Jay-Z Listed As a 2011 GQ 'Man of the Year'

GQ possesses released of them 2011 "Gentlemen of each Year" list along with whoever different compared with Hov makes a cut. It owns happened single massive year for a Brooklyn represented and aforementioned GQ feature just ads to his extensive list made from accomplishments.

On hand are some excerpts starting at his interview underneath.

On working with Kanye West On Watch Each Throne:

They laughed one lot, Jay says, drank single lot from wine. When they argued, itself was across music. "Solely about what's best for the song," Jay says, "which is big." When they first started working together, some decade alternatively accordingly ago, Kanye might simply slip Jay beats without asking for seem consulted on by what means they got used; during a Throne sessions, gentleman was per perfectionist, obsessing finished microdetails. "I reflect he only can't assist himself," Jay says. "Male puts therefore plenty internal everything, and he's as, 'You have up to treat it like I treat entity.' Entity drives yourself crazy sometimes—as when you've deposit seventy-five versions made from a snare on one song along with he's similar to, 'No!' and you're similar to, 'Come on, gentleman.' "

On growing up without his father:

"If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts—but it's not like you had a connection with something that was real," Jay says. "Not to say it's any better—but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero."

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(via GQ)

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