base talk Can you name a solo Jay-Z song?

[Fleahive]

22 minutes ago, Yellowfever said:

he's completely unknown outside the US.

Good thing the US is where the music market is the most important. 

[Comedor]

52 minutes ago, Burn said:

Duh? I know his full discography. Girls Girls Girls is one of my fav songs and his MTV Unplugged album is a classic. Tbh he's one of the most accessible rap artists that if there's one rapper that pop stans should know, it's him.

I never listened to his albums.

 

From the male rap artists I have listened to, I'd say Drake and Kanye are very pop friendly. I might have to give Jay some streams tomorrow.

[BlossomSoul]

Umbrella

[Burn]

1 minute ago, Comedor said:

I never listened to his albums.

 

From the male rap artists I have listened to, I'd say Drake and Kanye are very pop friendly. I might have to give Jay some streams tomorrow.

The Blueprint and The Black Album are great starting points.

[Park Jinyoung]

I was just showing someone Girls Girls Girls (that song is low-key hilarious btw)

[Johnny Jacobs]

No and I don't want to 

[ariesgroove]

song cry is a hit in these streets

[yonsé]

big pimpin?

hard knock life?

encore?

izzo (h.o.v.a.)?

 

we pretending jay doesnt have hits? mmk

[Saint James]

99 Problems is one of the most iconic rap songs of all time. you wanna brag about not knowing Aretha Franklin too?

[Devin]

- 99 problems

- song cry

- meet the parents

- dead presidents ii

- american dreamin

 

i used to stan jay z so this is easy.

[Yakult]

99 Problems is one of the most critically lauded tracks of the 00s and has been used ad-nauseam as a pop culture reference. Like @kimberly said, you're out of the loop if it's something you don't recognise.

 

A lot of you lack the knowledge and reasoning to have actual insight on the importance and impact of rap culture. You're analysing it in the same way you would a Tate McRae single, not taking into account that hip-hop operates in a completely different way and labels don't regard rappers in the same way they do pop stars. Why do you think so many of the early rap stars had to build their own labels?

Whether it's OG cassette tapes, mixtapes on DatPiff, burning the latest Wu-Tang record off your friends computer or downloading the latest rap hits off limewire; hip-hop has always been popular with young people and probably will be til the end of time. Just because something wasn't top 5 in the UK doesn't mean people weren't bumping the CD.

 

Basically every form of popular music right now can be traced back to black innovators, and hip-hop is no exception with basically every white pop star having tried to get their piece of the pie at one time or another. Hell, Asian ones too; it basically saved the icon in the OP's career. 

Grandmaster Flash, 2 Live Crew, Run DMC, LL Cool J, NWA Eric B & Rakim and so many more of the innovators of hip-hop are so much more influential than most of the pop girls people argue about on this site. Hip-Hop has changed the shape of pop music forever; it wouldn't be the same without the distinct sounds created by young black people in parts of disparate US cities that governments and councils had long ignored.

 

Wu-Tang, OutKast, 2Pac, Biggie, A Tribe Called Quest and JAY-Z are some of many examples of rappers who broke the mainstream yet created multiple important/influential albums that were produced and thus received and dissected in a completely different way from most pop records. 99% of the popstars discussed on this forum would be lucky to have one let alone three records that had as much cultural impact as Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint and The Black Album (all of which contain seminal solo tracks).

Edited Thursday at 10:43 PM by Yakult

[ABeyBraith]

54 minutes ago, Yakult said:

99 Problems is one of the most critically lauded tracks of the 00s and has been used ad-nauseam as a pop culture reference. Like @kimberly said, you're out of the loop if it's something you don't recognise.

 

A lot of you lack the knowledge and reasoning to have actual insight on the importance and impact of rap culture. You're analysing it in the same way you would a Tate McRae single, not taking into account that hip-hop operates in a completely different way and labels don't regard rappers in the same way they do pop stars. Why do you think so many of the early rap stars had to build their own labels?

Whether it's OG cassette tapes, mixtapes on DatPiff, burning the latest Wu-Tang record off your friends computer or downloading the latest rap hits off limewire; hip-hop has always been popular with young people and probably will be til the end of time. Just because something wasn't top 5 in the UK doesn't mean people weren't bumping the CD.

 

Basically every form of popular music right now can be traced back to black innovators, and hip-hop is no exception with basically every white pop star having tried to get their piece of the pie at one time or another. Hell, Asian ones too; it basically saved the icon in the OP's career. 

Grandmaster Flash, 2 Live Crew, Run DMC, LL Cool J, NWA Eric B & Rakim and so many more of the innovators of hip-hop are so much more influential than most of the pop girls people argue about on this site. Hip-Hop has changed the shape of pop music forever; it wouldn't be the same without the distinct sounds created by young black people in parts of disparate US cities that governments and councils had long ignored.

 

Wu-Tang, OutKast, 2Pac, Biggie, A Tribe Called Quest and JAY-Z are some of many examples of rappers who broke the mainstream yet created multiple important/influential albums that were produced and thus received and dissected in a completely different way from most pop records. 99% of the popstars discussed on this forum would be lucky to have one let alone three records that had as much cultural impact as Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint and The Black Album (all of which contain seminal solo tracks).

I love when educated people read the annoying little twinks on this website 

[Nippy'sReceipts]

Show me what you Got

[Pluto6]

I know he has a song called "99 problems" and that it has a very famous lyric, but I have never actually heard the song 
 

 

[ICLDXU4HS]

Dumb question. "A Jay-Z Song" as mentioned on Party in the USA.

[bliaz]

I know the one where he sings with Alicia Keys

[CocoPouf]

3 hours ago, Erreur2 La Nature said:

Why would anyone know a song that charted in 4 different countries ?

 

UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[29]	2
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[33]	10
UK Singles (OCC)[28]	12
Ireland (IRMA)[27]	23
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[31]	26
US Billboard Hot 100[30]	30
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[32]	37
Germany (GfK)[26]	67

COLOR ME SURPRISED! 

Edited Friday at 01:07 AM by CocoPouf

[Shimenawa]

Party In The USA

[HarajukuPrincess]

3 hours ago, byzantium said:

I know 99 problems, but since the song is 20 years old, I would not fault someone younger, or not from the US for not knowing it.  

I mean I do love mostly older music, but also mostly female/femme artists. The most I ever followed  male hip hop artists was honestly…Drake vs. Kendrick. 

[Relampago.]

I only know 99 problems exists but not what it sounds like 

[getBusy]

Yes, because i'm not illiterate 

[Cheers]

Big Pimping

[Mania]

Picasso Baby

Story of O.J.

99 Problems

[SwiftLover]

No.

 

The kworb stats are abysmal, so it seems I'm in the majority here. 

 

[45seconds]

6 hours ago, satellites.™ said:

Big Pimpin spend the G's

That's not solo but it EATS