![]() It’s really a commentary on the culture and where we’re going.” Via E! Going political “It’s like a subtle nod to ‘La La Land’ winning the Oscar, and then having to give it to ‘Moonlight’. “The hook is ‘We stuck in La La Land/Even if we win, we gonna lose,'” he said. On a lighter note, In ‘Moonlight ‘Jay-Z addresses the winning of ‘Moonlight’ as best motion picture. “Mama had four kids, but she’s a lesbian / Had to pretend so long that she’s a thespian / Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate / Society shame and the pain was too much to take” ‘Legacy’ explores family and family history, it even has a little Blue-Ivy participation. And talking about family participation, in ‘Smile’ the rapper’s mom, Gloria Carter, takes on and raps about her sexuality. ‘Marcy Me’ it’s about hopefulness and the desire of making dreams come true. There’s really no unexplored subject in ‘4:44.’ In ‘Caught Their Eyes’, the rapper opens up about growing up in Brooklyn. There’s also a cute participation of the power duo’s daughter, Blue Ivy. The album features tracks with Beyoncé (who is also a co-writer), Frank Ocean and Damian Marley-as well as the rapper’s mom, Gloria Carter. The trailer for the album featured cameos from Oscar-winning actors Mahershala Ali, Danny Glover and Lupita Nyong’o. Via E! Raising the bar for hip-hop introspectionĬoming in the wake of ‘Lemonade,’ an ambitious multimedia project that was simultaneously Beyoncé’s most personal and most political work to date, ‘4:44’ finds Jay-Z in a similar mode, weaving confessional and autobiographical songwriting with big-picture perspectives on black life in the United States in 10 intense tracks. “I apologize, often womanize / Took for my child to be born / See through a woman’s eyes / Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles / Took me too long for this song / I don’t deserve you,” Jay-Z rapped. The rapper also mentioned Beyoncé’s miscarriages and the recent birth of their twins. “It’s the title track because it’s such a powerful song, and I just believe one of the best songs I’ve ever written.”Īs for his infidelity, he rapped, “And if my children knew / I don’t even know what I would do / If they ain’t look at me the same / I would probably die with all the shame / ‘You did what with who?’ / What good is a ménage à trois when you have a soulmate? / ‘You risked that for Blue?'” “‘So, it became the title of the album and everything,” Jay-Z told iHeartRadio. ![]() Wrapping up with the infidelity subject, Jay-Z delivers quite an apology to his wife in ‘4:44’ which is also the title of the album.Īccording to the rapper, the song is “the crux of the album.” The title of the song comes as he woke up at 4:44 to write the song. “I’ll (expletive) up a good thing if you let me / Let me alone, Becky! / A man who don’t take care of his family can’t be rich” he raps, referencing to the mystery “Becky with the good hair” from Beyonce’s ‘Sorry’. In ‘Family Feud,’ Jay references ‘Lemonade’s most notorious lyric halfway through the track. Jay-Z makes references to the infidelity in two more songs The rapper has stated that the title is not to be taken literally, but rather a killing of the ego. The song also speaks about infidelity by referencing Eric Benet, who cheated on Halle Berry saying, “You almost went Eric Benet / let the baddest girl in the world get away.” Later in the song, he also calls on himself to be a better man by saying, “But you gotta do better, boy, you owe it to Blue.” On the song, he raps, “You egged Solange on / known’ all along / all you had to say was wrong.” Over time rumors grew and grew, and Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ was kinda a confirmation, as the singer aired a lot about the issue. The album opener, ‘Kill Jay-Z’, directly references the incident from the 2014 Met Gala when Beyoncé’s sister Solange Knowles and the rapper infamously got into a fight.Īt the time, there was much speculation linking the fight to his affair. But before he gets to all that, he has a certain elevator fight and rumors to address. In ‘4:44’, Jay-Z meditates on his fame, wealth, troubled upbringing and experience as a black man in America. Just a few weeks after welcoming the anticipated twins to the family, Jay-Z drops his 13th solo album which is rather personal. ![]()
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