JAY-Z ~ 4:44 (Discussion Thread)

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Moonlight would been dope; if he rap the first part and then after the LA LA land

Go nah and have a beat change with a moonlight rap
 

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Anyone asking for a link just turn on your local iheartradio station, it should be playing all night.. im assuming during the day too.
 

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I got sprint. How y'all nikkas getting tidal free? shyt won't let me log in

Log in to sprint.com and then there should be a banner for the Tidal offer.

It takes you to the page with all the added features for your phone.

Click tidal 6 months free and hit save.

Then just download the app and log right in
 

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I doubt it will happen

but I hope this album changes the current " trend " in hip hop

this album has touched me,im at an age where I need to stay focus and be ready for all the gifts and obstacles life brings

this album is rated highly in my eyes ,it fits my current life journey

:mjcry:

get that money,build and be that strong branch in the family tree
:wow:
It's done all of that in the less than 12 hrs it's been released?:stopitslime:
 
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It's cool to hear Jay pull back the JayZ cloak and just be Shawn on a few tracks, gotta sit with it a time or two but off first impression I liked it

I can see a generational divide happening in terms of opinions on this album, he didn't make it with young heads in mind so I could see young bulls being like meh about it.
 

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Not really big on this tbh.

No I.D. has produced far better stuff before, the samples are too obvious and some are poorly flipped imo.

It's hard for Jay to be personal or feel "authentic" and not like a brand, so a bit of the message does feel forced but the bars are far better than MCHG. Tom Ford and some others now are just :scust:
 

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97' mentality me thinks It's a 7, and I fukking hate Jay-Z.
That may sound bad to some of y'all, to me a 7 ain't bad, I got mad 70's in highschool, shyt that meant I passed regardless I didn't fail.

But compared to the absolute crap that is out today, young people's rap, your milgos and all that other corny shyt? It's a fukking 10.
 

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no gimmicks just real music so i respect it

but ill b honest while i f wit a lot of the production inn this ..especially the samples .. i can't believe I'm saying this but i actually felt like NO ID was going to bring a lil more and a lil more bounce to the soundscape.. especially for a mc like Jay who can float over that type of production

i don't mind this bein a lil stripped down, and focusing more on the soulful side of things as it emphasises the focus on jays lyrics x delivery etc which is good

but in comparison to ' summer time' by vince staples which featured a lot of production for NO ID..I'm actually a lil ( not much ) but some what surprised he didn't delivered more production wise

( especially as i kant help but feel ..havin NO ID produce this whole shxt is another shot at kanye )
 

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This is better than MCHG. The subject matter is about his current life and not some made up BS. There isn't anything mind blowing on here, but it is better than what I was expecting. He calls out Apple/Iovine and makes it clear he's no longer going to be an artist looking for a check. He talks about the issues with Beyonce and so forth.
 
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