4/17/2024 0 Comments Video of jay z and beyonce arguing![]() Unlike most rappers, people actually use them. Like most rappers, Jay Z has many nicknames. ![]() Sidekicks eventually went out of style, but the phone's popularity indirectly led to the ubiquity of the cumbersome, do-everything smartphone-a trend that 1) has continued on for over a decade, and 2) can be indirectly traced back to Jay Z. It allowed you to text easily and get on the Internet and be the pretentious dick at the club checking ESPN in the middle of the dance floor because he knows it’ll have some misguided person thinking he's important even though he spent all his money on the latest replacement Sidekick. No one cared that the display was ivory and Matrix green, or that they broke 17 times a day, or even that you had to carry it in your pocket because having it on your belt clip would have given dozens of small children concussions. See, during the “Excuse Me Miss” video, Jay Z texts something on his T-Mobile Sidekick.Īnd then everybody wanted a T-Mobile Sidekick. Which is a crazy, almost Manchurian Candidate-level of influence.īut this pales in comparison to what Jay Z did for phones.Īlthough the monstrosities we carry now suggest otherwise, there was a time when the smallest, slimmest, and sleekest cells were considered the best.Īnd then the “Excuse Me Miss” video happened. One two-second appearance in one forgettable video for a forgettable song changed the footwear of an entire nation of women for 36 months. For a period of three years, you could not leave the house without seeing a woman in a pair of brown or pink or blue or camo Timberland heels. ![]() It didn’t matter that only 1% of them were actual Manolo Blahniks, or that 40% of them were Steve Madden knockoffs, or even that the other 59% were either bought at Rainbow or outside of a barbershop bathroom. And by "see these shoes," I mean spot these fuckers like a paranoid schizophrenic finding signs of the moon hoax in his/her breakfast cereal. Soon after the video premiered, you began to see these shoes. Written by Damon Young ( 10 Things Jay Z Did In the '90s That He Would Never Do Today RELATED: It's Mostly Tha Voice: Why the Music (Yes, Music) of "Beyoncé" Matters But who is the most important? Who has contributed more to our culture? In all likelihood Jay Z gets the big piece of chicken in the Carter-Knowles household-Beyoncé is, you know, from the South-but who actually deserves it? We can determine who's currently earning more ( Beyoncé), who has more #1 records (again, Beyoncé), and who has performed at more weddings in Kazakhstan. ![]() Oh, you do one thing really well? And it's convince new girlfriends to watch The Wire? That's great, and it's an important service, but you don't do that half as well as Jay Z and Beyoncé just, you know, exist.īut which star shines brighter? Who is bigger, Jay Z or Beyoncé? (Remember, they started and then, via their excellence, ended the event within the span of one song.) They are better than everyone. If the Grammys proved anything, it's that Jay Z and Beyoncé are just better. Disclaimer: If you get upset over arbitrary determinations arrived at via arbitrary criteria only employed to fit an author’s arbitrarily decided upon narrative, the following piece contain triggers you will not enjoy.
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