June 10th, 2009
Jay-Z Speaks On Leaving Def Jam, DJ Webstar, His Motivation & His Top 5 MCs
Jay-Z’s WGCI Interview
Jay-Z speaks on leavng Def Jam(00:30), D.O.A. (2:00), DJ Webstar (2:53), his motivation (3:35), Barack Obama (4:40), NBA (5:33), Rihanna (6:33), Nets coming to Brooklyn (7:15), Jay-Z’s Top 5 all time (8:11), lack of female MC’s(8:30).
Jay-Z’s Top 5 MCs were:
Notorios BIG
Tupac Shakur
Scarface
Eminem
Andre 3000
Interview via WGCI & HitHipHop
Tags: Jay-Z
Suggestion Box
June 10th, 2009 at 1:38 am
thats wassup j, big up 2 u
June 10th, 2009 at 1:44 am
That female MC topic was a slap in the face lol. I see alot of female rappers trying
June 10th, 2009 at 1:55 am
lol. somebody lying. i think he left out his own favorite rapper;nas. no persons on that list have been publicly and visibly admired by jay as nas was.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:01 am
JAY-Z’s REAL TOP 5 MCs:
1. Nas
2. Notorious BIG
3. Tupac Shakur
4. Scarface
5. Eminem
^^ we all know jay-z is nas’ biggest stan haha so don’t front jay..just don’t. And don’t worry, we all agree w/ you too
June 10th, 2009 at 2:03 am
I can’t even front, his top 5 is DAMN nice! I already know heads is gone be like where’s Nasir? Maybe they should they should have asked him his top ten. LoL. It’s all 2 da g tho.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:06 am
scareface..over nas?
June 10th, 2009 at 2:06 am
“No female MCs since Lauryn Hill”?
So he’s officially forgotten about the original Bonnie (Foxy Brown)…
June 10th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Eminem is overrated!
June 10th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Jay knows him and Nas ain’t all that cool. You can tell they reconciled but they’re both a little suspicious of one another.
June 10th, 2009 at 3:10 am
the saga continues……..jay lost lol
June 10th, 2009 at 3:14 am
lol that they still asking Jigga when the kids are coming?? in 2003 at the All eyes on me jigga said in the next 6 years he wants to have some kiddies!! now this 6 years are over.
My advice to Jay: leave that bish beyonce. she can only talk negative about u anyway and she wants no kids!
June 10th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Dats his opinion & i resect it..not bad choice!
June 10th, 2009 at 4:08 am
Is biggie officially the best or G.o.a.t now? No one said he had to exclude himself…
@ burmy… it appears he forgets everyone he uses to get further up the ladder! Unless they have extremely deep pockets and friends in HIGHER places!
June 10th, 2009 at 6:29 am
no offence to 3k but everybody saying he one of the best lyricist, gimmie one hot line he ever said? im just going to see them old dudes fight each other, get some fresh air. you could do whatever you want.
June 10th, 2009 at 6:29 am
What No Nas Jigga?
3K? Wheres His Solo Albums?
Haha, Good List None The Less..
June 10th, 2009 at 6:33 am
14..
Dont Be Dumb Now, I Haven’t Listen To 3K Is Years..
But Son Got Mad Lines To Quote..
Skew It on the Bar-B Lyrics..
“The common denominator, the nigga numerator
Never know who the hater, niggaz cater to your ego
I’m sorry like Atari whose the cousin to Coleco.. Vision
caught a Rico, back on the street like Chico.. DeBarge
he large and got a ‘Llac in the garage
Few parts here and there, I declare hard, my lawd
One at Clark, one at Spelman
Both know each other and it’s cool, you can tell when
he step off in the party women jump for joy
But all the wild niggaz scheamin they gon’ jump the boy
for spittin all that bourgeoise, my watch, my car
I’m a star — I’d rather be a comet by far — rrrahhh!”
June 10th, 2009 at 6:44 am
that sounds like bullshit to me. i dont give a fuck anyway, i’ll do it properly and let you listen to what you actually want to hear. so you can stop clinging to these half ass rhymes lol
June 10th, 2009 at 7:27 am
OH MY!!! That Dre sh!t is the Fire… so what bar for bar most dudes would crumble battlin 3stacks word for word!
June 10th, 2009 at 7:41 am
@#8 SHUT UP ! Dont ever in your life talk about hiphop U know nothing. Replace Dre 3000 with NAS.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:34 am
ok i know this aint bout wayne,
but i want someone to come out and
tell me want wayne hasnt done to be
the greatest rapper. Like what has 2pac etc
done that wayne aint done.Please some one
tell me what it takes to be the greatest rapper
of all time. I would appreciate it.
till then he is the best in the game.
oNe.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:47 am
^^LOL
June 10th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Scarface over Eminem!?!?!? LMAO
June 10th, 2009 at 9:37 am
@ yM $$ – Are you joking? Please say that you are joking.
June 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am
oh my god can niggaz plz stop puttin andre 300 in a damn top 5 shit is annoying
June 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
3000 my bad…..lol what has he did by himself nothing n they music is bullshit bombs over bagdad pssssssssssst plz hov
June 10th, 2009 at 10:17 am
#20 plz shut the fuck up u sound like a dick head tupac is one of the most if not the most selling hiphop artist u fuckn dick head nigga wayne sells amilli fake a million at that n nigga go crazy like that hasnt been done let me see him do it again…lmao never will wayne is a coke whore tupac was real wayne is pussssy tupac actually battled the best and came out with a fire diss track hit em up lil wayne battled??????????? no 1 and claims hes the best pst plz stop dreaming he trys to be like em now tlkn all this drug n bugged out shit all wayne does is steal niggaz style that he chills with at the moment first it was gillie then clipse n bathing ape, then he became blood when mac 10 was down with them, then he stole dipset way of rhyming n dressing and boom there u have it who will he steal from next oh yea rock n roll…lol which he is fuckn up oh yea dot 4 get tpain hahahahah
June 10th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Ok number 20…. im not gonna even disrespect u cause u probably grew up in the era of Soulja boys, Hueys, Ace hoods, and the new Lil Waynes. Anyhow, back in the day it was way harder for Hip Hop artist suck as pac, biggie, etc. to get there voice heard or to get a deal. Also to be considered hot back in thoses days you really had to be nice asa lyrisict. nowadays u can be nice just of the fact you know somebody, your street cred, how tight your jeans are, how fashion savaay you are, or of of one song u did…….
June 10th, 2009 at 10:32 am
iI still dont see what andre 3k has done to be in any ones top 10 let alone top 5
June 10th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Jean grae!!! best female mc
June 10th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Think about it… If u think lil wayne accomplished more stuff then 2 pac, biggie, nas, andre 3k, etc. Then your right, but so did Soulja Boy, 50 cent, Bow Wow, etc. But does that make them better??? Does that make them considerably one of the greatest of all time??? No it doesnt… I hope i helped you guys out… especially #20!
June 10th, 2009 at 10:41 am
To #28… I agree with you. She is better then Lauryn Hill as an MC but not as a singer.
To #27… I bet you never listened to an Outkast album yet, and if you did it was there double disk (Last album) Just download one of there old one and just listen. That’s what you young boys lack nowadays, patience! Pay attention to what he says and what he is referring to. He doesn’t dumb shit down like rappers nowadays.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:10 am
@ #29 wow best female MC ever is MC lyte.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I’ve never heard of a “Notorios BIG”
Just Notorious?
Jay takes in no underground artists to his consideration… such a shame
June 10th, 2009 at 11:29 am
WTF Jay, you forgot your homie Big L. Even Eminem got him as one of the three juggernauts of this rap shit, like it or not!
June 10th, 2009 at 11:46 am
we can’t have opinions any more…people think you have to think your top 5 must be their top 5. Those are Hov’s top 5…my top 5 are…
Jay-Z
Nas
Biggie
Mos Def
Queen Latifah.
I had that U.N.I.T.Y tape back in ‘93 on constant rewind, I gotta say Naughty by Nature was there as well..but they are a group not just one MC. I just think Queen Latifah was dope…man…she just was.
June 10th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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June 10th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
“iI still dont see what andre 3k has done to be in any ones top 10 let alone top 5″
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
June 10th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
NO BIG PUN???????????????NO NAS???????????????????? I love Hov B, but the niggas sounding like a straight bitch made nigga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He a hater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No Pun what the fuck???????????????? Thats how you can tell Hes a hater… WOW HOv
June 10th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
# 20 please tell me your joking!
June 10th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Man, 3 stacks go hard! I’m just really understanding what that nigga was talkin about in his old shit. Ya’ll niggas need to listen! Plus em can rap, but dont no real niggas listen to that bullshit he put out
June 10th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
lol yall niggas bitchin cause he aint put nas in his tops
maybe nas in his top 10
June 10th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
yall niggaz dum his top 5 is correct except fo scarface is like 15 not top ten flip nas in it and its correct.. andre deserves top five status cuz nobody is a better lyricist than him… yall dumb as fuck.. go listen to aquemeni,atliens,idlewild, southernplayalistic.. come now… he eat up every song he ever been on cnt say tht for everyone in jay’s top 5
June 10th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Beef and ego aside….Even Cam put NAS in his top 5…..your BETTER than that Jay…..
June 10th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
cosign@41 …maybe nas is, in his top ten …but jay know nas is dope, he said it himself , but just because he’s not in his top 5 does not mean jay ..doesn’t think he’s one of tha top mcs around today , because theres alot of rappers/mc’s that i think are dope ..but are not in my top 5 ..so i made uh top 20 ..lol , i don’t wanna leave nobody out …and just for tha record .andree 3000 is dope ..i think he’s one of tha most underrated south artist around
June 10th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
jay been giving that same list for the past ten years. it’s consistent with what he has said before.
jay, big, pac and nas all loved and put face in their top category.
3k can give it to ANYONE any day of the week. he has tons of albums and breathtaking verses.
i do not feel em has put out any classic music. imo, but it’s hov’s opinion of em’s clever flow.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
FUCK JAYS OPINION THE LIST GOES LIKE THIS MAKAVELI,NAS,JADA,JAY TOSS UP BETWEEN PUN, BIG ,DMX DUE TO ALBUM RELEASES ONLY REASON BIGGIE IS SO ADMIRED IS BECAUSE HE DIED HE ONLY HAD 2 ALBUMS AND HE DIDNT WORK AS HARD AS PAC CAUSE AFTER HE DIED HE HAD NO MATERIAL POINT BLANK PERIOD.AND WHAT THE HELL DO PEOPLE HEAR IN ANDRE 3000 THAT I DONT AND SAIGON HAS ALOT OF QUALITY MATERIAL BUT HIS TIME CAME AND WENT.
June 10th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
#4 (Buddah)
LAY OFF THE BUDDAH
June 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
1) Nas
2) Big
3) 2pac
4) Rakim
5) JayZ
June 10th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
First of all, it’s Jay’s top five not yours. Secondly for those of u not up on 3000 and Scarface needs to
get their hands on ATLien and Aquemini from Outkast and The Fix and My Diary from Scarface ASAP!
Being a legend takes more than just metaphors and punchlines. Bottom line is everyone is not going
to have the same top 5.
G.O.A.T.(BASE ON THE INFLUENCE THEY HAD ON ME)
2PAC
BIGGIE
3000(BEST RAPPER ALIVE)
NAS
EMINEM
HONORABLE MENTION
SCARFACE
JAY-Z
COMMON
June 10th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
You ain’t a hater can’t tell
Either wish me well, go to hell or go to Yale
Study human behavior so that you know who the hell
You dealing with ain’t nutty but the study going to unvail
My relative in jail (Ha) stay in engaged
To whatever make money now he married to that cage
Divorce is not an option and prenunptial is void
Eat up whatever after but I’m tangled in my cord (hum)
Bored, kind of like a night with the sword
Without dragon to battle so I’m running from a shadow
An immpossible feat and I repeat
An immpossible feat and I repeat
An immpossible feat and I repeat!……..
3000 from “Mighty O”
June 10th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I bet you never heard of a playa with no game
Told the truth to get what I want but shot it with no shame
Take this music dead serious while others entertain
I see they makin they paper so I guess I can’t complain… or can I?
I feel they disrespectin the whole thang
Them hooks like sellin dope to black folks
And I choke when the food they serve ain’t tastin right
My stomach can’t digest it even when I bless it….
3000 from “Growing Old”
June 10th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I could have sworn this was HIS top 5 ….and not what everyone wanted it to be
June 10th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Everybody wanna get signed, but (here to tell you)
record companies act like pimps
Gettin paid off what we made when we the ones that’s fly like blimps
But ain’t no Goodyear, I tell it like it is so I’m like look here
Just willin to get what I deserve my kids to have a mother
and a little house, with a dog in the backyard goin “woof-woof”
Who knows what I’ma say soon’s I leave this recording booth
Poof, back in the real world where birds fly….
3000 from “Ova the Wudz”
June 10th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
#48
I think any sensible hip hop fan will have the same top 5….I would put Rakim on top and Jay before Pac, but the names should be “locked in”…..
Andre 3000 is not in my Top 10…..would put Big Pun, Kool G Rap, Common, Scarface and Ice Cube before him………..
June 10th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
My mind warps and bends floats the wind count to ten
meet the twin Andre Ben. welcome to the lion’s den
original skin many men comprehend
I extend myself so you go out & tell a friend
Sin all depends on what you believing in
Faith is what you make it that’s the hardest shit since MC Ren
Alien can blend right on in wit’ yo’ kin
look again ’cause I swear I spot one every now & then
It’s happenin’ again wish I could tell you when
Andre this is Andre y’all just gon’ have to make amends
3000 from “Aquemini”
i can do this all day
June 10th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Hey, what’s your name?
Andre 3000, the year to fear is already here
Must look beyond, sounds from the center of the sun
Reason for a gun, only one
Strong believer in self-preservation
Aahhhhh, oof!
In the state of confused
City of forgotten fate, county of the blues
Street address generation x avenue
But generation y high to the point that I drink
Runnin on a new one
Walkin in my silver boots, need a shoe horn and some church socks
What if I told you that even if you made clocks?
Stops, time rewinds, see what he finds
Then re-arrange and change things that’s on your mind
Would you swallow like fine wine or peanut butter?
Would you holler that I’m live and ask another?
Or take no heat and run for cover?
3000 from “Neck uv da woods”
i think i’ve made my point
June 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
WHy is Nas not on that List fuck HOv he jealous of Nas after beefing him.. I will take NAs over EM ,scarface, Andre 3000.. I feel Nas is better than Jay anyway,,, Pac n biggie , hell yea i agree
June 10th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I’m a Nas fan too, but lets face it, he has not been very consistent. Illmatic may be the best hip hop album of all time, but Nas has not been as consistent as you would expect. Its not crazy not to have him in your top 5. I personally wouldn’t have 3000 in my top 5 or even top 10, because even though his rap skills are top notch, you got to show me you can whole it down with at least a couple solo albums.
June 10th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
he said it was off top. So its not official damn why people hatin he probably would have picked a different top 5 on a different day everybody does that when they are put on the spot you say the first names that come to mind lol. nas is a legend and should be in everybodys top 5 tho. Snoop, Hov, nas, Pac and Big are the top 5.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
^^^^^^^^^^^^Snoop doesn’t make my top 25
June 11th, 2009 at 1:02 am
yo i dont know about all this bickering but straight up im a young dude and i personally have been listenin to hip hop/rap since 88 and i was 5 then! my first tape i owned thanks to my pops leavin it around had rakim,biz markie,whoodini,special ed,public enemy,ll cool j,grand master flash,big daddy cane etc>>! i know a thing or two about it and ive been argueing hiphop since middle school! i got mad love for authentic,classful,creative but skilled rap music and when i say notorious B.I.G. is the GOAT’S i mean that and ill die by that! the most skilled rappers ever to be and i mean skilled like no other in order is #1BIGGIE,JAY-Z,NAS,2PAC,BIG PUN,KOOL G RAP,BIG L,BIG DADDY KANE,RAKIM,GHOSTFACE KILLAH,T.I. AND SNOOP DOGGY DOGG!!!!!! AND LUARYN HILL IS THE MOST LYRICAL FEMALE EVER AND LIL KIM GOT RUNNER UP! even though biggie wrote some shit for her her post biggie albums were done by her and her last album got a 5 mic rating which i think was to much! should have gotten a 4 and half for NAKED TRUTH! LET THE DEBATING CONTINUE! OHH AND WU TANG IS THE GREATEST GROUP OF ALL TIMES HANDS DOWN! SAY WHAT YOU WANT! MOBB DEEP IS THE GREATEST DUO! CAPONE N NORE IS RUNNER UP! LONG LIVE GREAT HIPHOP MUSIC! PEACE BOSTON STAND UP!
June 11th, 2009 at 1:21 am
OHH AND ALL THOSE OTHER DUDES THAT I AINT MENTION I JUST DONT THINK THEY DID ENOUGH LYRICALLY ON THERE ALBUMS TO GET AHEAD ON MY LIST! 3000 IS AN ICONFOR TRENSETTING AND BE SO CREATIVE BUT NOT BETTER THAN THOSE I MENTIONED,EMINEM IS TOO CORNY TO BE ON MY LIST! HE HAS A SHOT AS SOON AS HE STOPS WITH THE COMEDY RAPS! THAT SHIT IS CORNY!HIP HOP IS FROM THE STREET CORNERS WHERE LIFE GETS REAL AND ME AND MY NIGGAS WASNT STANDING OUTSIDE SCREAMING “MY NAME IS SLIM SHADY”! STAN AND LOSE YOURSELF AND MOSH IS THE REALEST SONGS HE GOT PERIOD! OHH AND MY DUDES ALBIM SALES MEANS NOTHING CUZ IF SOME RICH CORNY MOTHA FUCKAS BY A MILLION OF YOUR SHIT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN! IF IT WAS I, I WOULD ENJOY MY FRUITS BUT I WOULD QUESTION MY ART AFTER STR8 UP! SCARFACE IS AN ICON FOR BEING ONE OF IF NOT THE MOST REALEST AND GANGSTA BUT NOT LYRICAL! AND FURTHER MORE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY LIST ITS A NEW DAY IN MUSIC AND TODAY I WOULD TAKE JADAKISS AND BEANIE SIGEL AS THE TOUGHEST OF TOUGHEST!LAST KISS IS THE HOTTEST ALBUM OUT RIGHT NOW! SORRY LOSO! AND SIGEL WILL EAT THESE PUSSIES FOR BREAKFAST! JAYZ NEEDS TO MAKE THEM A DUO! ROC NATION STAND UP! AND ALL THE PHONIES IN THE GAME LIKE DJ WEBSTAR WHO NEEDS TO DO WHAT HIS NAME SAYS AND DJ SHUT THE FUCK UP AND EAT A DICK! U AINT EVEN GOT MONEY TO PUT UP AGAINST BOW WOW IN A BASKETBALL BET! LAME! AND YOU OTHER CATS RON BROWS,FLO RIDA,PLIES,SOULDJA BOY,GUCCI MAN,AND ALL U OTHER CORNY SOUNDING MOTHA FUCKAS YALL SUCK BOTTOM LINE BUT KEEP GETTIN MONEY AINT NO HATE HERE! YOUNG JEEZY IS THE ONLY RAPPER WHO ISNT AS TALENTED BUT I FUCKS WITH !HE’S A G! HOLLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
June 11th, 2009 at 1:23 am
ANY BODY WHO DOESNT AGREE FEEL FREE TO HOLLA ! 6176059729
June 11th, 2009 at 1:24 am
AND IF UR FAVORITE RAPPER WASNT MENTIONED TELL HIM STEP HIS RAP GAME UP! MONEY CANT BY INTEGRITY!
June 11th, 2009 at 1:25 am
FREE MAX B! I DONT WISH JAIL ON NOBODY!
June 11th, 2009 at 1:26 am
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN A&R! I GOT PASSION!
June 13th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
SCARFACE OVER EMINEM
DUDE IS SICK FOR REAL FACE IS THE DUDE !!!
WATCH AND RELISTEN THE WHOLE SCARFACE ALBUMS
GETO BOYS CATALOGUE PLUS ALL THE OLD FACE ALBUM FROM THE 90’s
then THE FIX, MADE and EMERITUS