And who the hell is K-Rob? I'll just finish this here by saying that I personally prefer the first one.Ĭonclusion: Reasonable Doubt definitely holds up after 13 years its been out. I have a version containing one more bonus track. Pretty good song, would start a trend of downbeat songs ending the albums. Who the hell is Peter Panic? Whoever he is, he produced a simple beat. The beats good, ut the song is my least favorite out of the three Premier contributions, but it's still awesome. That's not to say he's not good on the track, much better than Memphis Bleek.
Sauce Money must've brought the pizzas to the studio, and since he was a such nice delivery boy, Jay offered him a spot on the album. Jaz must've drove around in circles and had to reenter the studio to ask Jay for directions and decided to hop on Premier's final contribution for the album. That's beginning to be a running theme throughout the album.
You the man n-, stop frontin'.īleek: Till death do us part.You can check Cracked for more unintentionally gay lyrics. Jay: Hey, fella, I been watchin' you clockin'.īleek: Who? Me? Holdin' down this block, it ain't nothin'. Oh, and part of the final verse (where Jay and Bleek steal the mic from each other) comes off as gay. But it's not like he deserves to be Jay's replacement. What the hell is Memphis doing nowadays? The only time I've seen his name pop up this year was when he randomly got a guest appearance on that Wale/9th Wonder mixtape that dropped a month ago. Thank God that when Jay retired, we got Memphis Bleek in his place. Had it been around 3 minutes, it would definitely be second favorite. which doesn't sound too bad, but I don' feel like it fits the song. which is weird considering "DJ Irv" here is responsible for giving the hip-hop world Ja Rule.īig Jaz drops by to give Jay a beat and then leaves (don't worry, he'll be back). The "freestyle" (yeah, right.) is awesome. He swipes the chorus from A Tribe Called Quest's "Can I Kick It?" The random talk show intro in the beginning is not really necessary.
I think it was of the Reasonable Doubt 10 Anniversary Concert. Somewhere, I remember reading a 44 Four's when looking over a Jay-Z track listing. I'm gonna keep this track short and just describe it with one word: AWESOME. The first of three Premo contributions to the album. it brings one question to my mind: Who the fuck is Mecca? Still a good track. Oh, and it started the whole Jay/Nas feud. this track is my second favorite off the album. If I recall correctly, the song actually leaked. Why? Oh, and a track called "Dead Presidents III" was put on tracklists for American Gangster a while back (so were collabs with Kanye and T.I.). And when it did, the song was off it, but replaced with this one, it's got the same beat and the same chorus, but different lyrics. Jay released the original "Dead Presidents" as the first single off Reasonable Doubt about four months before the album dropped. Biggie's "joke," I say that because it doesn't come off as one, is really. The two trade the mic back and worth, with a quick chorus interrupting them.
The beat's not what you think it would be for a collab like this, but I like it. I could be wrong though, but I can't recall any. I think this might be the only collaboration between Biggie and Jay that was released in B.I.G.'s lifetime. This would've been a much better opening song, as it actually keeps your attention.ģ. The lyrics are good, though, but as a total package. It sounds like first beat I learned when playing the drums. Pain in da Ass does a 40 second, uncredited intro over the sound of a heartbeat before Jay jumps into rhyming. Blige, Big Jaz, Sauce Money) for his mafioso classic.ġ. It's also placed on the "Top Hip-Hop Albums of All Time." All this despite not selling a lot of copies, but you know that the best albums usually seem to be the ones ignored by the consumers.įor Reasonable Doubt, Jay brought along some good producers (DJ Premier, Ski, DJ Clark Kent, Big Jaz) and good features (The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Hov's debut has been cited as a classic, and used to justify his positioning on a "Top MCs of All Time" list.
(OB4CL2 is coming out September 8th, with the first single coming out Tuesday. With the release of this album, Jay took the subgenre "mafioso rap" to the highest point it's been since Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.
After spending years selling crack and freestyling and appearing on other artists' (Jaz-O, Big Daddy Kane, Big L, Mic Geronimo), Shawn started up his own record label, called Roc-A-Fella, alongside his mentor Jaz-O (who he's now taken to dissing) and Dame Dash (who split from the label).