Can Jay-Z Ever Stay On Message?
Ok, maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but seriously, can Jay-Z stay on message?
He seems to have a habit of popping up on other people's songs, only to deliver a cool little rap that bears no relation to the rest of the song he's on.
A prime example is Jay-Hova showing up on Kanye West's "Diamonds from the Sierra Leone." Does he rap about diamonds? Modern day slavery? Or anything else that Kanye is so earnestly talking about?
Nooooooooooo. It's all about Jay-Z, how he used to sell crack, his career isn't really over, etc. It sounds great and all, but what does it have to do with the song? It's the equivilant if Donald Rumsfeld got on the mic at a Pentagon press conference, kicked some knowledge about how great the Iraq war is going, turned the mic over the Peter Pace, the chairman of the joint chiefs, and Pace busted a rap about how much money he's going to make once he retires and goes to work consulting for big defense contractors or whatever.
Another example -- Jay shows up on Beyonce's "Crazy in Love." She's talking about how crazy in love she is (probably with him) and what does he do? Talk about how awesome his rap skills are. It's the equivilant if my wife snuggled up to me and spent a few minutes talking about how much she loves me, and why, and my response was to agree and add a few things she missed.
posted by MMA Media Advantage @ 5:00 PM
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That was deep. But since Jay-Z retired, everyone assumes his rap skills have eroded. So he has to rap about his skills on other peoples songs. It's sort of like your virgin friend in high school who won't shut up about all the women he's supposedly banged. Who conveniently don't go to that high school, or even one nearby, so no one can ever prove what a liar he is.
Thst reminds me of this girl I dated back in 8th grade that I met at summer camp. She was super-hot, but unfortunately, she lived in Canada, so none of my friends got to meet her.
bmman:
in your case you were obviously not lying because you showed me a picture of her so it was clear that she existed and you guys went out. that's too bad that she lived so far away and none of us got to meet her.
I know, and it was weird how much she looked so much like Debbie Gibson. And how the picture looked like it was cut out of a magazine.
I know, but our camp had a REALLY good photography program.
Word!
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