Jay-Z was interviewed for the April issue of Playboy (hit stands on February 28th) and here are some highlights from the interview.
On his future:
“Next album is my last album. I’m freeing up my time. The next one’s coming with a book, so you know it’s the end. Now I really mean it. Write the book, release the Black Album, go head Universal, have kids. And run Universal Records. Not black music, either…I got to run the whole ship. I’ll make it cool to be different. Don’t sound like everybody else-we don’t even accept that.”
His next album:
“It’s my last album. I want it to be the prequel to Reasonable Doubt. I want my mother to open it, then I go through my life and end saying how I want to do “Ain’t No Nigga.” I want it to come out on November 28-Black Friday. Then, no more albums”
On money:
“I’m trying to get grown up and not talk about figures anymore. I’m learning that the big cats don’t talk about money, only us ignorant rappers. I have to get sophisticated with my paper. I’m not nouveau money…I fire my accountant every year. Every time I pay taxes, he’s fired. Uncle Sam did not go in that recording booth with me. He didn’t bang his head against the wall until he came up with the hook for Hovi Baby. It’s crazy, the checks that I send to the government, for nothing. And then my accountant says, ‘Be happy that you’re fortunate enough to cut this check.’ Oh yeah? Fuck you! You’re fucking fired! That’s my response. Then I hire him back, because he’s right.”
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His role as a leader:
“I believe that every black person has a responsibility. When you do good, everyone is looking at you-every black person. So you’re the same person as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. I’m not just representing the hood and Roc-A-Fella Records, I’m representing for the whole culture. A lot of people look at me like they looked at Martin Luther King”
Improvements:
“I’m not like a politician who says he never did nothing wrong. I’m not a saint-I did bad things. I fucked up. But I’m a very legit person. I try not to do bad things anymore. I try to be a decent citizen.”
