Jay -Z ‘s 4:44 Album May Have Been Inspired By Rick Ross Rather You Than Me Album

From a lyrical perspective Jay gets personal on this album. The intimacy starts on the first track with “Kill Jay-Z.”In the song he talks about his former artist and friend Kanye West. “I gave you $20 million without blinking/He gave you 20 minutes on stage, what the fuck was he thinking?” Jay-Z asked in the song. The reference to Kanye’s now infamous concert rant where he talks about Jay and Beyonce and walks off the stage. The first song  sets the tone of what you getting with the album.  The beat is melodic, and sustainable, but it’s not something that makes you nod your head.  Meanwhile Jay-Z content is more appealing than his flow.  The lyrics are more intriguing than his delivery. The fact that he is referencing the failed relationship of Eric Benet and  Future as cautionary tales for his marriage, makes you want to listen. I mean who doesn’t want to hear about him and Beyonce?  

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The “Story of O.J” is one of the standouts on the album. It definitely is one of the best beats on the album. Black economic empowerment and the dismissal of ignorant spending is the theme of this song. I have heard a lot of people praise Jay-Z for the content and information he is rapping about on “The Story of O.J”.

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I agree,  Hov is spitting some real game on the record. But after listening to the song, I started to get the same vibe I got after listening to the first couple of songs on Rick Ross “Rather You than Me” album. The first song on Rick Ross’s album is ‘Apple of my Eye’  and he talks about his protégé Meek Mill.  “I told Meek I wouldn’t trust Nicki” is what Ross said on the song.  This is similar to Jay-Z  talking about his disciple Kanye on his first song.

By the same token, Rick Ross’s second song on his album “Santorini Greece” has him talking about his version of Black economic empowerment. You hear him saying lines like “I’m giving niggas jobs when I sing songs”  and “White men love me when I get my bling on/but you hate me buying real estate in foreign land.”

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