Now that JAY-Z’s 4:44 is officially out and open for dissection, it’s perfectly clear Hov’s 13th studio album is one of his most personal albums to date — if not the most personal. Most notably, JAY addresses the infidelity that Beyoncé referred to on LEMONADE with the song “4:44,” offering up a heartfelt apology. He also reveals his mother is a lesbian on “Smile,” touches on the fight with Bey’s sister Solange in the elevator, and opens the album with “Kill Jay Z,” a track about a third party killing his former self, making his recent name change (from Jay Z to JAY-Z) a lot more understandable.
Of course, Hip Hop fans always love a good diss and the 47-year-old mogul provides plenty of fodder. His sights seem unequivocally set on Kanye West, but there are a few others on the table up for debate. Let’s break it down.
Kanye West
Kanye and JAY were evidently friends at one point, but after Ye went on a lengthy rant during a Saint Pablo Tour stop in Sacramento last November and basically said JAY wasn’t there for him, they seem now to have drifted apart. Once Yeezy hears the venomous bars on “Bam,” “Caught Their Eyes” and “Kill Jay Z,” the rift may only deepen.
“Kill Jay Z:” I know people backstab you, I felt that too/ But this fuck everybody attitude ain’t natural/ But you ain’t the same, this ain’t Kumba Ye/ But you got hurt because you did cool by Ye/ You give him $20 million without blinking/ He gave you 20 minutes onstage, fuck what was he thinking?/ ‘Fuck wrong with everybody?’ is what you saying/ But if everyone is crazy, you’re the one that’s insane.”
“Bam:” “Uh, niggas is skippin’ leg day just to run they mouth/ I be skipping leg day/ I still run the world.”
This seems to be a reply to a line on Kanye’s “30 Hours,” where Ye says, “I hit the gym/ All chest no legs.” The song also samples Sister Nancy, who Kanye sampled on “Famous.”
“Caught Their Eyes:” “Don’t big bro me, don’t big homie/ I’ve seen pure admiration become rivals/ I’ve been to Paris at least two times/ I’ve seen the Eiffel, I’ve seen an eye full.”
This is a reference to his collaborative track with Ye, “Niggas in Paris.”
Future
“Kill Jay Z:” “In the future, other niggas playin’ football with your son/ You had lost it, 13 bottle of Ace of Spade what it did to Boston.”
This appears to be a slick jab at the relationship between Future, his child’s mother Ciara, and her new man Russell Wilson, who plays quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks and is now Future’s son’s stepfather.
The Younger Generation
“Family Feud:” I’m tryna fix you/ I’m tryna get these niggas with no stripes to be official/ Y’all think small, I think Biggie/ Y’all whole pass is in danger, 10 Mississippi/ Al Sharpton in the mirror takin’ selfies/ How is him or Bill Cosby s’posed to help me?”
The sole song to feature Beyoncé, “Family Feud” could possibly be touching on the lack of solid role models for the younger generation. Bill Cosby, who is currently fighting sexual assault accusations, is no longer the same Dr. Huxtable that Americans looked up to in The Cosby Show‘s heyday.
“Moonlight:” “We stuck in La La Land / Even when we win, we gon’ lose / Y’all got the same fuckin’ flows/ I don’t know who is who/ We got the same fuckin’ watch/ She don’t got time to choose.”
“Look, I know killers, you no killer/ Bathing Ape maybe not a gorilla, huh?/ Glorified seat filler, huh?/ Stop walkin’ ’round like y’all made Thriller, huh?/ Fake Dracos all in the videos/ We sure, we shoot ’em in my city, though/ I don’t post no threats on the internet/ I just pose a threat, blame Lenny S. for that … Please don’t talk about guns that you ain’t never gon’ use.”
Many people are speculating JAY’s line about Dracos could be dissing Soulja Boy or other young rappers who have flossed their arsenals on their social media accounts.
NOT Kim Kardashian
The internet stirred up some more fake news when several social media users claimed Hov threw out a line dissing Kayne’s wife, Kim Kardashian. “My wife a queen not a Kardashian,” he supposedly said.
Par for the course, Twitter users both supported and debunked the rumor. But no one can name the song and after several listens, neither can we. Why? Because it doesn’t exist.
Only time will tell if any of JAY’s intended targets will have anything to say in their defense (like Eric Benet did), but in the meantime, listen to 4:44 here and draw your own conclusions.
“I’ve seen the Eiffel, I’ve seen an eye full.”…really???? that is some corny shit.
I think you just referred to your self
TF did my other comment go?
fuck da illuminate its k’illuminate bitch
Rip prodigy.. fuck gay z and nas .. true isrealites wake up
you’re a sheep
Dr. York was a charlatan and molester. It’s also Kemet all day. Israel is a fake. Find the real teachers.
Isrealites? Stop drinking the kool-aid. We are not Irealites.
That future line is bananas.
They all eating out the same plate. Him and Beyonce are marketing icons. Saying bs to sell is all who puts their differences out for the hungry social media hounds to feast on? Somebody that isnt going thru the shit thats who.
In ’88 you was gettin’ chased through your building. Callin’ my crib and I ain’t even give you my numbers. All I did was give you a style for you to run with. Smilin’ in my face, glad to break bread with the God.
Wearin’ Jaz’ chains, no TEC’s, no cash, no cars. No jail bars, Jigga, no pies, no case. Just Hawaiian shirts, hangin’ with little Chase. You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a Stan. I still whip yo’ ass, you 36 in a karate class?
You Tae-Bo ho, tryna work it out, you tryna get brolic?
“You give him $20 million without blinking/ He gave you 20 minutes onstage, fuck what was he thinking?/ ‘Fuck wrong with everybody?’ is what you saying/ But if everyone is crazy, you’re the one that’s insane”
Ive been waiting for someone to spark some flames up Ye’s ass. And this right here will surely do it. I just hope Pusha doesnt get involve and ghostwrites for Ye.
Wasnt really feelin the album
ZROs album is better.
Sorry Jay.
Fucc Gay z and fucc his wife. Fucc diz album. MC EIHT ALBUM BETTA DOE. Which way iz west str8 killin marks liek Gay z and his wacc a55 music. Real spit doe. 444 deez nizzutz doe. WEST CIZZOAST FA LIZZIFE!
Note to editor : No Future diss. Yal reaching for no reason. Just clever play on words…. A “Boston” is running the table in a “Spades” card game. (13) Then on top of that entundra you call won hands in spades “books”…. (ALREADY!!) Books is down south specifically houston (queen home) slag for sumthin else. And if you heavy and lost 13 books in the “game” (keep up, we still in the card game)it could “do a Boss in” as in destroy him. ……I got more, you caught up yet….. Ill wait
Ok, metaphors……. so hes regreting what he did and rapping about what could have happened if B had left “the(marriage) table” (back to the spades) with all the “books”(investments, child, family etc) every thing that 47 yr old “Boss” would value in life. That would again “Do a boss in”…
HOOLD UP….. now we never talked about the fact that he’s having a conversation with himself about himself, while rapping in 2nd &3rd person…..
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I look at Frances MH (look it up) as more of a contemporary so thats optional patna!
Pimp C Back class dismissed!
Note to douche: LEARN HOW TO WRITE A SENTENCE. Nothing you said was enlightening nor did it “prove” anything.
Those were some weak ass bars that shit was curb side garbage, than again I never did fuck with Jay-Z
Overrated. C+ album at best.
His lyrics seem to be like spoken word at times.
Definitely wasn’t dissing Future by. He’s made light of what other artists have gone through throughout his career including Mike Tyson, MC Hammer, Beyoncé, Pac, and many many more. Also, you stated the line off of ‘Family Feud’ wrong. It’s “… how is he or Pill Cosby supposed to help me.”
I didnt see this as a future diss either. It was a nice line and all Jay is saying is that he did not want that to be his situation, having another man raise his kids.
It was a diss and glad Hov did it lol. Anything involving another man taking care of your kid is a disrespectful. He knew he could say that line and get away with it because Future is a cornball lol. He addressed that money phone line immediately though lol.
Jay z is a corporate sellout who pushed a lot of his own people under the bus for self advancement. His wife is a trashbag. Who is he to be claiming that his city bust guns? He’s the steve irkel of the rap game. I haven’t been interested in anything this cat had to say in a long time. Jay-Z groupies may be even worse than those beyhive bitches. Both groups obnoxious and unbearable.
You’re interested enough to continue following him, and listening to his music. Who did he throw under the bus? In his entire career, who has had any issues with Jay Z at the time when he had his own label? Not that these comments mean anything, but y’all just be talking out ya ass all day.
Jay z corny and been a irrelevant for years but just like all the stands who love Eminem though keep sucking Jay Z dick
Rhyming “Rap” and “crap” in your name renders your opinion totally worthless. Actually, dad, is that you?
This shit is wack as hell …just like Beyonce’s lemonade album. Both them fell off
jayz fell after 25 years Well, that’s damn good
Jay definitely used that Kardashian line… Fuck is ya talking about? Did you get a different version to listen too?
Kyle Eustice you’re a retard. Take that future shit down. That was not a little jab/diss toward Future, his relationship with Ciara or Russell Wilson. It was just a witty set up and punch line. Is that what we doing now? Are we reaching for beefs?
What? That’s not a future diss…he’s talking about himself there, if he had lost Beyonce and his children…gtfoh
He used very clever wordplay but It was a diss though. If future doesn’t feel disrespected by that line (which he doesn’t seem too) than that tells you what type of MAN he is. I personally wouldve felt very disrespected if somebody used me and my child’s situation as a punchline. But idk im poor so lol
This guy has no business dissing anybody… your ass outa the rap game how long while solange is beating your ass in elevators?
He did diss future corny ass. Not on some rap shit, on some MAN shit. Future is too busy getting high and hiding in the studio too comprehend what’s going on lol. If Future was a real MAN he would feel some type of way about another man taking care of his son, but he doesnt seem to. He got money though right :/ lol. He surely addressed that money call line lol, dudes a cornball ? ?
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He also dissed lil Uzi Vert. “Hold the Uzi Vertical” in “Marcy Me”. In other words, hold the lil uzi vert, he is good on that/