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9 things Jay Z lists in his songs

by AUX staff

Check out the montage of Jay Z’s lists above.

 

1. The exorbitant wines he is peeing.

The proof, from “Tom Ford”: “It’s Hov time in no time, it’s fuck all y’all season / Piss Bordeaux and Burgundies, flush out a Riesling.”

 

 

2. Cabs.

The proof, from “Empire State of Mind”: “For foreigners it ain’t pretty act like they forgot how to act / Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back.”

 

3. Artists. 

The proof, from “Picasso Baby”: ““I’m never satisfied, can’t knock my hustle / I wanna Rothko, no I wanna brothel.” We counted that, plus 15 others in the song.

 

4. And even more artists. 

The proof, in a verse from “Who Gon’ Stop Me”: “I’m riding dirty, trying to get filthy / Pablo Picasso, Rothkos, Rilkes / Graduated to the MOMA.
/ And I did all of this, without a diploma.”

 

5. The events on his club-night calendar.

 
The proof, from “Do It Again”: “12 a.m. on the way to the club (uh) / 1 a.m. DJ made it erupt (uh huh) / 2 a.m. now I’m gettin with her (what up?)
/ 3 a.m. now I’m splittin with her (splittin with who?) / 4 a.m. at the waffle house (waffle house) / 5 AM now we at my house (uh) / 6 a.m. I be diggin’ her out (who?)/ 6:15 I be kickin’ her out (what?) /  7 a.m. I’ma call my friends (uh-huh) / 12 a.m. we gon’ do it again.”

 

6. His famous friends. 

The proof, from “Clique”: “Yeah, I’m talking Ye, yeah, I’m talking Rih / Yeah, I’m talking B, nigga, I’m talking me / Yeah, I’m talking bossy, I ain’t talking Kelis.”

 

7. His albums. 

The proof, from “Moment of Clarity: “All through my Hard Knock Lifetime, A Gift and a Curse / I gave you volume after volume of my work / So you can feel my truths / I built the Dynasty by being one of the realest niggas out / Way beyond a Reasonable Doubt—y’all can’t fill my shoes / From my Blueprint beginning to that Black Album ending.”

 

8. Monsters. 

The proof, from “Monsters”: “Sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong, Loch Ness / Goblin, ghoul, a zombie with no conscience / Question: What do these things all have in common? / Everybody knows I’m a motherfucking monster.”

 

9. Michaels. 

The proof, from “Niggas in Paris”: “Psycho, I’m liable to go Michael / Take your pick, Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6 / Ball so hard, got a broke clock, Rolleys that don’t tick tock.”