Jay-Z postmodernism notes
Intertextual
references
- In ‘Ni**as in Paris’ there is a reference to the film ‘Blades of Glory’ starring Will Ferrell “We are gonna skate to one song and one song only” “How do you even know what it means? No-one knows what it means but it’s provocative, it gets the people going”.
- In the song ‘Hard Knock Life’ it uses quotes from the musical ‘Annie’.
Homage
- The first single released off the album ‘Otis’ samples heavily the 60’s soul singer Otis Reading with the song ‘Try a little tenderness’ which is acknowledged in the title
Bricolage
- Song ’99 Problems’ uses an unconventional drum beat from ‘The Big Beat’ by Billy Squier whilst using the chorus lyrics to Ice-T’s 99 Problems released in 1993.
Jonathan Kramer
- Fitting the characteristics of his points, such as not respecting the boundaries between present and past, as well as quotations and references to other texts from different cultures
- In the song ’99 Problems’ it includes political and social reference as in the song he talks about a conversation with a racist police officer.
