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When I listen to great music, the first thing I wonder is what people were saying when this came out of the speakers in the studio. I want to know what happened when they played it and said, This is the one!
Jay-Z
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Jay-Z
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 4
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People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap and it's good water. But they're okay paying for it. It's just the mindset right now.
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If skills sold truth be told I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense (But I did five Mil) I ain't been rhyming like Common since.
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[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is a medical problem, not a form of recreational or criminal behavior. And the more society treats drug addiction as a crime, the more money drug dealers will make relieving the suffering of the addicts.
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I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!
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When people say stuff like, Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that, I find that elitist. It's music-racist.
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May the best of your today's be the worst of your tomorrow's
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I'm not concerned with noise because I'm playing the long game.
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The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden.
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I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.
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I jack, I rob, I sin. Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson 'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen
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I'm not saying I'm God. But as far as lyrics, I'm God MC.
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No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here
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I'm far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
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We'll have a baby who stutters repeatedly We'll name him history
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Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.
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[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as a human being.
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That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.
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If I don't show the world growth, how are we going to grow?
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