Body Count: Here’s Who Caught Shots On Jay-Z’s 4:44
Jay-Z has the entire world at rapt attention after the release of his 13th solo studio album, 4:44. Aside from the strong performance from Hov and the especially explosive admittance of cheating on his wife Beyonce on the title track, what really stood out is how many slick jabs the Brooklyn veteran handed out towards Kanye West and others.
On the opening track, “Kill Jay-Z,” Yeezy is the first to catch strays with the following lines:
“You got high on the life, that sh*t drugged you!/You walkin’ around like you invincible/You dropped outta school, you lost your principles/I know people backstab you, I felt bad too/But this ‘f*ck everybody’ attitude ain’t natural/But you ain’t a Saint, this ain’t KumbaYe/But you got hurt because you did cool by ‘Ye/You gave him 20 million without blinkin’/He gave you 20 minutes on stage, f*ck was he thinkin’?/”F*ck wrong with everybody?” is what you sayin’/But if everybody’s crazy, you’re the one that’s insane”
Yikes.
Hit the flip to see other examples of Jay-Z giving folks bars on the slick. Did we miss any subliminal bars? Sound off in the comments if we did.
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On the same track, Future catches one with, “In the Future, other niggas playin’ football with your son,” clearly alluding to the Atlanta rapper’s son with ex Ciara and her husband, NFL star Russell Wilson stepping in as a stepfather. Even singer Eric BenĂ©t caught one with Jay saying “don’t go Eric BenĂ©t,” suggesting that his own infidelity and nearly losing his wife was similar to the R&B singer’s breakup with actress Halle Berry.
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Londell McMillan, the late Prince’s former attorney and adviser to his estate got some talk on “Caught Their Eyes” too with, “I sat down with Prince, eye to eye/He told me his wishes before he died/Now, Londell McMillan, he must be color blind’They only see green from them purple eyes.” Prince and TIDAL worked out an exclusive deal in 2015, but the estate sued the service to remove Prince’s music yet allowed other sites to do so. Jay also spoke of the tours of Prince’s home that were sold to the public, saying that McMillan and the state exploited the legendary musician’s death.
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Other shots included obvious digs like, “Al Sharpton in the mirror takin’ selfies/How is him or Pill Cosby s’posed to help me?” from the track, “Family Feud” and on “Moonlight,” young rappers who floss on the ‘Gram and in videos with cash and “fake dracos” get checked.
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Eric Benét may never be the same. We explained here.
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Worth repeating: Pill Cosby, though.
