Genius Meanings
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JAY-Z (Ft. Mr. Hudson) – Young Forever
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Over a sample of Alphaville’s “Forever Young,” Jay-Z contemplates his place in the rap game and whether or not he’ll be around forever in our memories.
It also is a play on one of
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JAY-Z (Ft. Beyoncé) – Young Forever (Live)
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[JAY-Z] / Can I get some light in here? / Cellphones in the air / [Intro: Beyoncé] / Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while / Heaven can wait, we're only watching the stars
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Spotify – This Is JAY-Z
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1. JAY-Z- Izzo (H.O.V.A.) / 2. JAY-Z & Kanye West- Niggas In Paris / 3. JAY-Z- Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) / 4. JAY-Z- 99 Problems / 5. JAY-Z- Big Pimpin' (feat. UGK) / 6. JAY-
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Summer Hit Superstars – Young Forever (Made Famous by Jay-Z feat. Mr. Hudson)
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Let's dance in style / Let's dance for a while / Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies / Hoping for the best but expecting the worst / Are you gonna drop the bomb or not
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JAY-Z – Young Gifted And Black Freestyle [Mariah Carey Skit]
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From the only official mixtape released by Jay-Z, the S. Carter Collection, this is a freestyle over the legendary Big Daddy Kane’s “Young, Black, and Gifted” from his 1989 album
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JAY-Z – Diamond Is Forever
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[Intro] / Can you hear me now? Good! (Blueprint 2 baby!) / The best of times, it was the worst of times (aoww) / It's "The Gift & the Curse" / [Chorus] / R.O.C. yeah, number one
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Lil Wayne (Ft. JAY-Z) – Mr. Carter
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One Mr. Carter (Shawn Corey Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z) passes the torch to another (Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., a.k.a. Lil Wayne).
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JAY-Z – This Life Forever
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“This Life Forever” is one of Jay-Z’s greatest Jay-Z musical efforts, sadly not known by the general public. It was recorded pre-Reasonable Doubt in 1995, but was left off his
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Nicki Minaj – Young Forever
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“Young Forever” is a candy-coated pop ballad that deals with naivety in love.
The track was originally scheduled to be released on Valentine’s Day but leaked earlier on Febuary 12
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Jeezy (Ft. JAY-Z) – Go Crazy
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“Go Crazy” is the third single from Young Jeezy’s debut album Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, featuring a guest appearance from his Def Jam Recordings boss Jay-Z. The two form a
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JAY-Z (Ft. Kanye West) – The Bounce
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“The Bounce” is the tenth track on The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse, featured on the first disc “The Gift.” It features the first Kanye West verse on a track by his mentor Jay
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JAY-Z & Kanye West – Primetime
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This track is called “Primetime” because No ID’s first name is “Dion” (and Deion Sanders' nickname is “Primetime”.. you follow?)
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JAY-Z (Ft. Beyoncé) – '03 Bonnie & Clyde
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In their first musical collaboration, Jay-Z and Beyoncé put their own spin on 2Pac’s classic “Me And My Girlfriend”, only with a twist: while 2Pac was referring to his gun, Jay’s
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Rihanna (Ft. JAY-Z) – Umbrella
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Rihanna comforts her lover by telling him she will be there for him, in good times and bad. The umbrella is a metaphor for her support.
“Umbrella” stayed on top of the UK Singles
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Kanye West (Ft. JAY-Z) – Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)
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Both this remix and the original were singles from Kanye’s Late Registration album. Kanye uses the remix to go into more detail on “conflict diamonds”: diamonds which are mined
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JAY-Z (Ft. Justin Timberlake) – Holy Grail
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The first track released from Magna Carta… Holy Grail deals with the love/hate affair that Jay Z and Justin Timberlake have with fame.
As part of what Hov dubs the #newrules
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JAY-Z – Soon You'll Understand
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A song rumored to be dedicated to to Trinidadian model Shenelle Scott (with whom tabloids claim Jay has a baby) – written in the final throes of their relationship.
Two verses on
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JAY-Z (Ft. Lenny Kravitz) – Guns & Roses
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The second track, of the second disc, of the second Blueprint album, “Guns & Roses,” is about turning negatives into positives.
There’s also a surprising number of fashion
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Memphis Bleek (Ft. JAY-Z) – Dear Summer
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Produced by Just Blaze, “Dear Summer” is one of Jay-Z’s best efforts displaying his supreme language consciousness and elite word play. The first time Hov unleashed this verse was
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JAY-Z (Ft. Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Memphis Bleek, Omillio Sparks, Peedi Crakk, Rell & Young Gunz) – As One
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Hov and his Roc-A-Fella crew showcase their lyrical skills on a beat sampling Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Fantasy”.
Jay’s engineer Young Guru has claimed this song was “filler” and
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JAY-Z – Song Cry
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“Song Cry” is an emotional ballad in which Jay describes the pain of a long-term relationship ending, caused by his professional schedule and personal philandering. Since his pride
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Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – Forever
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Four of hip-hop’s heavyweights take turns going in over a hard beat by Boi-1da.
During his Detroit stop on his Summer Sixteen tour, Drake brought out Eminem to perform his epic
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Beyoncé (Ft. Childish Gambino, JAY-Z & Oumou Sangaré) – MOOD 4 EVA
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“MOOD 4 EVA” is the twelfth track on Beyoncé’s specially-curated The Lion King accompaniment project, The Gift, and functions as a celebratory anthem. It features JAY-Z and her
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Two Friends – Big Bootie Mix, Volume 11 (Track List)
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[1.] / The Office Theme Song - The Scrantones / w/ Good Grief (Don Diablo Remix) [Instrumental] - Bastille / w/ Over My Head (Acapella) - The Fray / w/ Call Me Maybe (Acapella
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JAY-Z – Where I'm From
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“Where I’m From” will forever stand as one of Jay’s most evocative songs; providing the listener a detail-rich—and deeply sad—portrait of the Marcy Houses where he grew up.
This
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JAY-Z (Ft. Pharrell Williams) – Excuse Me Miss
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An early Jay-Z subliminal love letter to his current wifey. Check out Jean Grae’s excellent gender-switched remix
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JAY-Z (Ft. UGK) – Big Pimpin'
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“Big Pimpin'” was the fifth and final single from Jay-Z’s fourth studio album Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter. The track is an ode to the “pimping” lifestyle, that is, sex with
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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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Mýa (Ft. JAY-Z) – Best of Me Part 2
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“Best of Me Pt. II” was a 2000 single from singer Mýa, featuring a R&B-ready Jay-Z. Significantly different from the original version—both musically and lyrically—it was released
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JAY-Z (Ft. Chris Martin) – Most Kingz
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On “Most Kingz” King Hov raps about the oft-overlooked downsides of living life at the top of the rap game.
While it was first heard in 2010, the track was actually recorded while
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JAY-Z & Beanie Sigel – Streets Is Talking
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Streets is Talking is the fourth song on Jay-Z’s fifth studio album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. It was originally supposed to be a Jay solo track, but Beanie asked to lay down a
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JAY-Z (Ft. The World Famous Tony Williams) – History
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A prelude to The Blueprint 3 released right after Obama’s victory; Jay explains his thoughts and encounters as he’s on his way to Victory, which he metaphorically depicts as a
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JAY-Z (Ft. Pharrell Williams & Young Chris) – Nigga Please
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A standard posturing track from Jay and protege Young Chris, a member of Young Gunz and signed to the Roc in the late 90s through Beanie Sigel and State Property.
Chris was just
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JAY-Z (Ft. Nas) – Success
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This song is off Jay-Z’s 2007 album American Gangster. Inspired by the movie of the same name, the album uses the life arc of main character Frank Lucas – the humble beginnings as
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