![]() ![]() By the time ‘Some People Hate’ drops in, sixteen songs later, Jay claims he feels like Tupac did circa ‘All Eyes On Me’ and ‘Me Against The World’. ![]() ‘A Dream’ finds Jay-Z as he seeks advice from BIG’s spirit about the haters. Two major ghosts loom everywhere: the late Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur. ‘The Blueprint 2’ has state of the art club tracks, introspective ditties, violent face-offs and ghetto truths ripped from memory, tweaked sound-wise by Timbaland, The Neptunes, Dr Dre and Just Blaze amongst others. Jay-Z has upped the commercial rap ante once again. Aren’t double LPs for grandiose mofos who’ve lost sight of what the people want? Not this one. So what does Jay-Z do? Channel all the angst, anger, revenge fantasies and celebrations of a ‘bling-bling’ lifestyle into his fifth LP, a twenty-five track double album.Īlarm bells ring. He’s faced jealousy, envy, haters, gold-diggers and high-profile court cases. ![]() His position at the top of the hip-hop game is constantly being threatened. Yet, the self-made multi-millionaire born plain Shawn Carter feels a sense of dread and disquiet. He’s gone from hustling drugs in Brooklyn’s no-go zones to a penthouse on the Hudson River, and breathlessly ostentatious displays of wealth. Strike a balance between good and evil and you’ll find Jay-Z. ![]()
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