"Hey mista, pay-sixer
A-lister, you're in the midst of
the ride of your life but you gotta keep them hits up
Can't put your guard down, gotta keep them mitts up
Take a sip suh...
It's so intoxicating ain't it
try not to get jaded...hollywoods been good to ya
It's startin to feel like puss to ya..don't lie"
"You wanna be seen....male groupies
now you've become what you most despised
James Dean, John Belushi
blow ya whole life tryna live in the lights"
No other figure from Hip Hop has ever really reached that plateau...the only artist that is famous enough and dope enough to put it down like that besides Jay is Eminem, and Em is still ONLY famous largely because of rap. Jay will always be a rapper first but his brand is so much bigger than the bars at this point.
Album ain't wack to me, I'd take it over American Gangster never understood the love for that album honestly.
Def not wack but you on that shyt for taking it over AG. That's one of the last albums that has dropped that could get a legit front to back listen from me. I mean we don't even gotta talk about the lyrics, the production for the most part was pretty seamless on it's own. Then you have him going off on several tracks.
Main complaints people had for that album was that he was still rappin about dope and this his vocals weren't 1:1 with his older tracks which both sound like petty fukking critiques to me.