NY-Z Preview: Jay-Z On Songwriting
Friday, March 19 2010 6:42 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, FocusYou love to hear the story again and again. In this preview from Jay-Z’s NY-Z documentary, Hov speaks on his songwriting process. Watch the movie in full March 22nd.





Man, miss me with the fake Jay and B quotes already. Headlines. Some of you sites will do anything for attention and traffic. You really believed B would speak to Star magazine? Tuck your tabloid in. And why would Hov need to write a letter to his daughter? Bitch please. He wrote a song! It's called "Glory" and it's pretty fuckin' revealing. He went on the record (double entendre) but you still don't get it. You may hear baby Blue's first cries but no you don't know her height, weight or what she looks like. And no you ain't gettin' a flick, fool. Can new parents get some privacy? Even if they are celebrities. Sheesh! Who raised you animals? Party at the 40/40. Paps outside. Rushin' the velvet rope. Don't trip over your integrity.
Put us here if you like. The RR store stays open 24/7. SOPA? Yeah we Showcase Our Product Always. And we're gonna continue straight ahead til somebody up there turns out the lights. Start from scratch? I'm not afraid.
How The Fuck Can Beyonce Wake Up To That Every Morning !!!!!
Plz Explain
damn look at those lips
^ KEEP MAKIN’ ‘EM MAD JAY!!!! HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Respect my Wang.
damn, jay lookin’ old. he better get on that weight loss kick. he startin’ to age badly
young forever
Dudes commenting on another guys looks…..wow
Hov >>>> G.O.A.T.
Ayo! Young Hov! As much as RR staff love ya grind and shit, your ass better cough up the cash if you want the documentary to be advertised on the site. Wa-BAM!
RAPRADAR SHUD RENAME TO THISISJAYZ.COM! THISISJAYZ.COM!
Everybody on here commenting on dude’s looks better be FEMALE! Or else…
Damn Be was a classic album. We need more Kanye & Common.
@ SHAWN COREY CARTER
UGLY CAMEL ASS NIGGA!!! YOU GOT THE MONEY AND A DECENT CATALOG, REST IN PEACE KNOWING YOU WILL NEVER BE BETTER THAN TUPAC. WITH THAT BEING SAID HAVE A CHILD, AND BE FATHER ALREADY!!!!
FUCK THE JUDAS OF THE WORLD!!!!
^nigga seem sterilized….fuck outta here @ being witta chick 7 years and not havin’ no kids, with marriage in play. This dude Jigga is a fail in that category.
Other than that, Jay always try to make seem like he’s just that witty. Nigga get the fuck back, you WRITE!!!!, like Kane said in his interview “All the greatest MC’s wrote their rhymes”…and jay, wayne, biggie, etc. are no exception. (wayne excluded as a great). I guess the same applies when a nobody kicks a freestyle “yada yada yada yada”, “nigga that shit light-work”, “easy”, etc. Nigga write regardless of the situation, and spit it like it’s off the dome, but don’t front, you write homie. You wrote all the classics, no off the dome.
According to Kane:
“Freestyle means a rap, that’s free of style”, citing “No 1 subject is covered, you can throw everything in”
Wit’ that words from the man Kane himself….Jay lacks credibility on the songwriting format…heck, I don’t believe he WRITES/FORMS/DESIGN “ANY” of his songs. Money can buy you that.
Ahhh shit..Dude is looking old in the face. Has is it been that long already? Damn…
dudes commenting on dudes looks *SMH*….yall gotta understand this nigga is FUCKIN 40!
u cant look like ur 25 for the rrest of ur life…I WANNA SEE LIL WAYNE AT 40 AND SEE WHAT U GUYS SAY ABOUT THAT..(disturbing)
If you are talking to me i’m a female and i’m just sayin’.
u gon be 40 one day and i hope u get shitted on real talk
Know whats funny? Rap Radar = 10000 Jay-Z posts….and Hov hasn’t even put out music in that time, LOL….dear RR music drops daily, concentrate on that.
Niggas hate on Young so bad lol!!!!
LL COOL J >
LMAO!!!! Niggas commenting on that mans looks and lips and age and potentcy!! Brunch of fuckin fruitcakes and weirdos!! This internet is a crazy thing, they shouldve never gave u niggas keyboards!
everyone seems to find the beat first and then write. its like the common thread among an artists clothes.
word commenting on a dude looks. so if jay was the most handsome man in the world yall fags would say “damn jay fine!”
HOV THE G.O.A.T
@fgh
damn…wayne @ 40. that’s gonna be a scary site. real talk. that young lifestyle catches up with u when you’re old.
anyway, can’t wait for the documentary. sure it’ll be educational and informative for those PAYING ATTENTION. some of yall niggas stay so stuck on the surface, you never get fed the food that lies beneath.
now chew on that food, if you can dig it. hahaha
He’s said this like a million times.
Not trying to take away nothing from his greatness but alot of his songs, especially his hits, have a hook to them from a sample or someone singing a hook.
@Rome
yeah, him and every other hip hop artist. niggas been throwing singers on hooks for over 15 years. and samples (from scratches like what premier does to otherwise) have been a staple even longer than that.
it’s music. whatever makes the music come out best, that’s what you go with. there are a lot of emotions in people that RAP just can’ get across. that’s why pac harmonized, and you FELT HIM. thats why andre started singing like a muthafucka, lol. rapping Prototype, etc just wasn’t gone cut it.