JAY-Z ~ 4:44 (Discussion Thread)

[FukyourFort]

yo i got these nas nikkas on ignore so yall should do the same. this thread aint about nas

 

[JustCKing]

Hopefully u answer this for me. Because I ask others but got no answer

What songs on 444 do u think sound like LIG?


Because I think none do

I'm not about to put a whole bunch of quotes and links to songs from Life Is Good in a thread on 4:44. There's enough Nas talk in here. I'm about to make a separate thread on it.

 

[Easy-E]

Why not? It's Jigga Week

the wordplay



After the show it's the afterparty, then,
After the party it's the hotel lobby, then
After the Belve then it's probably Cris,
And after the original it's probably this
Yes ma, Bed-Stuy, Fiesta,
Remix with the homie from the Midwest-Side (Chi Boy!)
Game recognize game, hoes do too,
It's the new 2 Live Crew, I suppose you knew, So thugs,
Pop yo' toasters, but don't approach us, or
Bullets'll chase you like, Moet mimosas,
Catch us both coasts', racin' twin Porsches,
Boxsters with Glocks that'll pop you to make you ghosts',
Whoever come closest, you've been warned,
But nikkaz don't get the picture till the weapons is drawn,
Make your way backstage, baby girl it's on,

 

[The Riddler]

Review cooked up brehs

Rising to hip-hop‘s crown after the passing of his friend and mentor The Notorious B.I.G., to creating successful ventures such as Roc-A-Wear, Roc Nation, and the aforementioned Tidal, even his marriage to pop ultra star Beyonce and the creation of their new family, Jay-Z has been the poster child for “making it” in this life with what he was given early on. For the most part, he was never afraid to let us know, championing fashions, trends, and how we moved and applied cultures to our own lives.

Jay Z '4:44' Album Review

 

[Cladyclad]

I'm not about to put a whole bunch of quotes and links to songs from Life Is Good in a thread on 4:44. There's enough Nas talk in here. I'm about to make a separate thread on it.

When u sit down and think. U gon see they are nothing alike

 

[G-Zeus]

i was in brooklyn when power 105 was playing it every hour.. album sounded bad to me.. then went home.. downloaded that ish..

the beats are fukking epic...

lyrics are good enough... i am not much into that "rap half the bar only" flow thing he does.. and concious Jay is weird to me...

but a solid album. MUCH better than magna and bp3 (which were bad to me).. this one is rather enjoyable.

 

[feelosofer]

Black album was way more personal than BP.

It is now that I think about in some ways.

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

Brehs this album is special. See I've always been a Hov fan. I'm from Southern California. Indio born n raised. When I was in middle school thru graduation (I graduated 09) nobody was fukking with Jay like I was. I knew all the lyrics. I bought the physicals. I'm weird cuz my personal favorite is The Black Album . That was the first one I actually paid for and bought. It's the First one I learned the words to. But I think it was great because it made me dig deeper into his catalog to appreciate how dope he is. Seeing the love this album is getting and his lyrics having personal substance it's amazing. Huge album for me. Proud proud proud fan. Thank you Hov.

Same, exactly

 

[H@LLOW]

Can we please stop talking about Nas and just celebrate this damn good album motherfukkers.

 

[Panther]

I like this brehs.

I appreciate Hov showing some maturity with this one. Old head dropping gems and reflecting.

Hopefully these rappers pay attention

 

[Guvnor]

Is it me or is the album mastered kind of bad? To me it don't sound fully mastered. Could just be the copy of it I heard but I even got it flac and it still sounded mastered weird and not super clear.

Maybe their saving the better mastering for the physical CD and they rushed this one off

 

[The Mad Titan]

Is it me or is the album mastered kind of bad? To me it don't sound fully mastered. Could just be the copy of it I heard but I even got it flac and it still sounded mastered weird and not super clear.

Maybe their saving the better mastering for the physical CD and they rushed this one off

I feel like its on purpose

 

[Mowgli]

Is it me or is the album mastered kind of bad? To me it don't sound fully mastered. Could just be the copy of it I heard but I even got it flac and it still sounded mastered weird and not super clear.

Maybe their saving the better mastering for the physical CD and they rushed this one off

Yup

 

[MIAlien]

Nas probably wasn't thinking about The Fix or even bumping that album when he made God's Son, but it would be delusional and a huge oversight to say God's Son and The Fix aren't very similar albums. People can make comparisons between albums and have been doing it since music has been existence. Yeah, it would be a reach to say Jay Z bit Nas or that Nas influenced the album, but if people really can't hear the similarities between LIG and 4:44, then they can't hear. Regardless of which album people think is better, LIG and 4:44 have a lot in common.

I never disputed the similarities between the albums. I'm disputing the notion that anyone thought about Life is Good or Nas while making the album.

NO ID mentioned Illmatic as being an album with a mistake on it, One Time For Your Mind. It was a starting point for improvement.

 

[Guvnor]

I feel like its on purpose

Yup

Glad I'm not tripping.

It has to be on purpose man, I don't think Guru would do this at his best. At first I thought it was just me or my headphones or my copy of the album and I tried playing it louder, and even tweaking it with eq but it still sounded bad lol. With that said, maybe the CD would be mixed better and they didn't have the time to master properly. Think about it, Jay mentioned Al Sharoton taking selfies which wasn't long ago and even was spotted with Damion Marley in Jamaica the other week so they probably didn't have time to do a thorough master.

What do you think the reason is Mad Titan?