DarthRozay
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buttuh_b;6011339 said:
Gen. Stasia
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waterproof;6011210 said:
There's gay men in all levels of the Design industry I bet a gay man either designed or approved everything in ur closet. Name brand or not.
JDSTAYWITIT
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Disciplined InSight;6011367 said:
Smh...Rationalizing ....
Bein a millionaire ain't no fuckin "hood rich" how many millionaires in Marcy projects nigga ...FOH
JDSTAYWITIT
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s2jepeka;6011371 said:
Only when it accurately describes a situation ..
DarthRozay
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buttuh_b;6011489 said:ROZAYTABERNACLE;6011457 said:buttuh_b;6011339 said:
Fact remains that my taste in music and my life >>> yours
lmao you sound so insecure
Already Home_17
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"no sympathy for the king huh?
niggas even talk about your baby crazy"
proof that jay lurks on the IC
niggas even talk about your baby crazy"
proof that jay lurks on the IC
JDSTAYWITIT
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CJ;6011448 said:
Duality.
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buttuh_b;6011506 said:
i consider this shit wack now but back when i was 7.........
i still thought this shit was trash
dalyricalbandit
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Everytime "Crown" comes on I wait for Ja to yell out "Its MURDAAAA, Murda Inc"
JDSTAYWITIT
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dalyricalbandit;6011540 said:
Second person to say that... I guess my nigga mystikal just can't get no love huh?
StillFaggyAF
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MikeydaGawd;6011381 said:
and Wale is................?
My thoughts on this album, track by track and as a whole:
Holy Grail: Jay's verses aside this comes off as pretty corny. And I get the theme, I really do. Timblerlake sounds like he's singing a cheesy Bruno Mars leftover and the Nirvana bit is terribly awkward. But this serves it's purpose as an intro track... I guess. Clearly going to be serviced as a single too - 7/10
Picasso Baby: I like. Hint of some Mixtape Jay too - 7.5/10
Tom Ford: Slick, 8-bit-ish, clap-heavy production and Jay is just straight up having fun with this. There isn't much more intended with this, but it still works. This track will still catch hate though, for obvious reason. The last quarter of the track is slowed down and compressed into a tunnel of reverb. Spice it up with some background vocals from his "bad bitch"...why not?
Hollup...
8/10
FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt: The majority of this track is essentially handed to him and in usual Rick Ross fashion we have featured heavy-hitting production outshining his lyrical mediocrity. Having said that, Ross somehow still fits on the song. Good thing Jay does his mere 1 minute and 45 seconds justice, as well. Dat production, doe - 7/10
Oceans: Jay does his thing on this but anything that Frank Ocean's pen touches is most likely gonna be flames. Sonically an album highlight and easily an overall standout - 10/10
F.U.T.W.: Even though this sounds like a Vol. 3 leftover on the surface, this is a track you can't nonchalantly listen to. I was ready to give this a 6.5 but he writes some real shit in this one; "America tried to emasculate the greats/ Murder Malcolm, gave Cassius the shakes", "Feel like a stranger in my own land/ Got me feeling like Brody in Homeland", "We have yet to see a ceiling, we just top what we top/ Cause the bars don't struggle and the struggle don't stop." Not for the casual listener - 8.5/10
SomewhereInAmerica: Pretty cool record. Decent for what it is. Dat Miley Cyrus twerk reference, doe LOL - 7/10
Crown: "Solid As A Rock" seriously one of the most powerful samples anyone can use. Not feel Jay giving us his best Kanyeezy-like narcissism, doe; its unfitting. Track is straight overall - 7/10
Heaven:
8/10
Versus: Niggas is forgetting what an interlude is SMH. This could definitely benefit from being longer though. "Your last shit ain't better than my first shit" - Jay rapping to himself, doe? - 8/10
Part II (On The Run): Beyonce took control of this one. She should probably make this solo or at least her featuring Jay-Z with an updated verse. Jay's role doesn't do much for me on this one and I really wish it did. He doesn't do bad, just sounds a bit disconnected - 7.5/10
Beach Is Better: Beat is PERFECT. Jay rides the beat PERFECT. I feel like Jay didn't have much else to add and didn't wanna fuck up the rest of the song. But shit, not even a minute, doe? Matter fact, I don't even need Jay to make this longer. We'll hear Wayne rap over this looped instrumental in about 2 months from now - 8.5/10
BBC: I feel like this track was one big MISS. Worst is the unwritten hook that has the melody of something I'd hear from one of my little sister's favorite Nick Jr. programs. Sucks how such an all-star cast of artists and producers can end up such a mess. Without those 2 firery verses, I'd rate this a 2. Alas... - 6.5/10
Jay-Z Blue: Jay shows some much needed vulnerability here...but somehow it comes off as maaaaaad awkward. Like how he incorporated Biggie in this, doe - 7/10
La Familia: Nigga wtf? Sorry Rubato Garcia, but.... - 5.5/10
Nickels & Dimes: Ending the album on a good note - 7.5/10
Overall, it's a GOOD album, albeit an inconsistent one that could have been conceptually executed better. I see what he was going for too and I commend him for it. I can rock with it.
Generally speaking - lyrically, he's still (of course) one of the best out - let's make that clear.
Lyrically, he can still bust out a metaphor or punchline like no other.
But lyrically, he's still rapping about THE SAME shit (his Maybach, Yacht, Hublot watches, the word "billionaire" x50, luxuriating in his own wealth and high status, etc) which could possibly be the inevitable fillers of a rushed album or the fact of it being more and more obvious that he ran out of things to say after The Black Album.
Artistically (which was definitely a quality he was going for with this album), there were a couple diamonds on this record but it overall falls short of the "concept" he was trying to put together.
Artistically, the album has good musical vision but little musical direction. There were numerous moments of brilliance on the album surrounded averageness. There's definitely great and not so good on this album that's all wrapped up in some stellar production.
Having said that, I think Jay is one of those artists who are victims of their own success. We judge him by "Jay-Z standards" because we've seen how he performed in the past. If this was Wale, most people wouldn't be nearly as critical. But he also kind of set himself up with the pretentious album title and visuals/release - he set expectations elsewhere with all that extraness but gave us an album loaded with party and swagger tracks. I'm not really sure Jay is aware of the disconnect between the theme of this project, himself, and what he's actually doing here on some of these songs.
In a way, Jay-Z is very similar to Eminem - once so good and now just a shell. At least he can say his musical peak was ingeniously brilliant, Eminem doesn't have that honor.
7.5 give a fucks outta 10
Holy Grail: Jay's verses aside this comes off as pretty corny. And I get the theme, I really do. Timblerlake sounds like he's singing a cheesy Bruno Mars leftover and the Nirvana bit is terribly awkward. But this serves it's purpose as an intro track... I guess. Clearly going to be serviced as a single too - 7/10
Picasso Baby: I like. Hint of some Mixtape Jay too - 7.5/10
Tom Ford: Slick, 8-bit-ish, clap-heavy production and Jay is just straight up having fun with this. There isn't much more intended with this, but it still works. This track will still catch hate though, for obvious reason. The last quarter of the track is slowed down and compressed into a tunnel of reverb. Spice it up with some background vocals from his "bad bitch"...why not?
Hollup...
8/10
FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt: The majority of this track is essentially handed to him and in usual Rick Ross fashion we have featured heavy-hitting production outshining his lyrical mediocrity. Having said that, Ross somehow still fits on the song. Good thing Jay does his mere 1 minute and 45 seconds justice, as well. Dat production, doe - 7/10
Oceans: Jay does his thing on this but anything that Frank Ocean's pen touches is most likely gonna be flames. Sonically an album highlight and easily an overall standout - 10/10
F.U.T.W.: Even though this sounds like a Vol. 3 leftover on the surface, this is a track you can't nonchalantly listen to. I was ready to give this a 6.5 but he writes some real shit in this one; "America tried to emasculate the greats/ Murder Malcolm, gave Cassius the shakes", "Feel like a stranger in my own land/ Got me feeling like Brody in Homeland", "We have yet to see a ceiling, we just top what we top/ Cause the bars don't struggle and the struggle don't stop." Not for the casual listener - 8.5/10
SomewhereInAmerica: Pretty cool record. Decent for what it is. Dat Miley Cyrus twerk reference, doe LOL - 7/10
Crown: "Solid As A Rock" seriously one of the most powerful samples anyone can use. Not feel Jay giving us his best Kanyeezy-like narcissism, doe; its unfitting. Track is straight overall - 7/10
Heaven:
8/10
Versus: Niggas is forgetting what an interlude is SMH. This could definitely benefit from being longer though. "Your last shit ain't better than my first shit" - Jay rapping to himself, doe? - 8/10
Part II (On The Run): Beyonce took control of this one. She should probably make this solo or at least her featuring Jay-Z with an updated verse. Jay's role doesn't do much for me on this one and I really wish it did. He doesn't do bad, just sounds a bit disconnected - 7.5/10
Beach Is Better: Beat is PERFECT. Jay rides the beat PERFECT. I feel like Jay didn't have much else to add and didn't wanna fuck up the rest of the song. But shit, not even a minute, doe? Matter fact, I don't even need Jay to make this longer. We'll hear Wayne rap over this looped instrumental in about 2 months from now - 8.5/10
BBC: I feel like this track was one big MISS. Worst is the unwritten hook that has the melody of something I'd hear from one of my little sister's favorite Nick Jr. programs. Sucks how such an all-star cast of artists and producers can end up such a mess. Without those 2 firery verses, I'd rate this a 2. Alas... - 6.5/10
Jay-Z Blue: Jay shows some much needed vulnerability here...but somehow it comes off as maaaaaad awkward. Like how he incorporated Biggie in this, doe - 7/10
La Familia: Nigga wtf? Sorry Rubato Garcia, but.... - 5.5/10
Nickels & Dimes: Ending the album on a good note - 7.5/10
Overall, it's a GOOD album, albeit an inconsistent one that could have been conceptually executed better. I see what he was going for too and I commend him for it. I can rock with it.
Generally speaking - lyrically, he's still (of course) one of the best out - let's make that clear.
Lyrically, he can still bust out a metaphor or punchline like no other.
But lyrically, he's still rapping about THE SAME shit (his Maybach, Yacht, Hublot watches, the word "billionaire" x50, luxuriating in his own wealth and high status, etc) which could possibly be the inevitable fillers of a rushed album or the fact of it being more and more obvious that he ran out of things to say after The Black Album.
Artistically (which was definitely a quality he was going for with this album), there were a couple diamonds on this record but it overall falls short of the "concept" he was trying to put together.
Artistically, the album has good musical vision but little musical direction. There were numerous moments of brilliance on the album surrounded averageness. There's definitely great and not so good on this album that's all wrapped up in some stellar production.
Having said that, I think Jay is one of those artists who are victims of their own success. We judge him by "Jay-Z standards" because we've seen how he performed in the past. If this was Wale, most people wouldn't be nearly as critical. But he also kind of set himself up with the pretentious album title and visuals/release - he set expectations elsewhere with all that extraness but gave us an album loaded with party and swagger tracks. I'm not really sure Jay is aware of the disconnect between the theme of this project, himself, and what he's actually doing here on some of these songs.
In a way, Jay-Z is very similar to Eminem - once so good and now just a shell. At least he can say his musical peak was ingeniously brilliant, Eminem doesn't have that honor.
7.5 give a fucks outta 10
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StoneColdMikey
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I could see Nas rapping on Picasso Baby. seems like his type of production.