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Jay-Z feat. Drake - Off That (Produced by Timbaland)

After listening to this song for the past hour, I’m still unsure how I feel about it. The beat sounds like a better version of ‘The Bounce’, and the lyrics are nothing if not solid. (And, though the O’Reilly/Limbaugh jab seems misplaced, I guess it works into his vision of how - when it comes to closemindedness - ‘we off that’.) Jay’s flow is different - fitting for a song that’s all about chasing freshness - except that it sounds forced, unnatural, like an old dog learning a new trick. Actually, more than anything, it sounds like an old dog chasing Billboard charts: why else throw Drake on the hook? And yet, I can’t stop listening.