The pilots are the rappers who brought the rap game to a higher level, since a pilot elevates people by bringing them into the air. Also, continuing the Seinfeld comparison, i.e. the pilot episode of Seinfeld (No Elaine! Different theme music! Kramer is called Kessler! It’s worth a look!)

Jay-Z boasts of passing the torch to a new generation of great rappers in “A Star is Born,” but Dre thinks that after 50 and Eminem (who Jay shouts out in “A Star is Born”), there are no new rappers worthy of the torch

It is noteworthy also that all of the involved artists have claimed retirement at some point. Jay has been threatening retirement since his first album, and actually did retire for two years in 2003. Em threatened to quit rap in 2005 and, despite mixed reception for his two consecutive comeback albums, “Relapse” and “Recovery” (2009-2010), continues to rap. Dre has announced his own retirement from rhyming and 50 famously threatened to retire in 2007 if he was outsold by Kanye West.

Several years later, we think Dre may have discovered the answer to his question “Then what?”

This is the part of the song where you’re listening with your Mom and just hoping she doesn’t figure out Beyoncé’s talking about his dick when she says “ego” but deep down you know your Mom’s not that dumb, she knows what’s up

Alternatively, the hook works the opposite way: it really is about admiring her man’s ego. Women respond well to confidence, and Jay’s ego is one of many things Beyoncé loves about him