Jay Z goes deep on latest album
Jay Z gets personal on his new album, opening up about his relationship with wife Beyonce, the elevator fight with Solange Knowles, and his children.
The icon released “4:44” on Friday, and it quickly became a trending topic online and on social media. On the title track, he apologizes to Beyonce for some of his past decisions.
“You matured faster than me, I wasn’t ready, so I apologize, I seen the innocence leave your eyes, I still mourn this death, I apologize for all the stillborns, ’cause I wasn’t present your body wouldn’t accept it,” he said.
On “Kill Jay Z,” the album’s opening track, the rapper addresses the elevator fight from2014, where Beyonce’s sister was caught attacking the rapper.
“You egged Solange on, knowing all along, all you had to say you was wrong,” Jay Z raps.
He also muses on the track that he almost “went Eric Benet” by letting “the baddest girl in theworld get away.” The line is a reference to R&B singer Eric Benet, whowas divorced from actress Halle Berry after he acknowledged cheating on her. Benet responded on Twitter on Friday, writing that his current wife is “the baddest girl in theworld.”
Daughter Blue Ivy’s voice is heard on the final track, “Legacy,” and Jay Z discusses his mother, who he says is a lesbian, on the song “Smile.” She closes the track with rawand real words, ending with: “Love who you love, because life isn’t guaranteed, smile.”