It's false advertising, isn't it? Those commercials for Samsung and Magna Carta Holy Grail that show Jay working with Pharrell, Swizz Beats, Timberland and, ostensibly, Rick Rubin, to create a new masterpiece. Well, it turns out that Rubin did not in fact produce any of the music on the album. What's he doing in the commercials then? What was he doing in the studio that day? Just hanging out, I guess. Just thinking 'bout stuff.
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"That was a big burrito."
"That was a biiiiig burrito."
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"No shoes on my feet makes my cypher complete."
"So I take the apple back to the guy..."
"So I take the apple back to the guy and I say, 'I'm not paying for this, man. This is totally mealy..'"
"You have some dirt on your shoulder."
"Your have some dirt on your shoulder."
Rick Rubin Visene
"I find that Visine works wonders... Yeah, at CVS."
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"Try to clear your mind completely. Envision yourself as an empty vessel ready to be filled with corporate capitalism."
"I'll tap my index finger on my arm when I disagree."
"Remember I said I'd tap my index finger on my arm when I disagreed."
Jack Nicholson impersonation
"No, Jack Nicholson. Watch again..."
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"Yeah, sure, you can pretend I produced a song on your album."
"No, no. It's not that. Just, sometimes I love a song so much that I almost, like, fall asleep."
"No, no. It's not that. Just, sometimes I love a song so much that I almost, like, fall asleep."
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