For me, the thing that Jay-Z said that stuck with me the most was long after the freestyle ended. Four words really put the moment in perspective in real time.
My latest on Jigga’s State of the Union at @rootspicnic. https://t.co/60NCk3sfVc
an artist knows their own work best. can’t argue with that. but I have to tell you…
this album right here is criminally underrated, CLEARLY.
“Piece Of Mind” “Hazeus View” “Like Me” “Belly Of The Beast” “Christ Conscious” “On & On” “Black Beetles” 🔥
from the first to the last song, in fact. top tier lyricism & production. this album for me isn’t just music it’s a state of mind bro it’s that good. this man was in a different dimension. in an alternate universe this is low key “2000” lol.
I just talked to a dept head on this movie. Their budget was very scarce. Would made production tough..
But they knew what the movie had the potential to become.
To put these Jay-Z/Yankee Stadium shows in its proper perspective…
On night 1, he’ll be performing a 30-year-old album that had very little impact in real time, according “real hip-hop fans.”
On night 2, he’s performing a 25-year-old album that was overshadowed by the September 11 terrorist attacks.
For a guy who’s 30 years in. Inactive for almost a decade. No co-headliner. No new music out. No promo, just an announcement. In the midst of battling a nasty smear campaign. Never the biggest, never the hottest, irrelevant, etc.
Back-to-back nights. STADIUM
shows. Both will easily sell out.
“If you can't respect that, your whole perspective is wack”
@THR Are the white characters portrayed any better in this film? Dicaprios character is a washed-up stoner, and Penns character is a creepy sociopath. Every character in this film is flawed, even the black characters.
After taking home the #Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay for #OneBattleAfterAnother, Paul Thomas Anderson addressed criticism about the film’s portrayal of Black women that has surrounded the movie since its fall release. https://t.co/AoZdU7PeF1
It's up to the public, artists, actors/actresses, directors, writers, the remainder of anti trust laws, and other studios to make sure this deal fails. Sabotage time.
For TI to be a rapper that stands on family ….. and for when yo family got disrespected all your family skilled enough to go in the booth and have 3 different versions of dissing the same nigga ….. idc this is a Legacy booster for TI …. Cuz no fuckin way he this nice
What’s the US’s “fourth” city. NYC, LA, and Atlanta are pretty clearly the top 3 but the 4th is more ambiguous. I feel like the main contenders are probably Dallas, San Francisco/Bay Area, DC, or maybe Chicago