well it’s like this the song is iight not Jay’s best yet still just because it’s Hov it’s gonna be number 1 but I’d rather wait for Dead Presidents III
and to the fool that said it’s a wrecks n effect sample the original is :
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band “Darkest Light”(1972)
and the drum line is :
Johnny Pate “Shaft In Africa” (1973)
the only thing u got right was the sample of Public Enemy
although if the original had lyrics the illest remix would be to have Chuck D on a verse with Flav goin crazy with Jay on the hook ….. would be a hot video but that is so far fetched anyway I will still cop the album cus it is the perfect setup for Nas to drop his 1st quarter without the pressure I mean he is on Jay’s album in case u didn’t know

These comments are so stupid. Jay Z does not write down any of his lyrics down. So basically he memorizes everything and freestyles. You do that and tell me what you come up with. And I bet 99% of the people talking about this song is going be the main ones first in line for the new album.

The song if FIRE! The track MORE FIRE!!! Real instruments make the track bang! Anybody with musical background, outside of MTV & BET ( especially in percussion ) has to love it!
Cant wait for it to drop!

@ FR35HKIX WHO WROTE:

“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.”
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MY RESPONSE:

YOU GO SIT YO DUMB ASS IN THE FUCKIN CORNER BITCH! I SAID IT, AND I STAND BY IT, JAYZ’S ASS IS NOT THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE - THAT’S THE BULLSHIT YOU’RE TALKIN ABOUT! THE ONLY THING HE’S GOOD FOR IS MAKING A GOOD BEAT, BUT AS FOR RAPPIN, PLEASE—MATTER A FACT, TWISTA CAN KNOCK THAT NEGRO OUT THE WATER WITH RAPPIN, BITCH ASS JAYZ WOULDN’T EVEN BE ABLE TO KEEP UP, AND I WON’T INSULT THE OLD SCHOOL RAPPERS BY MENTIONINING THEIR NAME IN THE SAME BREATH AS JAY-Z! I DON’T KNOW YOU, BUT I’LL BET MONEY THAT YOUR ASS AINT THAT DAMN DEEP; YOU’RE PROBABLY SHALLOW AS HELL! ANYONE WITH ANY DEPTH CAN’T TAKE THAT LOLLYPOP GUMBLEGUM BULLSHIT JAYZ BE TALKING BOUT “MONEY, CAR’S HOES! YOU GOTTA COME HARDER THAN THAT IF YOU’RE GOING TO “CALL YOURSELF” THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE….WITH ALL THAT FAKE ASS RETIRING AND COMEBACK BULLSHIT, JAYZ IS A MARKETING WHORE, AND THAT’S HIS FUCKIN GAME…AND THAT’S MY OPINION, YOU HAVE YOUR’S AND I HAVE MINE….OH YEAH, PLUS HE’S UGLY AS FUCK!

Not feeling this one. The track is hot, but I expected a little more lyrically.

@jscene
i agree with you Jay is not the best rapper out there
you can get hooked on his beats
but most of the time he aint saying much

also i dont like this pic of him he looks like he has on eye make up
and that sexy pout look he is trying to give is making me well nauseous

I DIDNT HEAR IT YET BUT I BET IT’S HOT,IT’S JAY!

#154 I agree wit you totally, when I was in high school and I said that I didn’t like him I would get cursed out for show. I never liked Jayz, but he put the icing on the cake when he bit pac’s song and pac didn’t even like his ass, and I am a pac stan all day everyday.Hell I don’t like nas cause he did the same shit, he jumped on pacs stuff, but if it was between jayz and nas i would say nas his the best, dude can spit.

I know yall gonna throw darts at me for sayin this but Im going to say it anyway……

Damn…based on the pic above…..

I would luv to suck face with this dude!!!!

Now yall can throw the darts!!!!LOL

whats an 808

@159
i wouldnt throw darts at you girl
id recommend a good eye doctor
but i wouldnt throw darts

IT LOOKS LIKE HE CAN SUCK YOUR SOUL WITH HIS LIPS!

I am loving this song! The drums are ridiculous! Who’s the drummer? Does anyone know?

@jscene
i agree with you Jay is not the best rapper out there
you can get hooked on his beats
but most of the time he aint saying much
^^^^if u think that he doesnt say much then u werent meant to understand anything in the first place and u probably never will.u just not on his level.i always understand what he is saying.no offence,but some things(advanced math) might look like rubbish to some people.

not really liking this song at all, i don’t think he should have used the wrecks in effects track, that song was a classic, jay should have been a little more creative, hopfully its not a first release.

jay-z you are the man

I dont want to comment on his music…i want to comment on those lips!!!! GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY!! I wonder if he’s a good kisser??? LOL..LOL

I love Shawn Carter, but this song is just not up to par. I hate to agree with Earl, but Beyonce has changed him drasticly. I need for him to channel the gutta Jay-Z. The song is okay for what it is, but I hope this isn’t the flow of the album.

Jay Z lips look frightening, I love juicy lipps but those are just a lil too juicy for me, lol

And how do we say hmmm. . . . .overrated rapper?

The only thing I like about this song are the samples, Lay-Z needs to stay retired until he can think of something new to say.
The instrumental is hot though…

By the way this song is a combination of:

1-Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa*
*previously sampled by:
Rass Kass-Rasassination

2-Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Darkest Light**
**Horns featured in:
Public Enemy - Show ‘Em Whatcha Got
Wreck N Effect - Rump Shaker

@164
i understand your an idiot
thats good enuff

“I GUESS NOBODY LIKES IT BECAUSE HE TRIED SOMETHING DIFFERENT” MAYBE IF IT SOUNDED LIKE MORE OF THE LEAN WIT IT ROCK WIT WALK IT OUT BOP UP ON IT DO IT DO IT NONE LYRICAL SHIT THAT IS ON THE RADIO OR HE MAYBE IF HE JUST CAME OUT AND SOUNDED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, IT WILL BE A MINUTE AND THEN A FEW PEOPLE WILL START 2 LIKE IT AND ONCE MORE PEOPLE LIKE THEN THE DICK RIDERS ILL START AND BE LIKE WELL I LIKE IT TOO.. SAME SHIT HOV IS THE BEST THE GREATEST IN MY BOOK “REMEMBER EVERYBODY’S INTITLED TO THERE OWN OPINION”

i hate it.

why does it make me feel like im back in the 8th grade trynna shake my “rump”?

this is played. not classic, played.

GAHHH-BAGE!!!

jay, i hope you reading this. im very disappointed. you aint lie when you said you was the michael jordan of rap… yall both don’t know when to quit.

lol to mike; i totally agree; however, jay is the greatest rapper ALIVE! that’s what the young know. lol…jay already admitted to biggie, himself and nas being the greatest rappers….lol.

oh yeah, and to everyone else lol; but coming from an orginal hip-hop head: this song is a perfect example of the origans and creativity of what hip-hop truly be; not that bullshit yall be listenin’ to now…but of course you wouldn’t know if you have not lived the days of Affrikka Bambata…lol.

LONG LIVE HIP-HOP!

ALL I KNOW IS I DEF. WON’T BE BUYING HIS CD! HOWEVER, I WILL BUY HIS NEW ARTIST CD; LUPE FIASCO. I’VE HEARD SOME OF HIS MUSIC, AND HIS MUSIC HAS A DEEP MESSAGE. ALL I ASK IS THAT WHEN YOU RAP, GIVE ME SOMETHING FOR THE SOUL…IT AINT GOT TO BE TOO DEEP, JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE…DAMN, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR…I’D LIKE SOMETHING TO GO WITH MY GOOD BEATS THANK YOU. I’M SO SICK OF MONEY, CARS, HOES! AND AT 164 HAHA - YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT, I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT JAY’Z IS SAYING, MAYBE HIS MUSIC IS JUST FOR YOUNGER IDIOTS! I’M A LITTLE OLDER, STILL IN 20′S, BUT NEED A LITTLE MORE THAN I REQUIRED WHEN I WAS 16.

I think the single is HOT, SEXY AND EXCITING. It’s different from the norm. I say to jay, keeping doin what cha doin cause you caint please everybody all the time.