Jay Z 's Most Name Dropped Products By Album (Infographic)

[JordanWearinThe45]

In Lisa Robinson’s November story, “Jay Z Has the Room,” the rapper turned mogul opens up about his long résumé as a “son, brother, husband, father, entrepreneur, mogul, sports agent, rapper, performer, movie producer, author, nightclub owner, Broadway producer, festival organizer, watch designer, soundtrack and video-game executive producer, and art collector.”

All of these roles are apparent in his music, where H.O.V.A. often references everything from Picassos to Pampers. He’s known for name-dropping brands—those of cars, clothing labels, alcohols, and weaponry, in particular—as a way of marking his authenticity as a self-made businessman. So we took on the gargantuan task of reading through the musician’s lyrics to sort out the top 15 most mentioned brands in his music (with an ever grateful hat tip to RapGenius.com). To make the task realistic, we referenced only albums officially included in his discography, and at times we interpreted lyrics when they very obviously referenced a brand without outright saying it. (For example, when Jay Z mentions “red and green G’s all on my hat,”there’s no other brand that matches that description but Gucci.)

The results are telling. Jay Z’s most mentioned brand is Mercedes Benz, though he also holds a candle for Lexuses, Maybachs, BMWs, Bentleys, Range Rovers, and Porsches (in that order). In terms of designer labels, his change in taste over the years is apparent: His love of Gucci remains restrained but consistent, he was forced to take a hiatus from Versace during its shaky early-aught designs, and his new favorite designer—mentioned for the first time, nine times on his latest album—is Tom Ford. Also, in case you are one of the many people who enjoy Jay Z’s music but are unfamiliar with the 9-mm handgun market, Glock and Kel-Tec are gun brands.

Most obvious is Jay Z’s love-hate relationship with luxury champagne brand Cristal. The beverage is practically worshipped in most of his songs up until Cristal’s infamous snub to the hip-hop community in 2006. From then on the rapper name-dropped the bubbly only to remind us it’s “racist.”

But enough from us—take a look for yourself. Below, the luxury-filled life of Jay Z, charted.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/10/jay-z-brands-song-chart

 

[SubLyminalz]

i wonder what this would look like with rick ross and messicEAns, and any other type of high end clothing and lil wayne with p*ssy

 

[UpAndComing]

Nobody beats Game's namedrops of other rappers

 

[jadillac]

Audemar didnt make the list?

 

[KnickstapeCity]

Where's Ace of Spades?

Dude stays talking about that sh!t

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

He mentioned Basquiat on MCHG more than anything on every other album combined

 

[stealthbomber]

Nobody beats Game's namedrops of other rappers

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Nobody beats Game's namedrops of other rappers

This is a thread abotu Jay Z tho

 

[drewbreez]

In the Ferrari or Jaguar switching four lanes, with the top down screaming out...money ain't a thang.

 

[Professor Polo]

Where's the blueprint?

 

[ISO]

I'd love to have one of those cream mid 90s Lexus GS300's with the TV's in the back and the nice leather interior Jay used to talk about and have in his videos back then

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

Tom Ford and Basquiat were used 20 times on MCHG....I didn't really think about it till now

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

I'd love to have one of those cream mid 90s Lexus GS300's with the TV's in the back and the nice leather interior Jay used to talk about and have in his videos back then

The way he brought one on stage for the RD 10th aniv was

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1:30

I'm still mad he didnt drop this shyt as a dvd