Jay was real open on this album.
Old Brooklyn not this new shyt, shyt feel like a spoof
Fat laces in your shoe I'm talking busting off the roof
I'm surprised he didn't address being the mascot for English and Russian oligarchs furthering gentrification in his hometown and renigging on providing jobs.
Jay-Z pre Black Lives Matter has a substandard record on social issue. And selling nikkas dream about million dollar paintings and $2 Million cribs in DUMBO ain't the work.
Jay could have feelings hurt and Mr Belafonte used hyperbole, but, was he wrong?
I'm only hear to say I didn't like his "my presense is charity" bullshyt.
Do you googles, you are not as old as Belafonte.
And I really don't know if the arena has anything to do with gentrification, it was in one of the relatively whiter neighborhoods in Brooklyn, not in the "hood". Personally I think Brooklyn is cooler now than it was 15 years ago, more things to do, more international feel, more jobs, less crime and the black population is still significant though (increasing in some areas and decreasing in others). But now there's more black middle class, rich, yuppies and shyt like that too.
Still don't believe the arena had anything to do with it, gentrification is based on the fact that people have nowhere to live in cities with limited land. Like London, San Francisco, New York, DC and on. Population increasing, land stays the same and people want to live close to the city. It's just basic economics, the ones with less money have to move further from the city. It's like people who have money can have a Ferrari, those who don't can't. It's just a harsh reality, at least there's rent stabilization and plans for more in the borough which is great.
People seem to think Brooklyn is some small hood like Compton or something, it would be one of the biggest cities in the US if it was a city.
