Jay-Z responds to Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ on his new album ‘4:44’

He went there!

Published 30th Jun 2017
Last updated 30th Jun 2017

Jay-Z’s long awaited album ‘4:44’ has landed, it’s the first album from the rapper in four years and it doesn’t disappoint!

The 10 track album is blowing up the internet as in it Jay-Z responds to Beyonce’s 2016 album ‘Lemonade’ in which she claimed Jay-Z had repeatedly cheated on her.

On the album title track, Jay-Z raps ‘If my children knew, I don’t even know what I would do. If they ain’t look at me the same, I would prolly die with all the shame. You did what with who? What good is a ménage à trois when you have a soulmate, you risked that for Blue?’.

Other lyrics include: "I apologise, often womanise, took my child to be born, see through a woman's eyes. Took for these natural twins to believe in miracles. Took me too long for this song. I don't deserve you."

The rapper also references that Solange lift moment on track ‘Kill Jay-Z’ in the lyrics ‘You egg Solange on knowing all along all you had to say was you was wrong.’ Plus the album responds to ‘Becky with the good hair’, the woman Jay-Z had alledgely cheated on Beyonce with in her track Sorry’. In ‘Family Feud’, Jay-Z spits ‘Leave me alone, Becky. A man that don’t take care his family can’t be rich.’

Jay has worked with Frank Ocean and Damian Marley on the album, and has explained the meaning behind each song...