What Did Jay-Z mean by "Black Excellence, Opulence, Decadence"?

[Archangel]

Can someone break it down for me. I see people on here use this phrase whenever they see a black person excelling in life. But the word decadence is a negative word that means decline or decay.

Opulence - great wealth or luxuriousness.
Decadence - the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state;deterioration; decay

This is black excellence?

 

[Rigby.]

I mean dudes been using decadence to state how luxurious they living since the beginning of the word

 

[steadyrighteous]

Decadence means two things. It also means lavish, luxurious, often times over the top or approaching the line of being too much.

Consider it one step before "gaudy".

 

[SunZoo]

Decadent in this context is about being self indulgent because of said wealth.

 

[mr x]

When you look up words in dictionaries, often you find numbers before definitions. If you do see one, it means continue reading for subsequent meanings.

 

[Breh Obama]

Post the definition of the words but still ask what they mean Brehs

 

[SunZoo]

Decadence means two things. It also means lavish, luxurious, often times over the top or approaching the line of being too much.

Consider it one step before "gaudy".

Right.

When you look up words in dictionaries, often you find numbers before definitions. If you do see one, it means continue reading for subsequent meanings.

Or dig a little deeper and get into the etymology.

You'd be surprised at how context and definitions have been altered for certain words. A lot of it looks like deliberate attempts to hide the truth about certain words and what they originally meant.

 

[BronxFleeZ]

You ain't hear the verse bro

 

[BronxFleeZ]

Tuxes next to the president

 

[DontEemTry]

When you look up words in dictionaries, often you find numbers before definitions. If you do see one, it means continue reading for subsequent meanings.

That's that polite gentlemanly ether.

 

[KilabeatZ]

 

[Roxx the King]

When you look up words in dictionaries, often you find numbers before definitions. If you do see one, it means continue reading for subsequent meanings.

 

[ATearInMyEye]

Real question is the first or 2nd beat?


I'm rolling with the 2nd

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Tuxes next to the president

Tuxes next to the President, I'm present

I dress, in Dries (van Noten)
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[OHSNAP!]

Tuxes next to the President, I'm present

I dress, in Dries (van Noten)
Jay-Z wears Dries Van Noten Custom Brooch Pin Out in NYC | UpscaleHype

#FactsOnly

Dumb decadent camel lost