America is being rocked by the upswing in gun violence between citizens and police. Hip Hop has responded accordingly as artists including Drake, The Game, Chuck D and a host of others have given their opinions on various social media outlets or through music.
Earlier today (July 7), Beyonce released a statement decrying the recent atrocities, including the deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Looks like her husband, Jay Z, decided to make his own statement by dropping an exclusive song on TIDAL entitled “Spiritual.”
According to a note accompanying the track, the song was created a year ago and Top Dawg Entertainment’s Punch wanted Hov to drop the cut around the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The passage ends with a quote from Fredrick Douglas warning about the consequences of oppression.
It would the fourth time this year many hear from Jigga following his guest appearances on Fat Joe & Remy Ma’s “All The Way Up,” Pusha T’s “Drug Dealers Anonymous” and DJ Khaled’s “I Got the Keys” alongside Future. “Spiritual” will be his first solo outing in three years since 2013’s Magna Carta… Holy Grail.
Listen to the song, note and lyrics below:
Awesome song for real!
This is tough
“It would the fourth time this year many hear from Jigga following his guest appearances on Fat Joe & Remy Ma’s “All The Way Up,” Pusha T’s “Drug Dealers Anonymous” and DJ Khaled’s “I Got the Keys” alongside Future.”
and all those were trash.
They forgot those two bars he dropped on Drake’s hot garbage album.
They forgot those two bars he dropped on Drake’s hot garbage album.
This shit is hot……hot garbage
So, Jay is dabbling in spoken word now? Oh.
King HOV is on a killing spree this year. Somewhere, Nas is hiding in his cardboard box eating out of a garbage can. LOL!
How much is jay-z paying to suck his dick? Hot damn nigga,let nas nuts breathe while you’re at it,shit aint normal smh
How much is jay-z paying to suck his dick? Hot damn nigga,let nas nuts breathe while you’re at it,shit aint normal smh
@Fuck Queensbridge. Hov and Nas got over their beef, you should to. You are a worthless waste of space you cum stain ass nigga…all this shit going on in these damn streets and you wanna bring up some beef shit. This song is the shit, Hov is the shit, King NAS is the shit and if your mother knew better, she would’ve swallowed you!
Facts to fuckqueensbridge
nas is making movies. do your research.
talking about pedophiles while using illuminati symbols?
the number one satanic symbols its now trying to bring god to us? hahaha get the fuck out of here
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this song sucks
How many shitty tracks this camel dropping LOL!
Wut is this of a camelyou spespeakedes bexause he do write? Black american so ignorent speak f camel is respectrespec he do more say you!!!!! He you evil no like blackamerikacs ignorents
Wut is this of a camelyou spespeakedes bexause he do write? Black american so ignorent speak f camel is respectrespec he do more say you!!!!! He you evil no like blackamerikacs ignorents
Jay killed this shit. I love the flow he used.
Me like he gud massage why thebhatebfor rich and sucksessful him shude be idoe blacks in American so stupid and neggietive whyso hate much no don’tlike u peepoles
Shut the fuck up terrorist scum
One track is enough to drop this camel and his Dick Riders/Suckers LOL!
boring
Jay-z is one of the best if not the best rapper of all time but this sh*t is so boring. One play is enough for me. I ain’t hitting the rewind button. I’m just being honest.
King HOV killing again! You Nas stans will never understand the consciousness that King Hov is pushing. Where’s Nas song at or is he to busy making ochie wally songs and pretending to be Escobar 40 yr old drug dealer. HOV is the real deal! In our time of need he releases this song to help us through this time, while Nas to pretending to be Slimer. See, HOV gives us consciousness and cares about issues when he need too. That’s what makes great he knows when to release the street bangers and party music but when important issue comes up in the black community, he’ll think about it and release when he feels the time is right. That’s why Hov stay winning and Nas keeps losing.
The fuck you talking about? Nas has been conscious pretty much his entire career. Isn’t Jay Z the one pretending to still be a 50 year old drug dealer from the 90s on Drug Dealers Anonymous with Pusha T? He just released that track like last month. Seems to me King Hov is one that needs a little bit more of growing up.
The fuck you talking about? Nas has been conscious pretty much his entire career. Isn’t Jay Z the one pretending to still be a 50 year old drug dealer like its the 90s on Drug Dealers Anonymous with Pusha T? He just released that track like last month. Seems to me King Hov is one that needs a little bit more of growing up.
I agree to a degree Fam. However when you attempt to compare the music of these two artists and the amount of content they have dropped for us “in our time of need” … there is no comparison. Jay dropped maybe a few songs during the span of his career, however Nas has dropped albums (Untitled/N*gger album and Distant Relatives with Damien Marley) in addition to other songs such as Black Zombies, I Know I Can, I Want To Talk To You, Poison (in which ironically Jay states in this song’s hook “I’m not poison”) as well as other songs. Let me also add that Jay said he was advised to drop this song when Mike Brown died. Mike Brown was “murdered” on 8/9/14 (almost 2 years ago). So he sat on the song for 2 years instead of blessing us. There has been several police killings in the last 2 yrs. But I guess better late than never. I will conclude in agreeing that it’s disappointing that we haven’t heard anything recently from Nas (or many other artists for that matter). I’d love to see more artists support the people who support them. Imagine that. Thanks for the dialogue. Peace
Trash. The beat is a freaking mess . Cant even listen the lyrics when the instrumental is so weak.