Is Jay-Z always rapping to Chris & Gwenyth ?

Harry B

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1. He's boasting just as much as he has done since 1994, he's always been talking about some fly shyt from Cristal , persian rugs, frank muller whatever back in 94 to basquiats, presidential dinners and times most influential these days.

2. He's talking about his deal like any other rapper has talked about his deal on wax, difference is that those deals weren't 150Ms.


Only the flyest hustlers could relate to him in 95 and only the flyest celebs can relate to him today. He's never been relatable but he spits game very creatively. He talks about his life, always had..
 

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Jay-Z has always bragged, as his tax bracket has risen so has his taste and the shyt he raps about.

Hip-Hop has always been about look at me I got this...as the years have gone by it's become look at me I have this and you don't. Now don't get wrong IM cool with bragging about your accomplishment..but when I hear Big Sean say "you make 25 a year, I make 25 a night" I just think is that really necessary?
 

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Everybody brags in their music its just Jayz is stepping it up from bragging about Cristal, Ciroc (hope these nikkas getting checks from Diddy :dry:), he's bragging abou art and other high class shyt. I dont necessarily look down on him for it, I dont even pay attention to lyrics nowadays enough to care.

At least he keeping it g. He not bragging about being turnt up in the club, and buying out the bar and gucci bucket this and that he just doin him
 

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You cant fukk with my daughters room.

Who is this dude talkin to? Obviously, his audience and other people who are successful. Crabs in a barrel.
 

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Not trying to be a d!ck, but did you just become a Jay fan my dude? Jay been on that a$$hole tip. "I"m still spendin money from 88...."

"Whats the difference between a 4.0 & a 4.6?"

"About 30-40 grand c*cksucker....BEAT IT!!!"
 

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Jay-z's gimmick from day 1 has always been I used to hustle now I rap, but I'm still a hustler mixed w boasting about his paper, he rarely ever steps outside that comfort zone ...so this is nothing new at all....if u don't like it u probably don't like anything he did :manny:

In my personal opinion tho he's the most consistent dude to ever do it
 

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There is bragging and then their is what Jay-Z is doing, what poor taste to diss nikkas through his daughter.

I been listening to Jay for a while, but his condescending not bragging, his become pompous not cool.

Its like dude learnt collectible art is what rich dudes do and at mid 40s he cant stop yelling out basquit, then damien hirst and banksys.

No man should know what a Hermes Bag looks like thats for wifey, yet this nikka talking bout closing the store down. Jay been rapping about womens clothes and bag for waaaay too long now.

Jay on 3-Kings, did hiphop a disservice .... someone post the lyrics i will break it down.
 

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I'v been a Jay-Z fan for years and i get that he's always 'bragged' in his lyrics but the TS makes a solid point. It's not that he's bragging and talking shyt thats making him come off like a pretentous douchebag, it's more the content of what he's recently been rapping about.

Hearing about Art Galleries and fashion shows, sailing in yaughts, his designer purses for men, etc. would be cool in small doses but those things arent relatable to the average person, especially in the middle of a recession. If it wasnt forced into almost every song i wouldnt mind but the fact that it's in 90% of his current verses shows signs that he might be out of touch.

With that said, hopefully it's just a phase and he hasnt been living in his fantasy land for too long to make relevant music that the average person can still relate to :flabbynsick:
 

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You a weirdo...

If you know anything about Jay-Z's music, just like other people said in this thread, you know that he's been doin' this from the first album and on. Why it's a problem now, I got no clue. He had nikkas who rode the bus listenin' to him shyt on 4.0's cause he had a 4.6. He had nikkas with $20 in their pocket listen to him talk about "1 million, 2 million, 3 million, 4". That's what he does, and has done since the mid-90s. Jay-Z spitting some "relatable" shyt for his "core audience" has happened on other songs, but not the ones when he felt like bragging. Those have always been about how elevated his paper is compared to anyone else's. If you're offended by it now, then you shoulda been a long time ago. You wanna hear him make "average person" rap now when he's never been known to rap about anything average... it's about 16 years and whole lot of money too late to expect that outta him.
 
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