{Business Insider} Generation Y Not Buying Into Jay Z's Brand Because They Don't Trust Him Anymore
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Dude yes that's what I'd want to hear and that's not on some
shyt. That's artistic growth, that's him being able to take his considerable skill and apply it elsewhere and be truthful about his art and his life. I don't have kids but I like Daughters by Nas because of the honesty, the introspection and the skill and passion.
It would be better than hearing the same shyt over and over again. Why is that hard to believe?
When Jay wants to be introspective and commits to it for more than a few lines, he's been great.
DontEemTry
Superstar
Dude yes that's what I'd want to hear and that's not on some
So I take it you one of them nikkas that just skim the music.
Let's do this for these babies
Mercedes truck fukk
Houses on acres
Blatantly ballin' on HD
Y'all need to step up y'all AV
Life changed again I was already taking off
My flight changed again
Slight change of winds
It's barely 12 noon
And my wife changed again
Baby needs Pampers
Daddy needs at least three weeks in the Hamptons
Please don't judge me, only hugged the block
I thought my daddy didn't love me
My baby getting chubby
Cue that Stevie Wonder music, aww isn't she lovely
Now I'm staring at praying that things don't get ugly
And I'm stuck in that old cycle
Like wife leaves hubby
fukk joint custody
I need a joint right now
Just the thought alone fukks with me
[Hook]
High on life
I could die from the fall
Imagine if I hit the floor
Apologies in order
To Blue Ivy my daughter
If it was up to me
You would be with me
Sort of like daddy dearest
[Verse 2]
I dream filthy my mom and pops mixed me with Jamaican Rum and whiskey What a set off
And I know I'm not perfect baby
I been through so much trauma
It gonna be hard to reverse it
With some doctors and some nurses maybe
Teach me on how to treat a lady
Open doors on the 'Cedes
This relationship shyt is complicated
All I know is we ain't speaking everyday
I fukking hate it
I don't wanna duplicate it
I seen my mom and pop drive each other motherfukkin' crazy
And I got that nikka blood in me
I got his ego and his temper
All is missing is the drugs in me
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
Father never taught me how to be a father
Treated mother I don't wanna have to just repeat another leave another
Baby with no daddy want no mama drama I just wanna
Take her back to a time when
Everything was calmer
Out in Paris on a terrace
Watching the Eiffel Tower
And a Ferris wheel yet and still
Nothing could prepare us
For the beauty that you be Blue be
Looking in your eyes is like a mirror
Have to face my fears
Cheer up
Why could you just be happy
Without these back and forth thoughts
You too much like your daddy
Badly I just wanna spent more time with him
Sadly life wouldn't let me get around with him
Now I got my own daughter
Taught her how to take her first steps
Cut the cord watch her take her first breath
And I'm trying and I'm lying if I said I wasn't scared
But in life and death
If I isn't there
I said do it WELL...I don't think that's a dope song but thats my opinion breh..if you feel differently, so be it, but trust me, I didn't skim that song.
I tried to tell them this all Hov talks about now but they just not trying to hear it. I mean folks just ain't trying to hear it
you know...nikkaz aint tryna hear know "You Must Love Me"s from Jay right now
fck u think this is
nikkaz want bangaz..
ALl these cacs and introverted fakkits can lament about how Jay doesnt speak about sad stuff and struggles but most nikkaz out hea aint worried bout all dat
Are you making yourself seem larger than life in your music??
Jay never stops doing that which is why I believe he continues to survive
While these other nikkaz trying soo hard to relate to these common folk Hov out hea doing what he's supposd to be doing...
Marketing himself thru his music as a larger than life entity so people will invest in his product..
DontEemTry
Superstar
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Soon You'll Understand was actually a great song.. Word is it was also 100% fictional...
I think Jay's main issue as he's created such an aura of "cool" that he's afraid to show any real vunerability...Thats his gift and curse...His image is as important as his music..
We know he's experienced a Ghostface Killah "Wildflower" moment with Beyonce (you can't be with one female for a decade and not) but he ain't putting that out there for consumption or disection...
She's more status symbol than real nuanced woman...She's just like a living version of a nice watch in his music...
As a father I get more out of listening to Common, Scarface or Nas rap about their daughter than Jay's "she leans on Basquiats" "her socks cost more than your house" type father/daughter dialogue...
I think he killed that shyt.
And I respect your opinion breh. No beef here at all
This is it good job breh
OG Talk
Archived
you know...nikkaz aint tryna hear know "You Must Love Me"s from Jay right now
fck u think this is
nikkaz want bangaz..
This is true...
Nobody knows what the modern day American negro wants more than Sean Carter and Sean Combs... They want bangers and sweet vodka..
A hustler gives n1ggas what they want...
A poet gives n1ggas what they need...
I hated the Mommie Dearest samples on Jay-Z Blue. The comparison fell flat with a thud.
And the Biggie ad-libs were kinda superfluous.
And the Biggie ad-libs were kinda superfluous.