On Jay Z’s “Tom Ford,” the rapper makes a proclamation against a drug and in promotion of a designer. “I don’t pop molly,” Jay Z raps on the track. “I rock Tom Ford.” During recent concerts, Jay has worn a T-shirt that features “Tom Ford” in the front and “Molly” crossed out in the back. That shirt design was used for a Tom Ford dress design recently, according to NYMag.
Tom Ford has called this design “a knock-off of the knock-off,” according to NYMag.
In July, Jay Z released the lyrics to the song with some of the lyrics blacked out. To view the lyric announcement, click here. In December, Jay Z released a Pimp C-assisted “Tom Ford” remix. To listen to the track, click here.
Jay Z’s “Tom Ford” was released on Magna Carta…Holy Grail, an album which received a 4 out of 5 X rating on HipHopDX. “Jay Z finds himself in a strange place artistically in 2013,” HipHopDX said at the time. “The signs were there in 2007, when Jay reverted to coke rap on the excellent American Gangster. While doing so was a response to lukewarm reception to 2006’s comeback album Kingdom Come, Jay more reverted to the same territory on 2009’s The Blueprint 3 and 2011’s Watch the Throne. Though Kanye West’s presence on the latter allowed Jay a bit of latitude to work some social commentary, Throne was hardly a departure from the Jay Z we’ve seen for much the past decade. So where does that leave Shawn Carter musically in 2013? In pretty damn good shape, it turns out.”
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Kanye is gonna be all up in this shit. He will look good with his new Reeboks.
My new son Young Thug has preordered this for his coming out the closet party, pleighboi beleeedat.
whatup birdman…birds the word
LMFAO!!! The closet already cracked on that nigga.
As if some of us, at least us with a brain, didnt know that the entire song was basically a plug for the brand. Welcome to the industry. Been happening since forever, thats how artists really eat & move in the business. But if you dont? Bitch ass fans call you “irrelevant” & “lame” cuz you dont hold hands with the industry & they push u out.
Jay-Z out here coooning for the white man AGAIN LOLOLOL
I ain’t knocking him for that. That’s what we all gotta do in this eurocentric capitalist society.
Naw he could be rapping about some black owned designers or brands
That camel face
That’s y his album flop
this song goes to show u just how soft jayz has gotten. made an entire song about a gay white designer. i mean idc that hes white im all for equality no matter what u rap about but damn jayz has fallen off so hard.
just bc suburb fucks bump his consistantly dont make him nice..just makes him revelant to white folks who idea of rap is jayz, drake and eminem..