Jay-Z on Funkmaster Flex [43min]: FIXED: zshare | Megaupload
In the interview he talks about how artists need to be embrace technology, the 9/11 concert, T-Pain’s fuckery, and In My Lifetime Vol. 1
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This might be the most profound Jay-Z interview, yet…..How Jay got Oprah on his grandmother’s project stoop in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn will ALWAYS remain a mystery to me. But hey, it’s Hov so pretty much anything is possible when it comes to him.
As you’ve all heard, Oprah snatched Jay for not only an extensive interview in the October issue of “O The Oprah Magazine” (I felt so weird buying it this morning), but also managed to book Hov for her show which is set to air September 24th.
I’m sure you know where this post is going- so let’s not waste anymore time. Though the October issue of “O The Oprah Magazine” isn’t set to hit newsstands next week, the underworld of magazine bootleggers happened to get their paws on the publication a week early.
Obviously I’m not transcribing the entire piece because…well I’m just not, but after reading the entire feature, I feel there are several excerpts that need to be highlighted.
The first excerpt is Oprah probing Hov about when he finally realized drug dealing was a dead end street- the transition from the drug game to the rap game. The second is centered around the relationship with his father and how they’re final meeting was orchestrated. ENJOY
Jay-Z talks to Oprah about reconnecting with his father through his mother..
Oprah: So how did you get back with your father?
Jay-Z: My mom set up a meeting. And now I realize why- it makes all the sense in the world. I remember very distinctly that I had a conversation with her in my kitchen. I was saying “You know, Ma, I’ve never really been trying to look inward, and maybe I’m just not meant to fall in love like other people do.” She just looked at me like, “Hush up, boy”.
Oprah: In one of your songs you wrote, you weren’t sure if he even remembered your birthday is in December.
Jay-Z: I believe that. When I was a kid, I once waited for him on a bench. He never showed up. Even as an adult, that affected me. So when my mom set up this meeting, I told her he wouldn’t come- and the first time, he didn’t. At that point, I was really done, but Mom pushed for another meeting because she’s just a beautiful soul.
Oprah: The second time, your father showed up?
Jay-Z: He showed up. And I gave him the real conversation. I told him how I felt the day he left. He was saying stuff like “Man you knew where I was.” I ‘m like, I was a kid! Do you realize how wrong you were? It was your responsibility to see me.” He finally accepted that.
Oprah: Where had he been?
Jay-Z: At his mom’s house ten minutes away from me. That was the sad part.
Oprah & Jay-Z discuss leaving the drug game for music…..
Oprah: So how old were you when you realized that life had no good ending?
Jay-Z: Around 20. I’d been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit for six months. And I started to realize that I couldn’t be successful until I let the street life go. My mom always taught me- you know, little boys listen to their moms too much- that whatever you put into something is what you’re going to get out of it. I had to fully let go of what i was doing for the music to be successful. That was a leap of faith for me. I said, “I have to give this everything”.
Oprah: Do you fell that in some kind of passionate way- like it was a calling?
Jay-Z: Yes- and that first album, Reasonable Doubt, is my favorite, because all the emotions and experiences of 26 years came out in it. That was the record I had 26 years to make.
Oprah: I just got that in a way I never have before. Reasonable Doubt is 26 years packed into one record- and that can never happen again. That’s why it’s your definitive album. Aha moment! So is it harder to make each successive album?
Jay-Z: It’s harder for me to write music that everyone can relate to, because I don’t live a typical life anymore.
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