“We all make money, and then we all lose money, as artists especially. “’The Story of OJ’ is really a song about we as a culture, having a plan, how we’re gonna push this forward,” JAY-Z explains. Money, power, and race are all factors that cause a rift amongst artists in the hip-hop community. “Light n-a, dark n-a, faux n-a, real n-a/ Rich n-a, poor n-a, house n-a, field n-a/ Still n-a, still n-a” JAY-Z ponders on what his infidelity could’ve done to his relationship with his children, as he references the demise of Future and Ciara’s rocky relationship, with Ciara later marrying Seattle Seahawk quarterback Russell Wilson. “I don’t even know what you woulda done/ In the future, other n-s playing football with your son/ You would’ve lost it” On “Kill Jay Z”, the rapper compares his marital woes to that of R&B singer Eric Benet and his most famous relationship, with then-wife Halle Berry – which ended due to Benet’s infidelity. JAY-Z’s infidelity with “Becky with the good hair” was the cornerstone topic of his wife’s album Lemonade. “You almost went Eric Benét/ Let the baddest girl in the world get away/ I don’t even know what else to say”
Speaking on the song’s message in an interview with iHeart Radio, JAY-Z explains that in “Kill Jay Z,” he’s “killing off the ego, so we can have this conversation in a place of vulnerability and honesty.”
The album’s opener finds a pensive JAY-Z in a tete-a-tete with himself, as he faces the demons of his formative years while also grappling with the what-ifs of his actions. “And you know better, n-a, I know you do/ But you gotta do better, boy, you owe it to Blue/ You had no father, you had the armor/ But you got a daughter, gotta get softer” The most recent Jay Z appearance was on Frank Ocean’s “Biking,” on which he rapped on the opening verse with Tyler, the Creator.Well, the album is finally here, and JAY-Z has given us the answers. Scroll below for the rapper’s most introspective lyrics from his 4:44 album. “Watch them drop it same night the twins are born and go diamond in one week,” tweets Rap Press Secretary been four years since Jay Z released his 12th solo album, “Magna Carta… Holy Grail,” on July 4, 2013, via an exclusive Samsung promotion. Or could it be a reference to the birth of the couple’s twins? One wag predicts a simultaneous album release and birth date. He’s also released songs called “22 Twos” and “44 Fours.” Others speculate it’s the long-awaited Blueprint 4 or the :44 could mean the eagerly anticipated Jigga-Bey collab. Their daughter’s name Blue Ivy (IV, the Roman numeral for 4). Jay-Z and Beyonce have both attached significance to the number “4,” sporting matching “IV” tattoos on their wedding, while Jay Z’s birthday is December 4 and Beyonce’s is September 4. There have been rumblings of a new Jay Z album for several months, including an Instagram post from Swizz Beatz, which pictures him with Jigga alongside the caption, “AlbumModeZone.”
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