I have a little more Jay-Z for all the fans out there. First up is “Pray” featuring Beyonce. The song has great storytelling and Hov spits his verses effortlessly. I prefer this kind of narrative over the “I’m a hardcore drug dealer from the comfort of my plush Def Jam president office” rhymes. Bey does more speaking than singing on the track which is probably appropriate considering the vibe he is going for…but I don’t know if she has the right speaking voice for the part. Overall, this is a pretty good song. Click here to listen to a 2 minute snippet
Next Jay-Z teams up with Lil Wayne for “Hello Brooklyn”. The more I hear from Lil Wayne the more he converts me to a fan. He just brings an a great swagger and creativity to every track he spits on. This track is dope…I love the production. To me this sounds a little dirty south-ish, but Jay-Z makes it sound more Brooklyn-ish. This is a hot one. Click here to listen
I feel kind of bad for kids/teens nowadays, because their music has just lost all sense of innocence and purpose. I remember when I was growing up…we had artists like Aaliyah, Brandy, Monica, and Usher. Sure they weren’t exactly poets or profound singers, but they had music that was perfect for my pre-teen to teen age group. They talked about “sittin up in my room” having crushes, best friends, writing “four page letters”…all the stuff that teens used to do before it was all about sex, sex, sex. Now………there’s no subtlety in the music for teens. 19 year olds want to be sexpots, and the lyrical content is just awful. But anyways…that’s my rant for the day. The “best of both worlds” pairing of Omarion and Bow Wow has teamed up with Chris Brown for their new song “Slam”. This song sounds very similar to the other songs I’ve heard from them, but this one is a little better. Chris Brown definitely outshines both of them…but they have zero range in their lyrical content. This is a dance track for aimed towards the young bucks and I’m sure they won’t find any fault with it. Click here to listen
What do you guys think of these tracks? Whatever happened to the cute little innocent songs Chris Brown, Omarion, and Bow Wow used to sing? Do you think the kind of music young ones listen to now is sending the wrong message? What do you think of the new Jay-Z tracks? Are you going to cop “American Gangster” on November 6th?
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Reecie
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Loving the new Jay Z…
Omarion…no.
I would disagree on Aaliyah, Brandy, Monica, and Usher being completely safe and sex free. Shit “Rock The Boat” was an eye-opener to me. Usher… “drop top cruisin the street” with “plans to put my hands in places I’ve never seen, girl you know what I mean.”
Innocent… I think not.
“Slam” sucks. This whole Bow Wow and Omarion team effort doesn’t seem like much of any type of effort. I’m 19 years old…do I count as a young buck? lol
There is a difference between Aaliyah as a grown woman singing “Rock the Boat” (Which is tame compared to 90% of what’s on the market anyway) and her earlier music “Back & Forth”, “One In a Million”, etc. She grew up…but she didn’t become crass and vulgar. Plus…Aaliyah’s market at the time of “Rock The Boat” was much more adult than teeny bopper.
Ok so Usher doesn’t count in the innocent category…but I still maintain that Aaliyah, Brandy, and Monica were all in the safe zone with age appropriate content for their market. Maybe you’re a bit younger so their later material came out during your puberty stages
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