another KTTism

if your lyrics are about absolutely anything, prepare to be nitpicked for it

Personally I see it as motivation but he’s really talking to other MC’s on a lot of it

444 is a good album in a vacuum but I don't like how he approaches the "mature" themes. Very vapid and forgettable

Jay wasn’t telling people to buy art he was saying he had so many opportunities to build his wealth even more than it is now but he was more concerned with buying a CL600 instead of property. We have opportunities all around us everyday even if it’s buying a share or two of Nvidia stock he was preaching the principles that scale to any level

4:44 great example for old man rap, better than any Nas or Em old ah projects lol

I was a freshman in college when it came out it inspired me to take my finances seriously and learn more about it and make the most of whatever I could scrape together maybe i’d receive it differently if the world made me jaded

Damn I hate that I agree with you for once

Lowkey I think it’s cuz the production is laidback so Jay can get his raps off. If you’re not feeling what he’s saying, you can’t fall back to the production cuz it’s so tied to the lyrics. the beats by themselves are still good.

Okay I just re-listened and add Bam and Moonlight to list of good songs. I’m upgrading it to a very good album. Just not a classic

the introspection is cool but i always loved that album cus he’s rapping at the highest level when he’s 50 and already a billionaire. he really didn’t have to make music ever again and he did it for the love of the game

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Jerry Seinfeld: so what’s the big deal with Jay-Z’s 4:44?

That song made me realize Jay could’ve been the goat lyricist if he tried

They were equal on Otis imo

Especially since they were trading bars they whole song

Wow Jay is being honest after cheating on Beyonce,what a man!

I'd rather someone give me advise to persevere than some nigga tell me to invest in Apple stock

He was rapping at his highest level , not the highest level ,he's nowhere close to being one of the greatest if we talking emcees

Neither Nas or Eminem ever have to rap again either

So it's not classic

Someone needs to lock this thread asap

Bam beat drop

Nothing wrong with what he said.

Youre an absolute d***rider if you dont think any MCs GOAT status is debatable.

Everything being debatable doesn’t mean everything should be debated

TF does this even mean?

A lot of fans have a parasocial father-son relationship with their favorite rapper. Most obvious ones are Kanye and Jay Z

Jay Z is so f***ing ugly