Jay-Z Runs This Town (With The Help Of His Aides, Rihanna And Kanye West)
In the Revolution (or the Apocalypse) it is impossible to tell how things are going to shake out. No one realizes what they are capable of until that realization is forced upon them. Are you a leader, or a coward? You don't know. You can't know. You will find out, though. The new you will be forged by force in the fires. And then, when the fighting has subsided, late one night on the outskirts of the ruined, abandoned city, eating precious beans from a discovered can with your dirt-encrusted fingers, in a momentary lapse of your battle-hardened guard, you will return, briefly, through conversation and companionship, to a time of human civility. Everyone will share their stories, who they were before all of This. Where they came from. Whom they loved. But one figure will of course remain silent. Until finally an arrogant, or perhaps just curious, fellow warrior/survivor will turn to the leader of the camp and say "what about you, sir? What did you do before the world ended?" Everyone waits with bated breath. Was he a military commander? A doctor? A school-teacher? He will pull his hood down to gather around his neck, his eyes dark-ringed with exhaustion, a look of age-old worry on his face. "I was one of the most famous rappers in the world." People shrug and go silent. We've all lost something important that we'll never get back, you know.
P.S. "I"m beasting off the Riesling"? Really, Kanye? REALLY?
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Music Related Content
Tags: Jay-Z | Kanye West | Rihanna
We are building a Fighting Force of Extraordinary Magnitude.
We forge our spirits in the traditions of our ancestors.
You have our gratitude.
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Ya know, I thought those Twilight cruises sounded really weird and goofy. Looks like you just have to book the right one.
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Boogie Town 2: Run This Town Tonight
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I was hoping for a telekinetic battle dance to break out. Dystopian!
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missed it by thaaat much!
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I thought the new Mad Max movie was going to be animated?
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cause I'm mean-o, off the Pinot...
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I'm like Touvier off the Cabernet.
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Those sunglasses Rihanna is wearing must be difficult to look through...
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"I got so many bullets, I don't even need a gun" - Jay-Z
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"I got so many bullets, I don't even need a gun" - Jay-Z's Tombstone
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At least there's no shortage of designer sunglasses after the Apocalypse.
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Dear Jay-Z and Kanye,
I like your music. A lot. (Most of it.) But at a certain point, you have to stop drinking the Kool-Aid of your own mythologizing.
Sincerely,
God
P.S. I like the Riesling line.
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What's with this trend of women not wearing pants?
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If I could upvote you forever, I would.
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I hadn't even noticed there were no pants on females in this clip...
I'm getting used to it! help!
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Forget it Jake, it's Run This Town
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Man, they really nailed the pagan/Juggalo Gathering aesthetic feel and atmosphere that the Apocalypse will surely have, all the way down to the sacrificial goat's bleating/Rihanna.
That Kanye and Jay-Z sure know how to savoir some faire.
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pants? where we're going, we won't need pants.
(also, where are we going? i'm confused by all of this.)
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Jay-Z is the Cher of hip-hop. Retirement tour, holla!
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“I’m just tryin to change the color on your mood ring.”
I am disappointed Kanye wasted an opportunity to reference Thomas J and bee stings.
Score = 9
hats off to you! somewhere, anna chlumsky just got a chill and isn't sure why...
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Is there anything wrong with enjoying the Kim Zolszniak song more than this? I'm not being snarky here; this song is boring, Kim's is entertaining. Game. Set. Match.
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I want to like Rihanna, but she always comes off as someone incrediblyl self-important who wears ridiculous outfits. And yes, I am aware of the irony of saying this about a video that also prominently features Kanye.
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Is it just me, or does it sound like an angry duck is quacking throughout this song? It's like they used a duck for a metronome.
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Nothing snarky to say here. I enjoy this song and I like this video. Rihanna's outfits look great and I definitely want to snag that hoodie.
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Jay-Z is slipping, I remember back in 96 the entire city was his, now we're questioning if he even runs this town? Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Also, Rihanna laughing through out Kanye's verse made it almost tolerable.
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I like to imagine their gang meeting the cannibal gang from The Road. I'm sure those guys can show the how to do the Apocalypse OLD SCHOOL. That would be OFF-THE-HOOK.
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If The Road needed anything, it was more hip-hop danceoffs.
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Neat-o literary reference, Racisty Q. McSnob.
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"Beasting off the riesling" isn't even the problem i have with this song. It's right after that when he says that his dick just made it out of the precinct?
Doesn't that mean your dick was in a police station, Kanye? That's.... maybe you should think your rhymes through.
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uh, he didn't say that.
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Thanks for clearing that up!
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will the future apocalypse be this mediocre? mmmhmhmhm.
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