4:44 Album - *JAY-Z* (06/30/17).

[water ur seeds]

I like the little gems of Jay showing his street wit in 'Caught Their Eyes'...

'I survived reading guys like you

I'm surprised y'all think you can disguise y'all truths

I seen eyes wide as they about to shoot

You can be a hairpin off and you can trigger your Roots

I wave to these haters, don't give me dap

You know the world can see just how phony you act, bruh

Y'all body language is all remedial

How could you see the difference between you and I?

My crash course was much tougher

Around friends who kill they friends

Then hug their friends' mothers

And show up at the funeral, complete with blank stares

Invisible ink, I had to read things that wasn't there

Memories may sneak down my cheek

But I could see a side-eye in my sleep'

I could see 50 spitting a verse like that...

 

[Preach2Teach]

Jay did steal Math Hoffa s see errors/ Ciara bar tho

Could somebody explain this? Jay still stealing rhymes?

 

[water ur seeds]

Yo got to 4:44, the beat dropped and I got chills, daum... What a tune, best Jay tune in a min...

So far without finishing the album, I think its the closest we can get to a PRIME Jay (RD/BP albums) as it seems he has evolved his style to to also appeal to the new style fans/rappers too, with this lazy I can come back kill any rapper and shut schitt down style...

I really like the album, but I think its his wordplay, which is crazy that makes the album, but I think his flow is abit too lazy/flossy at times... Its great for some tunes, but it would be dope if could change the flow for a couple tracks... But at the end of the day, he isnt in his 20s or 30s anymore, so I guess we cant expect a young Jay...

Oh schitt 'Bam' just dropped, Effen, Emory and Tata references, FIRE...

 

[Preach2Teach]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

 

[water ur seeds]

'Marcy Me' needs a video, this joints sounds more like the older Jay... 'Hold the Uzi vertical, let the thing smoke, y'all flirtin with death, I'll be winking through the scope'...

 

[blue_london]

Amazon has the physical copy coming out on the 7th July

 

[water ur seeds]

Yo I bet Bleek was pissed with 'Legacy', wondering if his name is still in the will somewhere...

 

[blue_london]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Kanye is a grown man

 

[Preach2Teach]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Kanye is a grown man

Grown men need help at times too, but no Jay has to go at him when he is at his weakest just like he went at Nas when he was at his weakest, Jay has a very long history of being a bitch.

 

[Busta Carmichael]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Suck a dick no homo

 

[blue_london]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Kanye is a grown man

Grown men need help at times too, but no Jay has to go at him when he is at his weakest just like he went at Nas when he was at his weakest, Jay has a very long history of being a bitch.

Again Kanye has to live with his decisions he's grown airing your problems out on stage is not the answer... Kanye got rich problems everything he's done coming back to him and we should feel sorry for him? Feel sorry for me I paid for Yeezus

 

[Preach2Teach]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Kanye is a grown man

Grown men need help at times too, but no Jay has to go at him when he is at his weakest just like he went at Nas when he was at his weakest, Jay has a very long history of being a bitch.

Again Kanye has to live with his decisions he's grown airing your problems out on stage is not the answer... Kanye got rich problems everything he's done coming back to him and we should feel sorry for him? Feel sorry for me I paid for Yeezus

Jay loved Kanye when he was hot in the industry and making him hits, when a strong rapper goes at Jay he just turns the other cheek like he is too good to respond, Kanye gets locked up on some real suspect shady shit for telling some truths and now Jay wants to talk shit? not trying to paint Kanye as innocent just shining some light on the character of a man a lot of you posters seem to idolize, shit is very strange to me it's like Jay is using mind control or some shit.

 

[blue_london]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Kanye is a grown man

Grown men need help at times too, but no Jay has to go at him when he is at his weakest just like he went at Nas when he was at his weakest, Jay has a very long history of being a bitch.

Again Kanye has to live with his decisions he's grown airing your problems out on stage is not the answer... Kanye got rich problems everything he's done coming back to him and we should feel sorry for him? Feel sorry for me I paid for Yeezus

Jay loved Kanye when he was hot in the industry and making him hits, when a strong rapper goes at Jay he just turns the other cheek like he is too good to respond, Kanye gets locked up on some real suspect shady shit for telling some truths and now Jay wants to talk shit? not trying to paint Kanye as innocent just shining some light on the character of a man a lot of you posters seem to idolize, shit is very strange to me it's like Jay is using mind control or some shit.

You on drugs?

 

[Dogowner14]

Jay is probably talkin with Kanye in the telephone right now while u typin this stupid shit.

Jay is winning look at his age he still droppin good shit

Now we need that new Nas album

Nas new album

Only built for cuban linx 3

Supreme clientele 2

Liquid swords 2

if all this shit could drop this year it would be the goat year in hip hop for a long while

 

[Preach2Teach]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Kanye is a grown man

Grown men need help at times too, but no Jay has to go at him when he is at his weakest just like he went at Nas when he was at his weakest, Jay has a very long history of being a bitch.

Again Kanye has to live with his decisions he's grown airing your problems out on stage is not the answer... Kanye got rich problems everything he's done coming back to him and we should feel sorry for him? Feel sorry for me I paid for Yeezus

Jay loved Kanye when he was hot in the industry and making him hits, when a strong rapper goes at Jay he just turns the other cheek like he is too good to respond, Kanye gets locked up on some real suspect shady shit for telling some truths and now Jay wants to talk shit? not trying to paint Kanye as innocent just shining some light on the character of a man a lot of you posters seem to idolize, shit is very strange to me it's like Jay is using mind control or some shit.

You on drugs?

Smoked some weed last night, what part of what I wrote makes you think I am on drugs?

 

[blue_london]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Kanye is a grown man

Grown men need help at times too, but no Jay has to go at him when he is at his weakest just like he went at Nas when he was at his weakest, Jay has a very long history of being a bitch.

Again Kanye has to live with his decisions he's grown airing your problems out on stage is not the answer... Kanye got rich problems everything he's done coming back to him and we should feel sorry for him? Feel sorry for me I paid for Yeezus

Jay loved Kanye when he was hot in the industry and making him hits, when a strong rapper goes at Jay he just turns the other cheek like he is too good to respond, Kanye gets locked up on some real suspect shady shit for telling some truths and now Jay wants to talk shit? not trying to paint Kanye as innocent just shining some light on the character of a man a lot of you posters seem to idolize, shit is very strange to me it's like Jay is using mind control or some shit.

You on drugs?

Smoked some weed last night, what part of what I wrote makes you think I am on drugs?

Your all ways talking trash

 

[Like Water]

Kanye tells the truth and keeps it real then he ends up getting locked up and not to be seen since? now Jay wants to shit on him? what a great friend Jay is! the man is such a stand up guy I can see why you fanboys obsess over him on here, the true star of this album is No I.D. now all we need is Nas to drop his shit so we can decide who had the album of the year Nas or Kendrick.

Take yo goofy ass on somewhere. Ain't even talking bout shit relevant. Just reaching for a bunch of fuck shit. I guess I shouldn't expect anything more from someone that wants a black girl because black people are "cool". Smh.

Take yo ass on to ktt or Reddit, or some shit, where you belong, you useless, idiotic, ignorant interloper, and let us get back to this real shit.

 

[slickwatts]

https://twitter.com/Therealkiss/status/880823715709243392
https://twitter.com/Therealkiss/status/880807933835182080

 

[slickwatts]

How did you first start working on 4:44?

Maybe a year ago I saw Jay-Z at a restaurant. He goes, "You got any music for me?" And I go, "Nope." He goes, "What are you working on?" I said, "Getting better."

The thing that made me want to get better was I heard a quote by Quincy Jones where they asked him, "What do you think about music nowadays?" He said, "four-bar loops." It really affected me. I said, "Wait a minute, that's not what I want to be a part of." So I went and did some studying with the intention of growing.

"You're with Beyoncé, but what is that really like? What's the pressure? What's the responsibility?"

A little after that, I decided to just do 500 ideas in a short amount of time. It's like shooting free throws in the gym. I'm going to do this until I have something new. When I got up in the hundreds, I thought I had something new. The first person I actually went to see was J. Cole. I played him them and said, "Who do you think I should give this to?" I wanted a different perspective. We discussed some things, and it led to me hitting Jay-Z up.

My actual email was: "I got some things that I think are Blueprint-level, [Jay-Z's widely acclaimed 2001 album]. I know that's a lot to say, but we need to do this." And from there, I literally probably gave him three to five new ideas every day for a nice amount of time.

 

[slickwatts]

At what point in the improvement process did you feel like you were ready to take the music to Jay-Z?

I humbly studied and read. I went to people from my friend Adrian Younge to Puff [Daddy] and Dr. Dre. The thing that was holding me was reading a lot of Quincy Jones' story and his words. He was an incredible producer and musician for so many years but people didn't really give him full credit because he was in jazz. I understand that feeling. At a certain point, I remember reading that he took some years in his forties to go out and get better. That resonated at this point in my career.

When you and Jay-Z started working on this, was it clear that it was going to be an album and just you two working on it? He's never made an album with just one producer.

I don't think we discussed anything. Another part of the beauty was: I saw that he, from our initial conversation, wanted to say more and wanted to say some things that he hadn't said. Part of my growth as a producer was not just about making beats but also helping in the process of inspiring the song and making the song the center. This album is about Shawn Carter, Jay-Z, opening up, and me scoring that. It only came about me doing the whole album because the scoring part of the story started getting so specific that no one else knew how to do the music that fit what was going on. That just happened by default. Half of this album we credited him as co-producer on. At a point, I said, "Man, make me a playlist of songs you like. Where's your taste at right now?" And there's a value in a one-producer album. Most of the greatest albums in the history of music are one producer. It's just a fact. Or one collective.