Really nice beats but Jay was being so lazy on this thing. And wasn’t saying anything either. Literally just spewing New Black Capitalist bullshit in the most lazy way possible

wake up babe, new Jay Z hate thread from @DontAtMe

op not wrong tho

Reducing it to the black capitalism thing is a lazy critique, half the album is more about personal stuff than it is about that. Birthed Mr Morale as far as therapy albums

drug dealing aside, ghost writing aside, lets have a heart to heart about your pride

It’s not even good rapping and he’s saying nothing but Ed s*** the entire time

Not surprised by who made this thread

Yeah this album better than anything in Jay discog. I hope everyone itt listens to it and sees for themselves

brings back memories from summer tho

I thought it was kind of the opposite. Production is good dont get me wrong but his delivery on this with his wisdom and pain is amazing and would sound good acapella.

Jay Z mid this not new information

End of Transmission

Jayz more like Yawn Z

Tell me what exactly what he was saying that is “wisdom” to you lol

Crazy how much I disagree with this. Might have a wild ass take with this one but personally, my favorite writing on any rap album, ever. His writing on smile, 4:44, family feud, hell the entire f***ing album, to me is in many ways the pinnacle of writing within rap music.

Marcy me
Streets is my artery, the vein of my existence
I'm the Gotham City heartbeat
I, started in lobbies, now parley with Saudis
I'ma, Sufi to goofies, I could prolly speak Farsi
That's poetry, reek of coca leaf in my past

you are not allowed to make any more threads

I didn’t grow up with Jay, but it’s my favorite Jay-Z album

Will you actually provide a counterpoint or do you want to just s*** post

I can already tell you’re a moron

You would love volume 1. To me thats Jay’s most consistent writing top to bottom. It’s crazy all his peers agree and he’s only coming around now

Marcy let me gentrify my own block and sell it out to crypto investors

please tell me how "he sounds lazy on this" and "he wasn't saying anything on here" is a valid criticism. i get s***ting on jay z is your personality/gimmick on here but don't act like you said anything worth addressing in this thread nigga

Funny. Cuz the production brings the album down imo.

Hov elevated those beats to me. S*** regular degular with any other artist on it.