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Reference to Monday Night Football, Jay’s video for Kingdom Come’s* lead single “Show Me What You Got” premiered during the halftime of MNF.
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If anybody rubs on Kanye the wrong way, Jay may straight-up murder him. Consequence is sure this line adresses his and ‘Ye’s fallout, and responded with:
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Primetime is when most television viewers watch TV, and the most popular programs are broadcasted. As this relates to The Throne, they Jay claims both are still in the prime of their careers despite being older than the average rap star.
I landed in '96, that's the year I came through JAY-Z & Kanye West – Primetime
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Jay started off his rap career by jumping on tracks by his mentor Jaz-O such as “Hawaiian Sophie” and then started to build a little buzz for himself in the early 90’s when he rap battled with LL Cool J and served as a hype man for Big Daddy Kane.
In 1996 he’d eventually release his classic debut album Reasonable Doubt, which cemented him as one of the greats in hip hop history.
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Far as them sixteens, I'm 23 of it all JAY-Z & Kanye West – Primetime
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When it comes to verses – composed of 16 bars – Jay is the Michael Jordan of the rap game.
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At age 42, Jay is still better than 24 year old rappers (cough Drake cough). If he had to pick a jersey number it’d be 45, just like Jordan did when he came out of retirement.
24 also sounds like “20 foes”, which is probably why Jay carries a .45 with him (or at least on his bodyguard!).
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Kanye almost singlehandedly brought Polo to the street corner. His ability to keep it hood in his pink Polo popularized the style, and ushered in a new generation of fashion-aware rappers.
Most artists coming out of the Chi dress like the stereotypical thug rappers, like Jay said on “Why I Love You”.
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Rapper money is nice, but actor money is even better since you can demand to be paid $20+ million regardless of how terrible the movie is!
Kanye remembers Amber that men aren’t interested in her for her personality or anything like that, she’s just seen as a trophy girl since everybody knows that if she’s someone it’s only because of his wealth.
You in line behind curren$y, yeah you after money.
Curren$y was in cash money/young money records. He left.
There’s a double entendre with currency and Curren$y the rapper.
there is a clever diss hidden here. wiz khalifa was dating amber rose right after Kanye. wiz style is often compared to currencsy. Kanye is saying Wiz is after Currency. listen to the line again and you will catch it.