Jay-Z Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs Intro
May 25, 2010 @ 11:47 AM EDT
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For Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time issue, Jay-Z got his freelance on and wrote the introduction to the magazine. Read up after the jump.
Hov!!!! first bitches!
Jay-Z > Gucci Mane
YN he comin for ur spot haa
Jay-z= son of a bitch
UGLY ASS, MONKEY FUCK U JAY-Z
FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUU JAY-Z!!!
I thought Jay doesnt write his songs? Why is he making it seem lkike he does in this intro? In the 2nd paragraph he said “When Im writing a song…”
RS about to come get you, RapRadar! you be on it!
@Foots Why you comment? Jay-Z = Greatest EVER (Drake voice)
@ Foots
MAYBE WHEN HE GHOSTWRITES FOR OTHER ARTISTS HE WRITES SHIT DOWN!!!! BUT WHO KNOWS!!!! GOOD WRITING AND INTROSPECT BY JAY!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
i though camel face dont write his rhymes ?
^^^ BUNCH OF HATERS! WOW…ONLY making him bigger. revise ur hating strategies fuckers!
That’s cuz Jigga writes. You have to be a bumbling idiot if you believe an A-level rapper can just remember every line they’ve ever thought of. What happens when u randomly think of a hot ass line? You write it down before you forget. Zing!
Thanks. I enjoyed reading it.
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Rhyme says:
Tuesday, May 25 2010 at 12:04 PM EST
That’s cuz Jigga writes. You have to be a bumbling idiot if you believe an A-level rapper can just remember every line they’ve ever thought of. What happens when u randomly think of a hot ass line? You write it down before you forget. Zing!
^^^^^ jus cuz u write sumething doesnt mean it has to b on paper dipshit. he writes in his brain. he gte son his Rain Man shit, we seen him do it numerous times n we heard ppl tralk about it. get of the man dick n let him live.
jay-z wins big on this one! shout out to him acknowledging bling bling. ….see the south wins here too! now ill wait for people to say something negative bout cash money or lil wayne because bling bling DID make it in the dictionary…
WHen he says he writes it doesnt mean he literally writes dumbasses. Some of yall need school!
Watch a dcs on jay or listen to other artist that work with him jay doesn’t write unless its for Dr. Dre
@So Icy Boi! … HA!
C’mon son, you’re proclaiming the obvious here. (Jay > Gucci) Of course! Next thing you’ll be telling us all how wet water is! Hahahaha just messin wit ya homie.
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because the process is referred to as writing even if he doesnt physically write it down bumbling idiots lol
Jay doesnt write on paper he writes in his head. Jay makes all his rhymes in his head whole songs his whole career.
When he says “When I’m writing a song”, it doesn’t necessarily mean pen and paper. It’s the same like in DOA when he says “The only rapper to REWRITE history WITHOUT a PEN”. Even if it’s just in his head, he’s still writing.
@So Icy Boi!
You’re not so loyal to your name! ha ha ha
Jay-Z > The South
@ chitlin coon
bg came up with that shit
i know it was on his album ..but wayne came up with it.
If anyone in this comments section starts listing Jay’s hip-hop stats, I promise to go nuclear…and list Eminem’s stats (which are downright mindboggling).
I swear and promise!
@ DGtheEnigma
WHO THE FUCK IS TALKIN’ ABOUT EMINEM??? GO POP YA SHIT ON AN EMINEM POST!!! FUCKIN’ EMINEM STANS!!!! SMH!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
@DG you always bring up Em we know u love him but we talking Hov the g.o.a.t… Em is. Phil Mickelson, Steve Nash. Jay is tiger woods, Michael Jordan ya dig.
@mac DIESEL – No.
@damone – Lol…Steve Nash? Come on now, Em’s got championships! Hell, he even has a championship over your beloved Hovie Hov (see: Renegade).
I love Jay-Z actually, but based on stats alone — not business ventures — he’s not the GOAT!
Confession: Jay-Z is the closest thing to the GOAT there will ever be in hip-hop. But he’s still living, so….
hovi is home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! G.O.A.T….U BETTER BELIEVE IT….WHY DID HE NOT INCLUDE HIS WIFE bootilicious IT MADE IT TO THE DIC TOO OR HE DOESN’T WANTS TO BE UPSTAGE Hahah ,jay u know u are still mr knowles she gave u that international appeal ,never forget that big man………….the least u can do is acknowledge her.u know without her this white people will just look at u like another “rapper ” ……….STEP YOUR COOKIES UP HOV……
BLAH BLAH BLAH..GET OFF IT..
To C.J.’s point: why does no one ever mention that Jay’s increased popularity coincided with dating Beyonce?
Prior to B, Jay was relegated to vacations in the South of France (and mediocre albums — see Blueprint 2) due to Nas’s etherization.
Hey, doesn’t matter, but I’m just saying….
dg . you are the hater of the day! congrats!
south wins again
@chitlin coon
Thanks.
Make ur own opinions people. Jay was that nigga before B. Im confused how Jay getting married to B is the reason he the best. Jay isnt that big overseas first off. Yall some Em fans thats why you think dudes shoudnt marry fine bitches. Jay getting with B was imo what he supposed to do he stay winning getting with B was another win. Yall gay ass niggas wouldnt understand.
Lmao the haters sound like 50 on here. Jay just made a classic in the blueprint before B and wasn’t het first single feat jay-crazy in love? Jay is from the hood and not a pretty boy rapper or white so for him to be where he is just crazy.” They got me in a mag for about half a billi and ur ass ain’t Lilly white.that means the shit that he write must be illly”
Jay-z= son of a bitch
UGLY ASS, MONKEY FUCK U JAY-Z
FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUU JAY-Z!!!
^
Jaz-O? Dat Youuuuuuuuu?
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@damone
That’s not the point. Jay wasn’t as big before Beyonce. Can’t the Hov stans at least admit that much? Even with a classic album, biggest rap battle ever, etc., Jay was nowhere near as big (especially with women) before Beyonce.
Doesn’t make him less of anything…just an observation.
Everyone blows the whole Jay-Z doesnt write his songs way out of proportion. He DOES write his songs he just memorizes the lyrics when he is recording it!!!!!
Good foreword Hov…Jay is right. A lot of the new artists, discovered and non-discovered need 2 either read this of hear this. The world of music would be a better place. 🙂
GOOD POST!…JAY IS THAT DUDE!…THIS THE REASON WHY HE STILL RELEVANT TAKE NOTES NIGGAZ!
@Jermz Dash
You keep believing that. How come Jay-Z cant freestyle off the dome? When you don’t freestyle off the dome, you’re spitting a written.
Consult youtube if you need proof.
Jay-Z has alot of money. Jay-Z sold alot of albums. Jay-Z has a hot wife. Jay-Z is the creator of hip-hop. Jay-Z is ruler of all he surveys. Jay-Z is greatest person that a great person could ever be.
^ And what does u have ??? .,,,i dnt get u niggaz braggin about the next man money and accomplishment like its yours ? WTF…..
wait I’m confused… didn’t RS release their top 500 songs issue like 5 years ago??
HOV THE G.O.A.T.
GREAT INTRO WITH INTELLIGENCE AS ALWAYS
WITHOUT HOV HIP HOP WILL BE SHIT
HATERS KEEP MAKING HIM MORE RELEVANT
@So Icy Boi!
Clearly you didn’t get the sarcasm in my comment.
The level of Jay dickriding is fucking disgusting.
@ DGtheEnigma lol i know rite ….nigga so over rated
comments on this post will either consist of
HOV DA G.O.A.T HE DA BEST EVER
or
FUCK GAY-Z HE SOLD OUT NAS GUCCI ETC.
CANT KNOCK THE HUSTLE(R)
EM vs. JAY
Lyrics- Preference Tied
Records sold- EM
Flows- Preference Jay
Paid-Jay
Legendary status- Preference Tied
CONS- Jay can be too watered down and EM can be down right corny.
boy DG goes in on Jay at every given sunday thru saturday…lol
but i think by Jay saying when he writes was basically going with the flow of the interview, why stop and clarify “oh yeah i dont write” What i got from the next few lines down proved he does’nt write. Who can actually sit back and write rhymes for a 3 verse song in the course of 5 minutes. Now if u in the studio inside the booth and got the track laid with the hook or the where the hoo comes in, you can just flow thru it. 16 bars are 45second rhymes, so 3 verses should take a person 1:35 seconds to do but in actuality at least 3 minutes to 5 minutes and thats after laying down your 2nd track vocals and then your adlibs. So Jay said he should be done in 5 minutes, if it take 20 then it might not work. An intelligent person can see that he talkin bout finishing a song with no pen and paper. To sum it up….JAYZ DOES’NT WRITE RHYMES and no producer has ever said “thats bullshit, i see jay write @ every studio gig”
Renegade was classic and EM flow was dope but JAYZ said 2better relevant verses. Renegade was Em song anyways, Jay just bought it, laid 2 verses and that song helped BP1 become classic status.
where can i buy this book?
oops my bad didnt know its from rolling stone magazine
1 mo thing, rapradar is knocking thisis50.com out the box, i love this web site
i swear 2 god, i was just watching the news and the astronautS were playing JAY EMPIRE STATE….IN FREAKING OUTER SPACE, now thats big. they were playing the song cuz they on they WAY back to earth in new york….lol
WOW!
Great intro piece by Jay! I love it!! And, I totally agree with him on MJ’s “Off The Wall” being a better melodic & lyrical album. It’s my favorite by MJ.
boy DG goes in on Jay at every given sunday thru saturday…lol
^^^^
Thank you, thank you, thank you…you’re far too kind!
^
Lol at y’all complaining about “Jay dickriding”, like y’all dont do the same for y’all faves. Whether it’s Em, Nas, Pac, Wayne etc…
GET REAL!
@B SUGA, i kinda agree also but its hard cuz i love both albums of MJ. I never looked at the albums on a lyrical level until i was watching PURPLE RAIN and i thought that PURPLE RAIN was way more deep and lyrical than THRILLER but it was the performance of MJ that pushed THRILLER to 100 million in sales but i love that PURPLE RAIN album.
People just dont make great freekin albums no more, they just make good albums.
Hova!!You can hate all you want he is just that nice!Eat a dick if you really think Jay-Z is not nice on the MIC!!!He has done things for this Hip Hop lifestyle more than any other so keep your hate up,it just shows how stupid you really are!BROOKLYN!!!
@DGtheEnigma
Jay may not have been as big as he is now before Beyonce, but Beyonce is only a small factor. Around that time he was looking to consolidate his place as one of the greatest rappers before pushing onto more mainstream records. Nowadays he’s 40, with a wife and a whole host of resposibilities, his sole aim is now to make sure his albums are successful and do very well commercially. This is why he is now at his worldwide peak, Blueprint 3 was a great album for what it was, a mainstream hip-hop record and him collaborating with artists such as Alicia Keys and Rihanna only increased his appeal. Beyonce has been a small factor as to his increased success, but hardly something to make a point of seeing as there are other more significant factors.
Rolling stone makes these dumb lists every year, Like Vibe………
jay z does write his songs “Foots”, you stuuuupid motherfucker.
About to redefine rap mami, either I’m
the illest nigga doing it or these niggaz is losin it
I read a article that said I was ruinin shit
But every time I look, I’m movin units in quick
So I’ma hit y’all, with these last two and split
and leave niggaz with nothing but my influences-es
– City Is Mine
Rhyme says:
Tuesday, May 25 2010 at 2:06 PM EST
@Jermz Dash
You keep believing that. How come Jay-Z cant freestyle off the dome? When you don’t freestyle off the dome, you’re spitting a written.
Consult youtube if you need proof.
^
why doesnt kobe playin in the summer league? cuz he doesnt fucking have to. he’s proven his ability. same goes with hov. he is the only rapper, maybe besides ice cube cuz hes hollywood, to rap for the love and not money. all these other rappers do it to make a living. shit even if he does write its still iller than the next dude so i duno what the argument is about.
I’m confused…
Y write an intro on something that was done like 5 yrs ago.
Unless they revising the whole list. That’d make sense
Tight.
http://msofficer.com/2010/05/25/rolling-stone-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time/
jay z > gucci mane
^
do comments like this have to be made? c’mon
HOVITO. You guys are idiots, he doesnt literally write with a pen and a pad but he still writes verses, all in his head tho.
good introduction by jay-hova
Is this old or something? Didn’t Rolling Stone come out with their top 500 songs of all time in 2004 (& there was like 3 or 4 hip-hop songs on there, if that)?
What the dilly, yo?
Jay certainly has a way with words.Love this
Am I’m the only one who liked Blueprint 2?—-sorry off topic but someone mentioned it
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GREAT POST…GREAT Piece..Jay-z 4 life!
Jay z gone be that dude till he say he done. im next
google me ull see
Damn its mad haters up in heah!
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