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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
MP3 Jay-Z Thinks It's Pretty White Here
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Everyone knows "Hell Yeah (Pimp The System)" is a better video than song, but that didn't stop Dead Prez from putting it three (!) times on 2004's Revolutionary But Gangsta. On the remix version, Jay-Z makes an appearance and drops this line: "I ain't slipping through the cracks/So I'm at Portland, Oregon tryin to slip you these raps/The first black in the suburbs."
In his new book Decoded Jay-Z explains that line:
"I chose Portland because it's the whitest place I could think of... The idea is that I get there through my music, not by actually living there. The music gets eveywhere."
LISTEN:
Dead Prez - "Hell Yeah (Pimp The System)" (Feat. Jay-Z)
h/t: Ben
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