Pusha’s unique voice and delivery is unmatched. So many lines but when he rolls out “Ghouls Ghosts and Goblins” I got goosebumps. And Jay’s verse is one of his best. Two of the greatest story tellers here.
“Shattered all of your misconceptions, Hold all of the missing weapons, You thought I would miss my blessing, The ultimate misdirection...” - Pusha T 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ngonidzashe Rungano People will flock to what’s fake all the time. What’s popular and what seems important will always appear that way to the untrained mind and there’s nothing you or I can do about it. A man who keeps his word for the sake of truth and honor is more admirable than a man who lies and fakes for money, power and respect. No one is going to pat you on the back for being honest and authentic but yourself and the other true real ones, YOU have to believe in that truth because it’s the only thing that really exists. Fake is fake. It does not exist. That’s God’s peace. It’s not Jay’s original line, he took it from A Course In Miracles, but it still speaks volumes in this song. It moved me.
The layers of meaning that HOV can put into just one line has to be his greatest skill. I'll listen to one of his songs a hundred times and catch 2 or 3 meanings only to find another meaning to it years later. His use of entendres is absolutely unparalleled and iconic. The difference references, the different layers and the fact that everything in this verse is 💯 fact makes this an amazing verse and arguably one of the best he's done. 27 years into the game and he'll still eat up a beat like he's starving.
"Damn Daniel, the FBI keep bringing them all white vans through" HOV a genius with his pen, this was the time when the 'damn Daniel white vans' meme was big
"Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists/ Therein lies the peace of God.../ I always knew I was a profit/prophet, but I couldn't find a decent Job/Jah" Fucking phenomenal.
Hov is flowing beyond known intelligence thus far. "Life made me ambidextrous, countin with my right, whipping white with my left wrist". It's like a clearly defined noise on incredible rhythm and notes. He wasn't lying when he said, "Hova flow holy ghost now steup up off your seats", he truly flows godly. It's an architectural marvel in sound, truly never for sale.
“The paper trail is gorgeous” you can tell he was really proud of that line haha it makes me smile every time he says it. From the corner to that corner office
@@nonami_066xswqoqowiwl Melanin is the skin pigment, it controls the color of your skin, hair and eyes So by saying that line he means when you are black (your melanin's got a tint) , you be treated like you are a child of a lesser god
Then why dont he talk about that on his new albums. Nobody wants to hear his pretentious picasso shit. But the Reasonable Doubt typa shit was crazy no doubt. But you know how it goes "I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars, they criticize me for it, yet they all yell Holla". Oh well... you were good while you tried Jay
@Nehemiah Israel white is as much of a blanket term as pagan. Let's be specific. Zionists, G7, Bilderberg. Our distractions amongst eachother and unwillingness to unite is why problems persist.
America's nightmares in Flint children of a lesser God when your melan has got a tint and I can't even mention what I send or what I spend cuz my name on 18wheelers is evidence
+Jiemel Gould I'm not sure that I even know what's considered"new school". BUT... I'll say this and then u can tell me who's new school k? Last album I bought was Royce's Trust the Shooter EP, and Layers
i think it means that he sinned (dealt these drugs), and therefore is unable to “cast” the first stone into his house, so he made it completely glass, which also displays the wealth he made off of dealing
we got store fronts.. we got employee stubs, we been opening studios and 40/40s up, the paper trail is gorgeous... JayZ tellin y’all how to launder cash, nigga’s drug talk was crazy on this joint
What separates jayz from a lot of other rappers is you see everything he raps about. He’s not putting random words together for rhymes sake. All of this stuff is real and can be verified. The pic of him in a Benz back in the 80’s. Transitioning to legitimate businesses (rocafella, rocawear), Employee stubs (tidal, roc nation), 40/40 club, opening studios (bass line studios). The part about Emory Jones doing time. Life made him ambidextrous (lucky lefty, able to use both hands, he’s awkward he boxes lefty..etc). The news clip about him being a former drug dealer is the icing on the cake. Even if another rapper is able to match him lyrically, he separates himself with his realness. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a rapper who’s raps and real life match up this perfectly
This beat is so good it can make you visualize abstract concepts. This beat makes me feel like I'm walking through a dark foggy forest. Ominous, dark, haunting beat. PERFECT
@@machiel5888 definitely isn't lol. It's a play on those "Damn Daniel" viral videos where the guy holding the camera said "Damn Daniel, back at it again with the white vans". Jay flipped it into being what he said to talk about the FBI coming with the DEA in drug vans lol. That line was super weighted lol
@@machiel5888 he said "I always knew I was a prophet cuz I couldn't find a decent job. Damnn Daniel, FBI keep bringing them all white vans through" Prophet/Profit: Job and Daniel were both prophets in the Bible. Also Damn Daniel the meme and all white vans could be also about the meme "What are those"... qnd to make it worse he was telling the future with Takashi (Daniel) ratting to the Feds lol
Pusha T is the dopest of his genre nobody has his punchlines when it comes to cocaine rap the Clipse was in a league of there own and we got it for cheap vol 1 was a classic record...
“Even before reasonable doubt dropped the jury/jewelry hung” …. Prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt , Jay-Zs album was Reasonable doubt, he had jewelry even before his music career. Jury hung, if the jury can’t get a verdict. Amazing
Hov top 5 all time, this shit was ridiculous. So many references that people missed because they focused on the ambidextrous line and the "Damn Daniel." His shit goes over people's heads.
This song is justifies why RAP is art! "Tried to build a cell around me Snatched my nigga Emory up Tried to get him to tell about me He told 12, “Gimme 12” He told them to go to hell about me Drug dealers anonymous Y’all think Uber’s the future, our cars been autonomous Mules move the drums, take ‘em to different spots We just call the shots by simply moving our thumbs"
For the longest time I always felt Jay didn't deserve the goat status. I always felt that his style was one dimensional, just stunting in different songs. Man I gotta say as I got older... I understand the man alot more. Verses like this one make me understand why so many people regard this man as thee GOAT. This shit is just undeniably incredible. Preach
Trust and believe he is the greatest. You don't have to love him but he checks all the boxes. No other rapper does what hov does OVERALL..yes I said none
"who deserves the medal of freedom is my accountant, he been hula hoopin through loop holes workin round shift, IRS should had the town houses surrounded". hula hoop, loop holes, round shift, surrounded, in less that 4 bars this man worked in 4 lines about circles... without trying! To further establish the mans point, if you got a tight knight organization, you have a small circle. That is 5 references in less than 4 bars. Jay z is the god, Push is the king.
I have listen to thousands and thousands of hours of every single hip-hop song you could ever listened to. This is the greatest hip-hop song of all time.
Jay z flow is so smooth and technical, plus he's lyrical ! even if he is known to be one of the greatest to ever do it , i still think there is too many People who don't realize how great jay is !!!
RIP to my homie Aaron. Back when the Clipse first came out, we were in high school and we would make jokes about them and Hov doing a track. Lol we joked that the track would be the ultimate coke rap track. He passed away before the song came out. Every time I hear this I think of our jokes. He would love these bars!
"Date I stopped still has asterisk after it, after all, I can make a call, I can baptize a brick, as I wash away my sins like a catholic "....smfh. Nasty.
Care to explain so the uninitiated can enjoy the genius? I catch about 90% of em and jays entendras as I break down each song carefully like a poem. But this was lost on me. Could you expound plz?
You missed the entire bar. “ He been hoolahooping through loopholes working ROUNDshifts, IRS shouldve had the townhouses surROUNDED” that bar was INSANE. He implented like 4 different wordplays on round and circle. Hoolahooping, loopholes, roundshifts, surrounded. All in one sentence to get an actual logical point across that made sense. Jay is nuts
The hardest fucking track of the year hands down. Two lyrical legends/geniuses on one track. Drug dealing Gods.... But they wanna keep playing the same Bullshit on the radio all day everyday. This country has become nothing but corn balls. This is real rap, G shit. This shit needs more exposure. NY/VA
The line when he said before he dropped reasonable doubt the jury hung means reasonable doubt was his first album and ppl didn’t know whether if he was good or not so using legal terms the court had a hung which indicating ppl didn’t know if jay z was good or not
"My accountant so good I'm practically living tax free" he's always talking about it lol to me that's some fly shit especially considering how much guys at that level generate.
@@jasonramos6957 Because Nas, Rakim, KOOL G RAP, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and I can keep Going.. are still alive bro... but you’re Right Jay is one of the great if not The Great...
UN FUCKING MATCHED!! JAY CAME OUT IN FUCKING 1996 and he could drop a album in 2026 and it still go multi plat and have the CHARTS AND STREETS on lock. IF THAT AIN'T THE GOAT WHAT IS? Jay the only one who can go on tour with no album, no press, no singles and sell out a world tour and still have the streets on lock. Hova
Valentino summers and wave runners Chains on my niggas like slave runners Drug dealers anonymous How many Madonnas can that Mazda fit? My brick talk is more than obvious, it’s ominous Garages, the phantom, ghouls, ghosts and goblins Blonde mohawk the collection I’m Dennis Rodman The money count is the only moment of silence Cause hush money balances all this drugs and violence Hat trick under my mattress Date I stop still has an asterisk after it After all I can make a call I can baptize a brick As I wash away my sins like a catholic Who the fuck ain't mastered this America’s nightmare's in Flint Children of a lesser God when your melanin’s got a tint And I can’t even mention what I sent or what I spent Cause my name in 18 wheelers is evidence I put my boos in those cruise collections Life’s a bitch A to Z on her shoe collection, take your pick Paid in full like ’86, Gs on my body The new Gucci has less monograms, God’s got him Let he without sin cast the first stone So I built that all glass quad level first home Shatter all of your misconceptions Hold all of them missing weapons You thought I would miss my blessing The ultimate misdirection ya Federico Fellini in the flesh Sergio Tacchini inside his mesh Bitch I been brackin’ since the ‘80s Google me baby, you crazy ’89 in London pull the Benz up Type it in, Google’s your friend bruh 14-year drug dealer and still counting Who deserves the medal of freedom is my accountant He been hula hooping through loop holes, working around shit IRS should’ve had the townhouses surrounded Thanks to the lawyers I marbled the foyer I tore the floor up Yeah, that’s for the Koi fish We been dining on oysters I walk though the garage it’s like multiple choices I told ‘em pull the Royce up I’m getting ghost, I’m hearing noises I think it’s the boys, but I been banking at Deutsche We got storefronts, we got employee stubs We been opening studios and 40/40s up The paper trail is gorgeous Cases we buries ‘em Before Reasonable Doubt dropped, the jury hung Bling bling Every time I come around your city bling bling My tenure took me through Virginia Ask Teddy Riley ‘bout me Ask the Federalis ‘bout me Tried to build a cell around me Snatched my nigga Emory up Tried to get him to tell about me He told 12, “Gimme 12” He told them to go to hell about me Drug dealers anonymous Y’all think Uber’s the future, our cars been autonomous Mules move the drums, take ‘em to different spots We just call the shots by simply moving our thumbs I’m a course of miracles with this shit Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists Therein lies the piece of God I always knew I was a prophet, but I couldn’t find a decent job Life made me ambidextrous Countin’ with my right, whippin’ white with my left wrist Daaaaaaaamn Daniel FBI keep bringing them all white vans through
The part of this song that I live for is to hear Triple K Barbie - Tomi Lahren - rant about how Jay-Z was a Drug Dealer in his previous profession. As if to say that this entire country was not built on the framework criminality.
bhad, the country literally was stolen, when whites in the gov are in bed w drug dealers from other countries, They're "smart business men" and all that.. it is no secret Reagan allowed crack to manifest in the 80s, it's so sad
"when your melanin's got a tint" He's saying if your black, "children of a lesser god" you are viewed as not as equal. As if a black human must have been a lesser gods creation
Pusha’s unique voice and delivery is unmatched. So many lines but when he rolls out “Ghouls Ghosts and Goblins” I got goosebumps. And Jay’s verse is one of his best. Two of the greatest story tellers here.
idk why....push always brings the best outta hov
Sounds like his brother so not that unique
Not to ignore their amazing verses but this beat is just fucking insane, it’s so distinct and dark
it's really eerie, my fav
That's real.
DJ Dahi killed this beat
Bro I been tryna figure these drums out for like 4 years lol
Love the Futuristic baseline used for the Hook
“Shattered all of your misconceptions,
Hold all of the missing weapons,
You thought I would miss my blessing,
The ultimate misdirection...” -
Pusha T 🔥🔥🔥🔥
SHYT!
He fucking snapped!!!
wordz smith 🔥🔥
Nothing was said there lmao
King PUSH
YUGHH!! That new Neck & Wrist is so hard!! Made me come back to this classic !! 🕊
Hell yea the same just heard it...they are two of the games.goats
Yeah, I do like this song better tho, I think.
Yeah I do too, jay’s verse on this is one of my favorite features from him
I'm tell'ya
Exactly what I done
This song is too underrated
7 million views how is that underrated?
This song is in the wrong era. This would’ve been a hit in the early 2000s
For real son!! ☝💪😎
Hip hop is dead it died in 96-97
Basically
“Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. And therein lies the peace of God”...... Dopest line ever spoken in this shit thus far!
Luis Colón l don’t get it can you explain it to me???
Ngonidzashe Rungano
People will flock to what’s fake all the time. What’s popular and what seems important will always appear that way to the untrained mind and there’s nothing you or I can do about it. A man who keeps his word for the sake of truth and honor is more admirable than a man who lies and fakes for money, power and respect. No one is going to pat you on the back for being honest and authentic but yourself and the other true real ones, YOU have to believe in that truth because it’s the only thing that really exists. Fake is fake. It does not exist. That’s God’s peace.
It’s not Jay’s original line, he took it from A Course In Miracles, but it still speaks volumes in this song. It moved me.
Ser Davos Seaworth What most people don’t know is Jay is an avid book reader.
A course in Miracles
This is one of Jay's best verses. "I always knew I was a profit but I couldn't find a decent job."
Prophet
Look up JOB in the bible a humble man.
I remember I heard that from a different person on the radio in a song, it was different from this
Yeah thats a dope line. It is unfortunate how true it is in todays society
Thought he said "always knew I was a profit but I couldn't find a decent jar"🤔
The layers of meaning that HOV can put into just one line has to be his greatest skill.
I'll listen to one of his songs a hundred times and catch 2 or 3 meanings only to find another meaning to it years later.
His use of entendres is absolutely unparalleled and iconic.
The difference references, the different layers and the fact that everything in this verse is 💯 fact makes this an amazing verse and arguably one of the best he's done.
27 years into the game and he'll still eat up a beat like he's starving.
And he don't even write. Its all in his head.
Jayz verses on this is phenomenal, like no words to describe it man , real legend 🔥🔥
This verse is trash, duke.
@@gerardfitzgerald1317 whats your reasoning for it? I genuily thought this verse was great
@@ves138 JUST A HATER........
It's a top 3 all time jay verse... if for no other reason than the fact he's just rubbing it in tomi lahrens face...gotta love it
It's incredible. Rap at it's absolute pinnacle. Quite possibly Jay's greatest verse out of many.
"nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exist".... It's like the older i get the more i respect and appreciate jay
Keep trying to tell people, he's a damn poet. How he puts his thoughts together is mind blowing
That's a actually a quote from the book, a course in miracles. Nevertheless, Jay seems like a sharp tool in the shed box
real
Same here bro at 26 I truly appreciate jay more than when I was 16
A course in miracles
This beat is straight MENACING
Ahmad Nounou has someone else sampled it or something....i recognize it from somewhere else its driving me insane
iRRichiee same man! What is it? I can't find it!!!
@@iRRichiee check "typa way" remix by t.i. beat goes similarly hard!
@@Sehr3st1 typa way. Rxch homxe quan..
Much better remix ruclips.net/video/Aia9fh4-Qns/видео.html !!!
Jim Jones could never in life fuck with Pusha T this verse alone destroy his whole catalog
Nobody ever took that serious,not even people from Harlem
😂@@thomasholmes3622
😢🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jay z is the wittiest human alive
Jay & Em. Thankfully I got to see them both on the SAME 4 show tour. 2 in the D and 2 in NY
+Chris Tucker He had to be maiin stream.
+Chris Tucker HOV's net worth keeps skyrocketing and this nigga aint put out a hit in a while.
***** It doesnt i just felt like commenting LOL
Ab Soul? Earl Sweatshirt? Lupe Fiasco?
"The money count is the only moment of silence cuz hush money balances all this drugs & violence" is fucking tough.
EUGH
"Damn Daniel, the FBI keep bringing them all white vans through" HOV a genius with his pen, this was the time when the 'damn Daniel white vans' meme was big
Hardest line in the song.
"Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists/
Therein lies the peace of God.../
I always knew I was a profit/prophet, but I couldn't find a decent Job/Jah"
Fucking phenomenal.
Mind blown🤯 and humbled all at the same time🙇♂️🙌
Crazy
Illuminati shit. Dope bar but a shot at those that believe or know God.
@@adisaoxendine2201 lol, nobody "knows god". Such an entity doesn't exist
@@ClaytonJonesImages every body knows God, they’re just too misguided to realize it.
"Drug dealers anonimous,
y'all think uber's the future,
our cars been autonomous!"
Josh M 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Brazy bar!!! 💨💨💨
Deadass💯💪🏽
FACTS🤝🏾💯✔
i don't get it
"the money count is the only moment of silence; 'cause hush money balances all this drugs and violence"
whew fire
Hov is flowing beyond known intelligence thus far. "Life made me ambidextrous, countin with my right, whipping white with my left wrist". It's like a clearly defined noise on incredible rhythm and notes. He wasn't lying when he said, "Hova flow holy ghost now steup up off your seats", he truly flows godly. It's an architectural marvel in sound, truly never for sale.
“The paper trail is gorgeous” you can tell he was really proud of that line haha it makes me smile every time he says it. From the corner to that corner office
You can't tell me Jay not top 5 all time..
he's 1st tbh
+sean24833 yea 1st👌💯
W's
Jay not top 5 all time
+414MILboy L
That JAY-Z verse lives rent-free in my head. That such a lyrical tour-de-force is introduced as a response to Tomi Lahren makes it even better.
"children of a lesser god when your melanin's got a tint" my god, listen to this man!
do what thou wilt
Love that line!!!
What does that mean ???
Im Autistic Lol :(
@@nonami_066xswqoqowiwl Melanin is the skin pigment, it controls the color of your skin, hair and eyes
So by saying that line he means when you are black (your melanin's got a tint) , you be treated like you are a child of a lesser god
Also God - G.
So a lesser G produces a lesser product when it isn't as white. The double entendre is pretty bold when you think about it.
I don’t think Push gets the credit he deserves...he’s easily 1 of the best doing it right now
the songs that give Jay the chance to speak about his dealer days, he always kill.
Everytime.
he killed it...medal of freedom belongs to my account....bars....
Real shit
Then why dont he talk about that on his new albums. Nobody wants to hear his pretentious picasso shit. But the Reasonable Doubt typa shit was crazy no doubt.
But you know how it goes "I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars, they criticize me for it, yet they all yell Holla".
Oh well... you were good while you tried Jay
monk i feel you. He should make an albulm where here speaking crazy but idk he still hov tho
Life made me ambidextrous, counting with my right, whipping white with my left wrist... 🔥
Word
Dammnnn Daniel
wrisssss
That was dope (no pun intended), HOWEVER that's a borrow from Nas on Eye 4 an Eye off or Mobb Deep's classic Infamous album.
"Children of a lesser god when your melanin got a tint" - One of the realest and coldest lines - PUSH!
@Nehemiah Israel He didn't mean it in that context. He didn't mean we are a children of a lesser God literally. He's saying that's how we're viewed.
@Nehemiah Israel when people finally push past "divisions", the "elites" will fall.
Race, creed, and gender are agendas of economic contenders. o7 one
@Nehemiah Israel white is as much of a blanket term as pagan. Let's be specific. Zionists, G7, Bilderberg. Our distractions amongst eachother and unwillingness to unite is why problems persist.
Had to come back to this after listening to Neck and Wrist. Pusha T and Jay Z go really well together
Same here. I don’t know what it is, but when Push has a verse with Jay it really highlights how good Push is.
@@demetriuspjr facts
@@kamikazi5144 This song is still better regardless
@@NoName-yy3wb true, the other one has a more catchy beat and pharrell tho
Pusha better
The wordplay and double meaning of "before reasonable doubt drop, the jewelry (jury) hung. " 🔥
N. Getzey its actually reasonable doubt and hung jury. Reasonable doubt gets u the hung jury.
Lol it's both and its dope.
Bling Bling
A "hanging jury" means that they have yet to make a decision on a murder case. It's a legal term. It wasn't a play on words for jewelry.
@@PaulBunyun it absolutely was a play on words with jewelry. As well as the hung jury motif.
everyone talking bout Jay's verse, but damn Pusha verse was too ill
America's nightmares in Flint
children of a lesser God when your melan has got a tint
and I can't even mention what I send or what I spend
cuz my name on 18wheelers is evidence
because hov is the goat. everybody was wanting to see was he was gonna say
+Jiemel Gould Hov ain't the goat. It's arguable he might be the goat LIVING, arguable...
Mikey Clark who do u feel the best rapper is from the new school
+Jiemel Gould I'm not sure that I even know what's considered"new school". BUT... I'll say this and then u can tell me who's new school k? Last album I bought was Royce's Trust the Shooter EP, and Layers
“Let he without sin cast the first stone , so I built that all glass quad first level home” - Pusha
What do it mean tho
@@charlesodote4099 don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.
Let he without sin cast the first stone
@@charlesodote4099 no one can't say shit cuz we're all sinners. He's so sure of it he built a glass house.
i think it means that he sinned (dealt these drugs), and therefore is unable to “cast” the first stone into his house, so he made it completely glass, which also displays the wealth he made off of dealing
Sick🤬🔥💯💪🏾
This track gives me chill vibes and make me miss real rap.. best verse from both. love it
The streets will never forget this jay verse bruh
Pusha T is one of a few rappers that can hold his own with Jay Z. I actually prefer his verse ✔
You right and that hurts me cuz Jay is my favorite rapper next to Pac
Who deserves the medal of freedom is my accountant.. I feel pusha but y’all crazy
💯
they both went crazy
tha1man744 you’re right I was just saying pusha didn’t smash jay like the first two comments
we got store fronts.. we got employee stubs, we been opening studios and 40/40s up, the paper trail is gorgeous...
JayZ tellin y’all how to launder cash, nigga’s drug talk was crazy on this joint
One of Hov's most underrated guest appearances ever!!! .... PLUS MANY MORE!!!!!!!
"Your husband was a drug dealer. For 14 years, he sold crack cocaine!" EPIC. What an introduction 🔥🤣
Fuck tohmi larhren
@@NHBYOUNG20S I would, no doubt
@@lemarjames9546 I agree, just make sure not to call her the next day lol
@@lemarjames9546 I agree, just make sure not to call her the next day lol
Pusha t sent that to jay along with his verse lol might be the reason he got on the track
pusha T is so under-rated
One of the most underrated
MOST UNDER RATED
Him and fab man
+Persona what does that have to do with his rapping ability? lol
Top 10.
Jay and pusha should make an album together they feed off each other so naturally , jay sounds revitalized
Watch the Trap
What separates jayz from a lot of other rappers is you see everything he raps about. He’s not putting random words together for rhymes sake. All of this stuff is real and can be verified. The pic of him in a Benz back in the 80’s. Transitioning to legitimate businesses (rocafella, rocawear), Employee stubs (tidal, roc nation), 40/40 club, opening studios (bass line studios). The part about Emory Jones doing time. Life made him ambidextrous (lucky lefty, able to use both hands, he’s awkward he boxes lefty..etc). The news clip about him being a former drug dealer is the icing on the cake. Even if another rapper is able to match him lyrically, he separates himself with his realness. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a rapper who’s raps and real life match up this perfectly
Nas does it his mentor
Yes!!!
No filler just bars
Well put ,your comment is underated !!!
@@rozellrandall8003 nas wasnt his mentor stop.. jay was a fan at most thats it.
This beat is so good it can make you visualize abstract concepts. This beat makes me feel like I'm walking through a dark foggy forest. Ominous, dark, haunting beat. PERFECT
"and i cant even mention what i sent or what i spent, cause my name and 18 wheelers is evidence" -push ah T
That some GOLD
Eli Wealth not really though
This song is masterpiece
IRS SHOULD'VE HAD THE TOWN HOUSES SURROUNDED
this is some real talk right here
This song is a forgotten GEM
That Federico Fellini =fed(RICO) felonies 🔥 jay z is something else Fam
dis classic is so underrated is crazy i have to hear it from time to time😂🫡🫡🫡
This is Jay Z at his best literally every line has a meaning
the Damn Daniel bar is pretty cringe tho
@@machiel5888 definitely isn't lol. It's a play on those "Damn Daniel" viral videos where the guy holding the camera said "Damn Daniel, back at it again with the white vans". Jay flipped it into being what he said to talk about the FBI coming with the DEA in drug vans lol. That line was super weighted lol
@@machiel5888 he said "I always knew I was a prophet cuz I couldn't find a decent job. Damnn Daniel, FBI keep bringing them all white vans through"
Prophet/Profit: Job and Daniel were both prophets in the Bible.
Also Damn Daniel the meme and all white vans could be also about the meme "What are those"... qnd to make it worse he was telling the future with Takashi (Daniel) ratting to the Feds lol
Facts! That shit was topical and clever
@@ArtisanWindchimes holy shit
Two lyrical geniuses! 🤔
Pusha T is the dopest of his genre nobody has his punchlines when it comes to cocaine rap the Clipse was in a league of there own and we got it for cheap vol 1 was a classic record...
Absolutely
I can agree, but Jay's verse absolutely destroyed Push.
NO KAP!!!
“Even before reasonable doubt dropped the jury/jewelry hung” …. Prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt , Jay-Zs album was Reasonable doubt, he had jewelry even before his music career. Jury hung, if the jury can’t get a verdict. Amazing
Jay comes up with bars that sometimes take a couple years to catch.
“I always knew I was a prophet (profit), but couldn’t find a decent job”…..
Your analysis of this bar is impeccable and spot on, it flew over my head, but I get it now
Wowwww yea that's why he said bling bling after.... That is incredible and you're razor sharp to catch that
Hov top 5 all time, this shit was ridiculous. So many references that people missed because they focused on the ambidextrous line and the "Damn Daniel." His shit goes over people's heads.
Every bar is pure fire by both
Lol that's why we can listen to it over and over if we miss something the first time around we can listen to it again but high...😍😍😍😁😁😁🤗🤗🤗
BIG FACTS
AND he does that often, it just go over peoples head, these days is about melody’s not lyrical ability
Push aint lettin nobody crush him on his shit not even Hov
This song is justifies why RAP is art!
"Tried to build a cell around me
Snatched my nigga Emory up
Tried to get him to tell about me
He told 12, “Gimme 12”
He told them to go to hell about me
Drug dealers anonymous
Y’all think Uber’s the future, our cars been autonomous
Mules move the drums, take ‘em to different spots
We just call the shots by simply moving our thumbs"
Shit hard
Before reasonable doubt dropped the jury hung jay-z was a rapper making cold music. It don't pay now. He's 70 but still had fire
Most slept on song in 2016. Should have won a Grammy.
I can baptize a brick....gotttt damn push!!!!!!!
jplacriola now this is what u call riding music
Sean Simps also smoking music
i dont think a song about dope dealing wouls sit well with the white folks voting
Colby Lynes lol right
one hovs toughest verses in the past 5 yrs...easy. straight fire
hiphophead555 "renegaded" ? Fuck outta here with that bullshit
Nah his best verse gotta be we made it with jay electronica.
Longer than that
Eminem renegade is trash.
Fuckin factz!!
For the longest time I always felt Jay didn't deserve the goat status. I always felt that his style was one dimensional, just stunting in different songs. Man I gotta say as I got older... I understand the man alot more. Verses like this one make me understand why so many people regard this man as thee GOAT. This shit is just undeniably incredible. Preach
Trust and believe he is the greatest. You don't have to love him but he checks all the boxes. No other rapper does what hov does OVERALL..yes I said none
imagine recording this verse in one take... i understood he records his verses in one take...
Sorry nas won the battle
💯 Been tryin to tell my Homie this since The Black Album dropped and I was convinced his vision was deeper
@@rayjones1113 winning a rap beef that is still debatable does not make Nas better by any stretch
My favorite song, the production, Pusha’s verse, Jay’s verse, everything’s just perfect
Two heavy weight lyrical spitters lyrically sparing... 🔥🔥🔥
Fuck I miss Shit like this... The Bronx ❤️ NYC 🤘🏼
"who deserves the medal of freedom is my accountant, he been hula hoopin through loop holes workin round shift, IRS should had the town houses surrounded". hula hoop, loop holes, round shift, surrounded, in less that 4 bars this man worked in 4 lines about circles... without trying! To further establish the mans point, if you got a tight knight organization, you have a small circle. That is 5 references in less than 4 bars. Jay z is the god, Push is the king.
"Marbled" the foyer
Dining on "oysters"
Walked through the garage "multiple choices".
I pray I'm reaching...
Jeff Bridal best bars
Thats only 2 bars btw
1. King Kendrick
2. K. Dot
3. Paula's oldest son
4. Cornrow Kenny
5. Mr. 1-5
6. Kung-Fu Kenny
7. "Good Kid"
8. Kendrick Lamar
And the IRS is the internal revenue service. Revenue is money which makes the world go AROUND 😮
That Tomi line gets me everytime...she was so pissed.
word
Charron Jones he made famous
She said I got 99 problems being on your song ain't one. She should send him a thank u card
+Charron Jones but we know she's not
+daego 60707 lol
She didn't seem pissed to me. Where did you see her being pissed? She laughed at the situation.
I have listen to thousands and thousands of hours of every single hip-hop song you could ever listened to. This is the greatest hip-hop song of all time.
Children of a lesser God when your melanin got a tint
King Push 🙌
Song giving me an eargasm..... Best Jay Z verse I’ve heard in a long time. This shyt slappz🔥🔥
Jay z flow is so smooth and technical, plus he's lyrical ! even if he is known to be one of the greatest to ever do it , i still think there is too many People who don't realize how great jay is !!!
that's how you know he's truly great - if everyone got it, he wouldn't be... but their favourite rappers know. they know.
And Push still got em on this one...
@@slecastre you should study hip hop a little more
@@Roy_MO mAyBe yOu ShOuLd StUdY... maybe you should stop gatekeeping and trying to passive aggressively insult people for their opinion...
Mans out here getting harvard degrees in hip hop
RIP to my homie Aaron. Back when the Clipse first came out, we were in high school and we would make jokes about them and Hov doing a track. Lol we joked that the track would be the ultimate coke rap track. He passed away before the song came out. Every time I hear this I think of our jokes. He would love these bars!
"How many Madonnas can that Mazda fit" - Just when I thought Pusha ran out of clever ways to talk about product..
What does madonnas stand for?
@@julian3274 Madonna --> White Girl --> "White Girl" --> Cocaine
Lol
So many ppl missed how brilliant that line was
Nev'a run out of product😁
"Date I stopped still has asterisk after it, after all, I can make a call, I can baptize a brick, as I wash away my sins like a catholic "....smfh. Nasty.
David Mann that shit is fucking ridiculous
David Mann Only a small few will understand
That bar ran chills through me. You had live that shit
David Mann you gotta replace those commas with asterisks 🤯
Care to explain so the uninitiated can enjoy the genius? I catch about 90% of em and jays entendras as I break down each song carefully like a poem. But this was lost on me. Could you expound plz?
“Accountant Hoolahooping thru loop holes” is one of the hardest lines ever
You missed the entire bar. “ He been hoolahooping through loopholes working ROUNDshifts, IRS shouldve had the townhouses surROUNDED” that bar was INSANE. He implented like 4 different wordplays on round and circle. Hoolahooping, loopholes, roundshifts, surrounded. All in one sentence to get an actual logical point across that made sense. Jay is nuts
Zgs Freaky I agree it’s crazy!
Not ever
"oh what a tangle web we weave
When we conspire to conceive" is a dope line
@@zgsfreaky9102 😒 ya we see wat he did bruuuuh
#1 - This song gives me the damn chills...
#2 - Nothing makes me want to get money more than this song right here.
Period
One of jay's dopest verses IMO
This fucking song 😩🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I could replay it all day
Push be channelin his big bro , its beautiful
Nice catch.
Mules move the drums. Send em to different spots. We just call the shots while simply moving our THUMBS!!! 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯👍💰
Bruh , they both bodied this shit ... Straight bars ... I need more of this shit
The hardest fucking track of the year hands down. Two lyrical legends/geniuses on one track. Drug dealing Gods.... But they wanna keep playing the same Bullshit on the radio all day everyday. This country has become nothing but corn balls. This is real rap, G shit. This shit needs more exposure. NY/VA
You know something. I've never been a huge fan of Jay z but this niggas lyrics are the most clever and cryptic lyrics of all time
He had MANY verses like that
Has*
So many stories in one song, crazy metaphors, stupid word play...only for real hip hop heads...
Tk Thierry Tru
Googles your friend when it comes to deciphering this song.
The line when he said before he dropped reasonable doubt the jury hung means reasonable doubt was his first album and ppl didn’t know whether if he was good or not so using legal terms the court had a hung which indicating ppl didn’t know if jay z was good or not
also his jewelry was hanging
cuz he was moving that shit
BLING BLING
Facts
The crazy thing about Jay-Z's lyrics, they are true, and I say that as a tax attorney
"My accountant so good I'm practically living tax free" he's always talking about it lol to me that's some fly shit especially considering how much guys at that level generate.
He been said a long time ago every year he fires his accountant....think about that 😉
"the IRS should've had the townhouses surrounded"
Jon Davis But thanks to his lawyers😊
He clearly is paying attention in the boardroom. #grownmanbusiness
I dont understand how a hip hop head doesn't rank Jay z as the GOAT....... his catalog and longevity is unmatched
Facts
@@jasonramos6957 Because Nas, Rakim, KOOL G RAP, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and I can keep Going.. are still alive bro... but you’re Right Jay is one of the great if not The Great...
Facts!!
UN FUCKING MATCHED!!
JAY CAME OUT IN FUCKING 1996 and he could drop a album in 2026 and it still go multi plat and have the CHARTS AND STREETS on lock. IF THAT AIN'T THE GOAT WHAT IS?
Jay the only one who can go on tour with no album, no press, no singles and sell out a world tour and still have the streets on lock.
Hova
@@christopherpaul1003 man really said snoop dogg
Jay's verse shows he is on some relaxed American Gangster/Scarface/Billionaire GOAT shit
Life made me ambidextrous, counting with my right whipping white with my left wrist..
Tough tough tough... Hov can turn it up with any beat. Never the same flow.
+iLuv Forex Hov on a level these rappers today will never reach. Hov drops verses that are better than dudes entire albums.
Yeessss!!!
damn Daniel
+AllenH718 FBI keep bringing all them white Vans through...
Pusha T is a rap god. Goddamn these bars!
Im over here going crazy over Jay verse knowing I’ve heard this a thousand times 🤦🏽♂️ Jay the GOAT 🐐
You thought I would miss my blessing!!!,What a hustler!!!!!
I don't care what anyone says, the "Damn Daniel" line from Jay Z was clever
Back at it again with the white Vans
clever af
too fucking clever. HOVA the GOD☈
not really, but ok...
***** hater
"Always knew I was a prophet/PROFIT, but I couldn't find a decent JOB"
🔥
Oh wow! Didn't catch the Prophet bit. Always thought it was just Profit.
Always knew I was a prophet(profit), but I couldn't find a decent Jah(job)
It's Hov I expect nothing less
+Jay B. exactly 💯
yes!!!
7 years and im still vibing this shit is always gonna be on top
This beat has inspired me greatly
GOD!! Hov shouldve caught a charge for that verse lol
Luis M I also did a remix to this check it out bro let me know what you think! ruclips.net/video/8gZWaxzO0UQ/видео.html
👍🏽
“Children of a lesser God when your melanin’s got a tint”
That is some poetic shit Pusha
I normally don't say this but goddamn this is by far the hardest shit I've heard in almost 16 years
Jay z diamonds are forever remix verse wudd change your mind. Guaranteed
" I can baptize a brick as I wash away my sins like a Catholic " truely about that life . Pusha T never disappoints.
This was a murder! The track has no pulse, it's dead! Jay & Push will have to wipe down the microphones and throw them in the river!
Alaric Cooper got damn😄
Alaric Cooper That's hard!
Mueller couldn't even charge Pusha for this homicide....case closed
Drop one of Clues Bombs for this comment a whole year later....
@alaric Cooper you can't be serious bruv. They doped this track 🔥🔥🔥
Jay Z is the reason why I write, not just to write for the sake of it. But to stretch the mind. Man is the GOAT.
Naw you just a stan. Stop worshipping humans
Write for me bae
Valentino summers and wave runners
Chains on my niggas like slave runners
Drug dealers anonymous
How many Madonnas can that Mazda fit?
My brick talk is more than obvious, it’s ominous
Garages, the phantom, ghouls, ghosts and goblins
Blonde mohawk the collection I’m Dennis Rodman
The money count is the only moment of silence
Cause hush money balances all this drugs and violence
Hat trick under my mattress
Date I stop still has an asterisk after it
After all I can make a call
I can baptize a brick
As I wash away my sins like a catholic
Who the fuck ain't mastered this
America’s nightmare's in Flint
Children of a lesser God when your melanin’s got a tint
And I can’t even mention what I sent or what I spent
Cause my name in 18 wheelers is evidence
I put my boos in those cruise collections
Life’s a bitch
A to Z on her shoe collection, take your pick
Paid in full like ’86, Gs on my body
The new Gucci has less monograms, God’s got him
Let he without sin cast the first stone
So I built that all glass quad level first home
Shatter all of your misconceptions
Hold all of them missing weapons
You thought I would miss my blessing
The ultimate misdirection ya
Federico Fellini in the flesh
Sergio Tacchini inside his mesh
Bitch I been brackin’ since the ‘80s
Google me baby, you crazy
’89 in London pull the Benz up
Type it in, Google’s your friend bruh
14-year drug dealer and still counting
Who deserves the medal of freedom is my accountant
He been hula hooping through loop holes, working around shit
IRS should’ve had the townhouses surrounded
Thanks to the lawyers
I marbled the foyer
I tore the floor up
Yeah, that’s for the Koi fish
We been dining on oysters
I walk though the garage it’s like multiple choices
I told ‘em pull the Royce up
I’m getting ghost, I’m hearing noises
I think it’s the boys, but I been banking at Deutsche
We got storefronts, we got employee stubs
We been opening studios and 40/40s up
The paper trail is gorgeous
Cases we buries ‘em
Before Reasonable Doubt dropped, the jury hung
Bling bling
Every time I come around your city bling bling
My tenure took me through Virginia
Ask Teddy Riley ‘bout me
Ask the Federalis ‘bout me
Tried to build a cell around me
Snatched my nigga Emory up
Tried to get him to tell about me
He told 12, “Gimme 12”
He told them to go to hell about me
Drug dealers anonymous
Y’all think Uber’s the future, our cars been autonomous
Mules move the drums, take ‘em to different spots
We just call the shots by simply moving our thumbs
I’m a course of miracles with this shit
Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists
Therein lies the piece of God
I always knew I was a prophet, but I couldn’t find a decent job
Life made me ambidextrous
Countin’ with my right, whippin’ white with my left wrist
Daaaaaaaamn Daniel
FBI keep bringing them all white vans through
Lmfao 😂😆
Say what you want about Jay z that intro before his verse is on of the best ever
Found this banger by chance and I’m stuck on repeat mode🔥🔥🔥
Stuck
Still
Better late than never, this been my shit
@@liukang3479 same
SAME. Found this song completely by an accidental click, and I’m like “HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD THIS SHIT?”
The part of this song that I live for is to hear Triple K Barbie - Tomi Lahren - rant about how Jay-Z was a Drug Dealer in his previous profession. As if to say that this entire country was not built on the framework criminality.
bhad, the country literally was stolen, when whites in the gov are in bed w drug dealers from other countries, They're "smart business men" and all that.. it is no secret Reagan allowed crack to manifest in the 80s, it's so sad
ALL FACTS TRUTH HURTS THEM😏👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
JAY's LAST 32 BARS WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED ON THIS WHOLE FUCKING EARTH
😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
he does SMASH IT TO BE FAIR!
REAL RAP!
FROM DA HEART! A
Pusher T is on another level….KEEPING PUSHING..it PUSHER T… knowledge, and wisdom, and understanding being born.
children of a lesser god when your melanins got a tint...only few will realize how cold that bar is
so many cold bars between the 2 of them
Straight flames
"when your melanin's got a tint" He's saying if your black, "children of a lesser god" you are viewed as not as equal. As if a black human must have been a lesser gods creation
kerrmic it's a deep bar that could have multiple meanings including the ones you mentioned
true man