Every Car Reference From Jay-Z's "Magna Carta Holy Grail"

That Samsung deal could buy Hov a lot more cars.

Jul 08, 2013
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Despite the "not for sale" mantra from Kanye, Yeezus was full of car references. So it should come as no surprise that Jay-Z, who, as you know, partnered with Samsung to release Magna Carta Holy Grail, would shout out even more brands in his new album. In fact, Maybach alone is name dropped almost as often as Jay's boy Jean-Michel Basquiat. We found all those instances and more to bring you Every Car Reference From Jay-Z's "Magna Carta Holy Grail".

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"Twin Bugattis outside the Art Basel"

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Song: "Picasso Baby"

Beyonce already gave him one Bugatti. So what's one more to a motherfucker like him, could you please remind him?


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"Spray everything like SAMO, won't scratch the Lambo"

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Song: "Picasso Baby"

The Basquiat references are just beginning two songs in, this time with Jean-Michel's graffiti pseudonym. 


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"My bitch whip cost a hundred grand/Red 'vert, you see me slide"

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Song: "FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt"

Is that really your girl's car, Ricky? Or did you just give her a loaner? 


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"Peel off in a Lamborghini Countach"

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Song: "FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt"

Let's go ahead and call this the best car reference on the album. It's hard to one-up the stunning Countach, never mind the fact that he doesn't finish pronouncing the full name. 


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"Docked on the Ivory Coast/Mercedes in a row winding down the road"

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Song: "Oceans"

Frank Ocean loves his cars, but it seems strange for him to be shouting out Mercedes-Benz instead of BMW here. Almost as weird as Rick Ross upping Reebok with the Nike slogan. 


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"Me and Ty Ty is like Pablo and Popeye/Winding dirt roads on mopeds spilling opus"

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Song: "Oceans"

We need to see visual evidence of Jay-Z on a moped, like we saw of Dr. Dre. 


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"Muhammad Hovi my back against the rope, the black Maybach/I'm back inside the boat"

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Song: "Oceans"

Who is he kidding? His back hasn't been against the ropes in years. You know, considering he could afford to chop up a Maybach and everything.

"Sipping D'USSE boy this ain't your daddy yak/He in a Cadillac; me? I'm in the Maybach"

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Song: "F.U.T.W."

Just when Caddy thought it had its image turned around ...


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"Yellow Lambo in the driveway/A buck thirty-five, I'm on the highway"

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Song: "Somewhereinamerica"

Ryan Dunn died doing 130 in his Porsche. We don't want one of our favorite rappers to suffer the same fate. Slow down, Hov.


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"White Lexus before I had a deal"

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Song: "Somewhereinamerica"

The white Lexus has been a staple in Jay's rhymes. He loves reminding us that he was doing well financially before the whole rap thing.


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"Bulletproof glass, glass roof like the Pope"

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Song: "Crown"

If Jay-Z doesn't do a video for "Crown" with him in a Popemobile, then we've all lost.


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"He's 6'2, how the fuck he fit in a new Bugatti?"

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Song: "Heaven"

Don't worry, man, Bugatti is working out a four-door that you and your entire family can use for cruising.


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"Y'all dwell on devil shit, I'm in a Diablo/Yellow shit, color of Jell-O shit"

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Song: "Heaven"

If he's going for the devil imagery, wouldn't a red Diablo be more fitting?


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"Getting ghost in the Ghost/Can you see me? Can you see me?"

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Song: "Heaven"

Yes, Jay, we can see you. It's hard to miss anybody in a $250,000 Rolls-Royce. Stop being lazy, though, a Wraith reference would have been way better right here. 


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"Y'all religion creates division/Like my Maybach partition"

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Song: "Heaven"

A stunt and a comment on the divisiveness of religion in two bars. Well played.


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"I thought about you, fool/While I was driving my car/I wonder if you fools/Realize how far/You are/You're no where in my rear mirror"

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Song: "Versus (Interlude)"

Why bother thinking about somebody who's not even in your rear-view? This seems a little petty.


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"My past ain't pretty, my lady is, my Mercedes is"

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Song: "Part II (On the Run)"

If there were ever a lyric to encompass the bragadocious nature of rap, this would be it.


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"Maybach, 3 TV's all up in the headrest"

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Song: "BBC"

Seriously, though, when do we lay down the line and make the cut-off for Maybach references being completely tired and irrelevant? 


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"Bought my Sidekicks Suzuki Jeeps and Cherokees"

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Song: "BBC"

There was almost a Jay-Z Edition Jeep, but the idea was killed in 2005. That hasn't stopped him from rolling around in a Wrangler, though. And that Suzuki reference? If you didn't know, a Sidekick was a type of Suzuki. GET IT?


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"Coupes with the rear cameras/Put that bitch in a cherry M3"

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Song: "BBC"

It's good to hear him stepping out of the luxury bubble he's always in and climbing into the realm of legitimate drivers' cars. 


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"Silver Toyotas 4Runners and four-wheelers/Me and Teflon Q45 Infiniti/Windows tinted/White girl all in it/Britney, bitch/MCM seats buck 50 stitch"

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Song: "BBC"

The 4runner has been a rap staple for years. Good to hear him revisiting a little bit of history here. 


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"Let's do this for these babies/Mercedes truck, fuck"

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Song: "Jay-Z Blue"

What a terrible sacrifice to make for your kids. Some parents sacrifice nights out, others "downgrade" to a Mercedes truck. We have no doubt we'll see him in the Lamborghini or Bentley SUV in a couple years. 


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