Inevitably started by me.
Word is it's "entirely" Ye's production work.
First track finally leaked in full a couple hours ago: http://tinyurl.com/577w9a
As per usual I'm at work and can't listen to it, so somebody tell me how terrible it is so that I don't get my hopes up.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:16 (fifteen years ago) link
its kind of a mess but i like it
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:20 (fifteen years ago) link
That is v nearly a ringing endorsement via u!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:22 (fifteen years ago) link
beats any of the singles off his last two except maybe "roc boys"
btw so is this kanye's "a milli" rip?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean look he is still a C+ rapper on this and is still rapping about some puzzling shit-- oasis beef, calling himself "high fashionique" and shit like that, but the beat really works cuz it doesn't require him to actually ride anything, which is when he's been utterly awful lately ("i know")
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:26 (fifteen years ago) link
J0rdan S. authoritatively reminds us that Jay-Z is a "C+ rapper"
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I mean (this is not an apologetic for the fuckin *whisper flow*) it's always been dude's freedom in engaging w/his beats that makes him so interesting to me. He's always had one of the jazziest flows in rap, and that's part of the reason why I keep listening.
xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Hurting come on I'm the biggest Hov stan on ILM and even I'll admit that lots of his recent output, "I Know" being a prominent example, is subpar.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
dude based on kingdom come/american gangster + various scattered verses i think "C+ rapper" is being generous
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
im too lazy to troll you right now but lets be honest
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
also i dont think i want to have the "jay-z isn't that good anymore" discussion on ilm again
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
for serious though this track is pretty weak
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
yep xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
-- J0rdan S., Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:37 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
lol i had completely excised kingdom come from my memory already
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
thx for reminding me jerkstore
jockin big hoos jockin big hoos
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:44 (fifteen years ago) link
buh? just ima hustler x 99 problems with swizzy/rocky mania switched for (weirdly leaden) 80s minimal.
totally tedious tune.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Better than I expect from a late-era Jigga single.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:49 (fifteen years ago) link
knowing the way kanye obsesses over really popular and margin-pushing songs that he doesn't make (esp rap songs), i wouldn't be surprised if this was influenced by "a milli", in the sample and the bass (very un-kanye) and just the structure of the song in general
it definitely doesn't sound like anything he's been doing lately
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 03:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't really dig this.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 05:24 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 August 2008 05:54 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG only listened to a minute, but it was really good!. i skipped ahead, though, and i'm not sure that beat really holds up w/o some manipulation for 3+ minutes.
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 06:00 (fifteen years ago) link
lol at this dude still being butthurt over Gallagher zings four fucking months on. Noel OG has moved back onto zinging "spotty herbert" indie bands again.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 08:58 (fifteen years ago) link
like a good parochial. dude being butthurt = dude understanding tabloid culture sells, especially in some places.
i think jay told us all a couple years ago that he's very comfortable being a "C+ rapper" - no more interest in flowing futuristic - and some of us are very comfortable with the same
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link
like me and my best friend Michael Bloomberg
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1299/531814162_0d8fb2c8a6.jpg
i can't wait for the wedding
Did he get Rev Run to rerecord his one line from "Dumb Girl"? That's pretty cool.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Masta Ace at least got a "featuring" credit when he did that on "Drivin Down The Block"
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm at work and can't listen to this so I'm officially taking off from even saying anything about this. Hater's holiday, y'all.
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nurshad/silky_johnson1.jpg
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
the tempo and the hook remind me of bounce more than anything. the guitar gets a little annoying.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
bounce the rap subgenre or "Bounce" the Jay/Kanye song from Blueprint 2?
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
bounce
― Jordan, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
this is okay. i would have said good but i say the VH1 Soul making of Reasonable Doubt documentary thing last nite so i now have a crystal clear memory of how awesome he used to be....goddamn it was sweet, sauce money and jay in the studio breaking down verses from bring it on....so dope. premo and jay breaking down d'evils. unreal.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay just got the news on the new LP. The Tracklisting on the internet is completely false, with the exception of possibly Most Kings but even that has been changed as Jay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay song. Kanye West produced the entire album with a sound that combines the best of Kanye, Swizz, and Dilla. Think about how Swagga Like Us has the vocal sample with the Swiss Effect, the drums of Dilla by not being on some straight up boom boom bap sound, and the Electronic/European sounds of the keyboards used on the swagger joint.
Timbaland originally said he was doing the album, at which point Kanye flew to Germany to meet up with Jigga, gave him one beat cd with fifteen or so joints on it and after that it was a wrap. Kanye then flew to Hawaii where Jay was working and from there they knocked it out. The sound is not Love Lockdown so don’t worry about that. It’s more about some hardcore Hip-Hop with a bit of Hardcore Rock and Electronic. It will definitely satisfy the heads while appealing to the eclectic cats.
As far as now there are no rapping features on the LP, but Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley is singing the hook on one track. Another song about Brooklyn features Santi White aka Santogold, an up and coming artist out of New York. Kanye sampled one of her songs and Jay then brought her in to redo the vocals. While other producers have been trying to get their work on the album the sound that Kanye is bringing is so different from what he has been doing that its damn near impossible to get anyone who is matching the same sound without them hearing what he has been doing.
I think from the news that I got is that he is gonna change the game again with the sound of this album, and while that has been said before remember Jay has already done this at least twice, once with the bling sound of the Neptunes and again with the original Blueprint.
http://pleasedontstare.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/the-overstanding-on-the-blueprint-3/#
― vast variety of steens where we get our HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 October 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
wow this might be the most spectacular mess of all time
i cannot wait
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
it's probably just be a regular mess
― Jordan, Thursday, 2 October 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
it'll
It’s more about some hardcore Hip-Hop with a bit of Hardcore Rock and Electronic.
yeah you're right, this probably doesn't mean shit (no sarcasm)
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
It’s more about some hardcore Hip-Hop with a bit of Hardcore Rock and Electronic. = possibly pulled verbatim from an old Kid Rock press kit.
― David R., Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Possible blueprints for this release:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Kottonmouth_Kings_Fire_It_Up.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/3281325556.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Waste_of_MFZB.jpg
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
The Black Album 4
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Jay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay songJay gave Chris Martin the original verse for a Coldplay song
o_OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
― vast variety of steens where we get our HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley
smmfh
― vast variety of steens where we get our HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah and also "the Swiss Effect"
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
imagining drums made from clog samples
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
also can i take this opportunity to say that i hate hate hate ye jocking "swiss"
― vast variety of steens where we get our HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 October 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
why does jay need to co-opt mia and santogold...he's like an aging rock star
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm sure it's Kanye grabbing their records for samples and Jay just nods and goes along with it.
― some dude, Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
that fake tracklist was pretty hilarious, btw. "The Audacity Of Dope"!
1. That's Me (ROC Intro)2. Connected3. Strawberry Letter [ft. Cee-Lo Green]4. No Words5. Swagga Like Us Pt. 1 [ft. T.I., Kanye West and Lil' Wayne]6. Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh)7. Turn Around8. Swagga Like Us Pt. 2 [ft. Nas, Andre 3000, and Young Jeezy]9. The One [ft. Santi White]10. Blueprint 311. I Don't Care12. All in a Day13. Big Hat Club [feat. Kanye West]14. Jay's Tribute (It Takes Two)
― and what, Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
13. Big Hat Club [feat. Kanye West]
tell me you're srs
― vast variety of steens where we get our HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
has there ever been a more DOA HISTORIC COLLABORATION than jay-z and nas? he should have faboloius on slu pt. 2 instead
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
jadakiss
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i just think that would be cool.
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
if the only possible point of the whole misbegotten franchise that is SLU is assembling the highest possible level of starpower (and please let Pt. 2 have a different beat), then obviously they're not going to put Fab or Kiss on it, dudes. it's not like Khaled or Statik Selektah isn't around to put those guys on hella posse cuts anyway.
― some dude, Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess the main issue is that jay-z is on both versions
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
the real issue is that we're talking about a fake song that doesnt exist
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
but still, more jadakiss
basically why "hi hater" remix is my favorite posse cut in a while
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, October 2, 2008 2:54 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://blogs.bet.com/music/soundOff/jay-z-gives-bp3-release-date/
The “Swagger Like Us” sequel has been CONFIRMED. Verses from Jeezy, Nas, and Andre 3000 have already been recorded. However, 50’s efforts were excluded from the track because, well, he was never asked. I guess Fif’s swagger just wasn’t good enough, lol!
Sincerely
Low “Good lord, it’s going to be a HOT winter” Key
― and what, Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
do you think i can be in the big hat club
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Would be better if that was mediocre 2005 UK rapper Lowkey, tbh.
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
how big is your hat
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
noone on the corner has big hats like us
― some dude, Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
leaked album cover
http://dodgecityambucs.org/domains/177/images/Big%20Hat/big_hat_club_logo.jpg
― and what, Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously tho do you have to apply or can you just buy a big hat or what
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_02/MixedLadiesPA_468x290.jpg
^^^ws
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Hat size on a hundred thousand trillionhttp://www.signonsandiego.com/entertainment/street/images/BIG_HAT.jpg
― poetry unit (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2007/03/16/max_horwich_400x300.jpg
^^^max's hat
― Jordan, Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
clearly, now that they've bled the Autotune thing dry, rappers are just gonna start stealing T-Pain's top hats.
― some dude, Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/British_Royal_Guard.jpgwho killin them in the UK everyone gonna say you, k
― and what, Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.bergen-filmklubb.no/images/Fear-of-a-Black-Hat-1.jpg
^^^innovator
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/19454.jpg
kings on set
― BIG HAT like hoos (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 October 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
L-R: Jay-Z; T.I.; 50 Cent (Hat wasn't big enough); Lil Wayne; Kanye West; Nas; Andre 3000; Young Jeezy
― © 2008 (The Reverend), Friday, 3 October 2008 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
jay-z big upping obama but reminding me of john mccain
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Friday, 10 October 2008 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
guess who's sarah palin in my little metaphor guyz
Sarggest Balin
― and what, Friday, 10 October 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
got the hottest chick in the game wearin' my chain hat
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 10 October 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
http://pixdaus.com/pics/1205854172HvDUGpH.jpg
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 10 October 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i can only respond in hypothetical "fan fic" inspired posse tracks...
― haven't you all heard? (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Friday, 10 October 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
99 problems but a big hat ain't one
― mineminefusic (Finefinemusic), Friday, 10 October 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
The best song Oasis never wrote.
Fuck Cowell: everyone make this the 2008 Christmas number one.
― the gaunty from the hilarious 'alan titchmarsh show' comics (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 09:37 (fifteen years ago) link
jay sums up my reaction to his work in the past 5 years
http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/jay-z-5.jpg
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Friday, 9 January 2009 07:46 (fifteen years ago) link
so jay has his "get off my lawn" moment
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 6 June 2009 09:20 (fourteen years ago) link
what are we talking about
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 6 June 2009 09:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.zshare.net/audio/61001251a628e124/
― jeremymsmith, Saturday, 6 June 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/19454.jpgkings on set
― BIG HAT like hoos (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, October 2, 2008 7:34 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark
among my favorite posts i've ever made
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 6 June 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
The Inevitable New Jay-Z Album: Blueprint 3 [Started by BIG HOOS aka the steendriver in August 2008, last updated 57 seconds ago by BIG HOOS aka the steendriver on I Love Music] 4 new answers
My boring-ass Friday night [Started by Gear! (Gear!) in May 2004, last updated 3 minutes ago by I've never heard of a single one of those blogs. (Matt P) on I Love Everything] 22 new answers
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 6 June 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I like D.O.A. It's not so great lyrically, but nice No I.D sampling, as usual. It's a bit weird for a 40 year old dude to care so much...not sure whether it's just a Flex-pleasing excuse for a minor headline, or something more substantial.
― paulhw, Sunday, 7 June 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Saturday, June 6, 2009 5:20 AM (Yesterday)
yeah funnier still is this was produced by a dude who just recorded an entire album using autotune
― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Sunday, 7 June 2009 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
^remarkable insight
― Dear Leader (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 June 2009 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.jamiedole.com/gifs/HighFivefaster.gif
― and why?!? (k3vin k.), Sunday, 7 June 2009 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i am in love with a .gif
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Sunday, 7 June 2009 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://soulbounce.com/soul/2009/06/jay-z_death_of_autotune.php
He isn't saying anything new. Initially I was all ready to jump on board with Jay-Z and his wacky "Death Of Auto-Tune" idea, but after actually hearing the track, in which he bemoans not only the use of "T-Paining it" but tight jeans and bright colors on a track co-produced by Kanye West, I can't help but wonder if this approach isn't just little passive-aggressive. Here you have a man that has no doubt benefited financially from many of his friends going the Auto-Tune route, and he opts to "kill" it on a song instead of just, I dunno, not using it or even referring to it at all.
This is a gimmick. Just like "Hip Hop is Dead." People have been over Auto-Tune for a while now, but I suppose if Jay-Z gets other rap artists to stop using it, he can just sit back and take credit for starting a movement or saving Hip-Hop or whatever. I beseech anyone reading this not to fall for that shit.
soulbounce otm for once
― Dear Leader (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 June 2009 14:57 (fourteen years ago) link
― some dude, Thursday, October 2, 2008 1:14 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
amazingly someone used an even worse version of that idea in total seriousness:
http://nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/la-coka-nostra-the-audacity-of-coke-450x450.jpg
― Soulja Boy Pato (some dude), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i almost wish jay'd delay B3 another year so this thread can get even loopier and snarkier
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i wish he'd drop "Big Hat Club" already
― somedudefoshizzle (some dude), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
― zzz (deej), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
really feeling some gratitude that "swagga like us part 2" never happened
― somedudefoshizzle (some dude), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
It leaked.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 31 August 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
excited about the beats, i heard timbo's great on all of his
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
can't even tell if you're kidding
― tweedle dee and tweedle (some dude), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
no really!
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
ok...i like a couple of the Tim songs but people in general seemed to be pretty negative on all of them.
― tweedle dee and tweedle (some dude), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know if i have the heart to listen to this.
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i know right? i've basically had the same experience w/ this as with the last 2 Jay records, where i really want to find a leak of the whole thing to download, not so much cause i'm eager to hear it as that i don't want to feel any temptation to buy it on the release date and wanna just get my disappointment out of the way now.
― tweedle dee and tweedle (some dude), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm happy to report that most of what i've heard of this is at the very least "pretty darn good"
take it with a grain of salt - i loved american gangster
― I'M IN MIAMI, TRICK-OR-TREAT (Beatrix Kiddo), Monday, 31 August 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
The beat for Venus vs. Mars is kinda cool i suppose. The album is a total mess though.
― Number None, Monday, 31 August 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
An interesting mess?
― do HOOS ever just steen into space and weep (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
My opinion on what i've heard so far: At least it's conceivable U2 could have a big hat club.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
what
― do HOOS ever just steen into space and weep (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
lol old boring folk still making music and people making a big deal out of it.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
(the edge fella wears lots of hats.)
i thought you were suggesting the album somehow sounded like u2 and i was so happily confused
― do HOOS ever just steen into space and weep (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I'd prefer it if he'd stop making old man complains about hiphop hiphop records and made a u2 record, yeah.
― b hoy hoy (a hoy hoy), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
thing about still following bands with fading talent is that it's usually only evident in one place - jay-z is a mediocre rapper who feels the need to constantly apologize for that fact with his "i'm old, been there done that" lyrics. i don't like being hit over the head repeatedly with the fact that he is old
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 August 2009 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
man this seems like yesterday ;_;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXcxex7-148
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 31 August 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmsAw7xrcKM
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 31 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
swizz beats song sounds like 'headsprung'
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:09 (fourteen years ago) link
this is pretty bad. "off that" is growing on me a lot, though - even tho i still dislike the sentiment, it's got some nice lines and i'm basically of the opinion at this point that the faster jay raps the better the song's gonna be
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf @ "forever young" tho
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
― ojo, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
srsly, Forever Young pushes this album firmly into the gahbage pit. that track name, that guest star, that interpolation, that complete and pathetic lack of self-awareness. it's like him giving the final speech at the funeral of his rapping career. :(
― methanietanner, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
the "interpretation" or whatever is awful but it's probably my second favorite track on the album just because i like the original song
― stfuhut (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
d.o.a. thru off that is solid, rest i can do w/out
major lols @ forever young. my roommate & i just kinda looked at each other like o_O
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 12:51 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't read the thread, is this really dropping on 9/11 lol
― am0n, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
like the beat by swizz on "on to the next one"
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
j. cole is okay.
the beat to "already home" is real nice actually.
venus and mars is just unreal bad.
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
talking bout the beat or jay? cuz the beat is actually kinda nice, i like the cracked-out spacey feel, but jay is awful on it
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
no the beat, i just meant the beat to already home is a cool beat IMO, best one on the album so far by a mile
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
YIKES this beat to "hate" what the fuck is this!
it reminds me of when i took some leftover vicodin and fucked around with MTV Music Generator on the original playstation but not as good
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
^^one for the CD sticker
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/09/a-first-listen-liveblog-of-jayzs-blueprint-3-.html
track-by-track review by teh latimes' jeff weiss.
― ojo, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I like how he pedantically disputes Jay-Z's claim of ten #1 albums (which is correct) while snarking about "fact-checking"
― R Gmail Still Down? (Remember Me) (some dude), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
obv they're not on the same page wrt the definition of an "album"
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
haven't heard the beat but lollllllll
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
ok just heard the beat and looooooool
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ passion of the weiss now being "la times' jeff weiss"
movin on up
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
ok sorry big hoos, i c&p'd from the times.
― ojo, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
haha nah dude i'm not knocking your 100% correct attribution! sorry if it came off that way. i'm just mildly bemused when i see bloggers making it to bigger platforms
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh that review is worse than the album
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i figure most reviews of this will be unreadable. if i'm going to listen to this album in full at some point, it'll have to be a pure, personal experience between me, the music, and the bloated corpse of my youthful jay-z standom.
― some dude, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
ttly agree re: off that. song is ok, concept is lolz considering jay being "on" grizzly bear
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
im just gonna post the whole second verse of "reminder" if that's ok
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 September 2009 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
k
― some dude, Friday, 4 September 2009 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
what the hell have yall done(pause) to even have have an opinion on what i've been doingwhat the hell ahve yall won?(pause) only thing you can identify with is losingten #1 albums in a row, who better than me?only the beatles, nobody ahead of mei crushed elvis and his blue suede shoesmade the rolling stones seem sweet as kool-aid too96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001 and beyond02, 03, 04, 0506 & 7, 08, 09back to back double plati did what you wantmen lie, women lie - numbers don'taint nothin changed but the year it isi think i need to send you a remindurrrrrr, here it is
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 September 2009 02:07 (fourteen years ago) link
such a weird feeling when he's rattling off those years...you're like "hm, he's really gonna name all them isn't he?"
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 September 2009 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
third verse also contains this gem "in the environment in which i did it in"
― king dom, come (k3vin k.), Friday, 4 September 2009 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
xp haha yea reminded (dur) me of wayne reciting the whole alphabet
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 September 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link
"Hater" sounds more like a Kanye song f/ Jay-Z than vice versa
― flowers for algernod (The Reverend), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
it's sooo bad...it's like they had a dare to see who could be more annoying with their lame-ass word-stretching and vocal inflections
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 9 September 2009 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
― some dude, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:29 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
::barf::
― guccislamic deejihad (some dude), Monday, 28 September 2009 03:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605128/20090213/west_kanye.jhtml
^^ srs question, what song do you think Kanye was referring to when he said he did "probably one of the best hip-hop beats of all time" for this album -- i swear to god out of the 8 beats he did on BP3 "Run This Town" might actually be the closest thing to a realistic candidate
― guccislamic deejihad (some dude), Monday, 28 September 2009 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i bet its "hate"
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 September 2009 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
still havent listened to this album so i checked that song on youtube -- hilarious!!! its so awful
― deej, Monday, 28 September 2009 03:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think even he's that insane (xpost)
― guccislamic deejihad (some dude), Monday, 28 September 2009 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
deej i lasted 3 weeks -- you can last longer i bet -- in fact really i advocate never hearing it
after 'american gangster' i've pretty much swore off from ever listening to another jay-z album in full
― truth bomber ginsburg (J0rdan S.), Monday, 28 September 2009 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
what i hate about American Gangster is that it's always just barely interesting enough that I keep it on but never really enjoy it; at least Blueprint 3 is real easy to turn off, so it's less of a waste of time
― een, Monday, 28 September 2009 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
heard ghetto techno @ like 4 parties recently after totally forgetting it existed
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 20 December 2009 01:46 (fourteen years ago) link
it's so ridiculous btw
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 20 December 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
alicia keys annoying the fuck out of me on "Empire State of Mind" tbh
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Sunday, 20 December 2009 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
she's the only good thing about the song, though
― some dude, Sunday, 20 December 2009 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1nbvplgElw
...this is actually the next single
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
damn...at least I didn't have to hear "Beach Chair" more than once
― I WILL NOT GO HAM!!! (The Reverend), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i think that's the UK single and "On To The Next One" is the US single? either way, shameful enough for him to even make that song, let alone shoot a video.
― forkslovecraftcthulhu (some dude), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
"on to the next one" would actually be a good choice, best rap song on the album imo
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the one that's basically a jeezy song that jay jumped on better but yeah
― forkslovecraftcthulhu (some dude), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DyffCOVjwQ
remember when it felt actually affecting
― deej, Thursday, 24 December 2009 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sET8An5XL._SS500_.jpg
― pugwant (The Reverend), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513RTusNv-L._SS500_.jpg
smooth jayz
― autotuna fish (Tape Store), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i wonder sometimes if there is a smooth jazz scene. like, do dudes get together and groove on grover washington records and talk about starting bands? do they argue about whether chris botti is really smooth or not? what's the pitchfork of smooth jazz?
― an american hippie in israel (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
wow forever young is so horrible horrible horrible i could only stand about 30 seconds into it. is that sting?
― Body Butter (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude, you don't remember 90210's David Silver?
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
I don't like that "Empire State of Mind" Pazz and Jop Single of the Year song.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Having to review "Young Forever" has reminded me that I haven't totally transcended the feeling of absolute hatred for certain pieces of music.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 February 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
also who the fuck is that "mr hudson" dude?
― El GarBage (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 15 February 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
It just appalls me that any piece of music from someone who was ever once good could be this gratuitously bad. Why didn't they even bother to autotune (in the pre-Cher sense) the chorus?
― Tim F, Monday, 15 February 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
if christ martin is david lee roth than mr hudson is kanye's personal sammy hagar
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 February 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
hahah christ martin u_u
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 February 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
also then*
i haven't heard "young forever" and don't plan on it
I had avoided until now and was happier for it.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 February 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i've noticed it lurking in the charts and have been avoiding too - mr hudson sounds like an actual tramp
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 15 February 2010 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
― Tim F, Monday, February 15, 2010 2:08 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest
DOA duh
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 01:11 (fourteen years ago) link
would love to hear that his singer is out of tune bcuz jay specifically refused to autotune in a bout of self flagellating rockism
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
no we will NOT autotune i don't care what he sounds like
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 16 February 2010 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"young forever" is awful but there's at LEAST five worse songs on the album iirc!
― vag gangsta (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah...i'm already starting to get pretty sick of "Onto The Next One," i guess anything that feels like a breath of fresh air in the context of Blueprint 3 would be a fart anywhere else
― the cold bieber open (some dude), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
and fuck that autotune cuz we OOOooooooon
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, January 4, 2010 12:05 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
every time i hear this part i think wow, whiney considers this a quotable 'hot line'
― the cold bieber open (some dude), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 03:37 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
i pretty much dig "on to the next one" tho
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
the only hot line in "on to the next one" -- "niggas want my old shit, buy my old albums" -- is undercut by the fact that it's spit on a song from the blueprint 3
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i would rapidshare them if i hadnt already bought them
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
kids want my old shit, .rar my old albums
― nagl wayne (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i give up. I love jay-z and even found a lot to like about blueprint 2 even though it has a lot of crap on it. but i flat out just don't like blueprint 3. lyrically it's...bad. even the production pales in comparison to the original, but I have not been able to finish this album since the first 3 listens.
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah...honestly this album makes Kingdom Come sound good
― dora the explaro (some dude), Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i even tried listening again on Friday after taking several months off to see if maybe itw as a "just wasn't in the mood for it at the time" but nope. the flow sucks, the lyrics suck. and yet it got fairly good reviews, which surprised me.
Even "Run This Town" is a bit neutered - kinda pop rap like T.I. (whom I like btw), but it would have been a lesser song on The Blueprint.
ohw ell, guess I'll stick with listening to Freeway and Tech N9ne...
― Ballistic, Saturday, 27 February 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 1 July 2011 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
big hat club
― The Reverend, Thursday, 20 March 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
jay still plays young forever at his live shows, so embarrassing
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 March 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
I dunno if it's a staple of every tour, but last summer w/ Justin they closed with it as a dedication to Trayvon which was very oh fuck you're trying to make me feel bad about hating this song now
― The Greta Gerwig In The Sky (some dude), Thursday, 20 March 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
― The Reverend, Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:55 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha i made a big hat club joke about pharell on the grammys and some dude was the only one who said anything about it :)
― Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 March 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
the other day i was listening to Shaq songs on YouTube and a one with an old school Jay guest spot came up and sometimes it's shocking now to hear old Jay, he was SO GOOD, like he fell off so incredibly hard
― Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 March 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
not gonna deny dude got worse and the fact that RD/BP/Black Album are cited like they're his only dope albums '96-'03 is irritating but I always dug this the most out of post-retirement Jay. then again I haven't listened to it in forever
― nova, Friday, 21 March 2014 02:55 (ten years ago) link
the other day i was listening to Shaq songs on YouTube
Yo Shaq! Where ya at?I'M OVAH HERE
― Neanderthal, Friday, 21 March 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8BvC0PNpI
― slam dunk, Sunday, 23 March 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
I take a little while...Bought this a year ago used, got around to playing most of it in the car a month ago, finished yesterday. Didn't get much of anything out of it, except for "Already Home," which I played a few time today. Pretty music, and when you're married to Marilyn Monroe and hang around the president, "They want me to go/I'm already gone" would ideally be the last line you ever write. But I guess he kept going.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 July 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
Big Hat Club!!!!!
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 July 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
Big Hat Club vs. reapah! brbrbrbrbrvdb
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 January 2020 01:38 (four years ago) link