06/19/2017

4:44 is a new Jay-Z album and it's arriving on June 30.

It will be a Sprint and Tidal exclusive -- Sprint purchased 33 percent of the streaming service in January -- and fans will have to be Sprint customers or Tidal member to get it.

The official announcement from Sprint came after midnight Sunday follow a release earlier in the evening of a teaser video for what a previous teaser described as an NC-17 movie starring Mahershala Ali, Lupita Nyong'o and Danny Glover.

The 30-second video, which features black-and-white footage of Ali training as a boxer, is soundtracked by a new song, "Adnis."

There's not much of "Adnis" to be heard in the clip -- just an instrumental intro and the verse: “Letter to my dad that I never wrote/Speeches I prepared that I never spoke/Words on the paper that I never read/Proses never penned, they stayed in my head.”




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I sure hope there's some changes with this track. Sounds wack.

I'm gonna get killed for this but Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper of all time. His flow is boring;
his voice is boring; and he's said nothing in the past 20 years that gave me pause.

Dasein said:

I'm gonna get killed for this but Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper of all time. His flow is boring;
his voice is boring; and he's said nothing in the past 20 years that gave me pause.

He aiight. There is nothing like "You Must Love Me" in recent years but he def has classics under his belt including Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, Black Album and American Gangster. Blueprint 3 wasnt bad either. Holy Grail sucked though I wasnt a fan of his last album.

Dasein said:

I'm gonna get killed for this but Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper of all time. His flow is boring;
his voice is boring; and he's said nothing in the past 20 years that gave me pause.

Wow, we finally agree on something. He is the most overrated rapper.

mjscarousal said:

Dasein said:

I'm gonna get killed for this but Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper of all time. His flow is boring;
his voice is boring; and he's said nothing in the past 20 years that gave me pause.

Wow, we finally agree on something. He is the most overrated rapper.

yet hes in the songwriters hall of fame

luvsexy4all said:

mjscarousal said:

Wow, we finally agree on something. He is the most overrated rapper.

yet hes in the songwriters hall of fame

And Green Day is in the Rock Hall of Fame, so the fuq what?

Clearly none of this means nothing....

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luvsexy4all said:

mjscarousal said:

Wow, we finally agree on something. He is the most overrated rapper.

yet hes in the songwriters hall of fame

Well that tells you something then.

laurarichardson said:

luvsexy4all said:

yet hes in the songwriters hall of fame

Well that tells you something then.

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And what does that tell us?

Musicslave said:

laurarichardson said:

Well that tells you something then.

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And what does that tell us?

That anyone can buy their way in. Do you really think Jay-Z is a great songwritter.? Will people be going around humming his tunes 5 or even 20 years from now? Is Jay-Z a Lennon-McCarthy or Dylan like songwritter?

He does not even meet the level of the Motown songwritting teams.

I am not knocking him as a businessman. I just never thought he had a lot of talent music wise.

laurarichardson said:

Musicslave said:

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And what does that tell us?

That anyone can buy their way in. Do you really think Jay-Z is a great songwritter.? Will people be going around humming his tunes 5 or even 20 years from now? Is Jay-Z a Lennon-McCarthy or Dylan like songwritter?

He does not even meet the level of the Motown songwritting teams.

I am not knocking him as a businessman. I just never thought he had a lot of talent music wise.

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Ok. I just needed clarity on your POV that's all. Thanks.

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And yes, there are countless other writers in Hip Hop that deserved to be recognized long before Shawn. This is just a part of his marketing and promotion of his new record he's dropping soon.

laurarichardson said:

Musicslave said:

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And what does that tell us?

That anyone can buy their way in. Do you really think Jay-Z is a great songwritter.? Will people be going around humming his tunes 5 or even 20 years from now?

they do now 20 years after his debut

rdhull said:

laurarichardson said:

That anyone can buy their way in. Do you really think Jay-Z is a great songwritter.? Will people be going around humming his tunes 5 or even 20 years from now?

they do now 20 years after his debut

I doubt if you took a random poll of young people they could tell you one song.

On a good day he is not even on Jam and Lewis level of songwritting.

Next we will put Bones, Thugs and Harmony in the songwriters hall of fame.

Musicslave said:

laurarichardson said:

That anyone can buy their way in. Do you really think Jay-Z is a great songwritter.? Will people be going around humming his tunes 5 or even 20 years from now? Is Jay-Z a Lennon-McCarthy or Dylan like songwritter?

He does not even meet the level of the Motown songwritting teams.

I am not knocking him as a businessman. I just never thought he had a lot of talent music wise.

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Ok. I just needed clarity on your POV that's all. Thanks.

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And yes, there are countless other writers in Hip Hop that deserved to be recognized long before Shawn. This is just a part of his marketing and promotion of his new record he's dropping soon.

Of course he is marketing his new recording.

rdhull said:

laurarichardson said:

That anyone can buy their way in. Do you really think Jay-Z is a great songwritter.? Will people be going around humming his tunes 5 or even 20 years from now?

they do now 20 years after his debut

What teenager is humming any of Jay Z's songs off of his debut? What song off of his debut is lyrically relevant today? You Jay Z fans always throw up Reasonable Doubt as his most "artistic work" but all of Tupac and Nas 90s albums are more relevant and influential than any of his albums, including Reasonable Doubt.

laurarichardson said:

rdhull said:

they do now 20 years after his debut

I doubt if you took a random poll of young people they could tell you one song.

On a good day he is not even on Jam and Lewis level of songwritting.

Next we will put Bones, Thugs and Harmony in the songwriters hall of fame.

I think its crazy how they picked him over Madonna and George Michael to be inducted.

laurarichardson said:

Musicslave said:

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And what does that tell us?

That anyone can buy their way in. Do you really think Jay-Z is a great songwritter.? Will people be going around humming his tunes 5 or even 20 years from now? Is Jay-Z a Lennon-McCarthy or Dylan like songwritter?

He does not even meet the level of the Motown songwritting teams.

I am not knocking him as a businessman. I just never thought he had a lot of talent music wise.

GREAT post! These things mean nothing anymore and accolades can be paid for.

luvsexy4all said:

mjscarousal said:

Wow, we finally agree on something. He is the most overrated rapper.

yet hes in the songwriters hall of fame

Just because you're famous for something doesn't mean you were actually good at doing that
something.

mjscarousal said:

laurarichardson said:

I doubt if you took a random poll of young people they could tell you one song.

On a good day he is not even on Jam and Lewis level of songwritting.

Next we will put Bones, Thugs and Harmony in the songwriters hall of fame.

I think its crazy how they picked him over Madonna and George Michael to be inducted.

See that proved my point. That is ridculous

mjscarousal said:

rdhull said:

they do now 20 years after his debut

What teenager is humming any of Jay Z's songs off of his debut? What song off of his debut is lyrically relevant today? You Jay Z fans always throw up Reasonable Doubt as his most "artistic work" but all of Tupac and Nas 90s albums are more relevant and influential than any of his albums, including Reasonable Doubt.

Wtf are you even talking about? why are you aleays so con..nevermind. I forgot the org

all the teens are humming the songs of ones already in the SHOF though...right?

As much as people sample Jay's music these days and quotes I can see it. Hes been in the game for over twenty years, wrote several hit songs for other artists including Foxy Brown, Dr. Dre and Memphis Bleek.

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rdhull said:

mjscarousal said:

What teenager is humming any of Jay Z's songs off of his debut? What song off of his debut is lyrically relevant today? You Jay Z fans always throw up Reasonable Doubt as his most "artistic work" but all of Tupac and Nas 90s albums are more relevant and influential than any of his albums, including Reasonable Doubt.

Wtf are you even talking about? why are you aleays so con..nevermind. I forgot the org

Thats the same thing I said when I read your post. Yall (as the org) always stanning hard for this overrated bimbo and his overrated wife and its pathetic.

Everything after THE BLACK ALBUM???? Moments "here & there"

^ He is not a more influential songwriter than Madonna or George Michael (this is not subjective). The fact that he was picked over more influential songwriters makes him rightfully overrated.

mjscarousal said:

mjscarousal said:

rdhull said:

Wtf are you even talking about? why are you aleays so con..nevermind. I forgot the org

Thats the same thing I said when I read your post. Yall (as the org) always stanning hard for this overrated bimbo and his overrated wife and its pathetic.

Ive never stanned for Jay or Beyonce lol. Plus he isnt overrated as rapper just because you dont like him. And why does it bother you so muh when someone likes (or stans) for someone you dislike? Wait..dont answer. I already know

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I hate when peeps sat Jay is overrated. And say because of his recent material. Jay has been putting out records since the early 90s. That's like hearing a recent O'Jays song and saying these guys are trash. How are they in the Rock Hall. Kr watching Patrick Ewing as a Orlando Magic and saying how was this guy ever an 11 time all-star?

You gotta remember this is the org.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

mjscarousal said:

^ He is not a more influential songwriter than Madonna or George Michael (this is not subjective). The fact that he was picked over more influential songwriters makes him rightfully overrated.

No it makes him a famous name in music today.

But in this case, its appropiate to call Jay Z overrated. He was selected to be inducted in the songwriters Hall of Fame over Madonna and George Michael. That is absurd.