Reactions when 'Change Clothes' first leaked....

[kp404]

Never understood the hate for Justify My Thug.....beat is cool and Jay was spitting....I absolutely hate Change Clothes tho...

Perfect post; Justify My Thug is a great track in my opinion, but change clothes stops Black Album from being better...my most hated Jay single outside of '03 Bonnie and CLyde

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

 

[duckbutta]

"Do you...to I...look like a lame...who don't understand a broad with a mean shoe game?" still makes me whenever i hear it...

To me it's as worthy as "release the flutes"

Still not as bad as "no chrome on the wheels...I'm a grown up for real"

 

[Gifted one]

Liked this song then, still like this song now

 

[NYK Loyalist]

i always get roasted for this but allure is absolute trash. shyt was not meant to be rapped on imo. just doesnt flow right to me

Allure is one of the last great songs that Jay made. His recent albums best songs don't even come close to being that good.

As far as change clothes I hated it the first time I heard and still hate it to this day. shyts trash

 

[Yung Yogurt]

The beat was extremely corny to me when it first came out, now though the beat is decent and Hov's gay ass lyrics are the joke on that track.

 

[re'up]

'Back it on up like a UHaul truck....and run and tell them ducks you heard Hoveys new shyt' get the fukk of here Jay....

'Do I look like a lame....who wouldn't understand a broad with a mean shoe game' foreshadows of the stumbles on some of 'Kingdom Come' more questionable tracks, regarding women's fashion...

There's a more moderate response, that's more accurate, by which I mean, "Change Clothes" can be a goofy track, and it was not AT ALL what we expected, I think even older fans, but in retrospect, it was too grown for me in 2003, and in 2013, in terms of some references. I don't really like the track, but I feel the vibe more, now that I'm Jay's age when he wrote it lol

 

[Metal Face]

I'm a fan of ths song.

 

[ISO]

Dope song

 

[Lootpack]

Negs for any Neptunes slander.

 

[Budda]

Never knew how people could think this was a bad song

 

[re'up]

I didn't even realize I made this thread, when I posted.

Confession, I can recognize a woman with a "mean shoe game", and have been told I have one myself, and have complimented and started many conversations pointing out some Valentino's or Hermes, whatever.

Funny how it all goes back to childhood.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

What made it such a wack song was the way Jay-Z & camp were making it seem like TBA was basically going to be another Reasonable Doubt in tone

Then you heard the single

 

[Tres Leches]

weird single choice

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Classic