Official Jay-Z's "Allure" produced by Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo appreciation thread

[ReasonableMatic]

I'm like a Russian mobster, drinking distilled vodka
Until I'm under the field with Hoffa, it's real..
Peel the top up like a toupée, mix the water with the soda
Turn the pot up, make a soufflé

I'm living proof that crime DO pay
Say "Hooray" to the bad guy, and all the broads
Putting cars in their name, for the stars of the game
Putting 'caine in their bras and their tomorrows on the train:
All in the Name of Love..
Just to see that love locked in chains and the family came
Over the house to take back EVERYTHING that they claimed..



Or even the worse pain is the distress
Learning you're the mistress, only after that love gets slain
And the anger and the sorrow mixed up, leads to mistrust
Now it gets tough to ever love again
But the allure of the game, keeps calling your name
To all the Lauras of the world, I feel your pain
To all the Christies in different cities and Tiffany Lanes:
We all hustlers in love with the same thing..

Tiffany "Charli Baltimore" Lanes

The song is just complete perfection
They way Pharrell brought his idea to Jay and they executed it flawlessly is just

 

[BlueHeffner]

Goat Hov song

 

[OfTheCross]

 

[iamduval]

I hate that this song has become so popular among casuals

"Allure" has always been my fave hov song but a lot of people didn't make a big deal of it when it came out. He rarely performed it, now he always performs it

 

[No Hook]

One of Jay's favorite songs. Didn't like it when i first heard it but it grew on me over the years

 

[No1]

I hate that this song has become so popular among casuals

"Allure" has always been my fave hov song but a lot of people didn't make a big deal of it when it came out. He rarely performed it, now he always performs it

Nah he only does it on this tour run. Had never performed it before until like last year.

 

[904]

Tiffany Lanes

But yeah that 2nd verse is

 

[Rozay Oro]

Timeless

 

[SirBiatch]

Great fukkin song.

I hate that this song has become so popular among casuals

"Allure" has always been my fave hov song but a lot of people didn't make a big deal of it when it came out. He rarely performed it, now he always performs it

What kinda weirdo comment is this?

You love the song. You should be happy to hear it more often. shyt... I wish the underrated cuts of my favorite rappers got more popular so I could hear them at shows.

 

[The Midnight Marauder]

Some of Lupe's best work.

 

[Rozay Oro]

Some of Lupe's best work.

I don't see why Jay can't write that himself. Where these rumors come about

 

[JustCKing]

Pharrell Williams didn't produce that song alone. Chad & Pharrell did.

 

[re'up]

Just saw him perform this at Barclays, I think he went into "Dead Presidents II" on the second verse, which was dope. Always been a favorite of mine, I want to say you can't really connect unless you were in that 5, but I understand everyone has their own way of connecting to the music.

 

[letti cook]

god bless Pharell for being like "nah, you aint just gone come to me for the single, hold this piff and reflect"

 

[greenvale]

nikka basically told Jay he had to come make this song