Reactions when 'Change Clothes' first leaked....

[the cac mamba]

Sorry homie, I have to neg rep you for this and I didn't really want to. But it's for your own good so you can pos rep me back for doing what had to be done. This dude said Allure

oh ill rep u back alright

 

[Danie84]

The camel's going to do for button-ups, what Nas did for kufis

 

[Sugar]

I fukked with the song when it dropped and still do fukk with it now

#fukkWhatChuHeard

 

[Tres Leches]

beat is nice

 

[toetoe]

Same reaction as i had with all Jay-Neptunes/Timbaland/Swizz Beatz collabos since 2001 (save Dirt off Your Shoulder)

 

[feelosofer]

I thought that this was the new Jay-Z, it really set off a more grown folks tone for the dude and the beat was fire.

 

[flea]

Like the song but what stood out to me was how he used that corny Dr. Dre "keep the peace like a Buddhist" line

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

I really don't think the beat to that shyt was all that.

shyt was light.

 

[Bolzmark]

By far Jay-Z's worst song ever. Lyrics suck, beats suck, video sucks. I was scared the Black Album was gonna be wack when I heard this. Turns out this song would be the only thing that at first made me hesitate to call it a classic album. Obviously Jay figured it was trash too because I don't think he has performed it since he was on that roof in Times Square in '03.

 

[Bolzmark]

black album is jay-z's best album. nothing else comes close.

Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint would like a word with you.

 

[kermit da hustla]

Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint would like a word with you.

reasonable doubt didn't age well, and blueprint is wildly overrated.

 

[RR_049]

kool lounge track

 

[Taadow]

i always get roasted for this but allure is absolute trash. shyt was not meant to be rapped on imo. just doesnt flow right to me

Totally agree. I never understood why folks were jeffin' that beat...

fukk it. I ride with Pharrell/Chad and they could do no wrong back then

and that track was very "radio" and easy to get played without much being considered.

it still had a lame factor to though

This is what was wrong - whenever people start actin' like someone "can do no wrong" is when people start doing wrong" because they start putting out any old thing. 'Tunes put those DUDS on TBA...and isn't this the time they started working with Common, too? zzzzzzz

 

[Pop123]

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Totally agree. I never understood why folks were jeffin' that beat...



This is what was wrong - whenever people start actin' like someone "can do no wrong" is when people start doing wrong" because they start putting out any old thing. 'Tunes put those DUDS on TBA...and isn't this the time they started working with Common, too? zzzzzzz

Fam, they also produced Allure which was a standout track. But be real, you know there needs to be a radio single to kick off an album and Change Clothes was that plain and simple

And their work with common was solid but I think it was common who fukked up that UMC album. His subject material gets stale, even on an album like Be, which rides because the production was excellent.