I like jay-z but I don’t like how he is coming back. This song is alright but it goes all over the place. What the hell is he talking about. Damn just bring nas out and stop hogging all the attention. Nothing good is out right now but that don’t mean we should fall for just anything . Damn that I’m picky.

Thanks Hagler…now maybe people will stop saying it’s Rumpshaker. Know your hiphop people,hell he even left Flav’s voice in the sample.

Tupac Biggie Nas ALL DAY Jay is good but he is by no means as hyped up as some of ya’ll make him to be his lyrics are most of the time crap and like LINDA says none of his entire songs have good verses.

@MARVELOUSHAGLER Thank you.

Any word on the status of Nas’s project?

Damn J michael jordan of recording? hope you mean that in the #23 and not #45. what’s good?

The only people who think Jay is the greatest rapper are those under 21 anyone that knows ANYTHING about rapping where it originated and started knows that Rakim is the best, Jay just Bit off of Biggie’s style who was a far better lyricist than Jay-Z has ever been.

anyone who thinks this will be #1 umm Jay Z has NEVER had a #1 song on the main Billboard charts so I highly doubt it.

They just asked the people of my city do they like and Majority of them hated it.

Jay Z has never had a Number 1 song on the BB main charts and this definitely won’t be it. THere are only a few Jay Z songs I like so to me he is Highly overrated.

I’ve seen a lot of hating on the south. If you don’t like it, nobody is putting a gun to your head making you listen to it. They still gon make their money whether you like it or not. Put up or shut and and go cop a KRS One cd. Whining and complaining ain’t doing nothing but making you a more miserable person. Get over it.

*Pops in that new “Rich Boy” joint.

To TruthBtold AND SoopDawg, you are welcome. When I found the news break I had to let you all know, and that means someone may leak his entire album.

But for some reason, i think he may have leaked it.
Jay-Z and many other artist are notorious for leaking their music, and always say they dont know how it happened, and they will admit they did themselves when they so call retire.

But if he did, he may be chopping his own head off, for he is not just an artist, he was given power by L.A. Reid and the powers that be, and he can be stripped and fined at anytime, for the law is involed in searching for the leaking individual who started this.

FOR ANYONE CURIOUS ON WHAT SAMPLES (JUST BLAZE) USED FOR THE NEW (JAY-Z) SONG FOLLOW THE NEWS BREAK BELOW:

URGENT NEWS INFO , NO RUMOR ON THIS JAY-Z “SHOW ME” LEAK.
GO TO ALLHIPHOP.COM FOR THE INFO.

Def Jam Takes Jay-Z “Show Me” Leak Serious, Song Explodes On Radio
By Nolan Strong
Date: 10/6/2006 8:10 pm

While millions of fans are not complaining about today’s (Oct. 6) leak of Jay-Z’s single “Show Me,” his label, Def Jam is taking the breach seriously and may pursue legal action against the individual responsible for the leak.

(TRUTHBTOLD NUMBER 72, ALL THE INFO ON WHAT SONGS HE SAMPLED ARE ON THE ALLHIPHOP.COM BREAKING NEWS.)

Co-signing with #82, Rakim and KRS-One are my favorites of all-time. Jay-Z hasn’t done anything of significant quality since Reasonable Doubt.

I’ve been hearing this song all day (radio stations in the DC area have been playing this song TWICE/THREE times every hour)…

The beat/sample is nice but his wordplay is not up to par…at least it’s not like how it usually is…

I’m not gonna say Jay-Z fell the fuck off because of one leaked song that may not even make the album unlike others…I’ll wait to the offical album drops before I make any final decisions about him.

However, I’m MAD pissed that Nas’ album gets pushed back to December to make way for Jay-Zs. And being that there’s no single out for Hip-Hop Is Dead, I wouldn’t even be surprised if Nas’ album doesn’t come out til early ‘07…

Come on Jigga Man.. R u serious? I would expect him to “come wit it” since he had to come out of “retirement”! Im not feeling it, but im sure if he drops a album it will do well.

I like the live band it sounds good
reminds me of the roots and dead presidents

but lyrically jay aint cutting it
i think jay is so overrated
his best album IMO was resonable doubt after that he just lost me

i like it. its different. i like the sound of real instruments in stuff. i could had done without the rump shaker mess though.

Both Jay and Bee dont want anyone else but them to shine.First kelly gets pushed back because of Beyonce,now Nas gets pushed back because of Jay…

lmao@ 1. devil music, ahh

Dayuuumm!! You guys are a bunch of haters! This track is HOT! Jay-Z leads the rap game. ANd…to the person who claimed only the 21 & under crowd rock to Jigga…my MOMMA loves him and she’s 60!

I think the song is hot! The Jigga Man is back, he just couldn’t stay away.

peace

flow’s sick, beat even sicker….like it or not the shit is gona be #1..Its JAY-Z

@7 YES! I thought the same thing I knew I heard that shit before! ” all i wanna do is zooma zoom zoom and a-boom just shake ya rump!” LOL as far as his song goes….NEXTTTTTTTTTTT!

OOPS i meant @17! :}

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAK!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS EXPECTING JAY TO COME ALOT HARDER THAN THIS. NEXT PLEASE>>>>>>>

@ 73 THE FUCK IS UP WITH YOU BITIN OFF THE MTV ARTICLE?

WACK!!!

@#99
lol.I’ve notice that too.lol

STREETS IS WATCHING !!!!

Hova all day everyday any damn day!! Track is damn Fiyaah, #1 hit on the charts guaranteed! Dude is doin big things, takin hiphop to another level, all u damn ass pussies betta stop the hate! Support The G.O.A.T! Datz why black floks we ain’t movin’ forward real talk..
“i got a drop/juss took off da top/its your turn”

@62& 85,I totally agree.Hating on the south isn’t going to put east coast rap back on top.As for Jay-Z falling off…dude is getting old,he can’t be on top forever.

Dayuuumm!! You guys are a bunch of haters! This track is HOT! Jay-Z leads the rap game. ANd…to the person who claimed only the 21 & under crowd rock to Jigga…my MOMMA loves him and she’s 60!

umm I said only people 21 and under think he is the GREATIST anyone can like his songs, but does your mother know anything about where rap originated from?

The only good cd he came out with is reasonable doubt all the rest were not that great. I am not saying he is the worst rapper b/c there are definitely some who are terrible , but I lot of young people in their early 20s know NOTHING about where rap originated from who were the REAL RAPPERS and calling Jay Z the greatest is RIDICULOUS>

RAKIM is the greatest alive
Biggie was the Greatest lyricist
Tupac was the greatest Story teller

I’m annoyed, I had to stop it. I still think he has a kinderdarten flow.

The whole separation of music by region is whack as hell too. It’s only blacks that says the b.s. like “I’m tired of the south/east coast” or “when is the east coast coming back?” Who really cares, I see all hiphop as one and it’s really not that serious. However, this song is really lame.

MIKE SHUT THE FUCK UP WITH THAT KRS ONE BULL SHIT…NOT SAYIN THEY AINT HOT..BUT THEY HAD THEIR TIME…

THIS WHOLE IDEA OF HIPHOP BEING ONE THING AND ONE WAY IS SO STUPID TO ME….SO CUZ U MAKE COMMERCIAL SONGS U A SELL OUT? SHIT THATS WHY RAPPERS POOR…U GOTTA MAKE MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY

AND BELIEVE ME IM ALL FOR INTELLECTUAL RHYMES AND ISH…BUT JIGGA IS NOT THAT COMMERCIAL…THE SHIT HE SAYS IS STILL WITTY AND STILL CALLS FOR SOME DEGREE OF BRAIN CELLS TO BE USED…IT AINT NO “SHAKE IT LIKE A SALT SHAKER” ISH HE SAYIN…HIS WORDPLAY IS SERRRIOUS…

KRS ONE? MY NIGGA PLEASE

BTW THE KRS COMMENTS IS FOR SOUTHSIDE

AND (FOR MIKE) RAKIM AINT NO GREATEST…COMMON AND KWELI ARE EVEN BETTER THAN HIM…IN MY OPINION ATLEAST..

WOW ANOTHER PUBLICITY STUNT JUST LIKE THE BLACK RETIREMENT ALBUM… NOW THIS… AINT NO WAY THIS FOO WOULD OF SOLD OUT MADISON SQUARE IF HE DIDN’T SAY HE’S RETIRING!! I’M SORRY BUT THATS REAL STUFF…BUT SMART! WAY TO GO HOV…

RAKIM HAS NOT HAD A HIT SINCE ERIC B. AND RAKIM WERE TOGETHER, AND HE TRIED COME BACKS, BUT NOONE WAS FEELING HIM. THE ONLY TIME HE WANTS TO RECORD IS WHEN HE OWES MAD CHILD SUPPORT, AND THATS WHY DR. DRE DROPPED HIM FROM AFTERMATH RECORDS.

RAKIM WAS COOL, BEFORE, BUT THE PRODUCTION FROM ERIC B., WAS THE MAIN FACTOR.

AS FOR KRS ONE, HE IS ONE OF THE GREATS, FOR HE WAS ONE THAT BIG,2PAC, AND MANY OTHERS LOOKED UP TO, INCLUDING MOS DEF,COMMON,JAYZ,NAS AND KWELI, SO NEVER DISS THE BLAST MASTER, OF THE BATTLE RAP, FOR HE HELP START THAT.

THATS ONE REASON NAS WENT AFTER JAYZ IN THE “EITHER” SONG, FOR JAY USED THE SAME TITLE, “THE BLUEPRINT” WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN TITLED, “THE BITE ME PRINT” THOUGH IT WAS A GOOD ALBUM.

RESPECT THOSE WHO STARTED THE GAME, FOR YOU WERE JUST A THOUGHT, WHEN THEY WERE ROCKING THE MIC, PAVING THE WAY.

AND THE WHOLE EAST/WEST/SOUTH THING IS BLOWING UP, FOR MANY ARE FALLING FOR THE SAME TREND THAT LED TO 2PACS AND BIGGIES DEATH, ON THAT,
WHAT COAST IS THE REAL HIP HOP.
BY NOW EVERYONE SHOULD BE PROUD OF HIP HOP, AND EACH OTHER, FOR ITS UNIVERSAL, SO WHATS NEXT, FRANCE,UK, AFRICA, AGAINST THE U.S. RAP. ITS ALL STUPID TO ARGUE THE COAST ISSUE FOR AMERICA IS THE ONLY PLACE TO SHOW THIS SEPERATION.
THE EAST HAD IT ALL ONCE, THEN THE WEST COAST, MID WEST, AND NOW SOUTH, BUT RAP SHOULD BE UNTIED NOT SEGREGATED LIKE RACES.

MY BROTHAS AND SISTAS ARE THE ONLY ONES FOLLOWING THE COAST BICKERING IN RAP, AND OTHER RACES LOOK AT IT ALL, AS IF RAP WAS BASKINS AND ROBBINS, WITH A SELECTION OF DIFFEENT FLAVORS TO CHOSE FROM FOR THEY APPRECIATE THE ARTISTRY MORE THE OUR OWN PEOPLE.

BOTTOM LINE IF ITS GOOD MUSIC, REGARDLESS OF LOCATION, I WILL SUPPORT, AND IF ITS A BAD SELECTION, JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.

AND FOR THOSE SAYING, “HIP HOP IS DEAD” WHICH MANY ARE REPEATING BECAUSE NAS AND MANY EAST COAST RAPPERS SAY THIS, IS CRAZY.
THEY SAID HIP HOP WAS JUST A FAD AND WOULD NOT LAST IN THE 80′S AND ITS NOW 2006, AND DOMINATING THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD.
LUDA BEAT JANET JACKSON,JUSTIN, AND MANY MORE ARTIST THIS WEEK FOR THE NUMBER ONE SPOT, AND HE IS SOUTHERN.
HIP HOP NEVER DIES, IT EVOLES.

PRACTICE MORE LOVE AND LESS HATE

ONE

WOW ANOTHER PUBLICITY STUNT JUST LIKE THE BLACK RETIREMENT ALBUM… NOW THIS… AINT NO WAY THIS FOO WOULD OF SOLD OUT MADISON SQUARE IF HE DIDN’T SAY HE’S RETIRING!! I’M SORRY BUT THATS REAL STUFF…BUT SMART! WAY TO GO HOV…
^^^^^^how do u know that he wouldnt have sold out the garden?Dmx also said he was retiring but the retirement album only sold 1mil.he is back and he sold less than 300k.outcast—>57 OUTKAST IDLEWILD 15,604 -21 19,818 389,793 on their “last album”.

Next!!!!!

Jayz needs to sit his ugly ass down somewhere..i heard this damn tired weak ass gimmick ridden song…there he goes again, insulting our freakin intelligence again….uhhh, i wish he go sit his joe camel lookin ass down somewhere, for good!

Next!!!!!

JAY-Z IS NOT, I REPEAT, NOT THE FUCKIN BEST RAPPER ALIVE! ARE YOU KIDDING….HE’S JUST FULL OF GIMMICKS AND MARKETING LIKE HIS GIRLFRIEND…

ICE CUBE WILL BLOW JAYZ OUT THE F’ING WATER!
DMX (EVEN ON CRACK) WILL BLOW JAY-Z OUT THE WATER!
EVEN EMINEM WILL BLOW JAYZ’S ASS OUT THE WATER!

I DARE JAYZ TO CHALLENGE ANY OF THESE RAPPERS TO A RAP OFF! HE WON’T, INSTEAD, HE’LL JUST KEEP THEM DAMN GIMMICKS UP, CALLING HIS DAMN SELF THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE, AND ALOT OF IDIOTS WILL CONTINUE TO BUY INTO THAT BULLSHIT……JAY-Z, JIGGA NIGGA PLEASE, SIT YO ASS DOWN, FAKE ASS!

I think the song is cool…But not up to par (sort-a speak) to be Jay-Z’s “out of retirement” single.

I got tired of the song quick because the first time I heard it Atlanta’s V103 Radio Station played it like 20 times BACK2BACK.. & that was L-A-M-E!

i am so tired of that man.

this single hurts my heart bc i luv jay…but this crap doesnt even deserve the benefit of the doubt….unless its a part of his genius tactic to make us think he fell off….o jay, you kidder!!!

might i add, all these publicity stunts are making him rich! Jay could care less once you buy the cd cause now he’s got your money, and you’re walking away with a worthless piece of junk, con artist bastard! I know i seem to be hard on him, but it’s just damn offensive for him to call himself the best rapper alive when you still have all these gifted rappers alive and they got to hear this bullshit! ANd i hate when i see weak minded people fall into hype and glitz instead of sticking to the real deal…

PLEASE EVERYBODY GO SEE THIS VIDEO!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SN6bFyhqiw

IF YOU LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND CARE ABOUT FREEDOM YOU SHOULD THIS VIDEO!!!!!!

MARVELOUSHAGLER that’s what I was saying. We’re the only ones to separate by coast and regions. I’ve never heard of such b.s. No matter what area, we’re still black and they look at us the same you know. That’s why artists like Fat Joe, Busta, Jim Jones (just to name a few), who are extremely whack by the way, get no respect from me. They’re to busy crying east coast is this, nobody else is shit when they sound stupid as hell. Respect it for what it is.

I love the song. I heard the first few secs and thought of Just Blaze. I hope this album has a little more Blueprint on the album, though. The track itself is exceptional.

I don’t like it. But it really doesn’t matter, it’s going to do well regardless based on his name alone.

i absolutely LOVE jay-z… that song…. *crickets* i’m definitely going to have to listen to it a million times to start to feel it a little bit

i hope his cd is hot too!

I definitely hope this isn’t his coming off of vacation–oops, I mean, out of retirement–record.

Anybody could’ve done a song like that.

But, I just think that he’s bored and thought that being the president of a company would’ve taken up a good amount of his time.

lol! Don’t you guys think that something is “wrong” if you have to listen to the song a “few times” before you can decide if you like it or not? If you don’t care for the song at first listen then ya don’t like it! Yes radio will spin it 1 million times (like they did with Beyonce’s new singles) & as a result it will become your ish but that doesn’t make it a good song. The beat is hot, the production is crazy, BUT I am not feeling Jay’s flow - it’s like he gets lost in all that sampling/drums/etc.

Oh- one more thing- that close-up shot SCARES ME!!!

@ 61….I co-sign that!!!!

jay z got some Turkey lips up in that picture above. Thats why Bey like him. Its those CSL’s!!

look at dem lips….
das all i hav 2 say

boring, sounds outdated. that close up pic is damn scary. damn hes ugly!

Wowwww. So many haters! I didnt know people were sooo bitter and mean! How many of you, can do what he has done and what he does. He owns a basketball team, he owns Def Jam and created Rocafella, has a clothing line went into retirement, comes back out and he’s still spitting fiyah!!!!! This sound is like nothing you hear on the radio. U guys r seriously gonna hate on J??? U would rather listen to the crap most rappers r putting out right now??? Rap is making a comeback and it’s because of heavyhitters like Jay-Z that people are going to start appreciating rap music! Nobody sounds like Jay, so you can’t compare him to anybody else. People hate people who have talent. This dude has talent, thats probably why you’re all hatin!

stole the instrumentals from Ras Kas - check the song “Rasassination” from album of the same name - think it came out in 1998

“How many of you, can do what he has done and what he does. He owns a basketball team, he owns Def Jam and created Rocafella, has a clothing line went into retirement, comes back out and he’s still spitting fiyah!!!!!”

What does that matter? we all have potential to do big things in our lives, but just because he heads a record company, clothing line blah blah blah, dosent mean thats a reason to like his crappy single. Just because this guy is a media mogul dosent mean he cant churn out crappy music.

“This sound is like nothing you hear on the radio”
Are you sure about that? those horns are played out and he made a sample of a sample

“U would rather listen to the crap most rappers r putting out right now??? Rap is making a comeback and it’s because of heavyhitters like Jay-Z that people are going to start appreciating rap music!”

Were judging this single, not anyone else and this single sucks. plain and simple. most people tried to listen to it a few times before they could decide wheather they like it or not. If someone has to do that, the song sucks.

people need to step away from the jay-z altar and start thinkin for themselves if this single was released by anyone else the major consensus would be this is wack. Give credit where credit is due and step back from the smoke screen and mirrors. This joint is garbage andjust like his girl who aint gone platinum yet, you aint exempt from failure.

i cant stand this song already! this was ALL the radio stations down here were playin. 1 station played it like 8 times in a fuckin ROW! the only reason why i like the rump shaker horns is because it reminds me of THAT song, not this garbage.

**check baby check baby one two three four**

Most of the people posting on here have no idea about rap. Listen to the first verse and the second when he breaks it down and talks about today’s rappers…the metaphors he’s dropping are ridiculous. The beat is hot. But, that goes without saying…it’s Just Blaze. This song is fresh and is a new sound for Jay-Z…He’s showing his versatility. Most of you don’t even understand the references that he’s making. This is just another example of what’s wrong with wrap. People don’t listen to lyrics. Hot song. I’m sure the video will be awesome.

What is up with the Hating on here!!!!! Most of the people posting on here have no idea about rap. Listen to the first verse and the second when he breaks it down and talks about today’s rappers…the metaphors he’s dropping are ridiculous. The beat is hot. But, that goes without saying…it’s Just Blaze. This song is fresh and is a new sound for Jay-Z…He’s showing his versatility. Most of you don’t even understand the references that he’s making. This is just another example of what’s wrong with wrap. People don’t listen to lyrics. Hot song. I’m sure the video will be awesome.

the beat is sick but the lyrics are sugarcoated, im sure it’ll grow on the masses like change clothes. rofl @ the hov hate. niggas opinions change when they hear your name too much

it was aight sounded like some of his past songs though

they play it like 6 times an hr here in my city!!

People are going to love this song because it’s Jay Z. Even though the song is whack end of discussion

Jay is a dat nicca, but just to let u misinformed folk know this could be a promo/mixtape track, not an actual single. He said in the end of the song he giving niccas two months to get their act together. Just like Game ” One Blood” was not a real single, it was a mixtape joint that became popular, so they made a video. As a mixtape single it is hot, but if it is an album single it was average.

I love Jay-Z and Beyounce is okay( just seeing too much of her( not a good career move, people will get sick of her)). BUT SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THEM THAT 808 IS NOT GREAT FOR EVERYONE!!!

40 year old dude still talking about getting a blow job

jay is just as overhyped as beyonce, except jay is great but all of his work is not up to par

@130 Valee

Don’t be so dramatic; nobody called jay talentless! Yes, i’ve given him credit for his beats, but dammit, he went too far when he started calling himself “the best rapper alive”. I’m sorry, i have serious problems with that cause, unless ice cube, snoop, dmx, cool j, and many others have died, this nigga is straight lying! And i agree, nobody else sounds like jayz, cause when he raps, he sounds like his ass is out of freakin breath (best rapper alive my ass!) People been listening to crap for so long, we have gotten it twisted, thinking a bad beat is the best rap song….i say hell to the naw, jayz can’t blind me and play with my mind with all that marketing and loud catchy beats….if he were to have a rap off with any of the artists i mentioned, he would leave crying! Case closed.

wack…jay can definitely come harder than this! just like i said before…number 23 is famous, but number 45 was wack…sometimes people don’t need to come out of retirement.

Okay so I love the beats. I am a Jay-Z fan so he never fails me on the beats. He is similar to Beyonce, keeps it different and it keeps us guessing. Now as for the song, I am not sure how I feel about it. I honestly love him, but I don’t feel this record will be as strong as his others. In my opinion, he should have just stayed retired I mean he has already proven to be “that nigga”. I hope this cd doesn’t change people’s opinions of him. ::shrugs shoulders:: I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

I’m all Jay-z’d out right now. I can’t take all the retiring just to make a so called big come back. If music is his thing then stick to it. I wish some new artists would come out that make some kind of sense. Everything sounds the same to me now a days.

that is the hottest song out right now.they played it 8 times back2back in atlanta.bout time im tired of this snap sh*t……

The rap game is confused right now.

People are snatching up record deals and radio air time like it ain’t nothing.

What has to happen is the public has to take a bigger interest in the music that’s being put out there.

The reason why we are being subjected to snap music; pointless artists; and recycled beats is because we are letting it happen.

The CEOs are the ones with the real power, not these little dime-a-dozen rappers and singers out here.

If you don’t like what you get on the radio 8 times a day, then say something to them.

Because until you do that, THIS will continue.

I thought this was a picture of Miss “J” from ATNM!

JSCENE I THINK U NEED TO GO IN THE QUIET CORNER FOR THE BS U SAYIN…U SOUND LIKE A RETARD TALKIN BOUT ICE CUBE,SNOOP , DMX? BETTER THAN WHO…JAY-Z? DUDE SIT YA STUPID ASS DOWN WITH THAT SHIT…I SWEAR CL NEEDS TO SCREEN THESE POSTS.