J. Holiday's "Bed" begins a third week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, on which Jay-Z has the year's best debut by a rap single with "Blue Magic" at No. 35. The cut is the lead track from the Def Jam honcho's Nov. 6 album, "American Gangster."
Billboard
Friday, September 28, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
"Blue Magic" Lyrics
This might not be 100% correct, but it's the best I've ran across so far:
I've made some edits since listening to the dirty version. Props to the person who actually took the time to write out the lyrics.
*JAY-Z TALKING *
Rocafella Records
The Imperial Skateboard P
Great Hova
Y'all already know what it is! (Oh shit)
(VERSE 1)
I can triple that in birds
Open your mind you'll see the circus in the sky
I'm Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey with the pies
No matter how you slice it, I'm ya muthafuckin' guy
Just like a B-boy with 360 waves
Do the same with a pot, still come back beige
Whether right or south par
Whether powder to jar
Whip it around, still comes back hard
so easily do I W-H-I-P
My repitition with riches will bring the kilo business
I got Creole C-O bitches for my niggas who
slip the game prisoners treats take to the visitors
You already know what the business is
Unneccesary commissary, boy we live this shit
N*ggas Wanna bring the 80's back
That's OK with me, that's where they made me at
Except I don't write on the wall
I write my name in the History books hustlin' in the hall
Nah, I don't spin on my head
I spin the work in the pot so I can spend my bread
(CHORUS)
And i'm gettin' it
I'm gettin' it
I ain't talkin' about it
I'm livin' it
I'm gettin it
Straight gettin' it
G-gg-g-g-get it boy
Don't you waste your time
Fighting blind
Stay your course
And you'll understand
Get it boy
(VERSE 2)
This '87 state of mind that I'm in
In my prime before that time i'm Rakim
If it wasn't for the crime that i was in
Then I wouldn't be the guy who rhymes it is that I'm in
No pain, no profit
Key I repeat if he show you where the pot is
Cherry M3's with the top back
Red & green G's all on my hat
North Beach leathers, matching Gucci sweater
Gucci sneaks on to keep my outfit together
Whatever, hundred for the diamond chain
Can't you tell that I came from the dope game?
Blame Reagan for making me into a monster
Blame Oliver North and Iran Contra
I ran contraband that they sponsored
Before this rhyming stuff, we was in concert
(CHORUS)
And i'm gettin' it
I'm gettin' it
I ain't talkin' about it
I'm livin' it
I'm gettin it
Straight gettin' it
G-gg-g-g-get it boy
Don't you waste your time
Fighting blind
Stay your course
And you'll understand
Get it boy
(VERSE 3)
Push (push )
Money over broads, you got it
Fuck Bush
Chef, guess what I cooked?
Baked a lot of bread and kept it off the books
Rock Star, look
Way before the bars, my picture was getting took
Feds, they like wack rappers
Try as they may, they couldn't get me on the hook
Uh, D.A. wanna indict me
Cause fish scales in my veins like a Pisces
The Pyrex pot caller, my sleeves
Turn one into two like a Siamese
Twin when it end
I'ma stand as a man
Never dying on my knees
Last of a dying breed
So let the champagne pop
I partied for a while
Now I'm back to the block
(CHORUS)
And i'm gettin' it
I'm gettin' it
I ain't talkin' about it
I'm livin' it
I'm gettin it
Straight gettin' it
G-gg-g-g-get it boy
Don't you waste your time
Fighting blind
Stay your course
And you'll understand
get it boy
(DENZEL)
Blue Magic, that's a brand name, like Pepsi. That's a brand name, I stand behind it, I guarantee it. They know that even if they don't know me anymore than they know the Chairman of General Mills.
(JAY-Z)
My man!
I've made some edits since listening to the dirty version. Props to the person who actually took the time to write out the lyrics.
*JAY-Z TALKING *
Rocafella Records
The Imperial Skateboard P
Great Hova
Y'all already know what it is! (Oh shit)
(VERSE 1)
So what if you flipped a couple words
I can triple that in birds
Open your mind you'll see the circus in the sky
I'm Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey with the pies
No matter how you slice it, I'm ya muthafuckin' guy
Just like a B-boy with 360 waves
Do the same with a pot, still come back beige
Whether right or south par
Whether powder to jar
Whip it around, still comes back hard
so easily do I W-H-I-P
My repitition with riches will bring the kilo business
I got Creole C-O bitches for my niggas who
slip the game prisoners treats take to the visitors
You already know what the business is
Unneccesary commissary, boy we live this shit
N*ggas Wanna bring the 80's back
That's OK with me, that's where they made me at
Except I don't write on the wall
I write my name in the History books hustlin' in the hall
Nah, I don't spin on my head
I spin the work in the pot so I can spend my bread
(CHORUS)
And i'm gettin' it
I'm gettin' it
I ain't talkin' about it
I'm livin' it
I'm gettin it
Straight gettin' it
G-gg-g-g-get it boy
Don't you waste your time
Fighting blind
Stay your course
And you'll understand
Get it boy
(VERSE 2)
This '87 state of mind that I'm in
In my prime before that time i'm Rakim
If it wasn't for the crime that i was in
Then I wouldn't be the guy who rhymes it is that I'm in
No pain, no profit
Key I repeat if he show you where the pot is
Cherry M3's with the top back
Red & green G's all on my hat
North Beach leathers, matching Gucci sweater
Gucci sneaks on to keep my outfit together
Whatever, hundred for the diamond chain
Can't you tell that I came from the dope game?
Blame Reagan for making me into a monster
Blame Oliver North and Iran Contra
I ran contraband that they sponsored
Before this rhyming stuff, we was in concert
(CHORUS)
And i'm gettin' it
I'm gettin' it
I ain't talkin' about it
I'm livin' it
I'm gettin it
Straight gettin' it
G-gg-g-g-get it boy
Don't you waste your time
Fighting blind
Stay your course
And you'll understand
Get it boy
(VERSE 3)
Push (push )
Money over broads, you got it
Fuck Bush
Chef, guess what I cooked?
Baked a lot of bread and kept it off the books
Rock Star, look
Way before the bars, my picture was getting took
Feds, they like wack rappers
Try as they may, they couldn't get me on the hook
Uh, D.A. wanna indict me
Cause fish scales in my veins like a Pisces
The Pyrex pot caller, my sleeves
Turn one into two like a Siamese
Twin when it end
I'ma stand as a man
Never dying on my knees
Last of a dying breed
So let the champagne pop
I partied for a while
Now I'm back to the block
(CHORUS)
And i'm gettin' it
I'm gettin' it
I ain't talkin' about it
I'm livin' it
I'm gettin it
Straight gettin' it
G-gg-g-g-get it boy
Don't you waste your time
Fighting blind
Stay your course
And you'll understand
get it boy
(DENZEL)
Blue Magic, that's a brand name, like Pepsi. That's a brand name, I stand behind it, I guarantee it. They know that even if they don't know me anymore than they know the Chairman of General Mills.
(JAY-Z)
My man!
Friday, September 21, 2007
So Much More
Previous Items from the Roc With Me news post:
◊ Pap video: Leaving Diddy's "Unforgivable Women" Launch Party
◊ GQ 50th Anniversary Party Pics @ Wireimage and FilmMagic and also Getty
◊ EW Fall Music Q&A: Jay-Z Toasts Kanye West's "Graduation"
------Kanye Crushes 50 Cent In Huge Album Sales Week That's major! Patiently, waits for more 50 excuses.
◊ NO DJ: I Get Money RMX ft. Diddy, Jay; Full CDQ Quality [via Nahright]
♠ Vote for Jay-Z as Hip Hop Artist of the Year and in the Vibe Props Category @ The Vibe Awards!
◊ Jay lands 4 Hip Hop Award Nominations! Click here to see the nominees.
◊ My Night at the Grammys!! Click here to vote!
♠ 40/40 Club to open in Vegas! Interview with Luxe Life !
---Press Conference Pics ; Robin Leach Reports
♥ View Pics: Young Turbo and Young B in Cali (Followed by bodyguards, the superstar couple drove their convertible Porsche to a Malibu home after a quick stop at a drugstore the day before her 26th birthday) *Props to T (the one and only)*
♥ (8/29) Jay and Bee check out Team USA game More pics at BWorld
------Clip backstage at game
------ mini CLIP of Jay making beats lol and LaBron representing
♠ Jigga at MAGIC Marketplace - Day 2 (I do not have an account :( )
--- Signature Apparel Group Party at Tao
♠ S. DOT ULTIMATUM Code Name: Project Take Over (Bourne Ultimatum music video/short film teaser trailer starring Jay-Z ( as the Rap Jason Bourne); True!
♠ Read a book, Read a book, Read a m*f'ing book! Here's one LOL I Will Not Lose!!:Finding Inspiration from the Words of Jay-Z Hip-Hop’s Greatest Hustler.
♠ An "I Get Money" Remix in the works?
♠ Saigon says Jay-Z is 'Rain Man' (can't wait to hear this!)
◊ New Jersey Nets Brooklyn Arena
◊ Listen to a snippet of Big Brother! (Video of Kanye w/Tim Westwood ) [spotted at NahRight]
◊ They find out you made $34M and they come looking for ya! lol *just the first time I've ever seen that*
◊ What's Kanye's "Big Brother" all about? Read Here // Jay's reaction to the track!
◊ #1 Hip Hop Cash King Check for the special on E! Rock on TV this weekend!
♥ New pics of Jay and Beyonce holidaying in Portofino in June
◊ Jay-Z - Dig A Hole (Original beat) (done by Just Blaze; new verse at the end) link via Nahright , Just Blaze's Blog
◊ Inside Roc The Mic Studios (Jay's new studio)Website Coming soon!
-------------------------------------------------
◊ Jay's VMA Nominations (Quadruple Threat, 2 w/Rihanna for Umbrella) What happen to all the other categories???
◊ Jay lands at #2 on Esquires Best Dressed Men in the World List
◊ Jay-Z Sews Up Venture With Eminem, Young Jeezy
◊ Jay-Z Calls Kanye West And 50 Cent's LP Face-Off 'A Fantastic Thing For Hip-Hop'
------Watch Video Here
◊ Jay briefly discusses rumored Columbia Records move + Hot 97 Interview w/Angie rescheduled for Friday, August 3
♥ (July 23) Jay and Bee in Miami Beach
♥ All Together Now...Aww! lol View Others Here via BeyonceWorld
♠ Jay attends Solange's 21st birthday party: pics Here and Here
♠ VH1 Is Set To Relive The Making Of Reasonable Doubt [Something to look forward to! :)]
[Premo talks abit about it towards the end of THIS interview]
♠ Jay has written the intro to Michael Eric Dysons new book "Know What I Mean: Reflections On Hip-Hop". A book that addresses many of the issues affecting Hip-Hop and the Hip-Hop community. Nas has written the outro, but you can read Jays intro HERE. The book will be out on July 2nd Go Cop When It Drops!.
♠ Jay spits game to Larry Johnson
♠ Pics: Visiting Marine Land in Portofina, Italy; More @ Sexy-Sugah (must have been a trip for the kiddies lol)
♠ New T.I. feat. Jay-Z - Watch What You Say (off of T.I. Vs T.I.P. Go Cop When It Drops July 3rd!)
♥ Day 100 of us watching while they yachtin' : On Yacht in Portafino, Italy (Yes, I feel like I'm being a little intrusive, you should too! LOL) Pics also available HERE.
♥ This is mad nice! Check out Lady Lola, the yacht Jay and Bee are currently vacationing on!
◊ T.I. Vs. T.I.P. Preview: Bragging With Jay-Z, Going Down South With Eminem
♥ Pics: J & B Still Chillin' in the South of France
------Others > Nude Beach
♠ You can purchase specific covers of the Vanity Fair Africa issue from Amazon.
♠ Jay lands on Forbes Magazines Celebrity 100 List. View Full List! He's also on the cover.
♠ "I rhyme sicker than every rhyme spitter/ Every crime ni**a that rhyme or touch a mic because my mind's quicker" (c) Hola Hovita Spike TV "GUYS CHOICE" Awards "Sickest Rhymes" Winner
♠ New Freeweezy feat. Jay-Z - Big Spender (off of "Free At Last" go cop when it drops July 19th!)
♠ If you wanna get to Lil Miss Sunshine you have to go through Rain Man first!
^^^^^^^A little clear up in Hello Magazine ;)
♠ "It humorous to me they watchin and we just yachtin" Jay & B vaca-away in France
-----More Pics at Sexy-Sugah and Beyonce 1 World 2
♠ Jay-Z joins Kanye to help celebrate his 30th Birthday!
♠ *No Offense* I wouldn't normally post this but don't HE just look like he LYING? lol (If the story is not on that page anymore CHECK this page to see what I'm talking about.) I done got jipped by a couple of dudes that look like him in the mall. I mean, plus those quotes he says "Beyonce told me" came from her '04 Rolling Stone article and some other article I can't remember. The British Press *gosh* Sorry Focus! lol
♠ Jay-Z and GIANT Magazines Exclusive MTV Movie Awards After Party - Arrivals "
♠ Jay and Beyonce chilling in Monaco pics via Sexy Sugah
♠ Fabolous ft. Jay-Z & Uncle Murda - Brooklyn (CD Quality) via nahright
♠ Pics [May 25]: 2007 Cannes Film Festival - Dolce & Gabbana Party White suits...they get me everytime!
◊ Tidbit about the new Rocawear Campaign
◊ Top Secret Documents Reveal Rappers Jay-Z, Diddy, Others Monitored Before 2004 RNC
◊ Listen/Download Amy Winehouse feat. Jay-z - Rehab Remix
◊ Rocawear and Jay-Z Celebrate New Face of Rocawear Ladies Ciara pics via Ultimate Ciara
♠ BET Award Nominations: Best Male Hip Hop Artist & Best Collaboration Nominee (BET! BET! BET! Some of those nominations seem off to me 
Well, at least three. Personally, I believe SMWG should have been nominated for Video of The Year! Sometimes it just seems like it's no one to nominate.)
♠ Jay at Fab's Listening Session (mtv) and USDA's Listening Session via RealTalkNy
◊ NYC Council Honors Jay-Z's Mom ; View pics at Sexy-Sugah
◊ MTV Movie Awards To Get Rocked By Jay-Z, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse
◊ Beanie Sigel featured in this weeks Mixtape Monday (speaks on his decision to stay with Rocafella)
♠ (May 5) Jay hosts the Tao Beach Club Grand Opening after the De La Hoya vs. Mayweather fight (This shit seemed MAD fun! Love it!) More pictures at Sexy-Sugah Hi Haters! lol
◊ Jay-Z's new studio Wiz. In Control: Neo Da Matrix --myspace
♠ Victoria's Secret names "What Is Sexy?" list
♠ Jay-Z at 67? (More New York celebrities get aged by computer whiz Dr. D'Lynn Waldron)
♠ VOTE for Jay-Z on to be apart of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential List!!!
♠ T.I, Beans, Rick Ross, Dame Grease all get some help from Jigga on their new albums.
♠ Jay-Z Goes To 'Rehab' With Amy Winehouse For 'Wicked' Remix (I like her!)
♠ (April 16) Jay and Beyonce hit up MSG for a Nets vs. Knicks Game ----Pics via Sexy Sugah
♠ "Laff At 'Em" (Give It 2 Me Rmx) Timbaland ft. Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake
♠ Jay-Z Rep On Child: 'There Is No Truth To These Ridiculous Rumors' ( It makes no sense to me anyway that he would deny his child considering that he knows the pain of growing up without a father and he's expressed that he wants and loves kids. They just keep trying to bring a brother down! Shame, shame on these Ho's! Yes, Ho's!)
♠ Jay-Z Endorses Ace of Spade Champagne
◊ Listen to Rihanna's new single "Umbrella" ft. Jay! OR Read about it! (if you can't listen to it, like myself :-< )
◊ Click Here to Vote for Jay @ the 2007 Urban Music Awards (must login or register)
◊ Little Wayne apologizes to his "Idol"
◊ Nas: "There will be a Black Republicans Video "
◊ Congrats to Jigga on winning Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video (the Michael Jackson award) for "Show Me What You Got" at the 21st Annual Soul Train Music Awards! View Complete List of Winners◊ Jay-Z to induct Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [Video Posted Here]
◊ Jay-Z Sells Clothing Company Rocawear For $204 Million In Cash ("If you ballin' then what I'm doing can't be defined" ha)
◊ Cherry Coke Gets Fresh Jay-Z Remix ; Rocawear Designed Can for Cherry Coke Zero
◊ Jay's cleats enter Football Hall of Fame!
♠ Jay-Z Receives 2 NAACP Image Award Nominations: "Outstanding Male Artist", "Outstanding Music Video" (Show Me What You Got) Nominees List
♠ My Favorite Hue is Jay-Z Blue!
♠ Chrisette Michele talks about working on "Lost Ones"
♠ What is Gilbert Arenas Talking About? *Nevermind, It's not a new cd though lol * Actually, Gilbert (who is now another one of my NBA Husbands haha) labeled his season "The Takeover", the inspiration for the nickname is from Jay's joint "Takeover". (si) Gilbert talks about IT here.
♠ Get Your 40/40 Club Gossip !
♠ Added the GQ Men of the Year Magazine Scans and the XXL Scans
♠ A Guide To Beyonce And Jay-Z's 'Upgrade You'
♠ There's a better option for the '08 election!
♠ Jay-Z TalkAsia Transcript
♠ Beyonce and Jay-Z Won Big Power Couple at the VH1 Big in '06 Awards!
♠ The bling philanthropist [from the Telegraph]
♠ Jay-Z: Moving Beyond Bling to a Battle for Clean Wa ter
♠ Jay-Z Reclaims His Kingdom with the Number 1 Spot!
♠ The Coolest Mogul (Dec. 4th Issue Newsweek)
♠ Jay-Z Acts Globally, Thinks Family
♠ Presidential Invasion Mixtape Info + DL: "Corporate Takeover"
♠ XXL Countdown to Kingdom Come Pieces: (includes topics not included in the article)
- 7) Jay on Bee
6) B.I. Vs Friendship via XXL
5) Growing Up via XXL
4) How Hova and Dre built Kingdom Come’s blueprint! (XXL Countdown: Pt. 3)
3) XXL: Jay-Z Countdown to Kingdom Come Pt. 2
2) Jay, Guru, Just talk about those fake tracklistings and finishing the album! via XXL Countdown to Kingdom Come Pt. 1
------1) "Myspace Jumpoff"
♠ Jay on the cover of "Life Magazine" + Pics + Quotes
♠ Just Blaze TV: The Making of Show Em What You Got
♠ Jay-Z's Entertainment Weekly Article ( August '06 )
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Word [...September 16]
“I'm in that space in my life where I want to push the envelope: I'm looking to do big things that are going to open up doors for myself and for the culture of hip-hop. If I carry myself in the right way, then corporate America will be more likely to deal with another African American. I'm thinking on a larger scale now. Next year I want everyone to turn the corner.”
~Insyle Magazine, Dec. 2004
~Insyle Magazine, Dec. 2004
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