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"On to the Next One" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, released on December 15, 2009 as the fourth single from his eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3 on his Roc Nation label and also released as the fourth single in the United Kingdom after "Young Forever".
In the song "Takeover", Jay-Z attacks the two Queensbridge rappers, using a sample of the song "Five to One" by The Doors [6] and an interpolation of David Bowie's "Fame". [7] On The Blueprint , Jay-Z and his producers used vintage soul as inspiration, including a vocal sample on almost every track from such artists as Al Green , Bobby "Blue ...
Jay-Z’s rise in the music industry started with him battle rapping in the streets of Brooklyn. His street credibility, combined with his neighborhood’s support for his rapping ability, showed ...
[1] [2] Referencing his opponents' "textbook Washington" tactics, focusing on personal attacks and trivial issues, Obama used Jay-Z's hand signal to "brush the dirt" off his shoulders. [3] When asked whether Obama was deliberately referencing the song, a campaign spokesman said, "He has some Jay-Z on his iPod ."
Fellow Voice critic Miles Marshall Lewis called Jay-Z "the best MC in hip hop" and Vol. 3… "the quintessential 2000-model hip hop album". [16] Soren Baker was less impressed in the Los Angeles Times , writing that the record lacks the "biting humor and spectacular wordplay" of his previous albums.
Beyoncé drops her first song dedicated to Jay-Z, "Crazy in Love," from her debut solo studio album, Dangerously in Love. The track goes on to win best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration the ...
Jay-Z, on the other hand, tries a somewhat new approach, approximating the instrumental with a sort of low-vibrational, stream-of-thought cadence and creating a dissociative space on the verse.
[15] DJBooth.net praised the song's booming bass and stuttering high-hats. [16] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork also praised the song's production. [17] Simon Vozick-Levinson of Rolling Stone gave the song a negative review saying, "Tom Ford" might mark the lyrical nadir of Jay-Z's catalog. He sounds bored half to death by the basic rhyme, listlessly ...