Jay Z Regrets Big Pimpin.......

[OfTheCross]

JAY-Z REGRETS MAKING “BIG PIMPIN”: ‘I CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID THAT’
SHA BE ALLAH

MAY 3, 2021

Even as arguably to be of the game’s most successful artists, Jay-Z still has some regrets about the decisions made in his career and more specifically, the songs that he offered up to the public early in his musical tenure. In an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal, Hov discusses how he regrets making his 1999 hit “Big Pimpin’ featuring UGK.

The song not only became an anthem that ushered in the 21st century, but also became Jigga’s most popular track, ending up on four different Billboard charts and catapulted Hov’s fourth LP to go triple platinum.

While talking to the Journal, Jay talked about his creative process , in which he is infamously known for not writing down his lyrics and just spitting them in the booth. While he says some his lyrics are “really profound”, he admitted that he wasn’t as proud of “Big Pimpin”.

“That’s the exception. It was like…I can’t believe I said that,” said Hov. “And kept saying it? What type of animal would say this sort of thing. Reading it is really harsh.”

Despite of the artist’s feelings about the smash hit, there’s no doubt that it helped him become a star and cemented his status as one of the music industry’s biggest power players.

..…....….....

When you get to the top, the currency is different.


The pressure comes from all sides to start conforming to the rules of propriety and respectability.

foh. Jay doing too much with these mainstream interviews.

Besides, he already corrected himself in real-time with Hey Papi

 

[Blackrogue]

NAH WE ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE REAL VERSION.



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This nikka really was writing the training manual drake using now to live life

 

[Blackrogue]

What I like about jay and nas is they matured. Reached crazy ass levels that will serve as a prototype and to come from the animosity they had to the friendship they have now...

Article is old but everyone should be looking at the point this dudes are at right now and take life lessons as opposed to focusing on some dude who's hot right now who needs 25 years before they get to the level of understanding/ experience these dudes have right now.

Their business sense.
Respect for family/ love / marriage/ humanity. Even jays transformation with his hair..

 

[Edub]

Hedge Fund Hov said "I. Will. NOT. Be. Cancelled"

Guy has two daughters now, that could have changed his perspective. More than likely those corporate ties are growing and they need him to get ahead of these things

Basically....nikka tryin to pad the nearly impossible fall

 

[Thurgood Thurston III]

Apparently this article is over 10 years old. Source must be struggling

Watch NONE of these nikkas take back all the shyt they were just talking.

In fact, they'll double down

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Camel pandering to cacs 10 years ago and today

 

[ThatTruth777]

Really?

That's like one his biggest songs

 

[Lemons]

Y’all are still responding to the thread with your shytty takes even though it’s been proven on page two and subsequent pages thereafter that he had that interview 10 years ago, never said the word “regret” and STILL performs it.

Damn y’all are slow and asf.

 

[mitter]

As if that was the only song he made where he objectified women

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

JAY-Z REGRETS MAKING “BIG PIMPIN”: ‘I CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID THAT’
SHA BE ALLAH

MAY 3, 2021

Even as arguably to be of the game’s most successful artists, Jay-Z still has some regrets about the decisions made in his career and more specifically, the songs that he offered up to the public early in his musical tenure. In an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal, Hov discusses how he regrets making his 1999 hit “Big Pimpin’ featuring UGK.

The song not only became an anthem that ushered in the 21st century, but also became Jigga’s most popular track, ending up on four different Billboard charts and catapulted Hov’s fourth LP to go triple platinum.

While talking to the Journal, Jay talked about his creative process , in which he is infamously known for not writing down his lyrics and just spitting them in the booth. While he says some his lyrics are “really profound”, he admitted that he wasn’t as proud of “Big Pimpin”.

“That’s the exception. It was like…I can’t believe I said that,” said Hov. “And kept saying it? What type of animal would say this sort of thing. Reading it is really harsh.”

Despite of the artist’s feelings about the smash hit, there’s no doubt that it helped him become a star and cemented his status as one of the music industry’s biggest power players.

..…....….....

When you get to the top, the currency is different.


The pressure comes from all sides to start conforming to the rules of propriety and respectability.

 

[JLova]

shyt bangs. Still fire.

 

[JLova]

LMAO

DUDES CATALOG WAS FULL
OF SONGS LIKE THAT
UNTIL NAS CALLED HIM OUT
ON ETHER.

HEY PAPI
CAN I GET A
DO IT AGAIN
I JUST WANNA LOVE YOU
GIRLS
IS THAT YO bytch...ETC

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All classics

 

[TL15]

I’ll still never forget how BET used to edit out “MTV Jam of the week”

 

[theworldismine13]

are the twins girls? that would make him the father of 3 daughters, that explains the difference more than the money

 

[Keep_It_Hip_Hop_Fam]

This isn't pandering. He's growing up. He has children and can now see a different perspective, especially the influence of certain types of messaging over time. There are any number of other rap artists who have felt the same about their content when they were younger.


If you can't respect that, your whole perspective is...

The quotes pre-date the existence of his daughters. The quotes are from 11 years ago.

He still performs the song, even after the birth of his daughters.