Ok! I did’nt appreciate the move to Missouri comment. I represent for Missouri and Kansas. Hey! I like Nelly.

#132 HE SAW THE MOVIE FIRST, HOW DO YOU THINK HE GOT AUDIO FROM THE MOVIE, THAT’S WHY STATEMENTS SUCH AS THESE GETS DIMISSED. IF YOU DID SOME KIND OF RESEARCH BEFORE YOU STARTED TYPING YOU WOULD KNOW THIS TIDBIT OF INFORMATION! UNIVERSAL INVITED HIM TO A PRIVATE SCREENING. IT’S NOTHING WRONG WITH NOT LIKING HIM, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO DISCREDIT HIM USE FACTS!

Initially brought to his attention by Universal’s noted soundtrack executive Kathy Nelson, American Gangster depicts the true story of Frank Lucas, a Harlem drug kingpin who amassed a $250 million empire in less than 10 years in the 1970s. Referencing Lucas’ reserved, all-business attitude, Jay-Z often echoes the aspirational themes of the film, as on “No Hook,” which finds him snarling, “f*ck rich, let’s get wealthy.”

American Gangster (Universal/Imagine), directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott, is in theaters on November 2. Jay-Z’s American Gangster will be available four days later on November 6.

http://www.vibe.com/news/...s/2007/10/am-gang_preview

traevale, maybe you are the one that doesnt know good music.

b/c if you did you woul only name two songs to be good off the album “ignorant shit” and “success” where jay was out shined on both

you obviously feed into the the Jay-Z hype and say his material is good b/c his name is Jay Z. this album is on the same level as Kingdom come. LAME

maybe you need to learn alittle about what good music is. Go pick up a Nas, Common, The Game, Talib, royce da 5′9’s mixtape “the bar exam” or something

b/c “AG” is trash

AG is crazy. Jay is himself on this album!.. Not that he was ever not himself but.. since people wanna act like they forgot or don’t know, he’s simply reminding people of who he is & what he’s still capable of doing.. making incredible music effortlessly! People can try and say whatever about Jay and people can call Jay fans stans & whatever else you like. Do your do buttercups! But Jay will forever be one of the greatest emcees ever ( inclusive of Biggie, Rakim, Nas.. etc.. and a handful of others.) Jay sh…ts all over your favorite rapper on his worst track! So hate until your little hearts content! It’s Hovie baby. HA!

I JUST LOVE IT HOW ALL THE RAPPERS YOU NAME ON HERE AS “THE GREATEST RAPPERS” ALL HAIL HOVA AS ONE OF THEGREATEST AFTER BIGGIE AND PAC…. HMMMMM… INTERESTING…

AND I’M SURE THAT THEY ALL KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THE RAP AND HIP HOP GAME THAN THE REST OF YOU…

SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THERE IS A VERY CRUCIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GANGSTA RAP, ORIGINAL HIP-HOP AND CONTEMPORARY HIP-HOP— LEARN THE DIFFERNCE AND APPRECIATE THE IMPACT THAT OUR MUSIC MAKES ON INTERNATIONAL CULTURE..

LETS START CONGRATULATING BLACK FOLKS, INSTEAD OF WASTING OUR ENERGY ON DOWNPLAYING THE ARD WORK OR OUR CULTURAL ICONS..

WHITE FOLK DON’T DO THAT TO THEIR OWN, SO WHY SHOULD WE?!!!!

THAT’S WHY WE AS A CULTURE HOLD EACH OTHER BACK…

Are you kidding me?

White people talk as much trash about their people as we do ours! If the music is crap, then its crap…..no racial divide involved.

crap IS AN OPINION… BRITNEY SPEARS’ ALBUM IS ACTUALLY GOOD FROM A PRODUCT PERSPECTIVE. THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS A BUSINESS, AND CDS ARE PRODUCTS FOR THAT INDUSTRY. IF THE PRODUCT IS GOOD THAT YOU PUT OUT, THAT MEANS SUCCESS FOR THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE. KANYE AND 50′S MARKETING BEEF DID WONDERS FOR MUSIC INDUSTRY SALES. THAT’S WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT.

iTS ABOUT MORE THAN THE MUSIC. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THE MUSIC ON HOV’S ALBUM IS GREAT, BUT AGAIN THATS MY OPINION.

EVEN WITH MY OPINION MATCHING THE MAJORITY, THE MINORITY WHO HATE IT STILL ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINIONS–REGARDLESS OF HOW DELUSIONAL..

Once again…Jay Z dumb ass wanna be hustlers/ stans don’t get it! What is he rapping about so great? Not a damn thing. Who cares about his father leaving him, or his nickle and diming days or his cousin who got killed………….didn’t he rap abotu that shit before? How many times you want to hear the same shit come out of his fat lips! Yall are corny! I hate to see grown ass BROKE ass men ride another mans dick!

That’s funny.. Only the BROKE ass haters are the ones hating.. SUCCESSFUL men like MYSELF don’t hate..

We CONGRATULATE and SUCCEED… Not spend all of our time and energy on somebody’s BLOG downing each other..

Think about that one? How many thousands do YOU have in YOUR bank account?

LMAO.. Silly rabbits. Jay is doin his dayum thing.. So much so, that all of us are on here talking about HIM! Do you HONESTLY think he even CARES about your negative opioions?

He gets enough respect from LEGENDS , that he wouldn’t waste his energy on the minority who DON”T EVEN MATTER… LOL

Get that MONEY.. Love the HATERS…

“THATS WHY YOU MAD AT ME!!” YOU CAN”T TAKE IT!!

Call ma a STAN, but I GETZ MINE. Now, you gotta GET YOURZ!

roc boys sounds great

im so copping that cd

@ 152, I do not wish to get into a cyber quarrel over my opinion. Also, I have not dismissed the PR write up about how he “supposedly” became inspired from the movie. I am going to state, however, that like the spin doctoring that even our illustrious government provides to the American people so can the PR machine for Def Jam. I just don’t believe that prior to him making AG that he wasn’t already in the studio, especially after the KC fiasco. And, if so, which songs were already made or in progress? With that being said, I can infer that maybe some songs from AG were already in the “hustler” style. For which I can conclude that he “felt” the “need” to rap “again” about the “golden days” of hustling back in the ’90s. The man is 40. Still rapping at 40. He has become the Michael Jordan (#45) of Hiphop, which he vowed not to become–sad. As did Michael, he really thinks the game needs him. So, to the detriment of other Def Jam artists he will continue and the fans of his artistry will love him for it. I must say, however, he’s very astute at getting money—that knowledge I think he could share with up-and-coming artists. But it intrigues me more to know that he haphazardly feels the need to invoke the spirit of a street hustler, which he is no longer. In my opinion that reeks of insecurity and addiction to the lime light. I would love to see him achieve accolades as the President of Def Jam like other business men who are brought in to turnaround companies like Michael Eisner did at Paramount and Disney. But it appears that’s all there is to it. Believe it or not, I’m happy for him. It’s cool. He’s rich. He made it. Where? Only he knows. Like I said before, “A fool judges everything by the one thing he knows”. Good Luck Jay-z!

Thank you! I can’t wait for this album to drop. We need the real Hov to come back out. His entire album has the top producers. He’s on it.

-Sydni Couture

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@ CONSTANTINE

I completely and totally understand and agree with everything you say..

HOWEVER, we must also all understand, that we all struggle in different ways. What makes us who we eventually become are the decisions and choices that we make.

Whether PR or not, Jay has the right to be inspired by what he wishes, and his goals should be SELF-RELEVANT, regardless of whether or not they’re relevant to any of us. A FAN is someone who likes an artist’s work. If you don’t liek his work, then you’re not a fan, and there is nothing wrong with that considering you can’t please EVERYBODY.

We have spent a lot of time in and out of this blog trying to pick apart our own individual opinions and make attempts to understand what motivates someone like Jay-Z.

Until we walk a mile in his shoes, we won’t get it. Until we have a convo with him, or listen to him with an open mind during his interviews, we won’t get it.

I think it’s time we stop trying to GET IT and just accept that everybody’s different–we don’t all like the same things, and we don’t all respond to the same things the same way.

It works for him.. We we STRIVE for and how we act works for us. That’s what it is. This is useless for us to sit here going back and forth with our opinions while people like Jay are out there on their grind gettin PAID. It makes LOOK like HATERS..

Is that how we want to be perceived by successful people? Just asking??

CJ, you obviously have no kinda fucking life on here writing full blown college essays about how much you love Jay-Z, then you gon be a hypocrite and say PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION and then come up here talking shit to the people who are having an opinion that Jay’s album is ass…….get your priorities straight, bitch ass.

Wait a minute BROOKLYN TOOKIT…

I thought you were ignoring me? Why are you even responding..

That’s what I call a no life HYPOCRITE.

FYI. I’m at work.. Probably working on a project that’s gonna get you to empty you dumb ass wallet… Look for my name asshole.. I’m sure you already own somethiing with my name on it.. LMAO

And I didn’t DEFEND anything but everyone’s right to their own opinions… You’re the ignorant ass on here attacking everybody who doesn’t feel the same way you do..

THAT MAKES YOU WEAK!!

Still responding to me???

I wish we had video on here. It’s amazing how big people’s pea-sized BALLS grow when they’re behind a fucking computer…. I LOVE IT…

BROOKLYNTOOKIT… Wanne meet me on Fulton and Nostrand around 2AM tonight.. Call me all that sh!t then…

I’ll have my car drop me off in front of the Papaya Dog..

Be a man and back yo shit up since you got so much to say…

And since you more than likely don’t have a car, you can take the A/C to Nostrand in the Stuy….

Let’s get real… You like to disrespect grown men, let’s see how big your balls REALLY are….

FOR THE RECORD JAY-Z, SHAWN COREY CARTER IS 37, HE WILL BE 38 DECEMBER 4, 2007. 37 DOES NOT EQUATE TO 40! ALL THE PRODUCERS SAY THEY STARTED WORKING WITH JAY IN AUGUST, SO MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT, EVERYONE IS LYIING TO MAKE JAY-Z LOOK GOOD! GTFOH!

Salut Cherrylinmiami. Thanks for the correction. I sense a nerve has been pinched. If so, my bad. But; question? Is 38 closer to 40 or 20? Remember, Hiphop is a youth culture (teenagers to young adults). I’m with you. He’s great. He’s, to you, bringing back the ‘real’ Hiphop. I’m happy for you. Please, in the future, let me know what the content on his next album will be. Also let me know of the status of the other artist on his label, Roc a Fella, and Def Jam. Assuming he won’t retire again. Let me know how he has changed the game behind the scenes as well. An inquiring mind would love to know. Again, thanks for the correction and I look forward to hearing from you again.

Ummm..NO! Hell naw! Even Wayne’s verse was garbage and that’s my nicca.

Dear Haters,
Just heard these tracks…..had to put what I was doing down just to say that this dude is a genius..I mean really there’s little to say unless I repeat, UNLESS you’re a hater or you’re deaf… Sharp - image filled lyrics, epic beats - c’mon haters “males shouldn’t be jealous that’s a female trait, what you mad cause you push dimes and he sell weight…”(for you blueprint lovers) and reasonable doubt stays in rotation in the CD deck. Album is a classic, and just around his average of classic/2.5 albums - why you surprised? Let go and enjoy the audio storytelling…

tybu said:
Sorry, I was an old fan of Jay Z’s, but no more. He’s WACK!!!!!!!! His style of flow sucks to me. But that’s just my opinion. He’ll make his money regardless.
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Co-sign!! Nuff Said. That Hello Brooklyn shit sucks — and I’m from Brooklyn! lol
Roc Boys is aiiight. Jay’s falling off — or should I say fallen off.

Question: why do people still come on here and argue with people over their opinions? Straight comedy.

HOW IZ DOUBLE PLATINUM-KINGDOM COME..A FIASCO..U LAMEZ IS HILARIOUS..STOP AT NOTHIN WILL U

Just retire already. You no good at this shit anymore, give it up. Ugly ass camel lookin mofo.

To CJ in your # 155 post. I’m not completely sure if that first sentence in your post was directed towards me.. however if it is, I’m missing the the point off that statement. It doesn’t matter what order you list the greatest emcees of all time, unless the discussion requires numerical ordering. I rarely list them in numerical order unless for that purpose. Therefore, who I list first in one instance, may very well be listed last in another instance regarding the same topic. The point of the matter is they are recognized as being one of the greatest emcees of all time. That’s the relevant point.

Your statement about them “knowing more than the rest of you”, is a matter of
YOUR opinion. You’ve stated a time or so in your posts about everyone being intitled to their opinion, but you precede those statements with the one above. Sounds a bit contradicting to me. Yes those other artist credited as being of the greastest emcees off all time may know a great deal about their own material. They may also know a bit of knowledge about another rapper’s life , depending on how well they know the rapper or if the information they’ve aquired about the rapper is factual. However, their opinion of another rapper’s capabilities and skills isn’t anymore valid than any other person’s opinion. They too are merely listeners with opinions just like everyone else. At the end of the day their all opinions.

Oh and let me correct my typos before some bored soul with not one positive thought on the brain tries to sum up my intellect based on a few rushed blog typos. Ha.

:of, they’re.. anything else I missed, whatever. There. Hope I’ve made someones day.
Ha.

Normaly I wouldn’t care. However I’ve come to notice some of the attitudes of some of the people on boards like these. However, it is simply much too entertaining to stop coming here from time to time. Ha.

Oh and let me correct my typos before some bored soul with not one postive thought on the brain attemps to sum up my intellect based on a few rushed blog typos. Ha.

: of, they’re. Anything else… whatever…..

Normaly I wouldn’t care. However being on these boreds from time to time I’ve come to notice some of the attitudes towards various things. However, it’s simply much too entertaining not to come form time to time. Ha.

I’m not a hater, but come on now! That shit looks mad wack. What’s up with that same tired ass flow on every track. All his shit sounds the same to me. What about re-invinting yourself?? Keeping up with the times and breaking ground. Yeah, I can tell that dude is just having fun with this one. I don’t blame him though. If I had all of that free time I would probably do the same.

To CJ comment #25 :

Why the hell you riding dude’s dick for?? You don’t even know him and he don’t know your tired ass. Probably wouldn’t give you the time of the day. You ain’t nothing, but a fan. That’s alright though, but you are more like a hyper fan. People are allowed to have their own opinions about who is the best. Expand your mind a bit and get your head out of Jay Z’s ass already.

from, boards…… Haaaa…

Weezy apologized to jay-z before weezy is a great fan of jay-z sooo thats the story.

WOW people HAVE no sense of REALL MUSIC anymore They Get a Wackk As* track of Soulja Boy and Dance Around Like Datz Poppin When Itz Not…THIS is CRAZY HOtt And If you dont like it Suck NUtz LOL HisFlow Is INCREDIBLE he IS the same And Datz Why he HOVA dont Hate Cuz HIS tuor Was SOLD OUT in Under 60 Seconds(YES THHIS TOUR For AG Was Look It UP Loser) And yes im from brooklyn But So What I think Hello brooklyn Could have Went without Wanye But WHO the HELL Carez…And Last But NoT LEAST WHOEVER said LIL KIM the Naked TRUTH album Was Trashh…NEEDa SHOOT THEMSELVE LOL…..Check IT out some lyrics from my fav track….QUIET

“andWe See you A Lyier
Tryna Deny her
Jacko o Proved Your Far From A fighter
Playing With Me Bitc*
Your playing With Fire I aint Gon
Come Back At you Im coming At your GHOSTWRITER

QUIET Track 12 LISTEN to It Yalll Dont KNow REALL MUSIC