This is one of my favorite Jay Z tracks to date. I say 'one of' because i don't particularly love it for the beat or the flow, but more so for the lyrics and the subject. The lyrics are deep which makes this track one of the most important he has made. Don't get me wrong, i do like the beat but thats not why its one of my fav's. You can tell its a Dre beat from the get go.. kinda how u can just tell a Kanye beat is a Kanye beat.Anyway, i did a short animation reflecting destruction in our world and Hurricane Katrina came up. So i did a bit of research and what Jay Z mentions in this track is just a fraction of the way those people were treated. The news footage at the beginning of the song is all real .
One of the dvd's i used for research was Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke (A Requiem in 4 parts)".. if you haven't seen it you need to go cop that. Amazing... one of the best documentaries i have seen.
Jay Z ft NeYo - Minority Report
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