See....I tend to listen to an MC like they are talkin to me, like we are tryin to vibe....Read Jay-Z's lyrics, use "Big Pimpin" lyrics becuase I posted them above...
Forget about the admittly tight ass beat.
Forget for the moment the way Jay-Z supposedly spits it.
Read the lyrics like you was just chillin somewhere talkin to this kat over a beer.
What would you think of him?
Idiot. Immature. Materialistic. Irresponsible. Etc.
In my opinion, contrary to popular believe IT IS NOT ALL about the beat or how the MC spits it, but what does he got to say...........as boring as I think his voice is, it is why Talib is one my favorites right now...
How do I feel about Jay-Z? See my Mos Def Quotes below.
Carry On.
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BLACK_ENGINEER
Is a nigga your complexion, or is it all in your mind? (C) Common
I hate being cheap, but I hate being broke more. - Fire
“There’s a war going on for the soul of hip-hop.” Michael Eric Dyson - Professor of African-American studies at DePaul University.
“It’s minstrelsy because that’s what white people want to believe about us—that it’s about ‘money, cash, hos’ for all of us.” Yet for some in the black community, the worst consequence of the bling-bling sensibility isn’t how blacks may appear to whites, but what blacks might be doing to themselves" - Mos Def