This is Hov’s gospel, a Shawn Carter retrospective measuring missteps and triumphs, wondering aloud if his work will appreciate in value, and what exactly is worth valuing. Fatherhood has eroded some of that cool, but 4:44 deconstructs an entire worldview. Before, he was unfadable, the supreme hustler without error. The album is certainly built around a betrayal, but his duplicity, the corresponding apology, and his reassessment are vehicles for his own maturation. 4:44 isn’t JAY-Z’s Lemonade, a response to Lemonade, or a Lemonade companion piece.
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