Sure but would he still be rapping about his art pieces if he never got caught?

Honest question will you give Iceman a honest shot?

Nah that dude is mentally ill lol

Nothing wrong with it but acting like you just gave a million dollars worth of game for 9.99 is the hilarious part of it

Twerk, twerk, Miley, Miley, twerk.

Jay-Z was 44 when he made Magna Carta Holy Grail, chasing every trend around remember "Crown"? A 44-year-old telling a 20-year-old Miley Cyrus to "keep twerking"... yikes.

Totally transparent, the only reason he’s taking this position is because he’s cringing at the music he put out while chasing trends in his 40s, It all aged terribly. A 40-year-old rapping about "Swagga Like Us," lol.

The difference between him and Drake, Ye, and Future is that they can be older and still actually make music that connects with younger people. He failed at it, finally settled into "act your age" rap for 4:44, and is now trying to rewrite what happened.

He tried to do it too, and he failed. Simple as that.

I think the question is redundant and doesn't make 4:44 any less authentic. People often make changes when faced with the consequences of their actions - that's human nature

so how did Hov make young music then?

he says "YOUNG" that's how

How is he trying to sound young on wtt?

Literally all over it I’m not about to put in all those lyrics man

I think Jay Z would benefit from sitting down with someone people are familiar with and having a down to earth interview for a change. Like the tone and how polished these interviews are just open him up to be picked apart. lol. Especially because he is never heard from.

Every interview comes off as a state of the union address. He doesn’t even need to be humble. Just talk your s*** and make jokes.

Hot take but, aside from the Ty Dolla albums, Ye doesn't strike me as a rapper who fits this category.

Ye, KSG, JIK, Donda, and Bully dont really seem to have youth driven themes at all. The production sounds contemporary but the content sounds grown.

Thats another thing too. A lot of rap fans conflate boom bap or soul samples with mature themes and contemporary sounding production for shallow themes. Crank Lucas even made a whole video about this a decade ago when he was rapping conscious over a trap beat flowing like Future.

Whole time it’s a Fivio Foreign sneak diss

riding off kanye coattails for wtt…

So you’re basically just saying s*** to say it

drake stans in here spiraling

Nah you’re just being obtuse. I GUESS I GOT MY SWAGGER BACK. Bro you’re 42

You know that’s a reference to the intro of his song from 2001, where he says the same thing. Do you listen to music or just skim thru it

Exposed urself lol

Jay should’ve also mentioned how streamers are doing the same thing, bunch of streamers pushing 30 doing streamer university or streamer prom

he made grown music about loving his wife and look where that got him

What, off of blueprint?

But there is more. “Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna find me”

You gon make me come down to your house where your mommy at
Mummywrap the kids, have em crying for they mommy back
okay jay

Again, classic album. But don’t act like Jay was rapping like a 42 year old on WTT lol