One of the most talked about verses of the year is without a doubt Jay-Z's verse on "God Did" featured on DJ Khaled's new album of the same name. Even MSNBC's Ari Melber dissected it on his show while talking about corruption in the U.S., prompting commentary from LeBron James.
Yesterday (Aug. 31), Jay-Z went on Twitter Spaces in a room hosted by DJ Khaled, Genius' Rob Markman and Roc Nation photographer Lenny Santiago, and broke down the song, which he now infamously recorded in one take. Khaled opened up the conversation by saying when Jay speaks, you listen.
“When the God [JAY-Z] is on, you listen. Don’t interrupt. You let everything come clear and clarity,” Khaled said. “When the God is on, you listen, and that’s what I was doing. My, I appreciate you, man; there are no words that you know what I’m saying all I’m going to every time I see you when I’m not around you. You are my idol, my brother, my friend, and I appreciate what you did for us on this record.”
Jay explained his mindset when creating the verse.
“In the verse, I say ‘my only goal is to make the real [ones] feel seen,’ and when somebody breaks it down in that way, we all feel seen,” he said. “And it wasn’t me, I got calls from everybody like, ‘man, we needed that right there’ or ‘that was amazing.’ [A$AP] Ferg hit me like, ‘we needed that right there so people [can] articulate and understand what we’re going through.'”
Check it out the convo above.