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Murder To Excellence - Kanye West & Jay-Z
This represents so much and is such an impactful peice of art. What makes Murder to Excellence so unique is that Jay-Z and Kanye depict the grim state of Black America in the first half of the song and then celebrate the great achievement and excellence in Black America in the second half.
A lot can be taken from these lyrics, "The paper read murder black-on-black murder." Kanye and Jay and telling us how bad black on black crime is here in America. One of the hottest lines from the song come from Jay-Z when he says that he's the reincarnation of Fred Hampton, who was murdered by the FBI, in his sleep, on December 4th, 1969, the day Jay was born: "I arrived on the day Fred Hampton died / I guess real n*ggas multiply."
In the second half of the song, called Excellence, Jay-Z observes that he only sees few blacks the higher he goes giving shout outs to both Will Smith and Oprah then says "that ain't enough, we need a million more." On Kanye's Excellence verse, he states "In the past if you picture events like a black tie. What's the last thing you expect to see? Black guys." Then later adds, "What's the life expectancy for black guys?" And without answering "The system's working effectively, that's why." Like I said, these lyrics are damn powerful and probably one of the very few political rap songs that have actually worked very well. We all know Kanye is very vocal about America's shortcomings, but now he's invited Jay-Z to share his thoughts in this wonderful masterpeice.
These lyrics are great but Swizz Beatz and producer S1 did a wonderful job making this beat. Murder To Excellence relies heavily on a chorus of vocal samples and aggressive drums along with some of the most pointed lyrics present on the album. It switches production styles halfway through the song which represents the split on Murder and Excellence. This song is phenomenal. It's definitely meant to be taken seriously but is without a doubt a fun listen.
This represents so much and is such an impactful peice of art. What makes Murder to Excellence so unique is that Jay-Z and Kanye depict the grim state of Black America in the first half of the song and then celebrate the great achievement and excellence in Black America in the second half.
A lot can be taken from these lyrics, "The paper read murder black-on-black murder." Kanye and Jay and telling us how bad black on black crime is here in America. One of the hottest lines from the song come from Jay-Z when he says that he's the reincarnation of Fred Hampton, who was murdered by the FBI, in his sleep, on December 4th, 1969, the day Jay was born: "I arrived on the day Fred Hampton died / I guess real n*ggas multiply."
In the second half of the song, called Excellence, Jay-Z observes that he only sees few blacks the higher he goes giving shout outs to both Will Smith and Oprah then says "that ain't enough, we need a million more." On Kanye's Excellence verse, he states "In the past if you picture events like a black tie. What's the last thing you expect to see? Black guys." Then later adds, "What's the life expectancy for black guys?" And without answering "The system's working effectively, that's why." Like I said, these lyrics are damn powerful and probably one of the very few political rap songs that have actually worked very well. We all know Kanye is very vocal about America's shortcomings, but now he's invited Jay-Z to share his thoughts in this wonderful masterpeice.
These lyrics are great but Swizz Beatz and producer S1 did a wonderful job making this beat. Murder To Excellence relies heavily on a chorus of vocal samples and aggressive drums along with some of the most pointed lyrics present on the album. It switches production styles halfway through the song which represents the split on Murder and Excellence. This song is phenomenal. It's definitely meant to be taken seriously but is without a doubt a fun listen.
