Jay-Z’s Time Out New York Magazine Interview
What’s had the most cultural impact on New York in the past 13 years?
Jay-Z: Hip-hop. The emergence. It came right up out of the Bronx in ’79 and that affected so many different things: the economy, culture, even the crime rate—guys had jobs now.You’re the only rapper on this list. We were considering Nas but have this 13-year rule: People on this list had to have had an impact in the last 13 years. And Illmatic was 1994. Should we have included him?
Jay-Z: Ah, wow! [Laughs] That’s a tough question. [Pauses] Yeah, only because of the impact of that album, when it’s considered one of the best albums ever created, you have to document that.But in the past 13, you think it’s been a force in NYC?
Jay-Z: I mean, once you start something and other places adapt, everyone’s got to get their chance. Like, the West Coast was dominant in hip-hop for a while, then it came back to New York. Now, the South is dominant in hip-hop. It’ll come back to New York as well. What I love about it is it makes guys from New York hungry. Now they’re making music with the intention of, and I’m putting up quotes now, “taking hip-hop back for New York.”
They tried to play Nas, what about Stillmatic? We all know that album had an impact it sold 5 million copies. I also would argue that “It Was Written” and “I Am” are classics too.
fuck that stupid bitch interviewer, my gut is saying the interviewer was a female because I cant see a hiphop dude dickriding jay z that hard.
GTFO
thats what i said, It Was Written and Stillmatic were siiiiiiiiiick albums
Nas is one of the GOATs of rap
JIGGA HAS A VOICE HE COULD HAVE BACKED THAT MAN UP A LITTLE MORE. HE’S A HATER TOO, NAS IS A LIVING LEGEND.
being from brooklyn i’m surprised you said that!
Your right, Jay Z pretty much agreed with them. He’s a hater for real.
The thing that kills me is that Jiggas career was built of commercial shit, samples, and collabos. Nas didn’t need any of that shit! he’s the God M.C.
Ya Jay Def could have shut that down nas top 5 dead or alive you can’t have a real conversation bout the greatest without him. This mag don’t know ish bout hiphop the prolly got soulja boy on there sumwhere
no doubt illmatic was a classic, but so was jay-z’s blueprint album. “it was written” was good but not classic. “i am” was good but not classic. same as “reasonable doubt” and “the black album” good, but not classic. i think people throw around that term “classic” too loosely. there are alot of extremely great, close to perfect albums but only a handful of real classics.
That Interviewer is wack…. she tried to play Nas The God MC
i like Jay but she was on Jay dick and sayin that shit jus backed up Jay diss song “Takeover”….fuck her