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[torre_avenue]

Bear with me, but there's some credence to what this topic is about.

1) So, very recently, sites like The Fader and Hypebeast have had this image pop up in their ad space.

Now, when you look at the source code of the sites hosting the ad, you see it's titled "Tidal 4:44 1280x720", at least it does on The FADER.

2) Someone on Twitter remarked that this same ad popped up on the Jay St. subway station in New York. Said station is in Brooklyn. Also, in Times Square this popped up,

3) Jay's playing some festivals toward the end of summer. He's playing Made in America (his own festival), the Meadows, and Austin City Limits. This is in addition to his 10-year touring exclusivity deal with Live Nation. This suggests that something is on the horizon that he intends on touring.

Now, of course, this can just be complete nonsense and this isn't really for Jay at all, but I like my random music conspiracy theories, so I guess let's wait and see.

EDIT:

 

[m23]

Hope it's not tidal exclusive.

It will be.

 

[Orkidea]

Probably tidal only, so pass

 

[Discotheque]

Hope its nothing like his last 2 terrible albums.

 

[robotrock]

Thanks for the warning

 

[MercuryLS3]

Hope its nothing like his last 2 terrible albums.

Probably will be, Jay Z sucks.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Thanks for the warning

.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Hope its nothing like his last 2 terrible albums.

Blueprint III wasn't terrible.

Certainly wasn't a classic but it had some solid tracks.

 

[Umbooki]

Tryna think who this album is for. Is Jay gonna resort to adlibs and mumbling?

 

[old manatee]

Beach Chair pt. 2

 

[Hazzuh]

Who wants to hear another album of him rapping about the latest paintings he bought or some shit. Dude is washed up.

 

[Dabanton]

I think at this point Jay should stick to the odd feature.

 

[Blader]

And I'll never hear it because it'll be Tidal exclusive.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

I was down for some new Jay Z but then I remembered what new Jay Z sounds like and got discouraged.

 

[moeman]

I would have been excited in 2002 but now I don't really care. Aside from Oceans his last album was mediocre at best.

 

[MrS]

On the basis of his last 2 albums, Jay-Z doesn't have it anymore. He should stop putting out trash and quit tarnishing his legacy.

 

[blame space]

Unless Kanye is heavily involved I don't really want to hear it.

 

[Gorillaz]

I was down for some new Jay Z but then I remembered what new Jay Z sounds like and got discouraged.

"I got 140 characters in these streets"

 

[OG Shaka Zulu]

I liked Magna Carter Holy Trail and BP3... but my fucking goodness JayZ's flow is garbage. Those two albums have great production in certain spots that a hungrier MC would kill.

 

[double jump]

Unless Kanye is heavily involved I don't really want to hear it.

Facts

 

[HiiiLife]

Thanks for the warning

King Kong Godzilla lochness

 

[torre_avenue]

Bounceounce going to go HAM on all of the haters.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

"I got 140 characters in these streets"

Cake, cake-cake, cake-cake, cake
500 million, I got a pound cake
Niggas is frontin', that's upside-down cake
Get 'em a red nose, they clown cakes
They shoulda never let you 'round cake
Look at my neck, I got a karat cake
Now here's the icin' on the cake
Cake, cake-cake, cake-cake, uhh

No sir

 

[FalsettoVibe]

And I'll never hear it because it'll be Tidal exclusive.

Same here. Still hadn't heard Beyonces Lemonade.

 

[Rktk]

Gotta keep Tidal afloat.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

jay-z is dusty

 

[Nabs]

They're going all out for Jay Electronica, huh?

 

[torre_avenue]

DJ Booth's twitter says we're likely to find out what it is by 4:44 EST, but time zones are confusing.

 

[Tom Penny]

If you take his whole catalog he has an insane amount of sick tracks...then the second half matched it in meh and wack shit.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

They're going all out for Jay Electronica, huh?

The cruelest of jokes , the darkest of days.

 

[robotrock]

4:44 EST, so in about 2 hours and 15 minutes.[/URL]

uhhhh

 

[-tetsuo-]

#Plzretire

 

[Bounceounce]

Fuck you beat me to this I was busy updating other sites as this went on and didn't even come here.

 

[Blader]

Same here. Still hadn't heard Beyonces Lemonade.

HBO special + my girlfriend's purchase are the only reasons I've been able to hear Lemonade.

 

[dskillzhtown]

If you take his whole catalog he has an insane amount of sick tracks...then the second half matched it in meh and wack shit.

I went to a show on the Magna Carta tour. The amount of hits in that catalog is exhausting. 2nd half of the career fell off, but can't debate the hits.

 

[Nabs]

Fuck you beat me to this I was busy updating other sites as this went on and didn't even come here.

jayzfanz must be lit

 

[Bounceounce]

Probably will be, Jay Z sucks.

Stop talking please, blaspheming the GOAT is a sin.

Hope its nothing like his last 2 terrible albums.

Blueprint 3 was at minimum good, I'll never understand the hate for this, people act like its The Blueprint 2 which is pure garbage.
I love it.

 

[hey_monkey]

This is the album where he just says he's sorry a million times while Beyoncé busts up cars behind him in the video.

 

[torre_avenue]

uhhhh

I are stupid.

I always get these confused. Then, I don't fucking know.

 

[Khaos Kontrol]

Jay-Z in 2017 LUL.

This will probably be hot trash like his last couple of albums.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

The grey album

 

[curiouscharles]

he should have retired with the black album [you know, like he wouldn't shut up about at the time].

better to leave on an incredible album, than all the drivel we've gotten since.

 

[IrishNinja]

don't care that it'll be tidal, i do care that it likely won't be good

 

[Brinbe]

Meh. Dude is washed at this point.
AG is a lifetime ago now.

 

[Bounceounce]

Cake, cake-cake, cake-cake, cake
500 million, I got a pound cake
Niggas is frontin', that's upside-down cake
Get 'em a red nose, they clown cakes
They shoulda never let you 'round cake
Look at my neck, I got a karat cake
Now here's the icin' on the cake
Cake, cake-cake, cake-cake, uhh

No sir

Stop this nonsense.
One, his Pound Cake verse is good, that's not a bad sequence there and even if it is the rest of the track is quality, like did you miss the closing lines?

Also this feature narrative is ridiculous, let's really pretend like these aren't some of the best verses Jay's ever spit, brehs would be ejaculating in their pants if these were Andre 3000 features, we're not even going to count pre-2010:

So Appalled.
Shiny Suit Theory:https://youtu.be/Xd2XZyiFI5A
We Made It Remix:https://youtu.be/wK_MDwTTPKA
Free Masons:https://youtu.be/CEF8A3jWeEk
Devil Is A Lie:https://youtu.be/pQ7TMCYqrOc
Seen It All:https://youtu.be/bBk4hf6_YAk
BDKMV Remix:https://youtu.be/JZ5-Soe3NJ0
Drug Dealers Anonymous:https://youtu.be/COCpn1W13Kw
Etc etc etc.

Let's not even talk Watch The Throne verses or a few of his great ones on MCHG.

American Gangster is his best album lyrically as far as I'm concerned, and Blueprint 3 is quality and fairly adventurous from Jay.

 

[Bounceounce]

he should have retired with the black album [you know, like he wouldn't shut up about at the time].

better to leave on an incredible album, than all the drivel we've gotten since.

If American Gangster came out pre-Black Album it would be just as hailed, maybe even more.
And why when people trash Jay's post Black Album output why don't they point out that Blueprint 2 was hot garbage and that it came out pre-Black Album or that The Dynasty while good wasn't much special at all?

 

[Bronx-Man]

Keep

 

[Bounceounce]

Keep

He's gonna give it to you.

 

[Goose_Se7en]

Looking forward to this new effort. Let's see what the old man has left in the tank. His last 2 releases have been shit, at least to me. Tbh everything after Black Album (American Gangster being the lone exception) has been shit as well. Kingdom Come grew on me after awhile but still.

 

[Bounceounce]

Let's pretend that Jay doesn't destroy all of WTT.
Some truly incredible verses from Jay on there.