ThaRealness
Superstar
Nah hes pretty dope but when Jay hypes him up in the same way that he hypes up high end fashion brands its fake as fukk.
Hes trying to turn Basquiat into a high art status symbol
Does Jay reference Basquiat on every song on MGHC?
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Nah hes pretty dope but when Jay hypes him up in the same way that he hypes up high end fashion brands its fake as fukk.
Hes trying to turn Basquiat into a high art status symbol
Just something for Jay to make himself look more artsy when it comes across as vague, dude probably just heard about Basquiat a few years ago and is now his supposed "biggest" fan. R.I.P. to Basquiat but I always felt people were more into his image than his art.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
The message his work had was dope. Aesthetically, I can't fukk with it.
I'm not mad at Jay though. He actually owns the cat's work. He's really into art, so he's being true to himself. I just don't agree with the fascination there. There's mad other shyt that could be referenced. Jay's my dude, but it's overkill with the Basquiat. I don't know who annoys me more with the shyt, him or Swizz with all the damn Basquiat logos on his clothes and kicks. LOL!!
Wouldn't be surprised if basquiat and Warhol were fukking
Nygga lived a suspect lifestyle
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
Dude wasn't kicking no shyt about art, til he started hanging round all his white friends.
Dude finally grew up at 37, and makes references to Banksy and Basquiat... when dude probably just accidentally watched Exit thru the gift shop on netflix one night.
Dude became cultured in his 40's, cause he showing growth...he's so evolved.
@ the bolded, or he probably just stumbled on the radiant child documentary, It's clearly vague, his love for Basquiat, Banksy, Keith Haring, Warhol and other high end artists. Jay just trying to make himself look more like a complex individual when most of the topics in his music lately doesn't match with it.
A.J.Soprano
Banned
I'm sorry but I've never seen a Basquait peice that had be "like damn, that's beautiful" all sons sh1t look like a 2nd grader did it
haha idk much about Basquiat but I watched like 20 min of a documentary on him and he was just an overall strange cat.
Like some other dude mentioned he would scribble all over everything
But also I remember this one interview where this dude (who didnt even know him very well) remembers Basquiet letting him in to his apartment with no clothes on
I just cant see Jay Z standing for stuff like that.
If Basqiuat was still alive and Jay came to his apartment (to ask him cliche questions about his art), and Basquiat was just chilling naked, what would Jays reaction be??
Maybe it was on some deep artsy shyt
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
I remember when Keith Harring and Basquiat were talked about when they were still alive, i thought the 80s raised Jay-z? I actually dont think he started to talk about him until Kanye did.
*plays Picasso baby 2x anyways*
*plays Picasso baby 2x anyways*
Like I said in another thread, Jay's got a great life and all, he reached the top of the mountain, but culturally + musically I kind of feel for dude... culturally because he can't go back to the place that made and defines him (partially because he's too rich, but partially because it's gone, partially thanks to him)... musically because it seems like he's run out of things to talk about. His content hasn't matured much; he has just found more extravagant things to brag about owning.
U look at an actual celebrity art collector... Steve Martin for example... he's not running around bragging about his collection. And his shyt is worth at least 8 figures. Jay doesn't seem to get it. He is still in that "nikka you aint up on thissssss" hood mentality which now seems insecure and at odds with his financial stature. It's fukking bizarre.
U look at an actual celebrity art collector... Steve Martin for example... he's not running around bragging about his collection. And his shyt is worth at least 8 figures. Jay doesn't seem to get it. He is still in that "nikka you aint up on thissssss" hood mentality which now seems insecure and at odds with his financial stature. It's fukking bizarre.
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Basquiat's best friend and screen-writer of his bio-pic (Michael Holman) was on Combat Jack recently and basically said Jay needs to keep dudes name out of his mouth... He said it bothers him how Jay and Swizz use his friends name and work as their newest version of "bling" or "stuntin" and thats the exact opposite of what he wanted his work to be...He said the only rapper he respects the name dropping from is Kanye because he did it before it was trendy and is a real artist and collector and not just a hype beast...
He doesn't want to see that "I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can" mentality rub off on his friends legacy and he's afraid thats what might happen...
The Mike Holman Episode - The Combat Jack Show
He doesn't want to see that "I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can" mentality rub off on his friends legacy and he's afraid thats what might happen...
The Mike Holman Episode - The Combat Jack Show
Put it like this tho... what would Jay rap about... if not for Basquiat, Margiela and Tom Ford
Jay has turned into Game with more expensive names
Jay has turned into Game with more expensive names
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Put it like this tho... what would Jay rap about... if not for Basquiat, Margiela and Tom Ford
Jay has turned into Game with more expensive names
"The Black Duke of Sutherland ain't playin man/ I can maKe Basquiat more famous than a painting can"
