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you're a fucking retard.

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unfortunately, that's not what i'd been hearing all these years.

now excuse me while i kiss this guy.

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I knew some people who would say it like that knowing it was wrong, but oh so funny.

>unfortunately, that's not what i'd been hearing all these
>years.
>
>now excuse me while i kiss this guy.
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>n/h.

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he doesnt talk about You Must Love Me

most politicians here dont know the difference between a server and a waiter. thats why kids in south korea have better internet access than kids in the south bronx

it was clear it meant alot to him to hang out with moneyed white people and it gave him joy when they referred to him as their "friend". nothing wrong with a kid from the projects wanting to be accepted by a world that he had only seen from the outside.

but this right here crosses the line.

"what kind of an animal would do that?"
this sounds like something that would be said from the point of view of his "friends" parents or even grandparents if they were alive. which is alarmingly pathetic. he is deeply embarrassed of himself now that he has to look at himself from a conservative viewpoint.

it has nothing to do with growing up. he is over-reacting. it's like he wants so badly to be somebody new but he feels burdened by 10 years of recorded music that paint him as somebody else.

does it ever occur to him that who he was is what got him to where he is. he wants to be seen as a business man for owning minority stakes in other people's projects but his biggest source of success is still being a rapper. as much as he wants us to think he is bigger than rap.

couldn't have said it better.

>but this right here crosses the line.
>
>"what kind of an animal would do that?"
>this sounds like something that would be said from the point
>of view of his "friends" parents or even grandparents if they
>were alive.

most politicians here dont know the difference between a server and a waiter. thats why kids in south korea have better internet access than kids in the south bronx

he should have taken the Eminem route and just said (paraphrasing): "my lyrics are a part of the character I use for my art and those lyrics are meant to be artistic expression; they don't always represent me or my life personally. then that would be that."

don't be fkn evil.

>he should have taken the Eminem route and just said
>(paraphrasing): "my lyrics are a part of the character I use
>for my art and those lyrics are meant to be artistic
>expression; they don't always represent me or my life
>personally. then that would be that."

That's what basically what Em said in his last major outlet interview.
The lamest part is that for some reason, some people think the artist IS his art. They are entirely separable as they should be.

don't be fkn evil.

to cop out and say "it's a character" is stupid. Maybe Slim Shady is a character, but they're pitching this awful recovery album as him finally getting clean and dropping gimmicks.

"Keeping it real" is about the last fucking thing most hip hop does. They're selling an image and telling stories that are at best enormous exaggerations of anything real. In many cases it's pure fiction.

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right, but if you're selling an image you're not supposed to tell people thats what you're doing...magicians aint supposed to reveal their tricks.

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Some of us just want well-written songs, even if we know the process behind them.

so are we all "animals" for rapping and dancing along to big pimping?

>so are we all "animals" for rapping and dancing along to big
>pimping?

it's that we expect him to be smarter than this.

he is not his art. no one is asking him to be. that he's apologizing for his artistic output and conflating himself with the actual art is the problem.

don't be fkn evil.

>he is not his art. no one is asking him to be. that he's
>apologizing for his artistic output and conflating himself
>with the actual art is the problem.


You're expecting him to separate himself from the art but what he's
saying is that he isn't separate from his art. If the nigga is telling
you that he IS his art then how you tell him he isn't?
He's telling you this shit is first person accounts for him.
Plus you don't speak for everybody and some people DO expect the nigga
to BE what he's saying he is on record.

who exactly expects Jay-Z (or any rapper for that matter) to be a murdering drug dealer/pimp (to use an example)? you? seriously?

in a similar manner, do you expect Gene Simmons to be a kabuki-paint wearing demon aka god of thunder that really spits blood & fire instead of a business-savvy businessman?

do you think Harvey Keitel really is the Bad Lieutenant too?


I hope you realize you are making a ridiculous leap of logic there.
if you don't, then there is no point in having any more discussion with you.

don't be fkn evil.

>who exactly expects Jay-Z (or any rapper for that matter) to
>be a murdering drug dealer/pimp (to use an example)? you?
>seriously?
>

No. Not me. I said some people do.

>in a similar manner, do you expect Gene Simmons to be a
>kabuki-paint wearing demon aka god of thunder that really
>spits blood & fire instead of a business-savvy businessman?
>
>do you think Harvey Keitel really is the Bad Lieutenant too?
>


*Sigh* Here we go again. Rap is unique in that way because a large
percentage of its artists speak actual shit. The "keep it real"
movement or whatever you want to call it. NWA were some of the first
to be on this. And YOU are crazy if you think rap isn't unique in
that way. Why do you think Rick Ross being "exposed" is even a topic
of discussion. Why do you think people get called out for rapping
shit that they ain't about? Does this happen in rock? It doesn't
happen to actors because they're fucking actors.

>
>I hope you realize you are making a ridiculous leap of logic
>there.



I hope you realize that comparing rap to rock and movies is silly.

>*Sigh* Here we go again. Rap is unique in that way because a
>large
>percentage of its artists speak actual shit. The "keep it
>real"
>movement or whatever you want to call it.


I think this used to be a regular practice in hip-hop. But standards started changing and cats began representing themselves as something they really weren't. And with the changing demographics of the hip-hop audience, that practice has become more and more accepted.

Sucka MCs & fake MCs used to be easy targets. That's not the case anymore. Now, MCs can rap about whatever they want, however they want as long as it sounds good or moves units.

But of course Jay ain't from this new school of rap. Hence him being
disgusted by his lyrics and looking at this whole situation the way he
does.

Let's not forget that he's the guy who's said on more than one occasion
that he LIVED it and that all his shit is real talk. He's the cat who
accused Nas of creating his life in his notepad. If "it's all just
entertainment" none of that would even matter to Jay.


> I think this used to be a regular practice in hip-hop. But
>standards started changing and cats began representing
>themselves as something they really weren't. And with the
>changing demographics of the hip-hop audience, that practice
>has become more and more accepted.
>
> Sucka MCs & fake MCs used to be easy targets. That's not the
>case anymore. Now, MCs can rap about whatever they want,
>however they want as long as it sounds good or moves units.

I think she has Checkmate...

the lack of logic displayed by your points is baffling.

don't be fkn evil.

they don't actually live. The way you're ignoring that point is what's
baffling. You can ignore the "keep it real" factor if you like.

I'll ignore you keeping it wrong.

don't be fkn evil.

Call it what you want. It's still denial.

>he should have taken the Eminem route and just said
>(paraphrasing): "my lyrics are a part of the character I use
>for my art and those lyrics are meant to be artistic
>expression; they don't always represent me or my life
>personally. then that would be that."

^^^He would then be admitting that he isn't nor has ever been the very real "real live dude" that he has built his following upon..

He does not want to lose "the streets"

I think he's saying these things (animal reference) to prompt his new friends (...and fans by extension) to look further into his life (at some point)...

...when he of course will be comfortable enough to "disclose" certain aspects "safely"....

Dude is trying real hard to build a mystique that will pay forward in his new social circles.


He's trying to have his movie made.


"Inspectah Deck, he's like...he's like that dude thatta sit back and watch you play yourself and all that right? And see you sit there and know you lyin; and he'll take you to court after that, cuz he the Inspectah."

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1:44 "What I tell you about playing them fucking away games?"

to the precise minute and second. It's possible to do right on Youtube. No need for a third party.

Hashtage T for time = ____m for minutes ___ for seconds


#t=1m44s

just at that to the end of the video url. Here's what you'll get:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVohPC_YpU#t=1m44s

And it'll take you str8 there.

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I did not know how to do that directly

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dude looks back on a misogynist, chauvinistic verse and expresses regret for bring so negative, and people on a mssg board still find a way to put the man down, amazing.

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>dude looks back on a misogynist, chauvinistic verse and
>expresses regret for bring so negative, and people on a mssg
>board still find a way to put the man down, amazing.

nah really couldn't give a fuck less, it's a bullshit power move, think he won't whip out the usual on his next album? I heavily doubt the next one's going to be clean. I don't care if Jay continues to infiltrate the corporate world, as long as the music stays fresh (which BP3, and all the guest features he's done lately proves), I don't care what he does off the mic.

and you guys are calling him an uncle tom.

faggot ass haters living in grandma's basement

We live in a crass culture.

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jus saying

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trust fund babies may get passes in their lives, but those passes shouldn't extend to someone from marcy projects

when jay was 30 rapping this song, i knew it was morally reprehensible and misogynistic garbage at 17... it doesn't mean it has no place in art or a person is an "animal" for expressing these views

It's easy to be cynical about his reasons for saying this, but the man is married now, so just maybe he does look back and shake his head a little.

HE'S AN UNCLE TOM WHO'S INSULTING OUR INTELLIGENCE.

Because he is.

"Slaves got options...cowards aint got shit." --PS
"Once upon a time, little need existed for making the distinction between a nigga and a black—at least not in this country, the place where niggas were invented" -- Donnell A

>It's easy to be cynical about his reasons for saying this,
>but the man is married now, so just maybe he does look back
>and shake his head a little.

those types of sentiments. He isn't just criticizing himself, he's implying that that type of attitude/perspective has no place in work of art. And that is total bullshit.

Your hustle might get you knocked, why would I knock your hustle?

> He isn't just criticizing himself,
>he's implying that that type of attitude/perspective has no
>place in work of art. And that is total bullshit.
>

No one else should get to eat off these animalistic references (Jay's HATING!!!!)


"Inspectah Deck, he's like...he's like that dude thatta sit back and watch you play yourself and all that right? And see you sit there and know you lyin; and he'll take you to court after that, cuz he the Inspectah."

I don't see that as being the same as saying it doesn't have any place in art. I didn't read that in to what he said.

>I don't see that as being the same as saying it doesn't have
>any place in art. I didn't read that in to what he said.

Please tell me what Jay-Z is referencing in the following sentence.
"What kind of animal would say this sort of thing?"


Your hustle might get you knocked, why would I knock your hustle?

That he projected in some of his songs

>That he projected in some of his songs

That's also assuming that rap artists stands wholeheartedly behind their rap persona. I'm not making any assumptions, he called himself an animal for rapping those lyrics.

Your hustle might get you knocked, why would I knock your hustle?

I don't assume to know him, or how he views himself as a person in relation to himself as an artist, I'm just interpreting this specific statement, and it doesn't seem very ambiguous to me.

If he didn't look back on some of his lyrics with a level of apprehension there would be much SMH'ing at his inability to grow.

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