| 10 months ago :: Oct 02, 2008 - 10:12PM #1 | |
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I MEAN JIGGA HAS SAID HE WOULD RETIRE ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS 1) HE SAID HE WAS GONNA RETIRE IN MY LIFETIME VOL. 1 CUZ HE WAS DEPRESSED AFTER B.I.G. DIED AND HE DIDNT WANNA RAP NO MORE. CAME BACK THE NEXT YEAR 2) HE SAID HE WAS GONNA RETIRE AFTER HARD KNOCK LIFE VOL. 2 AND PASS THE CROWN TO MEMPHIS BLEEK. THAT IS, UNTIL BLEEK BRICKED!!!!! THAT FORCED JAY OUTTA RETIREMENT AGAIN 3) HE SAID HE WAS GONNA RETIRE AFTER THE BLACK ALBUM. TOOK HIM 3 YEARS, BUT HE FINALLY CAME BACK.
WHEN WILL JAY FINALLY GIVE IT UP? I MEAN HE CAN STAY HOME AND GIVE BEYONCE BACKSHOTS ALL DAY AND HAVE 5 KIDS AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
We got to keep it real, and what reality and reality will keep it real with us
I remember them good ol days Because see, that's the child I was What made me the man I am today See cause if you forget where you come from, You're never gonna make it where you're goin, Because you lost the reality of yourself So take one stroll through your mind And see what you will find And you'll see a whole universe all over again and again and again and again and again |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 02, 2008 - 10:18PM #2 | |
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lol maybe never long live the king...
"I used to have a complex about being complex..."
"Guide ya'll through, show you how it's done/I'm the Question and the Answer like Iverson" "It's mandatory, see the pussy they hand it to me/ i got no game its just some bitches understand my story" |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 02, 2008 - 11:22PM #3 | |
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Threadstarter, do you think he should retire? If so, why? As far as I'm concerned I'd love to see him continue to rap for as long as he wants. Same goes for Nas and all the other rappers who are truly gifted lyricists. Why is rap the only genre where we believe the artists should hang it up when they reach their 40s?? As someone who thinks rap, high quality rap that is, ought to be valued as a legitimate artform I want to see rappers take more risks and experiment with more developed forms of writing and story telling. For instance, I would love to see a more knowledgeable, mature artist like Nas, Jay-Z, Joe Budden, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Kweli, 3 Stacks, Immortal Technique, Eminem, etc. attempt to craft something like an audio short story with indepth character development and utilizing narrative techniques. Rappers of this caliber are certainly creative enough to pull it off they just don't do it because (A) there isn't a market for it and (B) a large majority of their fans would bitch and moan that they soldout/felloff if they attempted it. Anyways, I hope Jay doesn't retire. I only hope he tries to grow the artform he loves and I enjoy.
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 02, 2008 - 11:38PM #4 | |
JAY IS TOP 5 DOA, I DONT WANNA SEE HIM GO. BUT ITS INEVITABLE AND HE WILL REITRE, IM JUS CURIOUS 2 SEE WHEN HE WILL OFFICIALLY RETIRE JAY-Z IS THE BRETT FAVRE OF RAP
We got to keep it real, and what reality and reality will keep it real with us
I remember them good ol days Because see, that's the child I was What made me the man I am today See cause if you forget where you come from, You're never gonna make it where you're goin, Because you lost the reality of yourself So take one stroll through your mind And see what you will find And you'll see a whole universe all over again and again and again and again and again |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 03, 2008 - 12:13AM #5 | |
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I support anybody doing something they love, especially if they are getting paid to do it. hov can rap till he's dead.
everybody rappin now
im bout to let my mother spit |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 03, 2008 - 12:20AM #6 | |
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Probably never. He might stop doing full albums, but he'll do guest versus and the occasional tour. He'll probably ghost write a lot too. |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 03, 2008 - 12:23AM #7 | |
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That nigga really got yall with the black album didnt he...........
Threadstarter can you turn ur Caps lock off , its fucked tryin to read wat u post |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 03, 2008 - 12:31AM #8 | |
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Jay is the greatest rapper ever, he will retire when he decides to
also, to straighten up ur facts he was only originally suppose to drop reasonable doubt and then retire. He also talked about retiring after the blueprint album |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 03, 2008 - 12:38AM #9 | |
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Hopefully never. Hopefully my fave artists keep making music. Jay, Kanye, TI, Nas, Rakim (his next album coming out one day ;_;), AZ, etc. Only in Hip-hop can having longevity be considered a bad thing. |
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| 10 months ago :: Oct 03, 2008 - 12:52AM #10 | |
exactly. this is what i dont get. i guess when your genre of music is so
exactly. this is what i dont get. i guess when your genre of music is so young (hip hop is around 30 years old) we are not used to seeing rappers grow older. singers and rock stars can get as old as they want. it should be the same with hip hop. im just waiting for the day people can accept it |
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