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How Jay-Z and Nas Changed Rap Lyrics In 46 Seconds

Jay-Z and Nas changed the way rap lyrics were written forever by using this style of writing raps... A major key to learning how to rap like Jay-Z and recreate his writing process is to adopt a conversational tone in his lyrics. This was a point made by Wale on The Breakfast Club where he discussed how Jay as a rapper would say things and make noises like you would in a regular conversation, such as on “Friend or Foe” when Hova spits, “If this is not so… ENH, god bless”. The “ENH” sound is something that people make in every day conversation as if to say, “fugghhaboutit” and yet here is one of the greatest rappers of all-time putting in a rap song about essentially standing up to his opps! Jay does a very similar “conversational tone to the opps” through the classic diss track, “Takeover”. Whether it’s randomly mid-bar saying… “Trust me on this, one… I’ll detach you” as if he’s leaning over with a wry smile with his hand on his opponents shoulder… …Or much like the “enh” sound, he says, “Smarten up Nas… that’s one, every say… two! Two of them s**ts was due” as if he was having a debate with HIMSELF about Nas’s discography on record… Jay is constantly interrupting himself self, doing random asides, or truly “thinking out loud” when he’s rapping much like we would in a conversation. This tactic has been a defining characteristic of Jay’s up until even present day. One thing that separate Nas from other rappers is how many details in a situation he can describe in a short period of time. Whereas most rappers will just say, “we out in Vegas balling”, Nas will start a rap: Pacino life, G a roll, casino dice At the Mirage, Vegas strip, neon lights Gamblers, puffin’ cigars, couples and stars Flashin’ cameras, dealers, shufflin’ cards In four short bars, Nas not only specified where he is, he has described Vegas down to a level that even someone who’s never been there could visualize and truly feel exactly what it’s like. What we’ve just quoted is the beginning of one of Nas’s best story-raps, and arguably one of the greatest stories in rap history: “Undying Love”. In that particular track, which details Nas’s unexpected discovery that his girl was cheating on him, there is a portion of the song where Nas describes what it was like for him to walk through the door of his house after he gets back in Vegas: I walked in through the back door entrance Shocked it was unlocked, when I walked in, I smelled incense Chased by a w**d aroma, empty Guinnesses And lipstick marks on like three empty Coronas A pair of blue jeans on the carpet; size 12 Timberlands Somethin’ swingin’ on the ceiling fan, I stopped it Swingin’ slower and slower On the last swing I saw it was a G-string and heard laughin’ Do you notice the amount of MINUTE detail that is being described here? Do you see that by writing lyrics this way it is basically film-novel level writing, down to describe the size of his enemy’s shoe and the image of his girl’s G-sting on the ceiling fan swinging slowly has he discovers her infidelity? As the saying goes, “the devil is in the details” and by placing these minute details in his stories and even regular songs, Nas shows that one of the best way to be considered a living lyrical legend is by not always following that “less is more”.