I would like to preface this with the fact that Jay-Z is my favourite rapper of all time and “Imaginary Players” is one of coolest/flyest rap songs to grace my headphones. Needless to say I love the fact that its getting the love it deserves.
However this love comes with some hate towards the person showing it the highest form of homage. Cardi B released her interpretation of the Hov classic and for some reason some self proclaimed hip hop purists have a lot of backhanded comments towards it which is quite confusing. Look at the effect her song has on Hov’s! Jigga’s 1997 classic has seen a crazy increase in streams which means some new ears are getting hip to the flyness.
Speaking of flyness, Cardi really went Wright borthers with this. Its so refreshing to hear her talk that fly shit and stunt on her competition in a luxurious manner. The gloryhole bar is ice-cold and her buying grown men watches and making them take links out is fire.
This quick rant is just because I don’t get the hate and like for like comparison this song is getting. As a Hov fan I love that she did this. We need to stop gatekeeping classics like this because this stunts their growth and longevity. Referencing and sampling are beautiful ways to preserve culture and flyness. End of rant.
FRATPACKER WORLD. 
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