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> people think it's actually about a dog What a weird hill to try and die on, especially being 100% wrong about it. His first verse is about ignorant rap crit

> people think it's actually about a dog What a weird hill to try and die on, especially being 100% wrong about it. His first verse is about ignorant rap critics, exploitative advertisers, and fickle radio stations, and uses the 99 problems lyric to reference them. His second verse details a police stop where he was transporting drugs, and the 99 problems lyric is to reference the K-9 that is due to arrive. His third verse he talks about a physical altercation he had with another man who was performatively aggressive, without anything to back it up. In that verse, he makes another point about how he is using a term often used for women, but he is not using that way "A nigga like myself had to strong-arm a ho/ This is not a ho in the sense of having a pussy/ But a pussy having no goddamn sense try and push me". At the end, the 99 problems lyric is used to reference this senseless man. No where in the song does he talk about ex-girlfriends, strippers, club hookups or literally anything about women. The song is completely structured around clearly and consistently setting it up and paying it off as wordplay against things that aren’t women.

dylan604 3y ago
It's funny to me seeing this "uproar" after watching the Prodigy's Smack my bitch up "uproar" from much earlier. Probably with a smaller audience though.
kyleyeats 3y ago
If you call someone a woman as an insult, that's misogynistic towards women, even if the person you're calling a woman isn't actually a woman. It doesn't even make sense as an insult unless you're a sexist. Again with the hill stuff. Are you really not allowed to disagree with celebrity gossip in your life?
- 542354234235 3y ago
  >Have you ever heard of someone refer to traffic stops as "girl problems"? This conversation is ridiculous. One verse in the song is about a traffic stop-- that specific lyric is a play on the line, not all the lyrics. Jay-Z got rich on sexism and now he's getting richer on anti-sexism. >people think it's actually about a dog is one of the most impressive PR accomplishments in music. Bravo, Jay-Z's PR team in the #metoo era. >Do you think he had millions of dollars of incentive to lie about this? You asserted over and over that the song was about women, and that Jay-Z is now lying You weren't saying whether it was or wasn't misogynistic or sexist. You were asserting that it was about women and Jay-Z is now lying and saying it wasn't about women as some sort of PR push related to #metoo. These are two different things. The lyrics of the song makes it crystal clear what is being talked about. Each verse is talking about a very specific thing and the entire verse is focused on that one thing. That isn't PR or gossip or media narrative. That is simple reading comprehension.
  - kyleyeats 3y ago
    It is about women. A comparison necessarily involves two things. Do you think he's calling the other rapper a drug-sniffing dog? This conversation is still ridiculous. He's a sexist and a sellout. You were never cool for liking him.

dylan604 3y ago

It's funny to me seeing this "uproar" after watching the Prodigy's Smack my bitch up "uproar" from much earlier. Probably with a smaller audience though.

kyleyeats 3y ago

If you call someone a woman as an insult, that's misogynistic towards women, even if the person you're calling a woman isn't actually a woman. It doesn't even make sense as an insult unless you're a sexist. Again with the hill stuff. Are you really not allowed to disagree with celebrity gossip in your life?

542354234235 3y ago
>Have you ever heard of someone refer to traffic stops as "girl problems"? This conversation is ridiculous. One verse in the song is about a traffic stop-- that specific lyric is a play on the line, not all the lyrics. Jay-Z got rich on sexism and now he's getting richer on anti-sexism. >people think it's actually about a dog is one of the most impressive PR accomplishments in music. Bravo, Jay-Z's PR team in the #metoo era. >Do you think he had millions of dollars of incentive to lie about this? You asserted over and over that the song was about women, and that Jay-Z is now lying You weren't saying whether it was or wasn't misogynistic or sexist. You were asserting that it was about women and Jay-Z is now lying and saying it wasn't about women as some sort of PR push related to #metoo. These are two different things. The lyrics of the song makes it crystal clear what is being talked about. Each verse is talking about a very specific thing and the entire verse is focused on that one thing. That isn't PR or gossip or media narrative. That is simple reading comprehension.
- kyleyeats 3y ago
  It is about women. A comparison necessarily involves two things. Do you think he's calling the other rapper a drug-sniffing dog? This conversation is still ridiculous. He's a sexist and a sellout. You were never cool for liking him.