If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli
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DEDE BROWN
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lol
Not since he did five mill.
The man is almost 50, there has to be more he wants to rap about than cocaine and designer labels
observe
Banned
Oblivious individuals can't make conscious music.
Jay wuz bullshyttin
.......at least I hope so cuz I ain't tryna hear no concious Jay,y'all heard minority report didn't u?and he can never recreate the thoughts and feelings he had on RD...he can do sum concepts if he wwants to and id like to see sum unexpected collabos,but I ain't tryna hear him be "concious"....I really just think this wuz jays attempt to be #1 on everybodys list and make backpackers like him too,once he realized that wuznt gon happen he threw that thought in the bushes
.......at least I hope so cuz I ain't tryna hear no concious Jay,y'all heard minority report didn't u?and he can never recreate the thoughts and feelings he had on RD...he can do sum concepts if he wwants to and id like to see sum unexpected collabos,but I ain't tryna hear him be "concious"....I really just think this wuz jays attempt to be #1 on everybodys list and make backpackers like him too,once he realized that wuznt gon happen he threw that thought in the bushes
Not since he did five mill.
But he hasn't done 5 mill since.
So on his part, that argument is kind of void
never took that line as meaning want to spit concious, because of the common line, why say the same thing twice? I always took it asif jay was saying if skills sold he'd be as lyrical as talib kweli, which made no sense, since jay-z is way more skilfull than talib.
Jay trying to kick knowledge?
Not since he did five mill.
@ people just responding to questions on here with rap lines. would you say this stuff in conversation forreal?!
American Gangster is more "conscious" than Watch The Throne
I always cringe when Jay raps "Its all black, I love us"
I shouldn't--he should feel that way--but, it weird waits 'til his 12 album or so tell us
LandryFieldsDad
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well kanye probably found out about some new artists and designers he cant wait to tell jay about so i doubt it
The implication was definitely regarding content rather than technique, but it was a bullshyt line then and it remains so to this day. Dude just didn't have it in him, but you can always tell that he wanted that street/conscious hybrid rep that Nas had (especially at the time this dropped).