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Jay-Z Raps Are Affirmations! #ashcash #news #Jayz #affirmations

21 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this spoken commentary, the speaker asserts that Jay‑Z is the most affirmative artist in hip‑hop, explaining that every lyric where Jay‑Z says "I did X" functions as an affirmation that listeners can repeat to internalize the claim. He expands the idea to argue that hip‑hop as a genre was built on Black artists using affirmations—statements of wealth, success, and talent—to shape reality. The speaker then shares a personal memory from when he was eight years old, recalling a Jay‑Z song that made him feel that becoming a millionaire and owning luxury items was inevitable, illustrating how these lyrical affirmations can impact listeners from a young age.

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Universal law. There's the power of I am, the power of I, right? What people don't realize is that Jay is the most affirmative artist ever because every time he's saying I did something, if you repeat it, you're saying that you did it. Hip hop was built on affirmations from Black people. One thousand. Like I got it made. Yep. Every other day I got a brand new car. That's what we wanted to do. Plenty. And it just blew my mind because that that was the first song that I like. I'm eight years old. Listen, I'm telling you, special way, bro. Yes, I'm telling you. And think about it. That whole song is an affirmation. The whole song. I'm talented, yes, I'm gifted. Never boosted, never shoplifted. I got the cash, the money ain't nothing. Make a million dollars every record that I'm cutting. I'm saying that at 8 years old. I'm saying like it was inevitable I would be a millionaire. Make a million dollars every record that I'm cutting.