Bubble Metropolis
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He is, and it is a universal sentiment. People just want to be the first to drop a hot zinger in a thread to get Gaf cred.
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Jay Z removes his albums from Apple Music and Spotify
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He is, and it is a universal sentiment. People just want to be the first to drop a hot zinger in a thread to get Gaf cred.
misses bull
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i tried it like an hour ago and it still worked
Andrew Korenchkin
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LOL people clowning on Jay-Z as a mediocre rapper. What a joke.
He's an all time great, as far as these days he's pretty good on his best day, mediocre on most days, and unlistenable on the rest of the days. If he wasn't Jay-z and came with the bars/flow he has these days most wouldn't be paying attention to it.
privitsan02
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Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint and American Gangster were fantastic. Black and Hard Knock Life were great too.
That being said, Jay Z's old music is available practically everywhere. Streaming mainly comes in handy for newer music with me and if I'm in the mood for some American Gangster, I'll just find other means if necessary, which I highly doubt will be.
Now I just want to see Beyonce, Kanye, Daft Punk, Madonna, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Usher and the rest of the gang do the same and watch it all be pointless for fun.
Best wishes.
That being said, Jay Z's old music is available practically everywhere. Streaming mainly comes in handy for newer music with me and if I'm in the mood for some American Gangster, I'll just find other means if necessary, which I highly doubt will be.
Now I just want to see Beyonce, Kanye, Daft Punk, Madonna, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Usher and the rest of the gang do the same and watch it all be pointless for fun.
Best wishes.
"Cake, cake cake cake cake cake
500 million, I got a pound cake
Niggas is frontin', that's upside-down cake
Get 'em a red nose, they clown cakes
They shoulda never let you 'round cake
Look at my neck, I got a carrot cake
Now here's the icing on the cake
Cake, cake cake cake cake
I'm just gettin' started, oh yeah we got it bitch
I've done made more millionaires than the lotto did
Dame made millions, Bigg made millions
Ye made millions, Just made millions
Lyor made millions, Cam made millions
Beans tell you if he wasn't in his feelings
I'm back in my bag
My eyes bloodshot but my jet don't lag
A pair of Jordan 3's tryna chase this cash
Gucci air bag just in case we crash
Uh, last night was mad trill
I'm fresh out of advil, Jesus grab the wheel"
I mean...
The guy is mediocre, the blueprint is still in my top 10 rap albums all time but he fell off hard.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
In case you aren't joking, or other people are unaware, Jay-Z also had a "The Black Album"
I'm pretty sure the joke was that the Jay Z one sold 13 million fewer copies in the US.
Andrew Korenchkin
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I kind of agree, but Jay-Z when he is on, has some of the best verses in rap. I think though Jay-Z is one of the laziest rappers though, since I feel he phones in so many of his verses. But songs like D'Evils are astonishing to the point where I just sit there and marvel at how inventive Jay-Z really is.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
That is a great album. Not over produced, just filled with head-bobbing bangers.
Well Vol1 and 2 and reasonable doubt are still there which is good
Shame about american gangsta and black album, and was annoyed about boueprint 1 but that got taken off a while ago.
He'll be back. Tidal aint lasting long som
Edit: Watch the thrones gone too? Wtf. Too many great albums gone
Shame about american gangsta and black album, and was annoyed about boueprint 1 but that got taken off a while ago.
He'll be back. Tidal aint lasting long som
Edit: Watch the thrones gone too? Wtf. Too many great albums gone
Or you know... Use some bay on the internet and get them free because he wants everyone to subscribe to Tidal.
OG Shaka Zulu
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His flow is garbage.
Which one lol?
Syphon Filter
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That logic is flawed, you aren't counting his past.
Michael F. Assbender
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Andrew Korenchkin
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What do you listen to, then?
Prototype Viktor
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Google Play Music won
except lackiing Girls Girls Girls remix
Right now, today, Jay is mediocre. All time he's one of the greats, in this moment he isn't good.
Bubble Metropolis
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The most recent song with Jay on it that I know of is Drug Dealers Anonymous from last year and he beat Pusha on the track imo, so...
But my response was more about people dismissing his entire body of work, which is just ignorant or trolling.
L4DANathan
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But that's all the music industry is. Where do you think all these rivalries and fights between artists come from? They're just marketing.
Greatest Ever
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No Church in the Wild was the best song there though.
But the thread is talking about his music being removed... so that means Reasonable Doubt/Blueprint/Black Album.
So in this moment isn't all that relevant.
2Smashed4U
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No it very much isn't. iTunes Match will upload literally anything you have, I have a library full of live bootlegs that are most definitely on iTunes or Apple Music and yet they play just fine.
old manatee
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what about hello Brooklyn 2.0?
That's one of the benefits of mostly only listening to relatively small bands. I don't have to worry about the content owners' egos. And barring societal breakdown or some other disaster I don't have to worry about everything digital disappearing.
Screw that. I love too much music, and I ain't made of money.
2Smashed4U
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Just download the mp3's honestly lol, it's not like streaming actually supports artists anyway.
Michael F. Assbender
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Edit: Misread. Never mind.
old manatee
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Crazyorloco
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As a jay-z fan and an Apple Music subscriber...this sucks.
I bet he has an album coming now.
I bet he has an album coming now.
your right your right
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Grey album isn't on any of them anyway.
Bounceounce
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Walking home from work, y'all have about one more hour to get y'all shit together *Kendrick voice*.
Let's see what I can do now:
a) Change my preferred music service subscription.
b) Subscribe to both and deal to have to chage between apps and increased cost in my end.
c) Buy the CDs or another physical media and rip them (if I still have my CD player somewhere)
d) Pirate it
e) Never listen to anything made by Jay Z
Letter "e" is very appealing
a) Change my preferred music service subscription.
b) Subscribe to both and deal to have to chage between apps and increased cost in my end.
c) Buy the CDs or another physical media and rip them (if I still have my CD player somewhere)
d) Pirate it
e) Never listen to anything made by Jay Z
Letter "e" is very appealing
The post I originally quoted was about him being a mediocre rapper. If you were to ask me if Jay-Z is a mediocre rapper I would say "yes". I've also pointed out he's had more years of mediocrity or worse than good.
IrishNinja
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feel free to go in with this multiquoting style my dude
feel free to start with this guy
straight basura
real talk i love that remix, so cool that he got rick the ruler, q-tip & biz just for hook work
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