Why did Jay-Z refer to New York as being soft in the late 90’s

[Standing on business]

So you admit to actually pondering about other cities off a rap beef from 21 years ago, talking about it like it happened yesterday
@yalifefloppedb

I was chilling listening to hard knock life and that verse just had me curious

 

[Marzupial]

The only thing soft are these dumbass thread fails being made day after day by posters from behind their keyboards, in their soft ass cities.

fukk nas and jay z
Them nikkas aint impresssive to me
Aint no dead cracker representin me
Them nikkas got no play in my V

Is that simple

 

[knickscity]

fukk jay and nas
Them nikkas aint impresssive to me
Aint no dead cracker representin me
Them nikkas got no play in my V

Is that simple

You sound like you go hard for mumble rap.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

You sound like you go hard for mumble rap.

I'm like, wtf is this dude talking about

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

I was chilling listening to hard knock life and that verse just had me curious

...

 

[Marzupial]

You sound like you go hard for mumble rap.

Iam a big fan of jay but iam on some krs one shyt i got barz for nikkas

"Aint no dead cracker representin me"

This line would kill both of them nikkas in a battle,keep it real

 

[knickscity]

Iam a big fan of jay but iam on some krs one shyt i got barz for nikkas

"Aint no dead cracker representin me"

This line would kill both of them nikkas in a battle,keep it real

You'd have to say more. One liners work for radio play lyrics.

 

[010101]

nikkas talk about thee.city 100× more than they own little local village*

 

[Citi Trends]

the Ha remix

shoulda kept that garbage ass verse in new york

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

So apparently Calling NY soft isn’t a new thing, even people from New York referred to their own city as soft

“What’s the dealings? It’s like New York’s been soft every since Snoop came though and crushed the buildings” - Jay-Z in 1998



Old heads so was New York was considered soft in the 90’s just like it is now?

it was not soft.. jay was speaking on one thing... that line started the prodigy / jay beef...

jay was trying to call out Cam and started a beef with Prodigy instead.. ...

 

[BmoreGorilla]

shoulda kept that garbage ass verse in new york

We got guns that go brrrrrrrrat brrrrrrrrrat
brrrrrrrrrrrat


Where your paper at?

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Iam a big fan of jay but iam on some krs one shyt i got barz for nikkas

"Aint no dead cracker representin me"

This line would kill both of them nikkas in a battle,keep it real

Who is this dude?

 

[Zero]

This and the Snoop gif are like bat signals for New Yorks flabbiest

 

[The M.I.C.]

Where's J Prince the BytchAzz IG Snitch from again??

gets people hemmed up with his federal assistance bc he had to beg for assistance from some Bronx dudes, pleading and crying on the gram
tagging every damn body in NEW YORK
"c'mon maynnneee, help me get my chain back maynne...this aint right maynnee" on some teenagers. fukkin disgusted, that's your OG?? Word?? from Snitch-A-Lot, got 20 yr olds doing bids for a hot and a cot bc he couldn't handle street business in the street.

Houston got a lot of representation on the board so does Chicago.

New York going to war again?

 

[Standing on business]

Where's J Prince the BytchAzz IG Snitch from again??

gets people hemmed up with his federal assistance bc he had to beg for assistance from some Bronx dudes, pleading and crying on the gram
tagging every damn body in NEW YORK
"c'mon maynnneee, help me get my chain back maynne...this aint right maynnee" on some teenagers. fukkin disgusted, that's your OG?? Word?? from Snitch-A-Lot, got 20 yr olds doing bids for a hot and a cot bc he couldn't handle street business in the street.

Both Alpo and Frank Lucas when they got caught