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Case Closed: Jay-Z Says He Doesn’t Believe In Religion, But There’s 1 God. And That He’s Not Illuminati! [Audio]

Ms.Info finds a Gem:”Also, don’t pretend that your diamond Hov pic is 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide, GC. That’s disrespectful. There’s 22,500 stones in there….on their website, they don’t specify the ration of real stones to rhinestones, but at that size, those diamonds would be multiple carats each? What a bargain at your price of $1million! Its weird because Damien Hirst’s infamous diamond-encrusted human skull sold in 2007 for….$100 Million.Anyways, this and the Obama portrait are just lame. Lame if a dumb rich man fan buys it. Lame if Jay himself buys it (which I’m sure he’d never do). See video and read her original post

Fans have speculated that Jay-Z’s tongue in cheek rendition of his “Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t” phrase at the American Music Awards was a veiled reference to 50 Cent’s rumored subpar 1st week numbers for Before I Self-Destruct. We at www.playahata.com know that this reference was for Fiddy but the response belowe by 50 suggest maybe it wasn’t ……NOT!

KRS1 wants to see a Battle between Jay Z and 50 Cent
KRS-One Wants To See A Jay-Z Vs 50 Cent Battle! “That Will Be The Greatest Battle In Hip-Hop’s History”
But do fans?

SIGEL SAYS he had the 2 Bently’s for 5100 a month, Jay-Z didn’t give him a record label and that he had 20% of State Property clothing. They also talk about Beanie Sigel coming to G-Unit possibly.

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JAY Z SPEAKS ON SIGEL

SIGEL WANTS MORE ATTENTION FROM JAY Z
ITS ALMOST LIKE A JILTED LOVER

The Tyra Banks show gave Lil Mama a chance to say sorry for the VMA awards. She also hosted America’s next top model but then they went into a lil “black women’s hair thing” it is a little odd but with Chris Rock movie coming out right now I guess it is timely.

Main Stream Media who are usually slow and off the mark when it comes to anything hip hop, have a new bandwagon.And it deals with Jay Z and the “occult”. Watch this video for “Run This Town” and then read and listen to what all the hype is about.

Ok now that you have watched that -here is what some are saying?

Jay z and T pain beefing over AUTOTUNE?
some may ask wtf is autotune ..
XXL explains in link above.
Just a day after it was reported that T-Pain dissed Jay-Z while DJing in Las Vegas, he’s changed his (Auto-) tune and said there’s no beef between him and the Brooklyn rapper.

T-Pain’s about-face stems from not only from a recent conversation he said he and Jay had, but also from a radio interview Hov gave on Tuesday, where he responded to T-Pain’s taunts and said that his song “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” wasn’t about Pain. T-Pain said it was the first time he heard Hov explicitly say that.

“Every time I saw his interviews, he just said, ‘T-Pain is a talented dude,’ ” Pain told New York radio station Power 105’s Ed Lover Wednesday morning (September 9). “But I will say the interview he did yesterday” — in which Jay said, “I made it very clear I wasn’t talking about him” — “that made me feel better.” (more…)

After T Pain said Jay Z was old- he has gotten a strong backlash – 59 years old to be exact- the discussion of age in hip hop surfaced again and when a rapper should retire.Ghostface Killah speaks on why there is no age limit on rappers in his opinion. He states he won’t stop rapping but his content will evolve with him. He says if you love the music you won’t stop and you will just reach another phase but still make music your fans relate too.However some may say at 60 years old they will simply listen to the music of the youth but as El Hajj Malik Shabazz once said “Time will tell“.

Obama warns Jay Z Don’t do that rap when I hand you the Mic by Bruce Banter
President Elect Barack Obama is threatening to cancel Jay Z’s appearance at his January 20th Inauguration in Washington, D.C. if the rapper born Sean Carter performs new pro Palestinian lyrics that support Hamas. Obama advisers got a preview of the lyrics when David Axelrod accompanied Jay Z and Beyonce to an outdoor fundraiser for Michael Steinhardt. Steinhardt asked Jay Z to do a freestyle rap dissing Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. But Carter declined to get involved in the “beef” saying he is married and avoids beef nowadays “by any means neccesary”.
Then in a odd scenario of events Jay Z approached Steinhardt 20 minutes later and asked could he rap about Hamas extensive social programs that have gained popularity in Palestinian society by establishing hospitals, (more…)

Damon Dash is telling more tales about his estranged business partner, Jay-Z. His latest: that Jigga set off a feud with Kanye West by refusing to bestow his bling on Kanye.

Dash claims the simmering beef dates back to a 2003 Chicago concert, where the then-up-and-coming Kanye expected ruling Roc-A-Fella artist Jay to “knight” him by presenting him with a gleaming chain.
But, according to Dash, Jay didn’t want to fork over the chain.

“This n- [Kanye ] was like, ‘Wow. [Jay-Z] ain’t going to give me the chain,’” Dash alleges in December’s Complex magazine. “I had to take off my chain and give it to him, and I was heated. I had the real canary diamonds. That s- cost $40,000! I told Kanye, ‘Yo, you got to give that back when we get off this stage!’”

Dash contends that after Jay-Z violated the code of hip-hop chivalry, “Kanye hated Jay-Z.”

But a rep for Kanye tells us the story is “ridiculous and totally false.”(Read More)

Here’s an interview Hov just did with Angie and a more complete rip of “History”.

Jay-Z – Angie Martinez Interview

Jay-Z – History (Full Radio Rip)

Jay-Z – American Gangster

Lyrics: B // Content: C // Production: B-
Originality: B // Quality %: B // Bonus: N/A

Release Date: November 6th, 2007

Perhaps Jay-Z wasn’t as retired as some of us thought, or perhaps he was really as “inspired” by the tale of Harlem Drug Lord, Frank Lucas, coming to the big screen as he has indicated, but in any case he’s back with a new album less than a year after his generally maligned comeback LP, Kingdome Come. On many levels it’s a testament – and not necessarily a good one – to who Jay-Z is at his very core that he felt the need to go back into the studio to record this LP that plays like a soundtrack and narrative for the Frank Lucas, biopic of the same name, American Gangster. As such the music and mood of American Gangster finds Jay-Z revisiting and focusing more on his hustler persona ala Reasonable Doubt, though this LP is hardly as good as the previously mentioned.

As a period piece American Gangster relies on trying to create a feel of the times of Frank Lucas, that would be late 60’s and early 70’s Harlem, by sampling and splicing pieces of Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers and sounds of the time, such as on the cuts “American Dream” and “Sweet”. At times this mood setting is very successful and the songs hit the mark such as “Pray” and “Fallin” the latter of which chronicles the rise and fall of a drug dealer. “Success” featuring Nas also wins with a stellar verse by the latter that helps boost the track’s appeal. Then of course there is the rather mediocre lead single “Roc Boys” and the simple but effective “Bue Magic”. Another tune sure to be a fan favorite, if for no other reason than the guest appearance, is “Hello Brooklyn” which features Lil’ Wayne who apparently has finally figured out that he would rather be Jay-Z’s friend than enemy. The biggest failures are in the albums inability to keep it’s mood properly or maintain any sense of gravity, as the production machinations of beatmakers like The Neptunes and the like seem determined to turn every song into a party. Sad is the day when 50-Cent’s stab at the drug addiction anaology “A Baltimore Love Thing” is far superior to Jay-Z’s allegory of heroine addiction, “I Know”. Also at times Jay-Z lyrically seems a little lazy as his wordplay is not consistently sharp as it’s usually known to be. Overall American Gangster contains enough material to be a solid listen and enjoyable for most Jay-Z fans, although since Jay-Z has staked his claim on being a Frank Lucas or some other drug kingpin on wax, this whole album is more or less Jay-Z traveling down a road he has traveled many times before.

Overall: B: Review by Eyecalone