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Jay-Z Covers Interview Magazine
Next month Interview Magazine hits news stands and guess who's on the cover...yeap, Jay-Z!
Check out the photo spread and some excerpts from the interview below.
Would you have ever thought there would be a time where you could have a song like “Empire State of Mind” blow up the way it has, and, yet, there aren’t any record stores around any more? Isn’t it strange that we got to this point?
JAY-Z: It’s horrible. I mean, you didn’t foresee this specifically, but you knew something would happen because whenever people reject change, things change for them anyhow. I think that’s what happened to the record business when Napster came around. The industry rejected what was happening instead of accepting it as change. Here we are today, more than a decade later, and we still haven’t figured it out.
You’ve always had a really good ear for things like that in your music, but one of your real gifts is that you can hear those sorts of things in other people’s music, too—like The Notorious B.I.G. or the Neptunes or Kanye West. That’s part of what makes you a great collaborator.
JAY-Z: I just really love the music. Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can’t. Other things can get in the way, whether it’s the boxes that people put themselves in, or the feelings they might have towards a person. But those things don’t get in the way for me. To me, there shouldn’t be any lines. All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock . . . It’s bullshit. It’s all music. If you put yourself in that box, then you won’t be able to hear that it’s all music at its soul. When people say stuff like, “Oh, that’s soft rock. I don’t listen to that,” I find that elitist. It’s music-racist. [laughs]
What’s it like for you to have basically two presidents who know how to deal with you?
JAY-Z: It’s unbelievable because it’s so far away from where I come from. We were the kids who were ignored by every politician. We didn’t have the numbers, the vote, to put anybody in office, because no matter who was in the office, we didn’t think that it would affect change where we lived. So nobody went out and voted. For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton . . . It’s crazy. It’s mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We were just ignored by politicians—by America in general.
You can check out the full article here, enjoy!
Words by MP
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Comment by Addam Solo on January 17, 2010 at 11:35am
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King of rap is tellin da truth tho. I like it when a nig*a keep it real.
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Comment by T.O.N.E-z on January 15, 2010 at 9:45pm - already home
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Comment by Gaz-e on January 15, 2010 at 5:32pm - Music racist is so goin on twitter lol
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Comment by Ryan Walters on January 15, 2010 at 12:01pm - King of hip hop.!! get yo ass to namibia man!
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Comment by Lilliana Roman on January 15, 2010 at 10:50am - Jay Z your wonderful and amazing, I hope I make it to your concert in DC...I have not been to a Jay Z concert as yet
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Comment by Jelle Van Landuyt on January 15, 2010 at 10:15am - Is there any possibility to cop the mag by internet? I'm from Belgium :(
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Comment by Tizzy Abel on January 15, 2010 at 3:32am - Jay-Z is Great ! i aint amase 2 c him on tha magazine !!
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Comment by Roc Member on January 14, 2010 at 6:40pm
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Hey Guys! Thanks for commenting!
To Dior - Jay is def the king of this rap ish!
It's about time Hov take the throne! Make sure you guys cop the mag, too!
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Comment by sheikh aliu cisse on January 14, 2010 at 3:09pm - men i really appreciate it jay on d cover dz shit iz real tight!!!
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Comment by JAY-ZJOURNAL.COM on January 14, 2010 at 1:40pm -
hahaha
MUSIC RACIST is the word for 2010 people!
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