Jay's reference to Bill Cosby's son on the Dynasty intro

[African NOT Amerikkkan]

I hope that white thug who killed Ennis Cosby suffers before he dies in prison

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

How many triple entendres has Jay had

Only one I can remember is from Dirt off your shoulder

There's one on Cashmere thoughts

"the star player, the golden bar layer"

-he's a star, he brings in the cash
-he has dope lines, 'golden' bars

IMO the 'lay' and 'golden' together is a reference to this common child's tale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Goose


:hovlol: that boy Shawn

 

[Jigganaut]

Smarty pants nikkas acting like everybody knows who Ennis Cosby is. I guarantee less people than you think do.

 

[Drew Wonder]

Smarty pants nikkas acting like everybody knows who Ennis Cosby is. I guarantee less people than you think do.

it's not even the reference that makes it great imo, just the way he tied it into the beginning of the verse, how its introspective(deals with his early ambitions) yet also about a bigger theme(fate)

and @gator_king knows its a dope verse, he just likes to fukk with sensitive Jigga stans

 

[Drew Wonder]

I hope that white thug who killed Ennis Cosby suffers before he dies in prison

man, Ennis' death made me visibly angry, especially hearing about how the dude bragged about it

if that happened in the Twitter age I can't even imagine all the racial tension it would create. Ennis was a model citizen, wasn't up to anything shady and the dude who killed him blatantly admitted he did it because he wanted to kill a black man. so the usual white folks who normally for white folks who kill black men literally would have no type of defense

 

[ISO]

How many triple entendres has Jay had

Only one I can remember is from Dirt off your shoulder

"Oww, hoes turn they heads like owls, I'm the man of the hour
Triple entendre, don't even ask me how"
-Jay-Z on Drake's Light Up



Don't ask me how either

Funny..i think the same about Nas and how Nas stans are a bunch of children impressed by a bunch of words being mashed up into a bar to create the illusion of lyricism....same with Em stans

Don't compare Nas to that oodle, noodle, doodle rhyming cac

 

[Zero]

"Remember I be
In the mood to get in my own hobby
Leaving innocent nikkas dead on the street like Ennis Cosby
Where will I be in a year or two?
Probably locked up in Clearview in Tier 2" - Ruck

 

[Zero]

So the "hood in you" remembers Princess Di passing but not Ennis Cosby?

 

[seemorecizzy]

the dynasty intro is one of the best verses ever
but the ennis line is very straight forward

there's deeper and more complex lyrics within in the same verse

that book was just jay-z making his shyt sound more deeper and profound than it really is

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Dont believe nikkas knew and rapped about current events in the 90s brehs.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Dope verse but come on..
The Ennis line was pretty obvious

 

[No1]

So the "hood in you" remembers Princess Di passing but not Ennis Cosby?

This shyt is hilarious, but I didnt get the reference the first time I heard the song either, granted I didnt fukk wit Jay Z until 03 and that Ennis story was not something I ever heard my folks talkin about the way they did OJ, etc. But it is more so one of those ...now it makes sense type of lines as opposed to how did he come up with this

 

[WhodatWhoadi]

One of thee best tracks EVER...and shyt was just an intro.

 

[Frida Giezman]

nikkas in here acting like ennis cosby was some fixture in american culture

and fukk jay for referring to the dude by first name only like we supposed to know who he is

"every time somebody like ennis was mentioned"

who the fukk was mentioning ennis prior to him being killed please tell me

*carries on thinking ennis is a big time bed stuy drug dealer*

 

[Frida Giezman]

and how he know ennis was adventurous?

nikka could have been a hermit for all jay knew

man fukk jay