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JAY-Z – Moment Of Clarity
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This song, with beat by Eminem, shows Jay looking back on his life and career, and the roads taken – and not taken – therein
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Death – A Moment of Clarity
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[Verse 1] / I would describe it as an invisible darkness / Casting a shadow, a blinding black / Guarded by hope, my soul is kept safe / From the bloody claws / [Refrain] / Look to
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Lil Wayne – Moment of Clarity Freestyle
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First song from the ‘Prefix’ mixtape. Lil Wayne uses Jay-Z’s ‘Moment of Clarity’ instrumental
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JAY-Z – Moment Of Clarity Samples
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LilLaLa
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Big fan of Kanye, Jay Z, Eminem, Talib Kweli, Kid Cudi, Common, Beyonce, Rihana… Also a lover of country music – Miranda Lambert and Eric Church are my favorites.
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Danger Mouse – Moment of Clarity (The Grey Album) Samples
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brandUn DeShay – Moment of Ambiguity Samples
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Lil Wayne – D.O.A.
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On “D.O.A.”, Jay-Z differentiates the “Mixtape Weezy” – the Lil Wayne who makes thought-provoking, allusive songs on unofficial mixtapes – from the “Auto Tune” Weezy of the radio
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Rap Genius Users (Ft. Smallsie_bigs & swinelord) – The Black Album VS. Donuts
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Match 13 of the first round of Rap Genius’s second ever Debate Tournament.
The participants can edit this page for each section up until the deadlines listed here.
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Jay Z’s Life Story (In Lyrics)
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The life and times of Shawn Carter
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Matt Shi – Jay Z: Hip Hop's Living Martyr
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When the blaring notes of “U Don’t Know” opened the concert, I knew it would be special. Jay Z, on his Magna Carta World Tour supported by Timbaland as DJ, show-cased his new album
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Horrorshow – Truth Be Told Samples
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JAY-Z – December 4th
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“December 4th” is Jay-Z’s lyrical autobiography, based around distinct phases in his life. He rhymes about his birth on December 4th, his days as a drug dealer, and his transition
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Ice Spice – No Clarity
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[Intro: Foxes & Ice Spice] / Chasing relentlessly / Still fight and I don't know why / (Stop playin' wit' 'em, Riot) / [Chorus] / You did me dirt (Why?) / 'Cause what did I do
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Marc Ecko – Sell Outs in the Rap Game -- Praise and Criticism
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Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out is Marc Ecko’s visual blueprint to teach you how to grow both creatively and commercially by testing your personal brand against the
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JAY-Z – 99 Problems
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In Decoded, Jay states he used “99 Problems” to confuse critics and point out their own ignorance by hiding a deeper story behind a superficial chorus.
The chorus hook “I got 99
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Black_Smith_of_PoP
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I knew a nigga who dreamed of flyin' boats; then he drowned in deep thought ‘cause they made his hope float…
aka The Black Smith aka Renowned Lyrics Man aka Coldplay Expert, gettin' rid of bans
MAGAZINE — RapChronicle.com
TWITTER — @J_Smith_Real
PUBLISH or PERISH
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Public Enemy – Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos Interpolations
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The History Behind JAY-Z Paying Homage To Common On ’Everything Is Love”
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”Y’all know how I met her, we broke up and got back together.
To get her back, I had to sweat her.”
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Prof. James Braxton Peterson, DJ Just B. Semple – Hip-Hop's Mourning/ Remembrance Playlist
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This playlist was created to better understand Hip-Hop's ability to memorialize and help folks deal with loss / 1. Self-Destruction - KRS-One & Stop the Violence Movement / 2. Tha
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Ab-Soul – 47 Bars Samples
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JAY-Z – Flow
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This track is from S. Carter The Re-mix. It begins with an audio clip from 60 minutes, wherein the interviewer asks Jay to explain what ‘flow’ means.
As he begins try to explain
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The Beatles – Happiness is a Warm Gun Samples
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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Moment Of Clarity by JAY-Z · If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did 5 mill ...
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Ayo – No Love
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Chorus: / What they doing with their time I could give a fuck because I’m doing something that I love to do I got this voice in my head that’s telling me to keep it moving got this
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JID – 2007 Samples
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Danger Mouse (Ft. The Beatles & JAY-Z) – Interlude (The Grey Album)
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[Instrumental]
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JAY-Z – Public Service Announcement
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This standout track from The Black Album is one of Jay’s most popular live concert staples. It’s a wide-ranging, pun-heavy tune that ranks in the upper echelon of his extensive
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JAY-Z – Warm It Up
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Featured on his 2004 S. Carter: The Remix mixtape, here Jay-Z spits a freestyle over Big Daddy Kane’s 1989 track “Warm It Up, Kane.”
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QuayChronicles – BackSeat
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Verse 1: Quay / Lyrics formulated to frame my consciousness / Actually this my mind from a lost sarcophagus / Spitting a prophet I saw the future but I loss it / Let me go and back
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Sourmouth – Mr. Federal
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This song is the “Not give a fuck” anthem off the CD “The Mr. Federal LP”
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Stoneveli
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Hip-Hop saved my life
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JAY-Z – Justify My Thug
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Based around a sampled loop from Funkadelic’s “The Witch” and a “thugged out” version of the chorus from Madonna’s hit 1990 single “Justify My Love,” Jay-Z connects with West Coast
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JAY-Z (Ft. 50 Cent) – Reebok (Interlude)
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[Verse 1: 50 Cent] / Man, I told y'all I was finna blow like C-4 / Stunt in the G5, fly in the G-IV / G-Unit footwear, G apparel / I'm so hood / That blue and that white looks so
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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A reference to Jay Z's line on “Moment Of Clarity”: If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be. Lyrically Talib Kweli. 2 Chainz is saying he has the ...
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Jazz Cartier – Save Me From Myself
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In perhaps the most violent and dark track on the album, Jazz raps an inner monologue in which he contemplates suicide, his current life, and once again, his comparisons to Drake
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JAY-Z – Allure
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Jay-Z ruminates on the old high of dealing drugs:
O lost, and by the wind grieved, Ghost, Come back again!
This is Jay’s favorite Jay-Z song. He said so himself while while
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