 On
Sept. 25th, rapper Jay-Z announced his retirement from the
music industry at a press conference. You missed it?
Well so did most other people. Why? Because
nobody cares. Normally artists announce their retirement
from the entertainment industry after they have had a long
and meaningful career. Jay-Z has had neither.
For
example, Garth Brooks, even though country music blows,
he has still accomplished a lot in his genre, he is one
of the most successful solo artists of all time, at 100
million records sold and the title of arguably one of the
top 5 greatest entertainers of our time. KISS retired as
one of the biggest rock bands in the world with over 80
million records sold and after a couple of farewell tours.
Celine Dion retired for a while and with more than 50 million
records sold, she has become one of the most successful
female artists of all time and sells out her each of her
nightly shows in Vegas. These three artists deserve a "retirement".
Is Jay Z in this elite crew? Could he sell out Vegas
every night? Will he go down in music history as one of
the greatest of all time? In 20 years will he have
legions of fans following him around? The answer to all
of these questions is obviously NO.
Why
would he walk away from such an easy money making opportunity?
How hard can it be to write a ghetto nursery rhyme and record
it to a ripped off beat? Jay-Z rarely tours and almost
never does promotional stuff other than TRL appearances
& videos.
I think it all boils down to the fact that this guy has
too much damn money. Instead of making  records
for his fans who have bought over 15 million of his pieces
of crap, this lazy bum would rather retire and work on other
projects. Who cares about that fans. If this isn't
a reason to download as much music as you can, I don't know
what is. The record industry in in trouble yet this guy
somehow finds a way to amass a fortune and retire in his
early 30's. The record execs are still rich
and these mediocre rappers are still filthy stinking
rich.
He also mentioned at the press conference that the reasons
for the retirement are that he wants to pursue a career
in movie producing and acting. Great, just what we
need. Another rapper who thinks he can act, littering
our future feature films.Here
are 5 REAL reasons for his retirement:
- He
can not go on any longer in his losing battle with Nas,
a real rap talent.
- He
fears for his life. Biggie & Tupac were murdered
and the recent attempts on 50 Cent lead him to believe
that could be next.
- Beyonce
has him pussy whipped.
- He
is worried that someone will steal
Beyonce from him so he must dedicate most of his time
checking up on her. Could he be jealous of Sean
Paul?
- Is
he embarrassed that he associated himself with a future
convicted sex offender
on a double cd which was a flop?
What is she thinking?
Whatever
his motivation is, the truth is that he has fallen short
of his goal to become one of the greatest hip hop artists
of all time. And to all rap fans, check out what Jay
had to say about The Notorius BIG in a song from The
Blueprint (which he ripped off from BDP's 1989
release Ghetto
Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop , "If
I'm not better than Biggie, I'm the closest one."
Nice thing to say about a deceased friend. Thanks
for the memories Jay. |
