16 Songs Jay Z Should Definitely Not Perform at His Tidal B-Sides Concert

16 tracks we don't want to see Jay perform.

Seriously Hov, Skip These. - Tidal just got real. Yesterday (April 29), Jay Z dropped the Wild Draw Four he’s been holding tight since his (first) retirement. His in-case-of-emergency ace in the hole. Welp, the glass is broken. Jay Hova will put on a concert in New York City featuring only his B-sides and rarest cuts to strong-arm non-believers into signing up for his new streaming service. It’s the show that Jay Z fans have been waiting for since back when Usher rocked a U chain. And only Tidal subscribers are allowed. Talk about the okey-doke. Come up off that $20, pleighboi. Of course longtime fans will be amped to hear Jigga dig deep into his catalog — back when he was rapping alongside Jaz-O and Sauce Money and Mic Geronimo — as well as more contemporary deep album cuts. But not every buried stone is a gem. There are some stinkers or otherwise inappropriate records i...

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Seriously Hov, Skip These. - Tidal just got real. Yesterday (April 29), Jay Z dropped the Wild Draw Four he’s been holding tight since his (first) retirement. His in-case-of-emergency ace in the hole. Welp, the glass is broken. Jay Hova will put on a concert in New York City featuring only his B-sides and rarest cuts to strong-arm non-believers into signing up for his new streaming service. It’s the show that Jay Z fans have been waiting for since back when Usher rocked a U chain. And only Tidal subscribers are allowed. Talk about the okey-doke. Come up off that $20, pleighboi. Of course longtime fans will be amped to hear Jigga dig deep into his catalog — back when he was rapping alongside Jaz-O and Sauce Money and Mic Geronimo — as well as more contemporary deep album cuts. But not every buried stone is a gem. There are some stinkers or otherwise inappropriate records i...

'Jockin’ Jay Z (Dope Boy Fresh)' (Unreleased, 2008) - Illuminati erased this failed Blueprint 3-era single from the history books for a reason.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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'Jockin’ Jay Z (Dope Boy Fresh)' (Unreleased, 2008) - Illuminati erased this failed Blueprint 3-era single from the history books for a reason.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

'Anything' (Beanie Sigel’s The Truth, 2000) - Jay Z tacked this sentimental cut onto Beanie Sigel’s debut LP as a bonus track, but it still sounds like a “Hard Knock Life” knockoff.(Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung)

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'Anything' (Beanie Sigel’s The Truth, 2000) - Jay Z tacked this sentimental cut onto Beanie Sigel’s debut LP as a bonus track, but it still sounds like a “Hard Knock Life” knockoff.(Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung)

'Anything,' Featuring Usher (Kingdom Come, 2006) - Actually, he should perform anything but this.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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'Anything,' Featuring Usher (Kingdom Come, 2006) - Actually, he should perform anything but this.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

“Off That,” Featuring Drake (The Blueprint 3, 2009) - Even Drake has said he regrets recording this lukewarm collaboration with Jay Z that futilely tried to kill trends like Timberland boots, making it rain at the strip club and telling women you love them (huh?). Also, chances are Jay will be wearing Timbs during his performance. So, yeah, we’re off this.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

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“Off That,” Featuring Drake (The Blueprint 3, 2009) - Even Drake has said he regrets recording this lukewarm collaboration with Jay Z that futilely tried to kill trends like Timberland boots, making it rain at the strip club and telling women you love them (huh?). Also, chances are Jay will be wearing Timbs during his performance. So, yeah, we’re off this.(Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

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“Somewhereinamerica” (Magna Carta Holy Grail, 2013) - We’re off twerking Miley Cyrus, too.(Photo: Raphael Dias/Getty Images)

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“Somewhereinamerica” (Magna Carta Holy Grail, 2013) - We’re off twerking Miley Cyrus, too.(Photo: Raphael Dias/Getty Images)

“I Know What Girls Like,” Featuring Puff Daddy and Lil Kim (In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, 1997) - No, no, no, no, no. Just no.(Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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“I Know What Girls Like,” Featuring Puff Daddy and Lil Kim (In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, 1997) - No, no, no, no, no. Just no.(Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

'Nickels & Dimes' (Magna Carta Holy Grail, 2013) - Leave that old Harry Belafonte beef alone, Hov.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival)

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'Nickels & Dimes' (Magna Carta Holy Grail, 2013) - Leave that old Harry Belafonte beef alone, Hov.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival)

'Super Ugly' (Unreleased, 2001) - Leave that old Nas beef alone, Hov. (But please tease us with verse one of “Takeover.”)(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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'Super Ugly' (Unreleased, 2001) - Leave that old Nas beef alone, Hov. (But please tease us with verse one of “Takeover.”)(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

'Mi Amor' With Angie Martinez (Up Close and Personal, 2000) - The musical equivalent of a Taco Bell in Tijuana.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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'Mi Amor' With Angie Martinez (Up Close and Personal, 2000) - The musical equivalent of a Taco Bell in Tijuana.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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'Things That U Do,' Featuring Mariah Carey (Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter, 1999) - Flutes and hip hop just don’t go together. Unless they’re champagne flutes. Filled with Ace of Spades. Because Cristal — we off that (remember?).(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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'Things That U Do,' Featuring Mariah Carey (Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter, 1999) - Flutes and hip hop just don’t go together. Unless they’re champagne flutes. Filled with Ace of Spades. Because Cristal — we off that (remember?).(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

'Lobster & Scrimp' With Timbaland (Timbaland’s Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment, 1998) - Cheddar bay biscuits from Red Lobster > "Lobster & Scrimp."(Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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'Lobster & Scrimp' With Timbaland (Timbaland’s Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment, 1998) - Cheddar bay biscuits from Red Lobster > "Lobster & Scrimp."(Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

'Welcome to New York City' With Cam’ron and Juelz Santana (Cam’ron’s Come Home With Me, 2002) - Save for some tracks off Best of Both Worlds and Unfinished Business with R. Kelly (both albums also wiped from memory by Illuminati, smh), this is one of Jigga’s most disappointing collaborations. It’s basically a rough, rough draft of “Empire State of Mind,” seven years early.(Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for SoundCTRL/Flash FWD)

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'Welcome to New York City' With Cam’ron and Juelz Santana (Cam’ron’s Come Home With Me, 2002) - Save for some tracks off Best of Both Worlds and Unfinished Business with R. Kelly (both albums also wiped from memory by Illuminati, smh), this is one of Jigga’s most disappointing collaborations. It’s basically a rough, rough draft of “Empire State of Mind,” seven years early.(Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for SoundCTRL/Flash FWD)

'Hey Papi,' Featuring Memphis Bleek and Amil (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Soundtrack, 2000) - No one thinks it’s weird that a song called “Hey Papi” has not even one Hispanic person in the credits? Was J.Lo busy? Angie Martinez? (Oh...nevermind)(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

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'Hey Papi,' Featuring Memphis Bleek and Amil (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Soundtrack, 2000) - No one thinks it’s weird that a song called “Hey Papi” has not even one Hispanic person in the credits? Was J.Lo busy? Angie Martinez? (Oh...nevermind)(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

'Hollywood,' Featuring Beyoncé (Kingdom Come, 2006) - Bringing this back will not excite fans about the rumored Carters’ collabo LP that maybe, probably, most likely will drop exclusively on Tidal, for sure.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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'Hollywood,' Featuring Beyoncé (Kingdom Come, 2006) - Bringing this back will not excite fans about the rumored Carters’ collabo LP that maybe, probably, most likely will drop exclusively on Tidal, for sure.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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'Girl’s Best Friend' (Blue Streak: The Album, 1999) - Hey, did you know this song is about diamonds?(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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'Girl’s Best Friend' (Blue Streak: The Album, 1999) - Hey, did you know this song is about diamonds?(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

'Sunshine' (In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, 1997) - Because every time we hear this song we remember this.(Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Power 105.1)

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'Sunshine' (In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, 1997) - Because every time we hear this song we remember this.(Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Power 105.1)