Sun 23 Aug 2009
New Music: Jay-Z feat. Drake “Off That” (Produced by Timbaland)
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Download: Jay-Z feat. Drake “Off That” (Produced by Timbaland)
Jay-Z feat. Drake “Off That” (Produced by Timbaland)
(Spotted at Nahright via Eezee Street)
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
I’m not liking the beat or hook. I can see why this wasn’t the first single. I think this is gonna be another Kingdom Come.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I’m feeling it…
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August 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Best part of this song is the beat and when Timbo does his lil adlibs.. besides that the England Bloke accent was done by Fif already.. yea.. hate the fact i dont buy jus cause its a Jay-Z x Drake collab.. all and all its a so-so track.
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Miss Info Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
its not getting great feedback
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BREEZY Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 pm
THAT’S A SPACE FILLER, HOV IS LEGEND STATUS, BUT THIS KID DRAKE IS HIGHLY OVER RATED, IS IT JUST ME? IF SO, I STAND STRONG AND ALONE
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mr_wayne Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Drake is. That’s already proven.
MzBrittanyLUVZ Being The Head DipStan In Charge!!! DIP IN THE MIX. COM BABBBY Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 4:28 am
A space filler??
See…thats the thing, Jayz is NOT known for having space fillers. He usually doesnt do that. His space fillers were usually his so-so singles he released for commercial success. Thats why he never had a number one hit song. Jayz is known for having great albums. Not great singles. This better not be filler, if so…wow. im shocked at how mediocre this is.The beat and Drake are okay. Just like Rihanna and Kanye were okay on the other songs. smh wow…I didnt expect this from Jayz.
(Im sure the haters will say im being bias, but im being honest.)
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:33 pm
WHACK….BP3 NOT LOOKING GOOD AT ALL!
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Big Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Couldn’t have said it better myself!!!
Jay-Z isn’t in this to make good music anymore he’s putting together albums not just to eeeek out 2 or 3 concert suitable tracks to keep getting that tour money, thats all he’s about fake sawg and our money!!
Dude so far gone its a shame…
Decent beat but not good enough to carry his rich nigga raps nobody feeling that.. But why is it ok for him to rap about the same shit time and time again but 50 Cent gets stonewalled for it? SAD!!!
BP3…..I’LL PASS!!
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DaTruth Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Well said
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MzBrittanyLUVZ Being The Head DipStan In Charge!!! DIP IN THE MIX. COM BABBBY Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Good Point…
Jayz kinda needs to get over himself I think. I Luved that about BP1. How much he rapped about himself and boasted himself. But now its getting old. How many ways can you keep trying to convince everyone how great you are and what a legend you are? Its old…especially if your music is as good.
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Big Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
If he was all of the things he trying to convince people he is why would he spend so much time and money trying to convince people?
When was the last time you heard the undisputed BEST RAPPER ALIVE BIG DADDY KANE talk about how great he is or how he’s the best?
I think never!
Jay barely makes my top 10 all time
1. Big Daddy Kane
2. KRS-1
3. Kool Moe Dee
4. LL Cool J
5. Scarface
6. Ice Cube
7. Chuck D
8. Biggie
9. Pac
10. Eminem
11. MAYBE JAY-Z (PRETTY SURE I’M MISSING SOMEONE)
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 pm
womp womp
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August 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Did he say Chris we off that??? as in Chris Brown?? Ohh
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Miss Info Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
prolly, cris as in cristal
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Crumbs Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm
yea i agree its Cristal.. now its Ace of Spades or betta UGHH! lol
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August 23rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
This track is aight. Jay’s still got the balls to make a big club record. Love that. Might make the £6 door charge more feesible. Seems like there should be more to this track or shall we start calling him the sneeze and you’ll miss him Drizzy?
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August 23rd, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Garbage. Not the jay I’ve loved. Man I’m starting to think the blueprint 3 is gonna suck. I’m praying for it to be different.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 7:55 pm
So he don’t like skinny jeans,now he hate baggy clothes. He also don’t like Timbs(I still need my tans).
This song would of never made Blueprint 1. Timbaland style doesn’t match the original Blueprint formula.
Two thumbs down
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ST Peabody Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Timbaland made the wackest song on the BP1 (Hola Hovito) so actually it does.
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circus Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
hola hovito wasn’t wack…it just wasn’t as phenomenally good as the rest of the tracks were. c’mon son….be honest.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
this shit hot fiyaaaaaaaaa idc what neone has to say about jigga he still makin hits…u kno its kinda like wit Brett Favre…is it his fault that the game is weak??
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August 23rd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
jay-z is a good business man. Drake is the great black and white hype.
rap journalism?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLphriHPSak&feature=channel
That song is cool, I wish I could pump out mediocre trash like that.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 8:30 pm
this shit is weak! sorry!…front to back weak…I’m one of those Jay-z for ever fans but I can’t lie for this guy…Its obvious he leakd this to get some of Drakes Leeroy glow…but its weak…2 thumbs down
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August 23rd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
lemme hear it again….
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RUGA Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:43 pm
SMH….damn
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August 23rd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
The song is ok at its best..The song sounds like is should be a first single. Usually first single are songs you just give away cause it has a club tempo. Plus Jay should have kept Drake off the song since Drake didn’t spit a verse. Jay easily could have spit the hook.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 9:13 pm
not that bad to me.
i mean its not my favorite…but damn, i wasnt really expecting some change the world type We Are the World type record (that every expects on EVERY new Jay record) either.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 pm
This joint is Good. Really upbeat. Once u start hearing it more and more it grows. It’s funny how people wanna still link him back to the future but like the hook. “he off that”. People expect him to drop a song and 1st spin it blast off. NAH…something real different and it’s gonna work. I’m not stuck on the past but always looking forward to tomorrow. Something fresh and new not boring and old…..
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August 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
this is another 30 something a remix if you will
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August 23rd, 2009 at 9:51 pm
this song is wack. drake is wack. people are gonna buy the jay-z album because of the guest appearances. on a different note the new raekwon ob4cl 2 snippets are sounding very dope.
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August 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
I agree 135% with ANAHILATOR, I actually like the joint. It’s something different with a good message to it. I don’t think people are listening to what the song is saying, basically grow up, you can’t be on the same stuff you were on a couple of years ago. Hov won’t be able to win regardless of what he puts out.
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RUGA Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Stop assuming people who disagree witht the song doesnt understand…what is there not to understand? I listen line for line metaphor for metaphor the shit is weak to me….We heardthis “grow up, I’m better and richer than you rap” once too many…Without a concept album, Jay should hang it up…
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August 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Timbo set the bar pretty high with Dirt Off Your Shoulder. Production this time is obviously no where near. Give it a couple weeks until someone gives the track the mash-up treatment, it’ll be a classic. Cause lyrically Jay is still on-point on this. I dont think Drake was used properly though, sounds force. Regardless BP3 is going to be a classic.
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mr_wayne Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:08 pm
If the latest tracks from BP3, “Run This Town” and “Off That”, did not earn critical acclaim thus far, how is BP3 “going to be a classic”?
A classic consist of a near flawless effort. Name one song from the first Blueprint that didn’t need to be on the album. I rest my case.
BP3 so far=No classic
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August 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
whats jigga doing!the music he making gone make it the great depression…get off the drake train hes booty
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August 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
d.o.a was good for that summerjam that weekend now its just alright.
Run This town is cool nothing major
and now this agggh he should pull
a curtis and push bp3 shit back to dec.
becasue summer of 2001 around this time he had shit in a frenzy “h to the izzo and take over “
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August 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
It’s OK, but that’s the problem right? I thought he was going for a classic album. “Run This Town” and “Off That”, a classic it DOES NOT make.
The time it took him to create the Blueprint in comparison to Blueprint 3, is going to cause a lot of criticism among listeners.
The tracks that were leaked(Jockin’ Jay-Z etc.) and thought to be apart of the album were MUCH better than what we’ve been hearing lately.
Instead of trying to create this conceptual effort(DOA etc.) he should just allow his music and style to speak for him.
I’ve never heard Jay-Z try so hard to get a point across by changing a demographic. It use to seem so effortless. He’s self aware that he’s capable of changing landscapes, so now he may be over doing it by ramming “change” down our throats.
Just a thought.
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circus Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
1000% agree……he’s over thinking it.
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supawest Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Mr_Wayne YOU SAID IT THE BEST!!!! I can’t even top your point homie. He is FORCING his concepts of whats cool…to the point where he is not even making SENSE anymore…1st tight cloths is a problem but 2 weeks later Baggy cloths and Timbs are a problem also???? YOU confusing yourself jigga maybe YOU need to go back and listen to “reasonable doubt”….cuz its “reasonable” for me to “doubt” BP3 is gonna be a CLASSIC…
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mr_wayne Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:44 am
“YOU confusing yourself jigga maybe YOU need to go back and listen to “reasonable doubt”….cuz its “reasonable” for me to “doubt” BP3 is gonna be a CLASSIC…”
I like that.
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MzBrittanyLUVZ Being The Head DipStan In Charge!!! DIP IN THE MIX. COM BABBBY Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 4:38 am
” its “reasonable” for me to “doubt” BP3 is gonna be a CLASSIC…”
bwahahhahahhaahahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
you just made me laugh out loud with that one!!! hahha
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Cal State Long Beach Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Game said it this old nigga needs to stop hating on everyone and just let the young rappers get their money. Cranky ass old coon everything bugs this dude, hes a flip flopper and all u say game is bipolar shit look in the mirror hov ur just as bipolar
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August 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Jay has fallen off. He is 0-3. 1st he is against gimmicks and then his next two songs are gimmicks. Then it’s cool to call your wife a hoe and high yella broad. No wonder game and them disrespect her. He is wack and it’s time for the blogs to call a spade a spade. Hov’s time is OVA
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August 24th, 2009 at 12:08 am
miss info wats good =)
this song is trash…
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August 24th, 2009 at 12:22 am
back when bp1 came out it didnt have all this bloggers world… back then it probably had the same amount of hate without no where to go say your opinions and it was a classics… now everybody got a damn opinion why dont yall get off the computer and go do something great like jay so people could blog about you… every single song gotta be judge serious, its a whole package, when the cd come out then state yall mindless opinions… he will still have his core fans not the new people who want the same music all the time… dont like it move on to some soulja boy and the new boyz… jayz gone make a million new fans and the old fans a couple hunnit who want jay to rap about the same old hustle and drug ish could go to gucci mane… shout out to missinfo keep doing ya thang…peace god
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Toya Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:28 am
No one is hating on Jay-z. This shit is wack. Every song he put out this era is wack. And folks have given him the benefit of the doubt. He keeps claiming this is a classic and he keeps proving it’s anything but. He “killed” auto tune. And then to keep him in the blogs he dick rides Rihanna and Kanye and now this bullshit Drake. Jay has hardcore fans who thinks Everything he does is fine but then he has fans who makes him earn his keep. This album is downloaded period. He will get no money from me.
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mr_wayne Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Blogs were out when BP1 dropped. You probably just wasn’t one of the ones BLOGGING.
People have issues with Jay-Z that go beyond the examples you gave. It goes beyond old style vs new style.
Read post #23.
Tell that guy he’s wrong… Oh wait… that’s me! Lol!
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August 24th, 2009 at 12:28 am
beat sounds dated. :/
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August 24th, 2009 at 12:31 am
TRASHHHH HAHAHA TOLD YALL NIGGAZ JAYZ IS POP AND HOLLYWOOD !! AND JAY IS COMPLAINING ABOUT AUTO-TUNE ??? T-PAIN STAYS, OLD NIGGA GOES !!! THIS IS THE WACKEST SHIT OF 09, OTHER THAN STANKY-LEG… TOLD YALL JAY IS OVERRATTED.. THIS IS STR8 FUCKIN BULLSHITT.. NAS IS KING !! OH YEA IF YALL WANT REAL HIPHOP NOT THIS BRITNEY SPEARS SOUNDING SHITT, GET READY 4 CUBAN LINK 2 REAL SHITT. !! NIGGAZ TRADED THEIR SOULS 4 RICHES HAHA !!
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Evil_D Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Is anyone in here bilingual, I need a ebonics to english translation of this asap.
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Young Bounca Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
ok here’s ur translation.. THIS JAYZ RECORD IS FUCKIN BULLLLSSHHHHIIT !!!! yo evil d maybe jayz shouldve put some ebonics and hood slang on this record, then it might not have been sooo wackkk.. oh my bad the hood aint in jayz… Raekwon is the truth OB4CL2 IS REAL HIPHOP !!!!!!!
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timi Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 9:24 am
This aint the wackest song i heard this year but, how u gona diss autotune… then release a song with the main culprits?! its double standards, jay-z should be supporting artists like rae.Jay has made a lot of money,but wastes it on trash.I havent seen one good hiphop act come out under him.
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Cal State Long Beach Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
and games supposedly the bi polar one haha jay could’ve fooled me it sounds more like hes confused, crankyass old jay-z needs his nap
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August 24th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Wow what a waste of a dope Timabaland beat. Just wow. Jay fell a long time ago sorry if anyone disagree. Wish Drake would just go away for real.
http://www.e3global.net/
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August 24th, 2009 at 1:11 am
THIS TRACK IS FIRE…I DONT KNOW WHAT MOST OF YOU LISTENED TO, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THING ,OTHER THAN WAR ANGEL ALBUM, I HAVE HEARD…I’M ACTUALLY DANCING TO THIS…TIMBO IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE BEATS (SUMTHING DEFINITELY DIFFERENT, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS PUSHING THE BAR WITH THE AYO TECHNOLOGY BEAT)…JAY IS WELL…HOVA; KEEPS PAINTING PICASSO’S AND DRAKE WAS GOOD…
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August 24th, 2009 at 1:50 am
maybe i like this joint and D.O.A and KIngdom come album.. because he is echoing so many sentiments in my own life…
Hint number one to know that you are stuck in a time warp…. when you cant critique a body of work without comparing it to an album that that was made seven years ago.. c’mon how many of you have the same ideas and opinions that you had seven years ago.. if you do then like U2 says, ” your stuck in a moment and cant get out of it” half of you are probably that same cats that hated on Biggie for his hit songs and said, ” i wish he woulda made more songs like unbelievable”
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Brooklyn B Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 11:37 am
ur average hip hop “fan” been stuck follow a formula for so long that when a artist reminds that being yourself, telling YOUR stories, creating YOUR style is whats its about not following a program then that artist is corny.
the real double standards are when jay spit grown man shit (kingdom come) then he washed up when he spit crack tales (AG) then he too old to be talking bout selling crack
the artist makes music for the fans
the fans dont dictate what music the artist makes
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August 24th, 2009 at 2:09 am
JAYZ BEEN WACK SINCE HE LEFT HIS FATHER DAME DASH….
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August 24th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Now hear me out just maybe and i mean just maybe he should hook back up with dame then we can get the real blueprint 3. I like the song just a bit and will download the album from itunes because I’m a fan but I’m not really feeling it but who knows i may end up liking it.
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August 24th, 2009 at 2:58 am
c’mon Jigga, it’s a wrap. But I know NY will give this brotha a pass til the day he dies. If he was a king in any other city he’d of long been forgotten.
in the immortal words of The Game…
OL ASS NIGGA!
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August 24th, 2009 at 3:23 am
damn i miss the old hov, oh well only 2 songs are eh, i still have hope for the rest of bp3
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August 24th, 2009 at 4:46 am
OMG!!!! #28… HAHAHAHAH Another doozey!!!
lmfaooo I luv this comment wall…I swear if it would have been me saying this stuff yall would have flipped out calling me bias.
Heres my biased statement for the day…
Now maybe yall can understand why I appreciate a rapper like Cam’ron so much. He doesnt try as hard. He has been rapping almost as long as Jayz and just raps about what he wants to rap about. He doesnt shove things down your throat. He doesnt “change” cause of what other people are doing, or because of what he thinks everyone else SHOULD be doing. smh
Im telling you…I used to like Jayz, but he needs to just rap and get over himself as this great god legend. People really have gassed this dude beyond belief.
Last but not least…
Im sure its not my place to make such an assumption…But seriousl, I dont even think Jayz would still be rapping if BeYAWNce’ would stop singing!!! She keep droppin albums and going on world tours its like wtf??? Jayz said he retired to move on to the next part of his life. I guess he didnt realize beyonce wasnt ready to go there either. I kinda feel bad for him she said to the brits she wasnt starting a family for another TEN YEARS! WTF??? Thats selfish (if its true) Beyonce has accomplished so much, what mre could she want?
SMH…Poor Camel…
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August 24th, 2009 at 4:51 am
It fucks me off that Jay would leave all the recent “classic” jay tracks like Brooklyn Go Hard and Jockin’ Jay-Z off the Blueprint 3 in favour of this garbage
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August 24th, 2009 at 4:52 am
I think he was great. I will follow him till the day I die…I love Jay Z! Yeah dude!
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August 24th, 2009 at 4:54 am
The track is growing on me but I’m guessing it could be an unfinished version http://thecorner.co.nz/2009/08/24/jay-z-feat-drake-off-that-prod-timbaland-download/
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August 24th, 2009 at 5:04 am
damn that raekwon 10bricks poo pooed all over that jayz track… just awful.. Why is timbad stil droppin those terrible ad libs? Save that sht for the puci cat dolls.. No chemistry between jay and drake.. Back to timbad that beat was to eastern european pop for me, save that sht for new kids on the block.. Not good
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August 24th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Jay-Z is officially the Brett Favre of rap.
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August 24th, 2009 at 7:15 am
This song is mediocre…the bar is high with jay as it is with 50 so when they drop songs…they need at least a semi hit and this is somethin I would skip on the cd…I don’t know about raekwons album having the promotion to sell like hov but its definitely better so far…
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August 24th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Why is Jay Z trying to tell us what to wear and in his last verse he’s talking about not caring what people used to do……
Isn’t he the same rapper who built a career about talking about drugs he used to sell?
WTF… when will people realize Jay Z is a pop artist and nothing more….DOA and now you have Drake soft ass on a single…
SMH
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:09 am
LMAO @ all the haters!!!
The irony in all this is that Jay will still sell records and still make tons of money regardless of all the hate he gets….
I can bet that half the people that posted negative feedback about this song has downloaded it, and is listening to it right now on their Ipod.
Despite what many haters may think, Jay-Z is STILL making better music than most other hip-hop artists.
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Dear Jay:
Why are you making songs with boys that arent even on your level? (Drake fall back cause you remind me of a mase/fabolous wannabe)
Jay, If you are doing Blueprint 3, get those heavy hitters like diddy, fifty, shoot I’ll even say jezzy. MAKE A STATEMENT WITH BLUEPRINT THREE,NOT A PAYCHECK.
Look at your Formula from the last Blueprints. Heavy hitters, MOP, Young GUnz,
Bleek, Timbo on the beats,Get the heavy hitters.
I just pray that Slaughterhouse can pick up where Jay Left off.
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:43 am
i have heard 3 tracks from the blueprint 3 album. I’m from brooklyn but i gotta say Jay-z is wack. Kanye killed him on his own track, he’s hating on auto-tune (but yet he mad exceptions), and finally even drake bars and the hook is week on that track…. I cant wait to download it cause he not getting my money…..lol
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:46 am
I’m digging the track… like hov’s verses and the beat is good enough for me to listen all day… hov went 3 for 3 imo… but I prefer d.o.a., run this town, and the blueprint 3 intro over this… but I am excited about the album…. keep up the work miss info, you are the best…
P.s. o yeah shoutout to drake for doing a solid job on the hook
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August 24th, 2009 at 9:16 am
this is what happens when you have too much money and not enough ideas.I can tell timbo aint made a hiphop song in a minute,and drake i wont even get started on. To be honest Id buy raes new album over this pop shit.its played out.
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Young Bounca Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I argee my dude Jayz is seriouly very uncreative !! nigga has no ideas !!. He uses money to cover up his lack of real talent !!! this is str8 pop, some shitt he prob made 4 Oprah lol, they get along cause she a rich sell out like jay !! oh im hurtin niggaz feelings now !! Raekwon got that real hiphop, street, raw, ill, creative, witty live shitt. Nas tried 2 tell niggaz jay was not all that hahaha !!!!!
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August 24th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I reserve judgment till more joints or the full album drops. But it seem like in spite of the fact that no questions Jay-z’s skill/talent, no know exactly knows what Jay stands for anymore and I think that’s been the case since he split from Dame.
Jay-z’s words only hold as much power as the people that respond to it. Had everyone stayed in their jerseys, Jay would have looked foolish. Now he speaks and it’s not an automatic following of his statements but a good degree of questioning.
Once again, what is his theme? What is the focus of this new Blueprint? What does he stand for?
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August 24th, 2009 at 9:46 am
i love jay-z, but not feeling this joint at all
he desperately needs to work with primo and/or 9th wonder instead of this overpolished timbo stuff
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August 24th, 2009 at 9:46 am
So heres how I feel about BPIII, Jay said in a interview he’s trying to make a trilogy like he said with the In My Lifetime series. Which to me it seems like BPIII will be more focused on not making a classic like the first one but being more focused on having a guest appearances and commercially themed songs much like Hard Knock Life and Kingdom Come even though those, well HKL had street records mostly on it. But this poses a big question what is the life of a rapper being popular commercially and selling records, because really i think Jay is the only rapper doing it on a big level past 40 and unfortunately I think Jay is at the point where he’s not trying to impress anybody lyrically, well maybe one or two lines but that’s literally nothing at all. Honestly if the rest of the album sounds like this most of you will be able to agree with that statement. But for some reason I think American Gangster will be the last rawest album we will see from Jay. But this song is just average at best nothing really special and I had higher expectations.
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August 24th, 2009 at 9:52 am
I don’t know…I’m not really loving this joint right here.
This track is redundantly average and painstakingly by the numbers.
The Timbo track feels about 5 years too late and 4 mins.too long. Its sounds like some “Timbaland style” loop you’d find on Frooty loop or something.
Jay’s lyrics are unremarkable in it’s cadence, yet quite remarkable in it’s familiarity. Same shit but without a witty punchline.
And what was the point of bookending Drake at the begining and ending of his verses? He handcuffed the most buzzed about new rapper by relegating him to the hook.
Why?
Sorry, but after hearing the dismally drab single “Run This Town” and then this, hope is truly falling on the prospect of BP3 being a dope album
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August 24th, 2009 at 10:35 am
INFO callin diz a let-dwn is bein nice hav got beta wrdz 2 describe diz garbage
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August 24th, 2009 at 10:35 am
THIS IS GARBAGE!!! So far Hov hasnt had a real hit yet from this new album..It looks like he rushed through this album. Very dissappointing.
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August 24th, 2009 at 10:48 am
It’s official: Jay-Z has turned into LL Cool J.
He had a buzz when he started, peaked 4 albums ago, and now just tells people how good he is as compared to his peers and to history.
It’s sad, actually. Dude didn’t even get a haircut for a number of months. Where’s Whoo Kid?
I also don’t like how Jigger gets the current buzzing rapper and relegates them to a hook. He did this on American Gangster when EVERYONE was screaming for a Jigger/Wheezie collab, and now he’s done the same thing to Jimmy from Degrassi.
I think he’s done tomfoolery like this since Nas once proclaimed that Eminem murdered Jigger on his own schtick, and now Jigger makes sure that nobody else has that opportunity, even though “Kanyes West” (according to Cam’ron) blacked out on Run This Town.
DOA and Brooklyn We Go Hard aside, which were both tougher than a $2 steak, Jigger is looking like Larry Holmes, flabby and sick. What is he going to have for dinner?
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Nightfall Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
LOL @ “Jigger”
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August 24th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I’m not feeling this one too tough either. It’s starting to feel like a Joe Frazier interview. He’s your “hero” so you want to look past the fact that his speech isn’t so great anymore, but it’s becoming harder and harder.
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August 24th, 2009 at 11:01 am
I’m sure I got nothin on you NY cats but over here in CA I would like to think I’m Jay’s #1 fan…WITH THAT BEING SAID….it’s been a full day and I still have not heard this whole track. I cut it off 1 minute into it..a new Jay-Z song and I cut it off?! WTF?! I’m just lukewarm on “Run This Town” but it still was my “song of the night” when it first came out. I’m starting to lose hope on BP3 being classic. Don’t get me wrong, I’m buying it the second it comes out but come on Jay. Don’t try to get Drake on a track just cuz the world liked him from Degrassi, son is trash, and this song is too.
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August 24th, 2009 at 11:24 am
booooooooooo!!!! not feeling it at all…i didn’t like the tracklisting either, this is that dang “emo” rap crap….looking forward to OB4CL2 and BISD
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August 24th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Weakest shit I’ve heard in a minute. This is your best rapper alive? I can’t believe this shit. Nas > Jay-Z
Go cop Raekwon’s album Cuban Linx 2. Fuck this garbage.
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August 24th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Ok Ok.
Lets be serious! Drake is seriously OVERATED! He’s cool but he is nothin but Kanye/Weezy mixed. Thats it.
Why doesnt R Les have the same buzz, he is truly a more talented artist. He sings and can spit somethin aight for u.
They just put madddddd hype behind Drake(whoknowswhy?) Oh well hes on Cash Money/Young Money/Rapin U Records. By the time he actually drop he wont be as hot.
Oh well time will tell.
PS. That Raekwon song is shittin on any BP3 song I heard so far. Go figure???
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August 24th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
drake is waaaaay overrated. he is crap!! but sheep will follow.
just like cudi mickey factz wale and all them other wannabe model nerdz. this new jay z stuff is very shit! not exiting or live in any way,, just boring to hear, its sad really.
how stagnant and stinky american rap has become. i say american because outside of the usa, rap is alive, healthy and doing big things. everyone used to love the american rap scene when i was a kid.(including me)
now its just a huge boring mess of money drugs and bitches. out of date stale old ass rappers age 50 or so trying hard to make you believe there still relevant. shame!
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August 24th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
BP3 sucks so far…
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August 24th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
NOT A GOOD START
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August 24th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
damn you can say what you want but wouldn’t it be smart to hold your hate until the first week sales …i mean ima keep it 100 i was waiting 4 a repeat of BP1 but that is never gonna happen im not hatin on Jay at all i was a big fan of him before but now he’s good but he’s not my favorite any more
He’s still gonna sell records regardless of what anybody says but me
im a cop BP3 but im gonna be rockin out to The salvation and cuban linx 2
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August 24th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
i think i got 22 seconds into this after coming from listening to the other jay track (shut it off too) and then listening to the whole rae track and i just have to say what the hell. geez man. i will not be buying this. i can’t defend the dude any longer if he’s not coming with goodness. i’ll just hear this album online i guess. shit.
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Damn… didn’t expect there to be so many comments on one song. It ain’t that serious people.
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August 25th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
hated this song but for some reason its starting to grow on me the same way “what they gonna do” did off the bp2
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:19 am
sounds like it should’ve been a single
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