* The Official Jay-Z: Blueprint 3 Post [3rd single: Empire State Of Mind]

[sherwin100s]

Originally Posted by eye see soles

B should have done the hook.

Kanye

Jay

 

[thegr8blkhope]

Originally Posted by eye see soles

B should have done the hook.

Kanye

Jay

i was thinking that too. maybe i just find riri's voice annoying fairly easy.

 

[bigavelli]

Anybody got the lyrics yet?

 

[onetwothreewick]

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

Y'all are overhyping Ye's verse way too much it wasn't that serious

wasn't serious but it gave me a college dropout vibe...I can appreciate that

 

[zokid]

If I never heard Rihanna again, I wouldn't care..... At all

 

[i live in texas]

This would have been better without Rihanna. She sucks......period. And that sample looping in the background, has me thinking OJ Da Juiceman is fixing to popin.

"Aye! Aye! Aye! Aye!"

And Ye's verse is definitely hyped up.

 

[aka king arthur]

Originally Posted by Ben Roethlisberger

Originally Posted by MJROCCIN45

jay was laggin... i'm mad as hell. but the beat go hard.

Ye flow was pretty much standard of his 2nd wind.

I can honestly subconsciously ignore Jay's verses... this is not normal..

He should return to da old jigga flow...

Exactly. I just gave it a third listen and really didnt pay attention to Jay's verses but as soon as Ye's came on I got focused

Well put

Hit the nail on the head *Pause*

 

[b smooth 202]

Yeah this is nothing special....just aight.

 

[aka king arthur]

real talk though

someone needs to get/find the Instrimental

cause i cant find it

 

[hiram408]

Originally Posted by Ben Roethlisberger

Originally Posted by MJROCCIN45

jay was laggin... i'm mad as hell. but the beat go hard.

Ye flow was pretty much standard of his 2nd wind.

I can honestly subconsciously ignore Jay's verses... this is not normal..

He should return to da old jigga flow...

Exactly. I just gave it a third listen and really didnt pay attention to Jay's verses but as soon as Ye's came on I got focused

same here

 

[geminifly]

I like the song..just not Jay's part

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by onetwothreewick

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

Y'all are overhyping Ye's verse way too much it wasn't that serious

wasn't serious but it gave me a college dropout vibe...I can appreciate that

Are you serious????

 

[illfrozn]

Originally Posted by onetwothreewick

Originally Posted by Im Not You

It's aight...it exceeded my expectations I admit. Which I set VERY, VERY low.

But it's certainly nothing I felt like repeating after it went off...

And yes...Kanye got Jay here...but some of ya'll arent going to like anything Jay does these days regardless. Dude is the only artist who ya'll can't wait to say somebody outshined him. Ya'll did this with Swagger Like Us and it wasn't even his song.

agreed with your thoughts but swagga like us was actually his song..

Really, the song was strictly T.I.'s; Hov just straight bombarded it. Anyways, my expections were below sea level, so therefore this is fire! *Throws it onrepeat*

 

[kingkb34]

God I hate Rihanna's voice...and this is the exact emotion I got after listening to Ye's verse....

 

[im not you]

Right...that's what I'm saying. The song was Tips. It was recorded for his album. Jay-Z strongarmed it AFTER it took off. Besides that...when itreleased and people talked about it on here Jay hadn't "bought" the track yet and everyone considered it to be Tips...yet everyone just keptcommenting on Jay got "outshined".

 

[optimusprimeaphia]

Originally Posted by Ben Roethlisberger

Originally Posted by MJROCCIN45

jay was laggin... i'm mad as hell. but the beat go hard.

Ye flow was pretty much standard of his 2nd wind.

I can honestly subconsciously ignore Jay's verses... this is not normal..

He should return to da old jigga flow...

Exactly. I just gave it a third listen and really didnt pay attention to Jay's verses but as soon as Ye's came on I got focused

 

[harlem on the rise]

GARBAGE...
As expected...

 

[onetwothreewick]

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

Originally Posted by onetwothreewick

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

Y'all are overhyping Ye's verse way too much it wasn't that serious

wasn't serious but it gave me a college dropout vibe...I can appreciate that

Are you serious????

yeah I am. kanye verses where he doesn't namedrop LV or talk about nothing but the clothes he's wearing are rare nowdays

EDIT: and don't take it the wrong way I'm not going

over his verse or the song in general, but it's better than the usual stuffI hear from him now.

 

[ravagebx]

Upon further review Jay definitely had some slick bars in there. The Johnny Depp line amongst the standouts.

 

[b smooth 202]

lol

 

[jr paperstacks]

The sound effects on Jay's 2nd verse make me laugh

 

[pablo guzman]

I can rock with this. Not bad.

The beat

Ye & Jay

Rihanna not bad. As someone said earlier, she was tolerable but also annoying

 

[th0mas cr0wn]

Originally Posted by AKA King Arthur


Ye killed it.

That he did

but the track is AIGHT, nothing spectacular

 

[uniquepair]

beat is

jay

kanye

 

[jordanhead2]

First listen was

Secondf listen was