XXcLusive: Jay-Z on October XXL Cover

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In conjunction with the release of his 11th solo album, The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z is gracing the cover of XXL magazine for the publication’s October issue. Speaking with XXL’s Special Projects Editor Bonsu Thompson, the self-proclaimed, “God MC” delves deep into many hot topics currently buzzing around him, including his mega success, BP3, jabs at his new singles “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” and “Run this Town,” his tenure as the president of Def Jam and life as hip-hop’s ultra businessman. Check out a few excerpts below.

CRITICISM OF “D.O.A.”
“I’m not hating on young people. Like, when people say that, I’m like, What are you talking about? It’s just stupid. I’m not hating on young people… I’m not Bill Russell, [saying] Michael Jordan ain’t shit. I’m saying Lil Wayne and Kanye are like LeBron and Kobe. My job as someone at the forefront of the game is to leave it in a better position than when I came in. Same way that Russell [Simmons] left it to me. ’Cause this thing saved my life. Literally. So I have a responsibility to it karmically. And after that it’s on you. I did my part. I made ‘D.O.A.’ I said it. I made the statement. I made the push. Here, y’all take it from here.”

HIS LEGACY AS FORMER DEF JAM RECORDS PRESIDENT
“So if you ask me to grade my performance as the president, I’d say A-plus. No one can bat a 100. It’s impossible. I mean, everyone is looking at my shit. But if we really looked under the hood [of] every single [record exec] and the acts they put out in that time, I’d be comparable to anyone.”

HIS STANDING IN THE GAME
“But when I say I’m the best, I don’t say that outta my ass. I say that with all my stats behind me. I put that against anybody. I mean anybody. I really believe that… I believe in a lot of things. 
I believe that ‘SportsCenter’ is the best thing on TV. I shouldn’t have to prove it. But I do have these stats to prove it. I’m talking about real run. I’m not talking about years off. I’m talking about straight—boom, boom, boom—back to back. We’re not talking about heritage acts either. We’re not talking about respect what I’ve done. I’m talking No. 1 [albums] 10 times. The Beatles is the only one [to have more 
No. 1 albums]. They got 19, and if I get a surge of creativity, I could make nine albums next year.”

XXL‘s October issue includes stories on The Making of The Blueprint, the current state of lyricism in hip-hop, Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt.II and much more. The mag hits newsstands September 15. -Marvin Brandon

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  • Grand Prixx

    Pierzy!

    like we didnt know..

    • http://Pierzy11@gmail.com Pierzy

      Can you imagine what would happen if he actually put out 9 albums in a year? He would just list what’s in his closet and what he had for breakfast. I love Jay but c’mon…you’re not Lennon and/or McCartney.

      • venemez

        He is not Lennon and/or McCartney… but his getting pretty damn close

        • Jesus Martinez

          He will never be close

        • P. Harris

          Never!

          co-sign

        • these posts are racist

          You’re right, he’s not the Beatles, he’s bigger. He’s Shakespear.

        • P. Harris

          TPAR,

          GTFOH, he’s no where near shakespeare, he’s not tchaikovsky, his musical works will never reach the levels of those he compared himself with/to. His impact is in rap/hip-hop alone.

        • these posts are racist

          Says who? Have you ever read hamlet? Or any of his tragic plays? Compare it to Jay’s Dead Presidents…or anything off of Reasonable Doubt. Jay merks Shakespeare.

        • nogov’ts

          hi TPAR- you’re retarded.

        • HATERS

          JAY HAS HEADLINE NUMEROUS ROCK, POP, REGGAE concerts HOW THE HELL YOU HATERS gone say he is ONLY HIP HOP????

          DO YOUR HISTORY

        • P. Harris

          FOH

    • KO

      HELLO TO ALL MY JAY-Z HATERS, THE MAN HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THESE DUDES OUT HERE CAN’T EVEN HOLD HIS MIC.

    • http://thahiphoptruth.com assy but classy

      first of all jay-z is over-rated
      2nd so is tha nigga drake
      somebody over at thahiphoptruth.com had tha nerve to compare the two niggas
      drake aint jay-z my niggas
      and who cares any wyas
      jay is an old ass nigga that hates on tha younin’s

  • http://twitter.com/michaelbjordan Mike Jordan

    What happened to Bol’s story?

    • nogov’ts

      In conjunction with the release of his 11th solo album…he had it removed.

      • nogov’ts

        didn’t you dumb suits learn anything from lebron and dunkgate? wait why do i even ask. let’s try this again with someone you’d be more familiar with (and most likely idolize) — didn’t you learn anything from Nixon’s demise? cover-up is always worse than the crime, dummies.

  • Rob H.

    Is that a black chain or just a black necklace with a black Jesus piece, i wonder if ppl will stop wearin gold n platinum and start wearin black jewelry

    • http://YOUTUBE.COM/THELUPEND THELUPEND

      That’s an all black Black Jesus Chain. Kanye wore it first,

  • http://soundverite.blogspot.com/ Sound Verite

    Hova should be worried about those boring ass Timbaland tracks & corny guest like Drake that leave a bad taste in the mouth of actaul hip-hop fans.

    I still believe, but damn a nigga is making it hard.

    • mo

      You are right, timbo has been garbage for some time now. He can keep those wack beats, they don’t fit Jays style anyway.

      “get ya cd’s out let’s go song for song I’m the illest nigga doin it till ya’ll prove me wrong” -HOV

      The hate gets stronger when the paper gets longer, believe that.

  • Midwestcoast

    I guess we all know now why Bol’s shit got yapped….(ll)

  • http://www.politicalish.com hiphopsays

    he’s speaking truth….weezy and his ilk are talking the ‘best’ talk based on future potential (sorta like a draft pick) … Mr. S (dot) is talking about already in the vault success – actual facts (plaques got em, bank got it, babe have it)

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  • Grimey G

    What the fuck is he talking about? I thought he was supposed to be smart. He is babbling about sportscenter and just random bullshit. Congrats stupid you now look and sound like a mongoloid

    • Eric

      read it again… slowly this time.

      • HNIC

        Eric says:

        read it again… slowly this time.

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • Doitcausetheywont

    Jay, you wild for that Beetles comment. Is the surge coming? I think this Rocafella need to drop a mix-tape immediately after this album drop, and call it the real BP3 because so far the songs I’m hearing is garbage.

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  • D-Block

    and the biggest sell-out in hip hop history goes to…… oh wouldnt u know it: JAY-Z. fuck this occult worshiping faggot

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  • Brendon

    Actually Jay, alot of people bat .100.. and they don’t even make it out of Little League

  • David HussleSoft

    “Soon as I sell too much, watch them turn on him”- Jay-Z So Ghetto

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  • alderman j

    What is this nigga talking about???Jay is over, those songs he has leaked off this album are collectively the worst garbage i have ever heard from JAY!!! Thats exactly what he is asking us to do, respect what he has done, KINGDOM COME GARBAGE, AMERICAN GANGSTA, BELOW AVERAGE, BLUEPRINT 3 SO FAR GARBAGE, Does he really think these last 3 albums compare to any three albums he has ever done???? He isnt the same, its like watching Mike Jordan run around in a wizards uniform 20 pounds heavier with no hops, getting his fade away blocked by Paul Pierce!!! Give it up JAY, “the outside j isnt working” anymore!!!

  • Mutada/Mullah Atari

    “Lil Wayne and Kanye are like LeBron and Kobe”

    Fail

  • http://cesarvaltierra.com X-21

    When are they gonna put Bol on the cover?

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  • Brendon

    Yeah Jay, lots of people bat .100.. but they never make it out of Tee Ball

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  • http://www.the-quotable.com J.Dot

    Blueprint 3 review here: http://www.velvetaddiction.com

    Pretty accurate if you ask me…

  • Easy

    alderman j your comments are garbage Amercian Gangster below average!!!!! you just plain hater why u fools always reading checking on jay-z??

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  • JAY STONE

    Bitch ass xxl has the ball to pull out the plug on Bol blog critising gay-z latest song to accomodate joe carmel.
    fuck xxl

  • NuNu

    No matter how many bloggers trash his music and no matter how many niggas say they won’t buy the album because Hov is old and has slacked off (even though he still is better than 99% of anyone on a Major Record Label)… his true fans are gonna buy his album and he’s still gonna be #1 on the charts in the first week of sales. It amazing how many people, especially niggas online, hate on dude. Is it really that serious?!? Some people act like this nigga is taking food out they kids mouth or fucking they BM when most of ya’ll niggas know if you were to ever meet him in person you would be on his dick so hard your girl would start to wonder.

  • Easy

    dude the reviwer of the album never even listened to the whole album let me get out of here only stupid people are here I gone

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  • ScrewstonRepper

    It’s funny how these so called “real” hip hop fans call The Carter III and So Far Gone border line classic and this garbage. Just goes to show ya, no one is listening to the lyrics. Dude’s wordplay is so over y’alls heads it’s sick. And by the way… American Gangster = certified classic. HOLLA!!!

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  • 831

    all u hatin faggots been slappin hovs shit for years n now u go this route “u not feelin me fine costs u nothin pay me no mind look im on my grind cuzzin aint got time for frontin sensative thugs yall all need hugs”

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  • SOUTHSIDE A-TOWN

    not surprised, but… dats wassup. i’m copping it.

  • SOUTHSIDE A-TOWN

    ha! & the nigga really going hard on that black. lol.

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  • Anton Chigur

    You’re not the “God MC”. The God MC is the most-talented, most-gifted. Rakim is the God MC. You can state you’re “The Best” at “The Game”: sales, commercial success, business ventures. Hats off, undisputedly the best at “the game”.
    But not the God MC. The God MC title is reserved for the greatest MC.

  • P. Harris

    Man, I’m a fan of Hov, one of the best ever… but nobody is hating on dude… two weak ass songs have leaked and he’s not getting love.

    So, come better Jay… we want good music…

  • DUDE

    A VERY OVER RATED ARTIST…..XXL RIDES HIS JOCK SO MUCH IM NOT SURPRISED HES ON ANOTHER COVER…..BUT WE ALL KNOW HE CANT TOUCH THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL….SLIMM SHADY…

    • serious

      FAIL!!

  • MAIN MAN

    U ARE RIGHT DUDE…AND JAY-Z KNOWS THAT..

  • http://www.myspace.com/emcdlthemusicprofile EmCDL

    Damn so they actually did put Jay-Z on the cover….SMH

  • the G.O.D

    PEACE

    Elmvis? what? the who? pardon my french, get the f…out of here.

    PEACE

  • Decker

    The best 2 ever do it.Ur favourite rapper dreams of being Jay-Z.Remember “Hov’s a living legend and i tell u why,everybody wants 2 like Hov,and Hov still alive”.Hov-godMC.

  • http://myspace.com/brihfl How can…

    How can Jay-Z talk about stats but not talk about how he still has yet to surpass Eminem or 2Pac in album sales, period. Eminem has only put out 5 albums, not 10! It’s gonna take Jay-Z another 9 to come up with numbers like that, you know a few million each album…why he aint say those stats, and I cannot believe he even compared himself to the beatles bahahahaha, Jay-Z don’t get gassed!!!

  • lolpoppa

    camel-face.

  • lolzord

    Camel-face got no props, G.

  • http://none Durbey E. Macon

    I will say one thing about Mr. Carter: His XXL covers are always interesting and fresh.

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  • Fireforreal

    How can,come on now stats doesn’t only mean sales. So what if Em has sold more than him. Ask yourself. As dope as em is how many black and latino males and females quote his lyrics ? Jay has a craaaaaaaazy following where in the hood the recite and break his shit down word for word because it’s just that real where brothers in the struggle can relate to him more then they can and Em. The white kids love him like he’s better than 2pac LOL. It’s all I guess about who you relate to the most.There story,struggle,accomplishments and entertainment.

  • K.ong

    Most of the anti-Jay comments are from people who LOVE Slaughterhouse. The same SlaughterHouse that sold 17 k out the gate. Jay is a legend and he may be out of his prime, but he is still an All Star in this rap game. Name 5 niggas doing better shit right now, especially to dismiss American Gangster, one of the most clever albums of the decade.

  • tone

    he sucks(JAY-Z) he used all biggy rhymes at the start of his career then when biggy died he had 2 learn how 2 START RAPPING what he talks about dont make no sense he just rhyming elementary style synonyms and antonyms and these cats think thats dope he just got lucky cuz the 2 best in rap got taken out R.I.P. BIGGY AND PAC he wahed up he need 2 sit down some where

  • K.ong

    This dudes aint even REAL, jay IS the GOD Mc, his worst is top 10 in the Game.
    All haters Stfu

  • Yomi

    I dont mind Jigga on da front of XXL but why is OJ Da Juiceman’s name on there as well, why dont yall interview Shaq too.

    • ko

      For real Shaq us better than 85% of the rappers out now.

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  • IndyKid

    Genius.
    I’m a younger dude so I really wasn’t into hip-hop for Jay’s reign but he’s one of my favorite mc’s now. New and old stuff.

    Hov > Nas
    anyday of the week

    Indy

  • Prince Caesar

    I can’t front on Jay…he’s a giant in the rap game and he will go down in history as one of the best to ever do it. I gotta be honest, Jay is gassing himself and smelling his own shit so hard because he knows that this is it. Jay’s time is up..he has to co-sign these wack niggas like Wayne & Drake because that’s who the new school has elected as the leaders the game. And how came he’s been in it longer than 50, but 50 is probably neck in neck with him in albums sales and business ventures, money, etc ?

  • dreny4life

    Album sales don’t mean shit.ex: ifu fuck 100 bitches that’s a 5 and I fuck 50 dimes I’m winning its quality over quantity ass holes.

    People with gimmicks will always sale more..
    Ex: Eminem maniac, 50 cent cold killer, Nelly pretty boy. and the list goes on.
    Jay sold just being his self thatswhy people still checkin for him. real reconize real.

  • http://myspace.com/federalranga Federal Ranga

    Well, this answers a lot of my questions… I’ll read it once it hits my barbershop.

    Damn, lots of confliction on this cover, but it could’ve been worse….

    E7 up! Commission!!!
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  • What’z Crakin’

    I stop liking Jay a long time ago when he made pac’s classic into a love duet with Beyonce. I don’t know why ya’ll niggas think this asshole is the shit. just look at him he is soooo corny. he’s a music executive trying to rap how that become cool at least puff took a back seat. I know that this album probably going platinum but selling a million garbage CD’s don’t make it good!!!

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  • 74bpoppa

    this is what makes jay -z the greatest his stats this nigga got more number albums than elvis this nigga got longevity the average rapper time of success is 5 years tops he been doing it for 11 years all number one albums name one rapper that have done that not one but HOVA. TO DISS HIM IS LIKE HATING ON SOMEBODY YOU CAN NEVER BE AND ONLY HALF ASS RAPPERS HATE ON HIM BECAUSE HE GOT SOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER HAVE THATS ENOUGH SKILLS TO SELL RECORDS AND GET MONEY DOING IT BUT IT’S OK THIS NIGGA IS INTERNATIONAL WHO GIVES A FUCK WHAT A FREE DOWNLOADING ASS SOLJA BOY WANNABE THINKS IF YOU WAS SMART YOU GET IT LIKE SOULJA BOY AND STOP HATING ON OTHER RAPPERS THAT’S GETTING MORE THAN YOU KEEP IT YOUNG LEAVE THIS GROWN FOLKS SHIT ALONE IT’S WAS NOT MADE 4 YOU ANYWAY SHOW ME ONE NIGGA GETTIN IT LIKE HIM THEN I WILL SHE FUCK UP!!!!!

    • Jay cool…but…

      if this music is made for grown folks then grown folks are whack. bitch. get off jay meat. Jay Z is part of an establishment that is systematically killing the true essence of hip hop and Black youth. By perpetuating violence, misogyny, and ignorance, Jay Z is embodying all the stereotypes that assholes like Bill O’Reilly critisize rap music for. If you THINK Jay Z gives a fuck about you, personally, then I feel really bad for you. Hop off his dick. This song sucks. Jay Z is putting out a bad album, if these songs will EVEN be on the album. It doesn’t take away from his legacy. It’s just time for him to give it up. Every great needs when his time has come to an end. That why they say “bow out gracefully..” duh….

  • http://XXLMAG.COM IAMHIPHOP

    JAY-Z IS A GOOD RAPPER.HOWEVER;SALES DONT MAKE YOU THE GREATEST.HAMMER,VANILLA ICE,MARKY MARK ALL SOLD A TON OF ALBUMS.,ARE THEY THE GTREATEST?I DONT THINK SO!DONT GET ME WRONG I LIKE JAY-Z,AN I BELIEVE HE IS A TELENTED RAPPER BUT THE FACT IS THEIR ARE RAPPERS-MC’S MORE GIFTED THEN JAY ON THE MIC.,BIG DADDY KANE,KRS-1,MOS-DEF,NAS,SLICK RICK,SCARFACE,ICE CUBE,TUPAC,JUST TO NAME A FEW.OH BY THE WAY RAKIM ALLAH IS THE REAL GOD MC AN JAY-Z CAN NOT F–K WIT RAKIM ON THE MIC.A MATTER OF FACT RAKIM IS THE REAL KING.STRAIGHT LIKE THAT! THE SEVENTH SEAL WILL BE A CLASSIC EVEN IF IT ONLY SELLS 10 COPIES.CHECK OUT RAKIM NEW SINGLE (HOLY)THAT SHIT IS HEAT.PEACE!!!

  • D-Lon

    Fuck ya haters…
    Jay-Z the Greatest rapper alive period…

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  • http://xx t

    wow, this what rap has come to. notice what he said “the stats” just because you sell the most doesn’t always mean you’re the best.

  • avon

    come on nas we need you to come back and shut this nigga jay up

  • Get’em

    It’s crazy how people throw salt. He is doing what the rest of these bums are doing, just way better.Why are people so anal about Jay-Z? He took advantage of the game and now people are mad. GTFOH! And just because you don’t like the song doesn’t mean it’s garbage. Who are you? lov it or hate it and move on.

    That is all…………..

  • Politics As Usual

    You Lil Fucks, This is Only The Beginning and yall don’t even know it. He Has impacted and continues to impact the universe. All you haters are gonna buy HIS albums, Try to party at HIS clubs, Watch HIS basketball team play ball, all the while saying… yo, this nigga Jay ain’t even that hot. Lames.. Please get with the program quickly cause you are the reason he can use that word in his lyrics cause he’s talkin about YOU. And Yall are holdin us back. But Yall are the reason niggas like him get rich and to the top, cause he step on all yall lil niggas heads and yall lift him right up there. Make sense? Expand ya brain waves sukkas. Take a look at the XXL cover and think about dudes mind state… “Damn Near Invincible In My Own Mind Now That My Souls Aligned” As Tall as The Empire State Building?? That’s Bold. I wonder why he would place himself there? Yall ain’t done shit so you don’t know what it feels like to accomplish and become shit. Fuck outa here and stop waistin ya time. This the first time I ever commented on some bullshit like this. Listen to Reminder again.

  • Neibo

    …funny…as much hate there is out there for Jay, this article still got about 100 hits on it in the comment section. He must be doing somthing right.

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  • http://-- gaddic

    ppl keep on saying jay-z’s career is over
    jay-z just lacks hunger to make classic music
    His complacency and arrogance is blocking him from improving or better yet going back to his lyrically brilliant days
    Look at NAS he hasn’t dropped on weak album in almost a decade!
    Every lp has been straight fire for years now!!!
    The wealth the business success and the high level he’s at has proved to be his demise
    Rocafella will slowly come tumbiling down!
    No hating! just facts plain and simple
    JAY SHOULD JUST RETIRE FROM RAP OR REGAIN HIS ZEST AND HUNGER TO CREATE RAP MASTERPEICES!!!

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  • http://twitter.com/bitchiiimamazin sheena.o

    yeh!
    if ppl dont realize it by now.. they’ll never know shit..
    jay-z been that nigga
    for quite some time..
    he never bores me!!
    and just when i wanna say this nigga
    done it all.. he be killin
    shit all over again
    and yeh all them Timbo beats are
    trash.. that nigga shit sound the
    same.. he went pop anyway n jay aint goin
    that route.. 4get it

  • daydeezy

    Jay-Z is the Best Period, he is Better than any rapper Alive , also you have to realize Jigga is older than wayne and eminem, besides who you know other than wayne has stepped there game up——-Im Waiting — Nobody Eminem always been tight, there are no other rappers that really stepped it up to even be considered comparable to Jay-Z, Jigga is on that grown man shit, im not expecting him to ever come out with a song to do a dance too for what no matter how popular it is, you grow with time, think about it look how hammer tried to go gangster could’nt do it , and what about when Big Daddy Kane posed Nude , just because alot of ladies like you dont mean hip hop will except that shit and we did’nt so he never got back on, he stayed off. Nothing wrong with changing with time but you should’nt ruin your career to change. “30′s the new 20″s im so hot still”

  • Mr. North

    “Compared to Beans you wack.”

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  • http://xxl eminemisthebest

    eminem is the best rapper alive

  • http://xxlmag.com iceman23

    well Harris i hear you,,T one time Yes he was jus remembered for hip-hop,,,But if you talkin bout him as a hole,,I disagree.. He owns Business’s,President of Def Jam,,, ( President is President) Clothing shits,,And i see all types wearin them and nationalities,, I think the Allure of his coolness,Magnifies everything else,,Globally… Dude Jus good at whateva…Yeah he looks like a horse or whateva…But he cool,makin the looks Irrelavent…. But Thats your opinion..Respect it…

  • GROWN MAN GREG SAYS

    i like to watch young people listen to jay and frown and squint, its like they are taking a math test its for grown ups like dark liquor.
    hes not for you .its ok this man has pimped music, he knows the president of the united states. and better yet he knows jay ,music 10 plat albums / beans, bleek,young guns ,k west, rhianna, and neyo = lil whanye young carter stole his 1997 style and jump started a new generation show some fuckin respect… after 250 years in america jay z ia a example to every black man in the projects reading this xxl to get up get out and do somthing… cant knock the hustle ….

  • Fireforreal

    I agree with Iceman23. Dude is so global and such a trendsetter he stays being the most hated on and talked about. He said in an interview about 10 years ago Russel simmons said to him you always want people talking about you because if there not that means nobody gives a fuck. He’s one of the last Mc’s from an era where you had to be nice. Now adays you just need a big co sign,latest dance or sologan or a song on the radio. I bet most of these rappers out now people consider hot won’t be hear to have a career span 10 years and have that big of an impact on hip hop culture itself.

  • bkmastedu

    lol…some of you dudes are hilarious…saying Jay-z is wack is one of the biggest HATER comments of the decade yo…look man..if you are the same nigga that says jay-z wack..but turn around and say the shit out now is hot then your comment to me becomes IRRELEVANT..actually…all ya’ll opinions are irrelevant…cause while your at home on your computer/home-made studio/bff house/ etc…you’ll be watchin’ this niggas sales/popularity/buzz/global appeal/sold out concerts in your town/clothing/liquor/cologne/clubs/sports team/etc continue to rise up…stop bein’ a crab in the barrel and let this dude do what most of you tards can’t do…MAKE IT OUT DA HOOD AND BE SUCCESSFUL…

  • Stylistic

    Wow what a bunch of dick riders. Jay-Z is good, but he’s def not the greatest of all time sorry. He ain’t even in the top 5. Yes the man’s done a lot for Hip Hop but there are a LOT of emcees (based on lyrical talent alone) I would put ahead of Jay. Krs, Nas, Kane, Rakim, Eminem, Canibus, Immortal Technique, to name some, shit I’ll even say Joell Ortiz is a better lyricist then Jay. Like I said I realize what he’s done for Hip Hop but as a lyricist, he’s not the G.O.A.T…

  • http://www.myspace.com/opalellyse Opal Ellyse

    Let’s see this was just posted yesterday and there are 117 comments already. . . Jay is a modern day Shakespeare. . .and BK is his Verona. . ain’t nobody able to reach the masses and I mean all the masses and still be that intellegent, that street and that Cool. . .all the haters on here, I’m sure I will see you at Best Buy on Sep 11th:)

    - Ya girl’s a Jay fan:)

  • Knowledgeable

    Jay is Hip Hop’s biggest icon. It’s been 11 years since Vol 2: Hard Knock Life dropped and Jay is still commercially and artistically relevant.

    He will surpass Elvis Presley with #1 albums. He will continue to get nominated for and win Grammys. He will continue to headline big music festivals across the globe. Damn, even President Obama says that Jay is one of his favorite artists.

    Jay is unstoppable and will continue to break down walls for Hip Hop for many years to come.

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  • Gerv

    I wanna hear at least one new good song from him before he jocks himself again in any magazine or interview.

  • ilovejigga

    The Beatles wish they could have ever touched the true genius that is HOVA.

  • Tru religion

    After Blueprint 3 drops his career is over because it is THAT terrible…trust me.

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  • nick

    you guys seen the neon green jesus piece: http://tinyurl.com/l5wbbb

    glows in the dark under uv light

  • http://sutrendytopics.info/ Karey Luzinski

    Do you know of released reminds me of some other equivalent person that I read the gym?