It’s impossible not to recognize the immense influence JAY-Z has had on Hip Hop, both musically and from a business perspective. It’s also hard not to argue the impact he’s had on other rappers and producers who truly live for lyricism. Like many other fans, artists were up at midnight eager to hear what one of the culture’s most enduring and well-respected brands had to bring to the table.
Understandably, most of them pressed play on 4:44 and liked it as much as everyone else. Many took to Twitter to share their excitement.
While it’s still too early to throw any proper accreditations and titles around, 4:44 is — almost across the board — being held up as a much-needed return to The Blueprint Hov who forced rappers to work a little harder back in the peak of the Rocafella era. While the hardest JAY-Z haters may not want to admit it, the 47-year-old rapper delivered.
Battle rapper Daylyt even released a cover version of “The Story Of O.J.,” which was promptly removed from YouTube by Universal Music Group. Could we be in for a slew of covers and remixes in the (very) near future?
Below are some more reactions from artists after 4:44 dropped Friday (June 30).
Thanks for the shout out on the record Famiy Feud Jay “Al Sharpton in the mirror taking selfies, him and Pill Cosby couldn’t help me.”
These simple minded rugrats won’t understand the album… calling it boring. Fuck out of here
Everyone is loving and raving over King HOV’s new classic 4:44 album. When broke ass Nas drops his new album, nothing but crickets. Ask Russell Simmons why Nas isn’t as respected as King HOV.
Shit is garbage… those that like afraid to say it is garbage because it is Jay Z.
but Nas has his own venture capital firm… you internet dudes are weird and so out of touch from reality. step your game up and stop talking shit.
Ask Jay-Z why Eminem murdered him on his own shit.
In other news. Prodigy funeral took place and rappers paid respect. Thanks for letting us know about that hhdx.
Who gives a fuck about Ballerina P? Fuck outta here. King HOV destroyed him on Takeover. Ima go piss on his grave later.
Show some respect nukka… Jay’s sucks and you know it! Now go ahead suck Jay Z dick some more… shit is garbage nukka!
Truly an idiot..first off P was 8 years old..what did you dress as for Halloween at that age a thuggin gangster? I don’t think so. Second, learn your history bc he was dressed as Michael Jackson not a ballerina. And last but not least..bar for bar, Ps worst bar ever destroys Jays entire catalogue. Shit..peer pressure alone is better than this whole garbage album.
King HOV said in ’88. Ballerina P was 14 that year, not 8, LOL. Michael Jackson danced, a ballerina dances. So Prodigy was a ballerina. And “Peer Pressure” is better than this album? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Go back to sucking Ballerina P’s dead dick.
Look at the picture he wasn’t 14 but even if he was doesn’t ma a difference. And no, he said peer pressure Is better than mole rat-faced j’s ENTIRE CATALOGE, not just this trash pathetic excuse for an album. You really must be from the projects you’re so ignorant..ballerinas wear tutus and leotards.
I guess if dancing makes you a ballerina then Tupac is a ballerina? And just about every other person we can credit for the foundations of hip hop?
I guess if dancing makes you a ballerina then Tupac is a ballerina? And just about every other person we can credit for the foundations of hip hop? Lol ‘king hov’ …surprised you can even type you’re enjoying his dick so much
Damnnn how jay zs cum taste? Can you even taste it or his Dick so far down your throat it goes straight to your stomach?
Your Queen Hov is a complete fraud donkey dick and takes it up the poop chute just like you do.
I’m suprised so many big rappers are subscribed to Tidal, lmao
Money is money.
Let me be clear… Ya’ll nukkas please stop riding on another nukka that have a lot money. This rap album is complete garbage and you know it. It is okay to say that it is garbage. There is a reason he gave you guys that shout out on the tweets. Jay Z play you guys like muppets and see you look under his shoe. Stupid nukkas! When you nukkas put out an album do he praise you? Like Biggie said Stupid MotherFuckers!!!
Sound moronic…if you a fan and like the album then buy it, if not don’t buy it. SIMPLE
“Nukkas”……lol, love it.
The album is not good at all I knew this would happen people were going to come out talk about how good it is all the
fake praise, Jay and B buy their praise, her album wasn’t good. This shit gotta quit at some point, Jay ain’t drop a good album since American Gangster, I keep checking him out tho cause he is one of the best to do it.
The new z-ro album is better
Fully agree
Kill yo self, trying to be different.
Yes, because Jay-Z’s new album is the only thing that we’re supposed to be listening to right now. And we can’t like anything else. And God forbid someone says that another album is better than this one. “Kill yourself for trying to be different”? Do you realize how fucking sheepish that sounds?
I’ll need to listen to the album just to check if it’s really good or they are just d*ckridding
Nukka u prolly didn’t even listen. If u like hip hop u gta at least b man enough to admit he did his thing. Shits dope
did. past tense. like 5 or 6 retirements ago.
yeaaaaaa, prolly your fav rappers fav rapper. jackass.
4:44 greater than Illmatic. Get emotional, Nas stans. Even Nas himself said “Thank God for JAY-Z”.
Idk what’s more pathetic..you being a dick rider or a troll. Either way your life must be shit I feel bad for you.
Cosign
Co-cosign
Co-sign
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Long time wonderin’ how you came up on your alias… Is it because your boyfriend left you for somebody from the ‘bridge? That the reason you hate on it so much? Can’t call it…
It was a good quality album and jays finaly grown up aad realized what hes gotta to do in it good for him
Jay Z may be King, but Drake is God
God over King
God can’t die. Your Drake still has that price to pay.
It took Jay-Z 20+ years, 10+ albums and close to approaching 50 years old to finally make a really and truly introspective album. Nas has been doing that shit since age 19— analyzing his psyche like the prodigy he has always been.
Jay-Chump and Kendrick Lamar are among the most highly overrated MC’s in the history of rap. Jay-Z has retreaded over and over and over and over the same topics until he ran them to the ground with Magna Carta and he got widespread backlash. Then- and only then- did he finally come with something more original like this album.
You can only rap so much about your success, how wealthy you are and how much you are on top like he has in the past before the well finally went dry.
I just can’t honestly say this dude is a top 5 rapper of all time. And most of you Jay-Stans can’t either. Kingdom Come? Absolute trash. Magna Carta? Trash. Joint album with R. Kelly? Trash. In My Lifetime, Vol. 1? Overly commercialized trash. How can he be the GOAT with so many trashy albums???
Bone Thugs/Nas the GOAT solo and groups in hip hop history.
You’re living in a erroneous universe. How.m many albums Nas put out that was hot again?! Just appreciate the album or don’t but the whole lets tear it down because I can is just as played out as you say Jay-Z is.
I gotta agree with everything you said, especially with the Nas and Bone thugs
Jay surely has some albums that are pretty close to trash, Kingdom Come is definitely at the bottom of any top list. But to say that Bone thugs are GOATS? are you fucking kidding me? they haven’t had a good album since BTNHRessurection. They’ve released mediocre to trash albums since 02′ How the fuck can you call them GOAT and not Jay. Im NOT saying Jay is a GOAT, but hes done more for hip hop than Bone thugs. the only good solo albums off of BTNH members are from Bizzy and Krazy. And its their early projects as well. All those Bone Brothers, Thug Brother joints have been ass. As for NAS, hes definitely one of the GOATS.
Bone thugs is the greatest rap group to do it, no other groups with their resume. More classic albums, more classic singles, more classic features. You’re only paying attention to the mainstream projects of Bone, go listen to Thug Stories, Thug on da Line, Thug World order, Outkast is the only group close but they haven’t been active as a group in like almost 10 years now. Btnh are in like their 23rd year and they are still active and doing it. Layzie Bone has a good solo Thug by Nature is a good album, Flesh even has good solo’s T.H.U.G.S
Better rap groups than Bone: WU-TANG CLAN, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, the list goes on…
TF u smoking Bone Thugs N Harmony are the GOATS of HIPHOP groups you must be a fan of one of those groups that dissed
them and then fizzile out. Bone Thugs took on 4-5 really decent rappers/rap groups back in the 90s at one time and won
Bone thugs, Big Boi and Z-ro new albums are better than Jay new one, I think Jay is one of the greatest to do it but at this
point he has had about 5 straight average to below average albums.
GTFOH, the new Bone was wack. it was a disappointment.
What kind of music you listen to that album was banging, so you thought Big boi album was bad???
Havent heard the whole thing, what I heard on the Breakfast Club and other stations tho this mornin was eh. Still better than today’s mumble fuckery n drizzy simpin bullshit records imo. Never cared too much for No ID tracks honestly, but I will reserve final judgement until I hear the entire album. Been a fan from the beginning of his career but I can be objective and not a stan.
No ID had some good stuff back when he was producing for Common, preferably Ressurection or someday it will all make sense
Fuck Jay-Z. His stans at HipHopDx keep erasing my comments. Jay-Z’ peons are impeding my right to freedom of speech.
ZROs album is better.
Sorry Jay
Yesssss Rick and Morty season 3.
Ma favorite rapper ain’t on here replyin to diz ol wacc a55 album so fucc u HHDX. Only succaz and fa66ots stil up on GAY Z. Ain’t nobodi frum da WEST CIZZOAST fuccin wit dat HOOK MARK. Real spit doe.
Yeah nobody from the West…except Kdot, TDE, Snoop……..
Jesus Christ, how can you say anything about anything or anyone.
You are the epitome of a failure, your writing and actual comprehension of words is shocking.
What ever bucket you climbed out of please return to it.
I can tell most of y’all are young bucks and don’t know anything about real hip hop maybe if y’all listen to him he’ll teach y’all how to make some money
Jay-Z had the chance to forever remove the stench of getting ethered by Nas by dissing Drake. It would have been iconic. He couldn’t do it. He didn’t want to do it. He choose not to do it or he didn’t have the talent to do it. Drake has been lobbing softballs at Jay-Z for damn near a half decade and he has swung and miss epically with his little subliminal shots.
Softballs is right, Jay Z is a totally different beast. Two totally different people one actually started from the bottom not middle class Canadian suburbia with a two parent household, most probably surrounded by positivity. Jiggas still that night for reals. ..smh
Drake didnt grow up middle class.
He grew up rich in the 2nd most expenive neighborhood in Toronto.
I loved Jay but the album is wack, old man wanted to boost value of his failed project called Tidal so he made all his fans setup an account there just to listen to this crap.
Seriously this is probably the worst Jay album ever, if you say his previous comebacks were wack listen to this.. How many times can you listen about how fab his family is, references to daughter and wife like people give a sh..
Beats are mediocre, there’s no real rapping here – it’s basically Jay talking over tracks.
Better than his last album, but by Jay’s standards I expected something better, Bam is a beast of a track that’s what I wanted most.
TRASH…Which Way Iz West and No Love Boulevard destroys Hov’s 4:44 garbage.
LMFAO…forgive me but I already heard this album a few years back, it was called Life Is Good smh.
this shit sucks, all sensitive bullshit
This is the best album of the year. I mean the shit hov be spittin is real man, doesn’t get realer. Over the years it felt like maybe hov bragged a lil too much but on this album he digs deep and speaks from the heart. Even at 47 he still owns this rap shit who else can do that? Hov is God!
Worst album for me i guess I’m hard to impress
His Flow was way offbeat on almost every song, lyrics was dope. It came off as jay’s laziest album to date. This ranked 13th 13th album
Some of his flows were off but its fire easily in his top 3…he brought back soul to music…easily is missing from music today with the microwave beats and lack of musicianship..lyrics as honest as common or black thought…