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Preferably with a fat ass who can sing a song. This is Sinatra at the opera, bring a blonde. This ain't for iTunes, this ain't for singalong. This is anti-Auto-Tune, death of the ringtone. on the track let the story begin, begin, begin. Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen. JAY-Z: (Rapping) La da da da, hey hey hey, goodbye.
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He makes songs for the radio and for pop saturation.ĭEL BARCO: So let's have a moment of silence right now for "D.O.A." I think you all know what you're in for when you buy a, you know, Jay-Z album. SANDERS: I don't think he's lying to his fans. NOZ: So, because he has had all this success he can basically lie to his fans? I think they're poppier(ph) than "The Blueprint" or some of his earlier albums, but the beauty of it for me is that he was a street rapper and, you know, now he's hit the big-time and he's up there with the greatest from all genres. SANDERS: I wouldn't call them all pop songs. He talks about, you know, making records for the streets, making records for his core hip-hop audience on "D.O.A.," and then he puts out a record with 15 pop songs attached to "D.O.A." So it's a pretty hypocritical record. But, yeah, Jay talks about killing off Auto-Tune. The whole premise of "Death Of Auto-Tune" is - Auto-Tune, of course, is the vocal effect, the robotic vocal effects that artists like T-Paine have been using and have had tons and tons of pop hits with over the past two or three years. NOZ: Well, it's a mission statement that he never follows up on. He's an easy contender for best rapper of all time, but since his fake retirement in 2003, he hasn't really been delivering so much, as far as rapping goes at least.ĭEL BARCO: Tell me about the song "Death Of Auto-Tune?" I mean that's kind of like a mission statement for him isn't it? I mean he's, in his prime he was the greatest rapper, period. Like a record like "Off That," you'll find Jay complaining about everything that's wrong in hip-hop but not at all offering any solutions or leading by example or giving any options of where it's going from here.ĭEL BARCO: But he's got some bragging rights doesn't he, as the number one hit? NOZ: Well, if you listen to what Sam was saying, so much of what he enjoyed about the album was based on Jay's legacy more so than the actual content of the album and that's kind of the whole angle that Jay's been pushing for his past few records, where he just tells us what he's already done rather than doing anything new or groundbreaking. And just being able to make that track and know that he started so many trends and that he's still fresh, that's awesome.ĭEL BARCO: So Andrew, I understand you found this album very disappointing. SANDERS: So, in this track, Jay-Z is basically saying to all these other rappers who aren't as great as he is that all of the things that you're doing now I've done it before and I'm already off that to the next thing, so you're always behind me. But you can't bring the future back, back.ĭEL BARCO: So, tell me why you like this song, Sam? Always want to fight in the club and we off that. You about to tell her you love it, we off that. This is a Benetton ad, been up off that.ĭRAKE (Musician): (Rapping) Whatever you about to discover we off that. Black diamonds in my Jesus piece, my God.
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How's that for a mix? Got a black president, got green presidents.
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And my dark skin sense and my best white mate say what's up to Chris. And my trop at the loft with my high brow ah and my high yellow broad. Yeah we come so far so I drive around town hard top and it's off. JAY-Z (Musician): (Rapping) Say black versus white one, we off that. SANDERS: I think my favorite track was "Off That," featuring Drake. I also like "As Real As It Gets," featuring Young Jeezy. I think the song with Alicia Keys is awesome. ANDREW NOZ (Writer, ): Thank you for having us.ĭEL BARCO: I'm curious to find out what stood out for you from this album? Sam, what was your favorite song? SAM SANDERS (Creator of the blog, The Not-So-Angry Black Man): Good to be here. Sam Sanders is the creator of the blog, The Not-So-Angry Black Man where he writes about politics and pop culture. We're joined now by two bloggers with very different takes on Jay-Z's latest work. The only musical act with more top albums are The Beatles. We're listening now to his current single the aptly titled "Run This Town" off the CD, "The Blueprint 3." This work shoots Jay-Z ahead of Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most albums to hit number one. Hip-hop superstar Jay-Z earned his 11th number one album on the Billboard chart.