23 Year Old REACTS to Jay-Z - The Blueprint REACTION/REVIEW (First Time Hearing)

[@KingAhmadTv]

Eminem was the only feature on this album my fault lol my brain was fried 😂😂🤦‍♂ Time Stamps- The Ruler's Back- 2:15 Takeover- 6:38 Izzo (H.O.V.A.)- 14:42 Girls, Girls, Girls- 18:07 Jigga That Nigga- 23:15 U Don't Know- 26:07 Hola' Hovito- 31:41 Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)- 35:37 Never Change- 39:34 Song Cry- 43:29 All I Need- 48:55 Renegade (Ft. Eminem)- 54:46 Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)- 1:02:06 Bonus Track- Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise)- 1:06:22

[@dannytarver4533]

Actually on Girls x 3,Q- Tip,Slick Rick and Biz Markie each sang the hook at separate times

[@liltoe9536]

Gotta be careful on this one. Most of Jay-Z music gets copyrighted

[@Tmann760]

The other bonus track you missed is Girls remix

[@bernardmiles4083]

​@dannytarver4533 you beat me to it! 😂I seen he ain't peep that at the time!

[@m.r.3674]

Twinkle toes and stolen jewelry was about Prodigy

[@lunneytoonez20]

I always talk about how this album saved my Uncle’s life. He was supposed to go to class on 9/11, his school was around the corner from the Towers. He skipped school with his friend to buy the album and listened to it in the house all day 💙

[@KingAhmadTv]

Crazy!!! Shoutout to Unc 🙏🏾🙏🏾💯

[@BIG-7777]

Word

[@seanyoung9014]

This happened to a few people I knew on 9/11. I was supposed to be doing a job interview down the road from the Pentagon and saw the plane fly over when I was stuck in traffic. They called me and told me not to come and I bought this album on the way home right before the malls closed down for the next few days. It didn't save my life but I was sure glad I had it that week. The Hov/Nas beef kept things from getting straight up depressing during that time.

[@akeme25]

Damn Jay-Z actually saved a bunch of lives that day…

[@curtispascal7191]

Wooooow. Jay-Z needs to know about that story. That’s crazy 😮

[@ScottBuckets]

Not sure of anyone mentioned it but on Girls Girls Girls the chorus featured Biz Markie, Q-Tip and Slick Rick. Pretty dope lil features.

[@Tyfromthechi647]

And Michael jackson with the background vocals

[@devonsaunders8763]

It’s not Michael Jackson. Lol. Listen to Tom Brock “There’s nothing in this world that can stop me from loving you”

[@munneyadvancefastmunneytod6200]

Right hence the ruler’s back was kinda like a foreshadow 💯

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Michael Jackson did the background vocals on Girl’s Girl’s Girl’s part 2!

[@TheCre88tor]

18:08 - Fun fact: Michael Jackson did the beatbox to the beginning of Just Blaze's original "Girls, Girls, Girls" as well as do background vocals on the remix that Kanye made THAT'S why he stood on stage with JAY-Z back in '01 Oh yeah, Biz Markie did the first hook, Q-Tip did the second one and Slick Rick did the third then they combined them on the last hook

[@DerekRobinsonTech]

Just Blaze had one of the best producer runs in the game!!! This album launched Kanye and to me is one of his best works! This era of Hip-Hop is the best ever (1993-2003)

[@t-4579]

Neptunes and timbo had majority of radio hits then, but just blaze had most of the street anthems of that era

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Exactly imo just blaze is definitely one of the greatest hip hop producers even in hip hop.

[@stradag21]

"Get ya weight up, not ya hate up! Jigga man is Diesel (Shaq) when i lift the 8 (Kobe) up!" This is reference to the pic of Shaq carrying Kobe after winning their first chip! Smh that wordplay is crazy!!!!!! LYRICAL EXERCISE IS 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rapperbrain]

Every detail of the U Don’t Know reaction was perfect lmaoooo! One of his best songs of all time, so glad you appreciated it. Peep the U Don’t Know Remix with MOP. Just Blaze goes even crazier on the drums. I lowkey often wonder if Just Blaze is my favorite producer of all-time.

[@clarktownsend8991]

The remix is better

[@gochasingwaterfalls9970]

Definitely, that beat is so perfect for MOP

[@trocktp]

The remix is my favorite Jay song ever.. J. Blaze added extra percussions to the beat and M.O.P. brought that 🔥🔥.

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

The remix was cool but i liked the original version better. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rapperbrain]

@@bigjohnboatright3811I love the remix but I agree with you. The remix is a completely different type of song and energy, the only thing they share is the beat. But lyrically and performance-wise, Jay is on another planet on the original…God MC shit.

[@mr.clarence5548]

“I’m like a dog I never speak, but I understand” 🙏🏿

[@calest6251]

The production on this was fire. I've had this CD stuck in my car for years.

[@thekidd2189]

Back when niggas aint even know who kanye was

[@addicted2dafly]

Fun fact, the bonus track “Lyrical Exercise” the line “Jigga man is Diesel when I lift the eight (38) up” Refers to the famous Lakers media day photo shoot of Shaq lifting Kobe up before things went south with them.

[@pocketfullofghost2347]

You a legend..

[@jermaineartis4323]

It’s a triple…also an 8 ball of Diesel.

[@kingday2424]

@@jermaineartis4323yep my favorite line Diesel weed as well lol

[@cade7343]

The "U Dont Know" reaction is great, its one of the best Jay songs of all time. Production is crazy!

[@mickla787]

Hardest Jay Z track in history.

[@jdigital79]

Don't forget about the remix with M.O.P. ...both are crazy ill

[@nofacade100]

Never Change and Song Cry are my favorites off this album. I’m a huge Nas fan and this was out during the height of their beef so it took me a minute to really appreciate them.

[@godsson7787]

Exactly same here. This album I had to put respect on his name. But it's stillmatic😂.

[@nofacade100]

@@godsson7787 lol facts lol

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

The Blueprint > Stillmatic 💯

[@nofacade100]

@@bigjohnboatright3811 Beats, maybe…..substance, not even close

[@AaronFleming-q4v]

Never change , and mama luvs me are my favorite on this classic album.. he mentions being groomed in my city , Trenton Nj … back in the day he use to hussle out here. Big S/O to hov

[@theDreaming]

my gf doesn’t understand why I watch Reaction videos - but when you watch someone react for the first time it makes you re-experience your own appreciation for the records; plus everyone catches unique things to themselves you may have missed or interpretions you couldn’t have had. As an artist it keeps the flames kindled🔥appreciate ur takes✌🏼

[@ascension-spiritualawakeni7865]

People forget Eminem produced “Renegade” and know exactly how it was constructed so he had an one up already.

[@johje02]

@KingAhmadTV that “U Don’t Know” punched you in the face like a prime George Foreman jab. Imagine how I felt as a 19 year old young man when I ripped “The Blueprint” package open on September 12th 2001 and hear that track in my car for the first time! Chills 🤯

[@St3phenking13]

The definition of a classic. Jay has one of the greatest catalogues in hip-hop.

[@fsociety7494]

I can agree with that. Brady like, but not the best, like mahomes to brady. definitely better mcs. like nas and Eminem. MJ to leborn, Longivity, is a thing. Such as shame greatest died so early. Like Big, Pac, Big pun, Big L., Bruce Lee, freaky tah, etc, RIP.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@fsociety7494freaky tah was a hype man

[@stanleyyoungitc]

​@fsociety7494 Are you saying that Jay Z doesn't have the Longivity? Easily the best catalog. I count 7 classics. Reasonable Doubt Hard Knock Life Vol 2 The Dynasty The BluePrint The Black Album American GANGSTER 4: 44

[@andrewsmith3257]

He's utterly consistent and he has awesome production and instrumentals

[@JohnnySensei7]

@@fsociety7494Nas and Eminem are no where near Jay Z. They have too many lackluster albums

[@yanksfan216]

When that photo of Prodigy hit the Summer Jam screen… my goodness 😮😅😂

[@VZAAGE]

Great to see you finally got to this classic album. Glad you enjoyed it. You left out the Girls Girls Girls Remix though! That song is fire too.

[@antoniosmith197]

I love Jay's imagery on Renegade

[@MrOvadose101]

Listening to "U don't know" always get me amped. All time head nod song. Just Blaze cemented his legacy behind the boards.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

Hell yea I was in high school at the time and we used to play that shit before football games to get amped up.

[@BruceJohnson-fo5ko]

Then I went back a few years after Reasonable Doubt came out and listened to it a came to a conclusion, JAY Z Is a GIANT!!!!

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

JAY-Z is the giant of all giant’s. 😉 🐐

[@andrewsmith3257]

💯

[@VZAAGE]

Top 5 HH album of all time. No doubt about it.

[@GeronFletcher]

Get ya weight up, not ya hate up, jigga man is Diesel when I lift the 8 up. That’s one of the coldest double, triple, quadruple entendres in HISTORY THAT LINE IS BEYOND NASTY

[@fernandoparadacastillo5901]

This album is like a greatest hits collection. Reasonable Doubt is more lyrically complex, but the replay value of The Blueprint is insane. Also, the production is one the best in hip-hop history. Kanye got a lot more fame because of his work here if i'm not mistaken. In conclusion, this is an absolute classic.

[@NW7386]

This is the album that made everyone understand who Kanye really was. He did a lot of production for ppl at the time leading up to College Dropout but between Beanie Siegel's 'The Truth' and The Blueprint, this was the birth of the Kanye West we knew in the 2000s.

[@danieltdavis9788]

Just Blaze was better imo….

[@NW7386]

@@danieltdavis9788 not mad at that homeboy. Just Blaze had heat on the Blueprint and other projects as well.

[@fsociety7494]

Reasonable doubt was a much better album from top to bottom, Although I get what your saying.

[@andrewsmith3257]

Hell yeah

[@antlove8723]

Peace King. Peace to the Family. This is event right here fam!💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@J.R.410]

On the Takeover song Jay said it was 88 when Prodigy took those pics, but it was actually in 1982. Prodigy confirmed it in his book, and it was from his Grandmother dance school, he was imitating Michael Jackson. He was around 8 or 9 at that time.

[@anonymousapocalypse247]

And Jay asked Nas you tryin to kick knowledge? Fast forward 2017 jay on 4:44 jays soundin lame tryin to kick knowledge 😅😂

[@bern9642]

​@@anonymousapocalypse247kick knowledge is the Five-Percent Nation. Nas was a supporter and he mentioned their ideologies frequently. Rakim, RZA, GZA are other famous rappers that are five percenters. This is nas' reply to Jay z from the track star wars - "Why would they fuck with a don, Jehovah witness, Him and his co-defendants, I eat 'em like Lucky Charms With two percent low fat milk, five percent pro black built" You notice he refers to himself as a five percent pro black built.

[@PasteurizedLettuce]

Yeah I mean it’s beef, I don’t think anyone should take it like investigative journalism. I guess blame Pusha T for that expectation lol

[@Santiago257]

Just to clarify, "Twinkle Toes" was a shot at Prodigy from the whole "you was a ballerina, I got your pictures I've seen ya" line on The Takeover

[@kingday2424]

@1:08:46 (I’m Diesel when I lift the 8 up) that’s a Shaq and Kobe reference 🔥

[@Keith_McDaniel]

FACTS

[@jskee2002]

People sleep on the second Jay Z verse all the time. That’s a cold verse

[@robertc5773]

Facts

[@nawfsidemoe9858]

It’s definitely a tie. Eminem’s technical ability and wordplay is showcased here. Hov wordplay, relatability and story tellin is showcased. Both went dummy

[@smashdaliketv6518]

I know you’re from Detroit but don’t be afraid to say that Jay Z was the TRUTH on Renegrade. We all know Eminem is better than so many rappers out here, but Jay’s second verse spoke to everyone in the hood with an intellectual and unorthodox flow. Nice Review 👌🏾

[@donovanpitts6907]

As someone from Detroit, Jay Z is the best rapper to ever speak in a mic.

[@GodlessFiend]

Girls, girls, girls is so criminally underrated and slept on

[@DatOneGuy901]

it fills me w joy seeing someone young reacting to this album and appreciating it so much..

[@brandonhoward2407]

The intro is actually a copy of Slick Rick’s “The Rulers Back” on “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick” album. You should review that as well. Classic!

[@marnik261196]

"a copy" 😂😂, if Kanye or any other rapper use hooks from an other artist he's a Genius, if Jay does it he's a biter. It's called tribute, paying homage to your culture. Artists do it all the time.

[@brandonhoward2407]

@@marnik261196 Maybe I described it wrong. I was just letting the brother know the origins of the line.

[@robertadams1960]

I watch this and see the power of musics effect. You can go from one personality to the next without even noticing. The production is until this day on another level. Great review.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

I been saying for 20 years that Jay more than held his own on Renegade. People get caught up in Em's crazy rhyme patterns, but the shit Jay was talking about, if you from the hood you can definitely relate to him more.

[@josephodighibor2456]

My demeanour, 30 years my senior...

[@stevehill1413]

Every time I debate with my boys about renegade, I use this exact argument. Peopl get caught up in delivery and cadence, but not actual lyrical content

[@casparhughey5651]

@@stevehill1413 em still won

[@brandoncarter7076]

Jay-z The GOAT thank you for these reviews bro

[@cibida1]

Dope review once again. That Lyrical Exercise beat was KNOCKIN forgot how nice that song was. Jay to me is at his best spittin that hardcore shit.

[@Undecided0]

I was a block away from the World Trade Center at J&R Music World buying the Blueprint album. They would open early for album release day. When I came out. The first plane hit.

[@josephodighibor2456]

I was in Lagos Nigeria marking my birthday😢 R.I.P to the souls. I was anticipating the album to be a success.

[@i_am_gohan9232]

Can’t believe this is your first time hearing this classic, but glad you did.

[@thexproductions90s]

you may think oochie walley was trash but when that song came on in the club...or a party or in the streets...It popped sonn!!!!

[@powercityeatery264]

I thought the same thing! That song was 🔥

[@jeffjones7798]

😂😂 shit was ass you must be from NY

[@bamnjphoto]

Facts, a lot of times the context of the streets and clubs is taken out of song reviews. Same with 'Jigga My Nigga' song it was popping on the mixed tapes and clubs it might not have aged or translated well over time but at that time it was poppin.

[@jaywaller4151]

The song was trash but the beat was fire!!

[@anthonyanderson9303]

Yup same thing with You Owe Me, another Nas song that gets trashed but was poppin in the club.

[@bernardmiles4083]

Outstanding reaction sir! You doing your thing with these deeply insightful reactions! 👏

[@musiqologist]

Fun fact. Just Blaze created the Girl Girls Girls beat for Ghostface. Somehow Hov ended up with it but I sure wish Ghost had it. His flow over that track would've been magic.

[@Man_eee]

There is a version of Ghostface rapping over that beat & he does sound better than Jay.

[@leefairley9310]

ooor we could get both on the same beat,

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

That’s crazy but we’re blessed to have the version that Hov gave us it’s a timeless song.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

I could definitely hear Ghostface on this.

[@tchallal6684]

@@Man_eeeghost didn’t sound right on it to me. His flow olis not made for it.

[@epikmusic]

"Girls, Girls, Girls" Chorus -> 1st vocal hook was Biz Markie, 2nd vocal hook was Q-Tip, 3rd vocal hook was Slick Rick...then all together later on

[@anthonyallen351]

Jay is the goat period! 🐐🐐

[@Mercury6_]

This song matured hip hop, made it cool for 30 year olds to listen. Before this it was strictly for a young crowd

[@cibida1]

Ever realize Jay got the meanest intro game? What I mean is how he talk his shit on the intro to almost every track. Does it really well too. This and Black Album are my favorite Jay projects.

[@djblock215]

Ice Cube had 4 great intro tracks on four consecutive albums.

[@cibida1]

@@djblock215 not talking intro tracks I’m talking his little ad libs and sayings at the beginning of each track. “Turn my music high high high yer” …”welcome ladies and gentlemen to the 8th wonder of the world”…etc

[@WhoisDJNox]

Fun Facts...he recorded the whole album in one week. Also, on "U Don't Know" he takes a shot at Fat Joe with the Dapper Dan line. Joe talked about it in one of his interviews. Classic Hov!

[@bowling4clarity817]

Hov is a true hip hop student . That line in a All I Need where he said ' leave you in a hospital looking at M.A.S.H for months ", is inspired by Ice Cube's song Alive On Arrival from the album Death Certificate. Cube tells a story of the slow service in L.A emergency rooms . " A whole hour done past, I done watched 3 episodes of Mash . Death Certificate by Cube is a must-react to classic .

[@stereo-type1510]

I always thought he meant he'll leave you in the hospital looking at Mash for months like youll be eating mashed potatoes for months

[@anonymousapocalypse247]

​@@stereo-type1510yall are both right, its a bar

[@sa23ge]

​@@stereo-type1510same here or mush.

[@sa23ge]

​@@anonymousapocalypse247it's kinda like that line on you don't know, where he says I am a hustler baby I can sell water to a whale/well.

[@gweah7821]

I vividly remember first seeing this album in the store. It immediately felt different to everything he had done before. Only 1 feature, the sleek artwork… I knew right there and then Jay meant business with this one. Hearing him go in, on the Mobb and Nas, calling out names, on track 2? It didn’t see that coming. I loved Jay as an MC but I didn’t love his albums. But I LOVED this album. It was the 5 mic moment for an MC already running the game.

[@acoop5688]

Been rockin with u and ur channel for a grip youngster..Really glad to see somebody younger experiencing Jay and appreciating the man for what he is..Your appreciation for the beats, lyrics and just the fact that u give props where there do..Jay been undiable since day one..If he's not the best then he's top 3 hands down..Much love youngster

[@KingAhmadTv]

Love my guy 🖤💪🏾💪🏾

[@TheCre88tor]

"Rumor has the Blueprint classic couldn't even be stopped by Bin Laden, so September 11th marks the era forever of the revolutionary Jay Guevara!"

[@SBTheBully]

I wanna see Ahmad review THIS album next 🫡🫡

[@gatzandrew]

“Renegade” was originally recorded as a Em & Royce 5’9” song. Jay dropped Royce, and Em had the same verse on each. Gotta hear that one.

[@clintongray5065]

Songs Cry was one of my favorite on this album definitely a masterpiece

[@bamnjphoto]

The Jigga My Nigga track was a mixtape and street banger when it came out, It dropped months before the album came out and was on a Rough Riders compilation album because it was produced by Swizz Beats he added it as a bonus.

[@So-xs8tf]

Amazing classic album !! You probably already listened to if but : what are you waiting for reviewing the black album ?? Amazing Album also

[@akaLids77]

“I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell I am a hustler baby, I'll sell water to a well “

[@KamuiCage]

When these internet trolls tell you Jay was never the best rapper in the game or hes overrated tell em to actually listen to the albums

[@stereo-type1510]

Every once in a while you have to go back to remind yourself how great Jay is.

[@flameemperor.]

Amazing album momma loves is one of my favorite songs and never change

[@RAA10382]

I remember copping this and KillArmy’s Fear, Love & War album that morning (9/11/01). Many ppl was coppin’ this as the towers were attacked. Only to find out moments later what had just happened.

[@Cno_Evil]

Def do The Black Album next.. that's the only other album that come close to Blueprint & Reasonable Doubt

[@LuckySosa44]

Inmaculate reaction! I've seen this complete. I recommend you American Gangster, a lot will say Black Album and its amazing, but AG is like a movie with similarities to RD 11 years later.

[@infamous_hnic6926]

Gotta agree, imma big hov fan and I feel like American Ganster and Black Album doesn't get the love it deserves

[@iraford5788]

Agreed.

[@EWheels]

The rulers back is an homage to Slick Ricks The Rulers Back from his first classic album

[@JamesJohnson-mw6zq]

The Black album along with the “Fade to Black” documentary are my favorite projects of his. Definitely reaction worthy. IMO ✌🏾

[@liquidgeorge]

I agree with you; Jigga that N was the only bad spot on the album. I definitely wish that wasn’t on it. I’m from the U.K. and we had “Girls, Girls, Girls Part 2” as a bonus track after Lyrical Exercise. I don’t know if that was the case with other releases, or may have been removed due to sample clearance, but it is a dope track!

[@lerebele1]

Lyrical exercise was a tune. 1.... 2....3... Breathe easy!

[@tywayne3]

They were bonuses here in the states as well.

[@hubertfenelon25]

This song was more for clubbing. Around this time, this kind of sound was very popular with guys like RKelly and others...

[@Nevaperfectjusreal]

Could’ve picked a better beat for that song

[@brooklynmedina7676]

Jigga My N***a was necessary for a lite call & response old school type track.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

They played that track Heart of the city on the TV show Black Lightning. So hard.

[@LanceJ.]

“Get your weight up/not your hate up/Jigga man is Diesel(Shaq) when I lift the 8(Kobe) up”-Lyrical Exercise

[@stevenstrong3278]

I hope he caught that...my favorite part

[@MoNeYMaKiNg921]

Also jigga man is diesel "strong" when i lift the 8 up "38" special

[@RAA10382]

Most of the tracks on this album produced by Kanye West and Just Blaze were originally meant for Ghostface Killah, but when Jay-Z heard them beats, he basically told them “nah, these joints is too 🔥 for me not to spit some shit on’em.” I always imagine what would have become of those tracks if Ghostface would have gotten a hold of’em, because those soulful beats were Ghostface’s chamber right there. That soul shit. And this was 2001, one year after Ghost dropped his classic Supreme Clientele.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

That era Ghostface would have fit right in with alot of those tracks too. Him and Just Blaze hooked up later tho for some fire shit.

[@RAA10382]

@@anthonyanderson9303 YES SIR !!!

[@36dgball]

Other album review suggestions: Scarface "The Diary", Juvenile "400 Degrees ", UGK "Ridin Dirty ", and 8Ball & MJG "In Our Lifetime "

[@tayoamole7818]

Definitely need those Space Age Pimps

[@hugh_jasso]

8Ball & MJG Living Legends is packed wit classics

[@robertmatthews9650]

I remember playing in fighting game tournaments in an arcade in PA when Renegade dropped. They had a juke box playing and for hours on end literally every other song was that one.

[@tywayne3]

Lol...that's dope.

[@prof3ssor178]

My favorite Jay-Z album! Very nostalgic 5th grade school year 2001

[@hollywoodhefner2]

Twinkle toes was a reference to dude being a dancer... Swinging back to the ballet jab.

[@LanceJ.]

Twinkle Toes is Prodigy. The ballerina. You have to listen to the “U Don’t Know remix” with M.O.P.

[@big2033]

U Don't Know may be Jay-Z's greatest track. And he's never lost either.

[@40EastTrill]

That was a sample on "Girls, Girls, Girls" but he actually did have Michael Jackson on the remix.

[@cfraz1love]

That was MJ on the remix, it’s a Pretenders song called Trying Girls Out. It’s pitched up, so I get where you get that from. Peace

[@smashdaliketv6518]

Twinkle toes is Prodigy. RIP Prodigy. It was the reference to P being a ballerina.

[@GxdBxdy]

Salute for this! Wish kids took the time to appreciate the craft. Jay is at the top for a reason

[@mluna6702]

I hadn't heard that Jigga song in i don't know how long. Now i remember why. What was he thinking? And why'd you have to bring it back? Still a classic album. Great job reviewing man! Keep it going!!!

[@ricanhavoc215]

Have you done Jay-Z "Peoples Court" ??? I havent heard lyrical exercise in forever, gave me goose bumps...beats too hard 🏋🏋

[@anthonyanderson9303]

People's Court is hard AF. The way he flipped the beat from the TV show and all the metaphors is insane.

[@coachp317]

Kanye actually was on here too.. singing hook on “Never Change”

[@TheCre88tor]

56:54 - To back you up, for 16 bars straight, he rhymed every ending compound syllable bar starting with his 3rd bar 3. shoes fits, I wear it 4. truth, grin and bear it 5. lucrative lyrics 6. youth in hysterics 7. music to steer it, views and his merits 8. huge interference, you shouldn't hear it 9. food for the spirit 10. you to just cherish 11. viewed in America 12. you didn't experiment 13. who's in the mirror 14. you get embarrassed 15. stupid as parents 16. do good in marriage 17. do to get here 18. glued to the stereo Em wasn't playing Royc-- I MEAN HOV! 😅

[@Nilz-ie8li]

Fun Fact: the owner of the dance school Prodigy attended was Ashanti's mom. The pic was taken by her mom at the school. Ashanti was murder inc and gave the pic to irv gotti. Irv gotti gave it to Jayz. ...then it ended up on the summerjam screen.

[@ray8507]

I like this.. really good review

[@NovaaktheKING]

FABOLOUS’S GHETTO FABOLOUS dropped that same day on 9/11 and went platinum too 🫡

[@lethaldose2000]

Ahmad you asked about the hiphop museum. They are building it in DC and one might be coming in NYC as well.

[@KingAhmadTv]

Thats wassup 🔥🔥💪🏾

[@housecarolina]

My favorite album from him fr 🔥 straight heat

[@3COI]

This is definitely a classic album. I had the extra benefit of this coming out my freshman year in college. It leaked like a week or two early, we all had access to high speed internet (probably for the first time in our lives), and we hit the file sharing apps heavy. So it was the soundtrack to my whole first semester. You picked the two songs that most people didn't like. I actually like Hola Hovito, but a lot of people didn't. We all agree that That Ni**a Jigga should've been left off the album. Idk if you plan on going through Jay's whole discography, but the You Don't Know remix with MOP on Blueprint 2? Just Blaze somehow managed to make that beat even better. Fun fact, RZA said You Don't Know was the one beat he wished he made himself. Also, Renegade was originally Eminem & Royce da 5'9". You might enjoying reacting to that. Em's verses don't change (besides when he mentions Jay at the end of the first verse), though

[@anthonyanderson9303]

Jigga That Nigga sound like something that belonged in the Volume 3 era. Like it literally sounds like it should be on that album.

[@MrBjnelson]

This album I can listen to for a whole year if I wanted.

[@jayking6360]

The Remix to "U Don't Know" that Jay did with MOP is a song worth reacting to.

[@ShesMajickal_]

I was 17yrs old. Living in Harlem. NyC on the 5th floor of a building. I saw the smoke. I smelled the smell. This album was important asf. He already cemented his comeback after like 3yrs

[@dronkicks]

Bro got a video game reference for every track huh 😂 love it tho G stay up!

[@GeronFletcher]

Damn you forgot the last bonus track. Girls girls girls part 2!!!

[@tywayne3]

Again as I said this is Jay-Z 3.0. Appreciate this one King! I stand corrected on my previous comment about never really listening to this album...during your review i remembered i went for a stretch about a year or two ago where I broke this album out for quite a few months!

[@ricanhavoc215]

I remember I had the bootleg of this a month before it came out. Takeover was insane

[@truckinndrivin3089]

You know what's funny how they hate on Jay now. As if he's not fire. They say he still BIG rhymes.. JAY was slick I'm 50 years up I watch Jay Z grow ish is crazy. He's lyrical he can hold his own They hate him because of Pac lets be honest

[@Bryce_Hall]

53:19 🔥🔥🚨🚨HOT TAKE🚨🚨🔥🔥* *BINK! had a greater conrtibution to this album than Kanye or Just Blaze...and is really THE unsung hero of the Roc-a-fella era... come on now...The Ruler's Back(Intro), All I Need, and Blueprint(Momma Loves Me) dude made so many bangers for the ROC

[@cibida1]

42:20 he was dissing Nas and quoting his line from “Verbal Intercourse” on the same album. That’s respect. “From the womb to the tomb, presume the unpredictable. Gun salute life rapidly that’s the ritual” - from the Purple Tape.

[@missinc9998]

Please do a review for Jay-z's album "Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter". I believe it's really one of Jay-z' best albums ever. That album displays a lot of the things you appreciate from Jay-z on The blueprint album. Just like the blueprint that album never sounds dated considering the lyrics, flow patterns and productions throughout the album. Don't miss out on another great album

[@kingvii6206]

Fun fact: the pictures of mob deep (prodigy) in ballet 🩰 class came from Ashanti. He was in dance school that her aunt operated.