ThIS was the moment Jay-Z surpassed all of his contemporaries dead or alive. The intentionality, nuanced word choice, allusions, depth & simultaneous simplicity and effortlessness. Greatest intro of all time.
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“Watch it my niggas, I’m tryna stay calm but I’m gon get richer through any means, with that thang that Malcolm palmed in the picture” This is pre-socials so you had to actually have the referential insight to visualize that line and overstand the mindset it captures.