| Monster of the Double Entendre PART 2 |
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src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> Clark Kent recently had this dope interview (Clark Kent Interview - Watch here) where he states his opinion on a lot of matters, mostly pertaining to how nice Jay is. I didn’t appreciate him spewing his views on us like he was God’s messenger bringin us his word...Clark Kent is far from a Gabriel (i don’t believe in God by the way, don’t get it confused). But a part of what he’s saying is the truth. He failed to mention however, that Jay-z is one of the leading rappers who took out their hip hop element for money. But, when he was putting it on display during Reasonable Doubt....that was a guy who couldn’t be touched with a 10 foot pole by ANY rapper past, present or future. To this day, fans don’t truly have an understanding for how dope the material on Reasonable Doubt was...NOT EVEN, the craziest of the hip hop heads. Like Kent said in the video above, only the dudes in the drug game understood the fly talk. There was a lot of ways to get lost in his words whether it be the complex metaphors, fly talk, or drug talk. Jay-z has said this himself a hundred times... So I would write it if y'all could get it Would write it if y’all could get it....his problem wasn’t ALL the fact that dope shit doesn’t sell....he’s also said many times including in his 10 year XXL interview and in his Reasonable Doubt Documentary - Watch Documentary - that a lot of his lyrics from Reasonable Doubt went over the heads of listeners. Heads loved my last article on him (The Monster of the Double Entendre ) , even though a lot of you fronters on the forums were acting like you knew all that...OH PUHLEEZ...what’s crazy is, is that I only broke down D’evils in that one...so now let me get to can i live... One of my favourite tracks ever recorded...any genre. Not only that, this is one of those joints where there is not a single flaw, from the flow which mimics the beat throughout, the lyrics (if you understand them all), and the beat (Irv gotti you get a pass for your entire corny ass career for this). Nah, scratch that...i can’t give props to hip hop producer’s who simply sample JACK an oldie: Loses it’s appeal if i can make it myself. Cut it out and loop it, 2 minutes of work.
While I'm watchin every nigga watchin me closely Without getting into too much details of the basics...I will mention the easy breakdown to make everything complete for my ‘slower’ younger readers. Butter + Bread = toast, pretty clever string of metaphors right off the bat. Keep my head...both of them meaning your head from the neck up...keeping your head in the game so-to-speak; and your other head, the head of your dick. You don’t have to be a hustler to know that women will fuck your shit up. Jay continues with this lesson by saying hoes will get you set up and killed in the game he’s in. My pain wish it was quick to see, from sellin 'caine This is Jay-z reflecting on the younger him getting money in the drug game. WISH it was quick to see, how the trials and tribulations of ruining lives and living in constant risk isn’t apparent in the beginning. Fricassee is one of those baller dishes and it’s basically a way to prepare poultry or chicken. I believe it has something to do with letting the meat stew in gravy. He’s saying that’s what the coke does to the brain of a fiend, that he is a supplier of....but AT THE TIME it didn’t bother him; Reflection. The youth I used to be, soon to see a mill'in Dope word play with him stepping his game up from “Willie” to “William”. Then he goes onto to mention one of the biggest dope dealers that ever lived....but for some reason is not really that talked about. Rayful Edmonds was a legend from D.C. who in his prime sold 2000 key’s in a week, raking in 70 million a month with 150 soldiers in the street. Not only that but he lived the life, it’s said that he once blew half a mil at a clothing store in one trip. Balled in every major city of the world. Interesting fact...he was a big fan of the Hoyas, and used to chop it up with the players, Alonzo Mourning in particular. Zo was big time with the Hoyas and his coach felt Edmond’s was gonna get Zo in trouble and met with him in person to tell him to leave Mourning alone....and he did. Edmond’s went on to get locked up, with his mother and cousins as well for their involvement. Yet, behind bars he still managed to move massive amounts of coke over the phone lines. Got caught, and got hit with another 30 years where he then decided to snitch to lighten his load and help out his mom’s situation. Back to the lyrics...Jay is now describing him getting locked up and “forgetting all i ever knew, convenient amnesia”, basically playing dumb to the cops...talk to my lawyer. Very clever way to say something very simple. In the documentary I linked above Jay-z mentions how on Reasonable Doubt you hear his regrets for doing what he did, but at the same time realising the government and structure of society has got shit fucked up in the hood. “Explain why we adapt to crime” is one of those lines questioning the real culprit’s because Jay-z feels he was just a pawn in this game of chess. I'd rather die enormous than live dormant that's how we on it Rather die enormous than live dormant...classic, a line that will live on forever as a cliché. If you watch the Clark Kent interview linked up top, he talks about how people back then doubted Jay’s lyrics because he was claiming to be SUPER big time in the dope game....Kent also vouches for it. I’ll give you the flipside at the end of the article just because I don’t want to ruin the moment haha. Fly lyrics of jay-z making bets of trip’s to Maui on fights in Vegas. My mind is infested, with sick thoughts that circle Dual level is referring to dual level consoles and other dual level features found in cars, particularly in Lexus during the mid 90’s. Jay-z is clearly a fan of the LS model which he owned, baller mobile that was riddled inside and out with top-notch features. He also relates the Dual level with Duplexes...which is a 2 story pad. The term “Dual” and “Du” stands for double...just like dual-core processors for my young internet heads. It usually represents quality. Then he says him and his dudes commit crimes like they got immunity...we all know of Diplomatic Immunity and being above the law, he’s not saying he is...but you’d think they were if you saw how reckless they are. You guessed it, manifest it in tangible goods To manifest means to “show or demonstrate plainly”. Tangible goods are objects of value in physical form...like a car, jewlery, furniture. So he’s using a lot of big words to say the rolex was added with Platinum. Adding to it with tangible goods. Smart guy with a lot of school vocabulary, no? This is where we get into the dopest line of the track...that no one mentions or praises because they didn’t get it... My confederation, dead a nation, EXPLODE A confederation is a group of empowered states and communities...and Jay takes the government side of things and compares it to him and his Boss dealers in the street metaphorically. CRAZY HUH? Not only did this guy rhyme dead-a-nation with detonation...but he PERFECTLY describes the metaphorical relationship between the government and his crew. Usually a good metaphor only compares ONE thing...like a gun and a girl in Pac’s ‘Me and my Girlfriend’. But Jay just linked the killing of masses, different detonators, and different ‘said patients’. Fuckin GENIUS shit. When it boils to steam, it comes to it When it boils to steam...is another way of him saying “when it boils down to it”. But, once again he’s gotta be all lyrical and throw in the boiling coke til it gets hard, relationship. So when it boils down to it, we are all fiends. Crack fiends need their drugs, Jay and them need their money....Even Righteous minds can relate to that. Then once again he goes blaming the government and history "school us to spend our money foolish"...saying they put these ideals into us in the first place, don’t blame me if im acting on them....i’d be in Africa with not much value on Capitalism if it wasn’t for you. I stepped it up another level, meditated like a buddhist He finishes it off with what is RECOGNIZED as the dopest line in the song...until now. Keep one eye open meaning going to sleep with one eye open...not trusting anyone. Comparing that to CBS’ symbol of the one eye.
Whatever the case may be, you can’t take anything away from the guys talent. Reasonable Doubt, once fully understood...is the best album ever made, and the highest level of Emceeing ever witnessed. Boards are going up in a week...im recruiting some industry cats, and fellow heads to serve as OG’s of knowledge on the boards. Go ahead and sign up, up top. The more the merrier, even though we will be keeping it very tight with the clowns. Just looking to bring together as many heads as possible for some good discussion. Keep it locked... Scolla
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