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“Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.”
― Jay-Z, Decoded

“No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here”
― Jay-Z

“It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself-- and that's essential for any artist, I think.”
― Jay-Z, Decoded

“A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.”
― Jay-Z