DeAndre tells the 1515 Boys that he couldn’t comprehend Jigga man’s bars and hooks.
“Jay-Z, I always respected him,” Soulja told us. “Always. But I
didn’t always like his music. I guess because I was too young, and I
couldn’t understand what he was saying…I got signed when I was 16
years old. Before I got signed, I heard the song, and I was like,
‘That’s Jay-Z.’ My favorite song from him was ‘Dirt Off Your Shoulder.’
I guess I liked the beat or the way he was flowing on there. Any other
song I used to hear, I ain’t really vibe with it like that… In the car ride over here, we was listening to ‘Brooklyn Go
Hard,’ ” he added. “He said, ‘I’m Jackie Robinson — I jack, I rob, I
sin.’ I didn’t know he was snapping like that. Back then, I couldn’t
understand none of what he was saying.”
Jay-Z’s response:
Spotted: BC
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