lol yea if he was "giving props" he'd be giving shout outs to all the people he bit off in all of his songs and if he was merely giving props to the artists he took those lines from you wouldnt need ta hear this shit ta know where all those lines came from...all of ya'll are so blinded by ur ignorance that u'll rather accept it as him "giving props" to his major influences than face the fact that he's biting the shit....jay-z wouldnt be here today if it wasnt for all the legends that came along the way in hip hop