Timbaland Says Jay-Z Just Raps For Fun
Posted by Bossip Staff
Timbaland sheds his thoughts on Joey Camel and his upcoming album:
“He wants me to do the next single. He just does it for fun. We talked about [his next album]. He says it’s just a hobby, ain’t nothing else to do. When a person tells you that, what you supposed to say? ‘You crazy’? He said, ‘I don’t wait for nothing. I’m there. I’m doing it for the love of music.’ What am I supposed to say? ‘You wack for doing it’? … Some people think Jay fell off. Or he’s just over people’s head. I think that’s what it is. That’s another thing: It could hurt him or it could make him be not the legend he is. That’s the only thing I’m scared of for my friend.”
Everyone knows he’s a business dude and has mucho paper, but shit if he’s just rapping for fun and it’s a “hobby”, he should just stick to making music in his basement. Let the cats that are out there struggling and on their grind trying to make it get a chance to shine. That’s just a little food for thought.
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Of course it’s a hobby — he doesn’t NEED the money. And, shouldn’t it be fun? I mean, it’s just RAPPING. It’s not like struggling rappers are out building houses for Katrina or heavily advocating for “the struggle”. It’s just rapping. Should be fun for anyone who spits.
meh…………
i loves me some jay….he is still a legend even if this album is a bust…
Damn I thought I was gonna be first. At least Jay-Z can rap. Why don’t you hate on Diddy, that mofo don’t know the location of his asshole.
you kno lately Tim has been runnin off @ the mouth like a ho- plz sit down.
i mean that just means these dudes that are out there grinding need to put out some quality stuff and stop talkin about the usual! somebody needs to go against the grain and still sound hot at the same time!
I think the album is gonna be wack. The single is trash but for once bossip has said something i could agree with. Jay-Z you run a label. Go find some new talent and run def jam properly. That should occupy your time.
I love Jay, and I continue to listen to him, even if the CD isn’t a hit, like “Kingdom Come”. That’s good that he still has the love for music, but I feel the point that it would be cool if he put new up and comers on. I’m not sayin every Tom, Pookie, and Joe, but just a select few. If Puff hadn’t made reality TV a mockery with all his failed “Making The Bands”, then I would suggest something like that. To help out others with the same love of music, who have that same hunger he did when “Reasonable Doubt” came out, would show a great level of generosity..
I HEARD HIS NEW SINGLE. TO BE HONEST IT IS NOT GOOD.
Far be it for a Black person to actually WANT another Black person to come up, and even more of a stretch to actually AID them in doing so. That’s too much like right, and the shit just obviously not in our nature.
I love to order #2’s from Mc Donalds, with extra pickles!!!
JAY Z has fans!!! (i am 1) and we want to hear from him, a real artist caters to their fans right, or is that just supposed to be a gimick, he obviously loves what he does, if you don’t like it don’t listen!
Let the stans cry outloud right about now…
Bossip on point again. Him and Bey both need to step away from the game and let somebody else have they shine. Not to say that his is not a good rapper but he is in it for the wrong reasons. Wow our own people stoping people from coming up. SMH
Jay isnt stopping anyone from coming up. If a current artist is good. He will shine. Bottom line. I heard his first single and the hook to me sound like “im so crispy” lol…I do, however, agree that if you make trash for music, you could be doing a lot better things to occupy your time, since hes so “bored”….
I totally disagree with the notion that if an “artist is good he will shine”. Don’t you know how the music BIDNESS works homie? The urban music business is built on the foundation of being hooked up based on the the circles you spin in.
It ain’t got jack shit to do with talent or quality of material. And that’s why urban music is on life support and deservedly so; with the same repetitive bullshit concepts, images and music.
When your hobbies have the potential to go platinum you have to release them. What I don’t understand is why he wrote an entire album called American Gangster, based on the movie American Gangster and being released around the same time as American Gangster when it is not the official soundtrack? That makes no sense to me whatsoever. Is the official soundtrack going to be called American Gangster too? I think he’s wrong for that.
AMEN BOSSIP! THE FOOL AIN’T A LEGEND. HE’S JUST BEEN ABLE TO EAT OFF OTHER PEOPLES PLATES. HE’S BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND SINCE LIKE 88! HE WAS AS NAS SAID, A FAN, A FAKE , A PHONY. HE IS ALIVE. THAT’S WHAT MAKES HIM STAND OUT. IT WASN’T DIDDDY THAT PROFITED MOST FROM TUPAC AND BIGGIE’S DEATHS. IT WAS JAY-Z. HELL A REAL CONSPIRACY THEORY WOULD BE HE SET THEM BOTH UP. HE STRAIGHT WANTED 2 BE BIG. LOOK AT THAT SUNSHINE VIDEO. WHAT THE FUCK! HE’S A CLOWN NOW. BRING ‘98 BACK FOR ME 2 SEE A REAL JIGGA
*breathes deeply*
everyone is entitled to their opinion but to say he isn’t a legend….that’s deep
that is all
Wow! I thought the whole point of making music was because you loved it.
THIS SHIT THATS OUT HERE NOW IS NOT MUSIC!!! SOULJAH BOY IS A HOT SINGLE!? FOR WHAT!? THAT SONG IS SO STUPID BUT BECAUSE IT’S R&B WITH RAP THEY DON’T MENTION THAT THE SONG SAYS SUPERMAN THAT”HO”!!I THOUGHT WE WERE BURYING THOSE WORDS.THIS STUPID ASS SONG IS ON THE RADIO ALL THE TIME…I HATE IT!!!
AND DUDE LOOKS LIKE HE IS ONE OF FLAVA FLAV’S SON!?
The food for thought doesn’t taste that good. These fools that are “on the grind” need to step it up. What’s Jay supposed to say? “I rap because I’m dying of hungry and homeless”? lol. Of course it’s just for fun now. He could give the new cd’s away and still be sittin on millions.
Yeah but I can understand both sides.
Jay at this point is just rapping for the hell of it.
However, Tim, who is a good producer, is still in the game, still working hard, and still producing hits. So in Tim’s eyes, if Jay is just rapping for fun, Tim probably feels like, ‘this dude wasting my time’.
That’s kinda the vibe I got from what Tim was saying, he just didn’t come out and say it directly.
@ fiddy I was gone bring up soulja boy. But I do like the superman song. I will say that hey bey bey is stupid. Real artist can’t get a good shine because of ppl like Jay and artist like that.
Jay Z’s old saying “what you eat dont make me shit” jay aint stopping nobody from shining or doing there thing. Bossip needs to just stick to Gossip and stop talking about hip hop. The majority of the losers on this page dont know shit about good lyrics to begin with. Maybe its called playing to the crowd. I call it nerds who never had a life having a job to talk about other people’s profession. Jay Z is hip hop and by him putting out new music. only makes the game stronger. None of that bullshit rap that needs to end. Jay is that dude period. After 50’s album you have to say to yourself “Damn jay we now see what will happen when you no longer exist” Rap will be shit!
If i was that Rich what else would i be rapping for? If Im a season veteran in the NBA with 4 rings and I still have the ability to dominate, what else would I be playing for? Only for the fun of it, I think you retards take stuff out of context a lil too much. Dig deep in your brains to look at it for what it really is. Jay said “Im just rapping because its a hobby” that doesnt mean he doesnt love what he’s doing! My goodness If i was that rich i’d be doing it for fun too. lol he’s accomplished everything more then anyone else in the game has give him some credit instead of more hate.
oh shut up Bossip… Thats such a stupid argument to make. If Jay wants to do it for fun, then so be it. Music should be fun, it should be something that artists LOVE to do, rather than just doing it to make a lot of paper out of it.
Velle ur on point bro’
@ justforthought… i hear what ya saying but as for Timbaland… yea he’s working hard and still making hits, but his songs are starting to all sound the same! There’s nothing original about his music anymore. A lot of the songs he produces are hot but they all sound alike. Its getting repetitive…
I AM IN LOVE WITH JAZY-Z!!!!!!! Why did he make a record and name it American Ganster–even though it is not the officail soundtrack? Because HE CAN!!!! HE IS THE MAN!!!!
I ain’t mad at Jay…I’m sure I’ll get the album cause he can do no wrong.
However, I still think all the Greats should bow out gracefully and leave the game on TOP…instead of fading away cause they just don’t have it like they used to. Every dog has his day…some folks (generally speaking) just don’t know when to let it be.
He can do no wrong???? Why did I get a picture of Carrie tpying that? Some of you are psychos/ d*ck riders. The single is wack, the album will be wack, that is why he should take a bow…no encore.
*typing
Jay makes music for fun, Okay, and why is that so wrong?
And for all you haters of Jay, Have you actually listened to the lyrics of Blue Magic? I can tell you haven’t because if you all new what REAL hip hop sounded like, this would not even be a topic, However since everyone has been bamboozled by the commercialism of rap music we have come think to that pop lock and drop it and superman that hoe is music. Soo Sad , I suppose if he made a song about some stupid ass dance that shit would be hot right? give me a break. Jay, Kanye,Common, Mos Def, Talib, , are artist. The rest well, No comment.
im still mad at Ye for sucking his dick on that song. damon is the reason he is where he is right now, not jay
Off Topic But Timbaland looks like he reeks of sour milk!
jay can do whatever he wants to… who in the world is runin’ new york?… cause it ain’t 50. who is putin’ out good cd’s?… nobody. yall say the south is runin’ sutff, then.. when a credible artist from the ny wanna come out.. yall talk ish. ny never gonna make a come back at this rate. dudes is hatin’ on the best mc in ny. jay… put out 10 more albums.
LOL@the other cats grinding to get their shine..If them niggas weren’t so wack they’d be able to shine on their own.It’s not up to Jay-Z to decide who comes out and who doesn’t in the rap game.So what he does it for fun,more artists need to do music for the FUN of it.Maybe these niggas would stop lying so much just to impress people.There only a few REAL rappers left in the game anyway,why is everyone in a rush for Jay to leave ?
um,why shouldn’t be do what he loves just b/c he love s it???? it’s rather stupid to think that he should stop because others are trying to make it. umm… what? if everyone that’s great at something and has money did nothing with their days we would be inundated with pure rubbish all live long day.
as for timbaland saying that jay may erode his “legend” status by working for fun… if i were jay and i heard that he’d be sooo off my payroll. that is ignorance indeed. come on peoples!
Jay Z should sit his old azz down. Homeboy is 43 plus tax. rapping since the 80’s. Check these video out http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7723838796080734250&q=malachi+york%2C+REAL&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
Though most if not all may not be ready for this buy Jay has been co-opted (look it up). Look anyone who travels with B - a Manchurine Candidate of the highest order has also been enlisted as a trooper.
I know take another hit of that blunt and call me in the morning.
That kingdom cum stuff, with Jay doing the pyramid and then he looks inside the pyramid - what does that remind you of? Take out a dollar bill and look it over and try and find the answer to that riddle.
So, in plain words, Jay is an illuminatist and from here on out, he is not a friend he is the enemy posing as a friend. Sad but true.
If he can a hustle off it why not!The dude timberland talk to much but i hate to say it he makes a point
Jay continues to rap because to him, it’s like breathing. He is truly a lyricist, like so many legends of the past….name one true lyricist out here now…
Nice for you Jay, music is a hobby…but if you’re gonna keep taking dumps do so in private. Nobody wants to smell your ish…
I would give a shout out to Jay but today is my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday to me!!!! Lol!
I still lubs me sum Jay, though–with his ugly ass!
Do it Jay witcha ugly ass!
I would give a shout out to Jay but today is my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday to me!!!! Lol!
I still lubs me sum Jay, though!
Do it Jay witcha ugly ass!
He doesn’t just rap in the basement because although he doesn’t need the money he’ll still make some. At least a million people will buy it, so why not.
If Jay wants to make music as a hobby and still get the paper for it sobeit. GOlfers, Ballers, Writers etc. do it for the sport and hobby and get paid. Let me get paid for my hobby whining and crying…I’m really good!
wow it is a hobby i can belive that most niggas rap 4 money this dude got that paper all ready. so he like what the fuck i can still rap for the love of the sport. nown do not get mad if he is hogging all the lime light and so other niggas can get in. just try harder…
he is acting jealous of kanyes sales because he outsold the first week sales of kingdom come. kanye didnt get to celebrate his first week sales because jay z leaked blue magic
What’s wrong with Jay rapping as a hobby? He already put in years grindin, and now not only is he a legend, but a mogul. Isn’t every successful, rich rapper out there doing it for fun really? It’s not like they’re hurting for money. So why single out Jay? At least he’s honest. I still support him! And if these other “grindin” rappers half anywhere near the talent Jay has, then they’ll eventually get their shine too.
Why does he have to sit around and let those on their grind make music? I am so tired of black people acting like there is not enough money to go around. Should people who do it for the money be the only ones making music? Should people who are rich stop doing it to let the not so wealthy make music? Tinmbaland is rich as hell so maybe he should stewp aside to let a newbie get some. J do yo thang!
Even with Jay rapping for fun, he’s still better than 99.99% of what’s “hot” right now…
What do you do when you have already obtain every objective you started out with??? Its hard to let go when you are on the top ask Michael Jordan or any other pro who has just about past his prime.
U can’t expect Jay to be the same way he was 10 years ago.Shit when yall turn 40 (if some of yall aren’t already) U wont be doin half the shit u did when u were 20.He’s STILL rappin better than the rest of these so-called rappers now.
I swear people act like only ONE rapper can make an album @ a time or something.There’s room for everybody
The thing that amazes me is that Bossip continues to call dude joe camal. yeah and ok? He’s a camal that is filthy rich, a hot chick and the ability to rap like no other. If thats not hate i dont know what it is. Its like Americans are consumed with the possibility of someone falling from the top. Just like Tisha Campbell said. You dont see that as much within the white community. I dont know where it comes from but I dont think bossip is a Black owned message board anyway. Just my thought on things, but I look at it this way. Hip hop has been destroyed to the point to where the majority doesnt know what is good anymore. Its not old age or anything like that because good music is good music period. You wont hear me say Ushers classics are better then the Stevies Classics. But when you have a younger generation who really dont know any better of course there gonna go against the best. Soldier Boy should not be said in the same breath as jay z. Not one snap your finger artist could even compare to Jay Z. Like Jay said “FBI, there like wack rappers try so hard to get up on the hook” Jay z is Hip Hop whenever a single comes out. The world goes to listen…why??? Because they know that he is the best and he can change hip hop with the snap of a finger. Thats who Jay Z is and no matter what Bossip cant spin news enough to trigger his downfall. Sorry!
I have a question for ya’ll, why must Jay everything to everybody? He tries to take it back to the streets with his new single and you chicken heads who only like shaking your ass bitch, when he makes club music the street hiphop fans bitch and complain. Let the man do him, i dont see ya’ll giving Nas,Methodman,etc shit for doing the same thing, enjoy the music and shut up.
I hear you usmarine. Its funny how people hate on blue magic though. lol the dude said this movie inspired this album. He’s relating to his past and to have the talent and thought of rapping as if he were back in the 80’s was crazy. But again you cant expect people who were like 5 or 3 to see that image. You cant flash back to the fat gold chains and sweat pants suits like we can. He didnt make that song for you only real true hip hoppers know. “Keep doing ya thing he said….say no more”
Why the Hell do yall keep disrespecting that man by calling him Joe Camel?…I would love for yall to post yall pics up so we can think up some names for yall…..
he’s a bizness man. period. being broke is childish and im full grown.
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Black Friday because the dude looks like a damm camel and besides who gives a shit don’t take it personal.when they post up pic make sure you are 1st one
When did it become against the law for black men to smile. They both have such beautiful smiles. Why do they always have to try to look so hard.
They are both nice looking young men. It would not take anything away from them.
Jay iz the Great one. However, he needs to be on his Def Jame bisness. LL walkin cuz Jay prioritizing himself over LL. He needs to put together a second generation Roc-a-Fella. I’m ready for some new music; some better rappers. Tired of this “snap” shit. If Hov put out another album, I would definitely cop that. However, I feel like Timbaland. I don’t want the giant to fall. Kingdom Come didn’t do much past first week’s sales.
I AGREE WITH BOSSIP! once you’ve created a certian level of quality in your work ppl come to expect that! i dont see why he cant “have fun” AND step his game up! the more he “raps for fun” the more he’s tarnishing his “image”. nobody wants to hear jay-z rap for fun! we wanna hear real raw lyrics like he USED to make. like lil wayne, he raps for fun too, but he’s constantly working at getting better than he was the day before. IMO if you cant have fun AND produce something that the ppl WANT to hear then you need to sit yo ass DOWN! JIGGA!