Jay-Z – Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Music

• big ra

  the hitmen got alot of this good production in hip hop going in the first place….and it looks like Jay is about to put this bullshit rap in it’s place

• Purpose

  I guess I just cant see how this wouldn’t meet any standard people set.

  Especially because this clearly wasn’t meant to sell records (although obviously he wants to sell them). This doesn’t sound nearly as formulaic as so many of his previous projects.

• Purpose

  I guess I just cant see how this wouldn’t meet any standard people set.

  Especially because this clearly wasn’t meant to sell records (although obviously he wants to sell them). This doesn’t sound nearly as formulaic as so many of his previous projects.

• http://myhangover.wordpress.com/ Big Homie

  LOL at your scratching Bleek off. Bleek would be cool. I could see Kanye doing a verse if there was a remix

• http://myhangover.wordpress.com/ Big Homie

  LOL at your scratching Bleek off. Bleek would be cool. I could see Kanye doing a verse if there was a remix

• http://www.theehlp.com esbee

  @Purpose: you know the fabric that creates Jay-hate is typically void of any sort of objectivity and pretty much stems from a jealousy, a wish that the haters fav rapper would take Jay’s place…when it’ll more than likely never happen..

  It’s cool tho..this song is a great song and from a lyrical perspective very impressive, like Riz said with double entendres everywhere..Jay seems to be going in that direction more so these days of late..

• http://www.theehlp.com esbee

  @Purpose: you know the fabric that creates Jay-hate is typically void of any sort of objectivity and pretty much stems from a jealousy, a wish that the haters fav rapper would take Jay’s place…when it’ll more than likely never happen..

  It’s cool tho..this song is a great song and from a lyrical perspective very impressive, like Riz said with double entendres everywhere..Jay seems to be going in that direction more so these days of late..

• http://recognizereal.blogspot.com ER

  Happy Belated (or Happy Very Early) Birthday, Rizoh!

  The track is an instant classic, and ya gotta love Kanye in the background.

• http://recognizereal.blogspot.com ER

  Happy Belated (or Happy Very Early) Birthday, Rizoh!

  The track is an instant classic, and ya gotta love Kanye in the background.

• http://hiphopisread.blogspot.com Ivan

  SB: “wth is Ivan..my fellow Roc-ateer?”

  Right here! lol…..Don’t u agree though that Bleek & Beans shoulda rocked the mic alongside Hov on this one……that woulda been ILLLLLLLLLLLLLLy

• http://hiphopisread.blogspot.com Ivan

  SB: “wth is Ivan..my fellow Roc-ateer?”

  Right here! lol…..Don’t u agree though that Bleek & Beans shoulda rocked the mic alongside Hov on this one……that woulda been ILLLLLLLLLLLLLLy

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• http://therapup chase manhatton

  r yall stupid this is classic jigga, let your hair down baby/im here to score/pick any place on the planet/pic a shore/then figure out what the forbes figured the figure more/because they forgot to account what i did wit the raw

• http://therapup chase manhatton

  this shit is crazy! jay said- red porches/rare portraits/rare guns if you dare come near my fortress/this apple sauce is from the apple orchard/this type of talk is reserved for the bosses…..this is for yall muthf***** who don’t know sh** about lyrics just beats!!! all that snap,crunk bullsh** is fading out hov is home..look for chase manhatton soon the roc’s newest commodity

• Gmoney

  Nov 6th, i cant fucking wait
  ^^^^^^^^^^
  co-sign fully

  straight crack as always… but I’ma stan so…

• Gmoney

  Nov 6th, i cant fucking wait
  ^^^^^^^^^^
  co-sign fully

  straight crack as always… but I’ma stan so…

• E Bizzle

  HOVA DA GOD he’s at you annuallyyyy !!!…i cant wait for Nov 6 like the rest of yall…now im just waitin on Lil wayne to swagger jack the beat snort a line and say some bullshit on it and FUCK IT UP !…but it never fails you gon get som people like “yoooooo wayne killed that shit” and ima be like FO REALLLL!?????…NOW GO KILL YO SELF !

• E Bizzle

  HOVA DA GOD he’s at you annuallyyyy !!!…i cant wait for Nov 6 like the rest of yall…now im just waitin on Lil wayne to swagger jack the beat snort a line and say some bullshit on it and FUCK IT UP !…but it never fails you gon get som people like “yoooooo wayne killed that shit” and ima be like FO REALLLL!?????…NOW GO KILL YO SELF !

• http://www.therapup.net Rizoh

  Nov 6th, Nas Greatest Hits. Cop that.

• http://www.therapup.net Rizoh

  Nov 6th, Nas Greatest Hits. Cop that.

• Shay

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• Shay

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• KP

  the sample is from the Many Hands Street Band. It’s a super rare record.

• KP

  the sample is from the Many Hands Street Band. It’s a super rare record.

• http://correction... KP

  Menehan Street Band.
  Available on Daptone Recs

• Oye Oworu

  jay z’s roc boys does sound like a sample from fela kuti or femi kuti…

• Oye Oworu

  jay z’s roc boys does sound like a sample from fela kuti or femi kuti…

• http://www.majisticalonline.com Neks

  Roc Boys is nice as hell=)Jay-Z killing it=)

• http://www.majisticalonline.com Neks

  Roc Boys is nice as hell=)Jay-Z killing it=)

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  KP

  Not a rare record actually.. it is a new recording from last year and I bought it about 6 months ago

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  KP

  Not a rare record actually.. it is a new recording from last year and I bought it about 6 months ago

• reggae_dustbin

  for the record this is the sample that was used and the production team dug deep to find it. For the whole of the song they essentially built off the sample and did some work on it, but left it completely unchanged at the riff that appears at the end of the track. Maybe intentionally as an homage to where they got it?! Either way, when i figured it out it was a trip that’s for sure.

  anyways,the sample is:

  Glen Brown: Tel Aviv Drums Recorded in the early 70′s with in Kingston Jamaica, King Tubby behind the boards… epic…

  2 re-releases out there.

  2004 Trojan Records:
  King Tubby: In Fine Style
  #TJDDD 063

  also appears on

  2005 Hot Pot Records
  Glen Brown & Friends:
  Rhythm Master Vol.1
  #HPCD 1001

  peace crate diggers…

• reggae_dustbin

  for the record this is the sample that was used and the production team dug deep to find it. For the whole of the song they essentially built off the sample and did some work on it, but left it completely unchanged at the riff that appears at the end of the track. Maybe intentionally as an homage to where they got it?! Either way, when i figured it out it was a trip that’s for sure.

  anyways,the sample is:

  Glen Brown: Tel Aviv Drums Recorded in the early 70′s with in Kingston Jamaica, King Tubby behind the boards… epic…

  2 re-releases out there.

  2004 Trojan Records:
  King Tubby: In Fine Style
  #TJDDD 063

  also appears on

  2005 Hot Pot Records
  Glen Brown & Friends:
  Rhythm Master Vol.1
  #HPCD 1001

  peace crate diggers…

• j

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