I think Jay Z and Kanye have just lost interest in rapping

[ThaRealness]

Kanye don't even write his own shyt. Hov does.

So who's really lost interest?

Clearly he does write at least a good portion of his own material.

Who else would come up with that bizarre line about fisting?

 

[Sweet James]

Jay-z still raps because it's the only way he can get business deals for himself.........

Nobody wants to do business with "Shawn Carter"

 

[Harry B]

Jay-z still raps because it's the only way he can get business deals for himself.........

Nobody wants to do business with "Shawn Carter"

Do you think athletes are aligning themselves with a celebrity for their career?
Or that he owns buildings (silently) which houses Michelin guide restaurants cause he's a famous rapper?

He has plenty of shyt to do and fame enough for the moment to not rap, but show money, merchandising and other shyt is attractive as well.

Perhaps he just dropped this album cause he knew he wanted to do another tour, with new material, cause he loves performing?


In the end of the day we can speculate, but we don't know.
There's not much indicating anything.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Kanye aint even writing OR making beats anymore. The lyrics werent even anything that needed expert crafting either. I think hes more concerned with being a fashion dude and music is the vehicle to keep his name out there

I'm easy to please, and Jay made a hot fukkin album. I could care less about anything else

 

[ThaRealness]

Kanye aint even writing OR making beats anymore. The lyrics werent even anything that needed expert crafting either. I think hes more concerned with being a fashion dude and music is the vehicle to keep his name out there

well that just sounds like a very biased opinion

 

[Tetris v2.0]

well that just sounds like a very biased opinion

People are throwing shade on Jay's rapping ability on this album and its lightyears ahead of Kanye and co on Yeezus

 

[jadillac]

I dont think they've lost interest.

Now you can say Will Smith or LL Cool j, have lost interest.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Kanye aint even writing OR making beats anymore. The lyrics werent even anything that needed expert crafting either. I think hes more concerned with being a fashion dude and music is the vehicle to keep his name out there

I'm easy to please, and Jay made a hot fukkin album. I could care less about anything else

I swear sometimes I think you're my alter ego.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

I swear sometimes I think you're my alter ego.

 

[MoneyTron]

Both albums are dope though. At least in my opinion.

Yeezus still one of my favorites just because of how different it sounds.

Do the lyrics have be elite or even great for it to sound great...

I don't know.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

This pretty much makes sense seeing as Jay came out a few years ago and said that Indie Rock is more influential to him then hip-hop. Add the fact that Kanye has only made one hip-hop album in the past five years and the OP might be right.

 

[ThaRealness]

Both albums are dope though. At least in my opinion.

Yeezus still one of my favorites just because of how different it sounds.

Do the lyrics have be elite or even great for it to sound great...

I don't know.

Ya Yeezus was the shyt. Im kind of feeling Magna Carta too

 

[Mac Casper]

They still make music though because the other aspects of crafting a project, from their standpoint, have to be fukking awesome.

Kanye plays around with insane production techniques with the best producers in the world. He can conceptualize the most far out musical idea and just make it happen.

Jay Z has unlimited funds... grabs the hottest beats, gets whoever he wants for hooks... etc

Also he can pull off ridiculous, next level business moves cause he's Jay Z.

So ya, Jay Z and Kanye are too busy with all that other shyt to be concerned with rapping.

Make sure to download my latest classic thread

http://www.the-coli.com/booth/12651...urces-vs-independent-artists.html#post4684230

 

[AB Ziggy]

Because even they know how shytty and wack hip hop has been the past few years. And they know they can't be leaders forever.