when Kendrick dared him to post HIS he left it alone.
Misunderstood “Mother I Sober”.
Kendrick never said the R. Kelly shit.
Kendrick never mentioned Epstein.
L’s everywhere. And y’all bought it 🥴
If you go by internet comments, Jay-Z is the most hated rapper in history.
It’s become “cool” to hate and discredit him.
But in the REAL world…
Only Kanye and Pac matter in a similar way. The rest of these niggas ain’t fucking with Hov.
The MF KING of this Hip Hop shit! 👑🐐
Two clips…
The 1st is Carmen, Nas’ child’s mother, the one Jay slept with, and rapped about in the battle.
The 2nd is obviously Kelis, Nas’ ex wife. Whom he married AFTER the beef was over.
Now listen to those and tell me Hov didn’t cause that man psychological damage lol
As a fan of the man, I truly appreciate the current stage of life that Shawn Carter is in. He’s a father, husband, family man, and many other things.
But selfishly, as a fan of Jay-Z, I can’t front, I really miss my favorite artist ever actively creating and releasing music.
The funny thing about this is that Cam HIMSELF already told the reason why he had Jay’s verse deleted and it had nothing to do whit what Dame is talking about.
Cam had Jay’s verse deleted because Jay had Cam’s & Juelz’s verses deleted from Peedi Crakk’s “One For Peedi Crakk”.
Dame Dash defends Cam'ron for deleting Jay-Z's verse from the song 'Oh Boy' and says Jay-Z had a pattern of jacking other rappers songs.
(🎥
@raydaniels
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Hov isn’t the goat because of his business acumen. That’s to be respected. But business aside, he’s also just a better MC than all these dudes. Verse for verse, skill for skill, song for song, album for album, nobody’s better.
There’s a million stories of Hov helping MF’s when times get rough. And they’re well documented. But those never get the shine they deserve. Only the rumors and false allegations get the shine. No matter how nonsensical they are, or how many times they’ve been proven wrong.
No one in Hip Hop culture as a whole has been more impactful that Hov. He influences the way people rap/make music, material things to buy or not buy (cars, jewelry, clothes, liquor) the way to run/start their record labels, business moves, relationships. He embodies the culture.
You really believe that Clark would be ok with Jay taking advantage of his cousin and letting that slide?
Jay has always denied ever being with Fox.
Fox has always denied being with Jay.
But none of that matters to you idiots.
Y’all rather believe a rumor with zero evidence.
Imagine had Sway started quoting lines from “Supa Ugly” where Jay gave Nas AND his family ALL the disrespect.
Nas’ disses towards Jay were meant for fans to get a kick. Jay’s disses towards Nas were meant to hurt Nas HIMSELF!
That little clip above is a prime example of that.
@SowmyaK
I hope they just get inspired to step it up artistically. I believe “gkmc” made a shift in the quality of rap albums after it was released. At least in the guys that were in the same conversations with him.
I hate conspiracy theorists.
MF’s get on here and lie on people simply because they don’t like them.
And the people that entertain all that bullshit without a single ounce of evidence are even worse.
Lawsuits and prison time is what all you idiots deserve.
@bronhistory
Pick the highlights from ANY of his 19 seasons and they’re better than most great players career highlights. It’s insane how great he’s been since coming into the league. The MF GOAT!
One of the best displays of lyricism in Hip Hop history was inspired by a simple art painting from Jean-Michel Basquiat.
“Most Kingz” by Jay-Z was inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Charles the First” painting.
Hov debuted these raps on his legendary “Grammy Family Freestyle.”
In 2006, 3 years after his “retirement”, JAY-Z dropped arguably his greatest display of rapping. “The Grammy Family Freestyle”. In which he successfully predicted his current life. From the criticisms from white america and general detractors to his status as a corporate giant.
Hov/Roc Nation been killing these Super Bowl halftime shows. Every single one.
But I thought that people had stopped watching football, and that he was a sellout.
Fucking hypocrites.
A couple of these are Jay-Z lyrics that Kendrick interpolated.
“I was gonna kill a couple rappers, but they did it to themselves” - Jay-Z on “Thank You” off BP3.
“It’s funny how one verse can fuck up the game” - Jay-Z on “Imaginary Players” off Vol. 1.
@ElliottWilson
“Psychological edge”🤦🏾♂️
Cole DOES want to compete with them, he wants to get on the same record and obliterate them niggas. Like he did Drake on “FPS”. What he doesn’t want, is to partake in some make belief feud with two guys he genuinely loves and respects.
But fans want blood
Jay & Aaliyah were friends.
There has never been any evidence of them being anything other than that.
Dame Dash alleged that Jay was interested in Aaliyah, but he never said that anything happened.
And that’s coming from a man that has spent the last 20 years disparaging Jay.
There’s a million stories of Hov/Roc Nation taking action in situations like this. Pro bono. Producing documentaries shining light on these issues. Changing laws that target minorities. Bailing people out. Prosecuting law enforcement
But he’s a “sell out” that “sold his soul” 🤦🏾♂️
Nothing Nas said about Jay could really hurt Jay. It was mostly lies and corny gay jokes.
The things Jay said about Nas were personal and true. Those hit different.
When Sway was about to start quoting lines Jay was sitting there fighting back a smile. He knew!🤣
#THREAD
I’d like to share this little project I’ve been working on. As per my own personal knowledge, and research, these are the 15 producers that Jay-Z has collaborated with for at least 5 official songs.
@TheRocSupremacy
LL has always had a weird energy towards Hov.
Hov has always spoken highly of LL. Gives him his props and respect, and credits him as an early inspiration.
But I don’t believe LL respects Hov for the icon that he is.
And Hov getting that Def Jam presidency over him didn’t help
@Ibra_Goat
Malcom Brogdon drove and hit a tough shot in the 2nd quarter and Mark Jones said…
“Malcom, by any means necessary!” 🤣🤣
I was in disbelief. Bro was amazing calling that game last night.
Think about how great, and confident you have to be, to create one of the best Rap songs ever, use it as the lead single to your DEBUT album, shoot a video for it, and when the album drops you don’t even include it in there. Why? Because you made a “part II” that’s JUST as great.
Ish: “This nigga is going”
Joe: “Yes, he’s going in terms of rapping. He’s just saying shit for idiots”
😂😂🤣🤣
I couldn’t have said it any better myself.
Hov is on his “Godfather” stage. Almost every rapper wants to have his ear. Get some advice, get some wisdom from him.
And Hov embraces his position in Hip Hop. He shows love, support, and gives back in a multitude of ways. It doesn’t always have to be by collaborating on music.
ScHoolboy Q played his music for all his idols except Jay-Z ... and then Hip-hop Twitter came through 🤝
Exclusive sneak peek ahead of Friday's episode:
Hate when Hov is called the goat for anything other than his music.
Forget who he’s married to. Forget him being a billionaire. Forget his success as a businessman. Forget his impact and influence. Take it all away.
He’s simply the greatest MC of all time because of his MUSIC.
His most ambitious album. 25 tracks. Blame Guru & Hip Hop for that. The only problem with this album is that it’s all over the place, no cohesion. But there’s a classic album somewhere on this tracklist. And I’m not talmbout “BP2.1”. Underrated album, plenty heat.
Stop the nonsense!
PRODUCER Kanye West presented a beat and a hook to Jay-Z. Kanye also presented to Jay an idea and cadence for a bridge.
Jay then came up with the verses and flow.
Jay is literally rapping about personal stuff in that song.
All Kanye did was PRODUCE a record
@JAY_Z_Daily
@KevinHart4real
As a fan of Jay, and him being my favorite artist, of course I want an album. I want a bunch more. But also as a fan of him as a man, I’m ok with whatever path he’s on. I definitely don’t want him making music just for the sake of making it. Live life and let inspiration find you
Every time we see Hov he sure looks worried and bothered about all the foul shit that’s said about him everyday on here.
The man always looks so depressed. I pray for him.
@SowmyaK
I believe I know the tweet you’re referring to, and if so. This is a bad take.
All she did was highlight that Dream is to Beyoncé what Quincy was to Michael. Which is true.
That’s not comparing Dream to Quincy, that’s giving Dream the flowers he deserves.
They only do this shit with Beyoncé & Jay-Z.
Everyone that passed would’ve been bigger than them if they didn’t die.
Everyone that’s still around would be bigger than them if they didn’t sell their souls.
It’s the dumbest shit in the world.
Hov & Nas have at least 50 records each that would be most rappers best 50 songs ever, but don’t even crack their own best 50 lol
Those guys are in a class all by themselves when we talk best rappers ever.
@HipHopNumbers
Love this album! “BRACKETS”, “Once an Addict”, FRIENDS”, and “Window Pain” are some of his best songs ever. Experimented with different flows and the production was more diverse this time around. And after his insane feature run post-“KOD”, I expect “The Fall Off” to be his best.
This was all about taking yet more shots at Jay. And taking shots at Irv.
And he’s talking like his word meant anything when it came to Jay’s music.
All these years later he’s still tryna act like he ran Jay. When CLEARLY that wasn’t the case. Dame is a cornball.