It's possible that he didn't have that much to work with, and the song itself is somewhat mediocre, but I cringe every time Jay's verse comes on.
Edit: Also, what do you do if you're Justin Timberlake and you don't think Jay's feature verse is up to snuff? Do you call him out on it, or just let it go (and as a result ruin your creation) because he's Jay-Z? How do you tell him?
"Hov, I'm not really happy with your verse. I feel like you need to step it up."
http://youtu.be/KReoTOZK9W8?t=43s
Just...what?
I guess his verse on Monster could come in a close second but at least it has some semblance of a flow.
http://youtu.be/UtNvN5WWSJU?t=2m22s
Edit: Also, what do you do if you're Justin Timberlake and you don't think Jay's feature verse is up to snuff? Do you call him out on it, or just let it go (and as a result ruin your creation) because he's Jay-Z? How do you tell him?
"Hov, I'm not really happy with your verse. I feel like you need to step it up."
http://youtu.be/KReoTOZK9W8?t=43s
All black at the white shows
White shoes at the black shows
Green card for the Cuban linx
Y'all sit back and enjoy the light show
Nothing exceeds like excess
Stoute got gout from having the best of the best
Is this what it's all about? I'm at the rest-
...aurant with my rant disturbing the guests
Years of distress, tears on the dress
Try to hide her face with some makeup sex
This is truffle season
Tom Ford tuxedos for no reason
All Saints for my angel
Alexander Wang too
Ass-tight Denim and some Dunks
I'll show you how to do this young!
No papers, catch vapors
Get high, out Vegas
D'usses on doubles, ain't looking for trouble
You just got good genes so a nigga tryna cuff you
Tell your mother that I love her cause I love you
Tell your father we go farther as a couple
They ain't lose a daughter, got a son
I show you how to do this, huh!
Just...what?
I guess his verse on Monster could come in a close second but at least it has some semblance of a flow.
http://youtu.be/UtNvN5WWSJU?t=2m22s
Sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong, Loch Ness
Goblin, ghoul, a zombie with no conscience
Question: What do these things all have in common?
Everybody knows I'm a motherfucking monster
Conquer, stomp ya, stop your silly nonsense
Nonsense, none of you niggas know where the swamp is
None of you niggas have seen the carnage that I've seen
I still hear fiends scream in my dreams
Murder, murder in black convertibles
I kill the block, I murder the avenues
I rape and pillage your village, women and children
Everybody want to know what my Achilles heel is
Love, I don't get enough of it
All I get is these vampires and blood suckers
All I see is these niggas I made millionaires
Milling about, spilling they feelings in the air
All I see is these fake fucks with no fangs
Trying to draw blood from my ice-cold veins
I smell a massacre
Seems to be the only way to back you bastards up