Big Daddy Kane On Shopping Jay-Z To Labels and Getting Rejected: "They Didn't Like His Flow & Image"

Big Daddy Kane on shopping Jay-Z around to record labels and labels passing.

[@ecuacuban]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Kane imitated Jay flow to Woody Woodpeckers laugh

[@uptownkal3046]

LMAO

[@1975Nitty]

Shots fired straight clownin😂😂😂😂

[@TheyCallHimMarvelous]

Before I saw this comment that was the first thing I thought about 😂🤣

[@standforluv]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@harveymcelroy9332]

Facts

[@ShahLeezy]

Kane is a true gentleman of hip hop

[@Matts-gv6nz]

No he's more of a smooth operator, probably broke your grandma's heart without you knowing back in the day😂

[@ShahLeezy]

@@Matts-gv6nz seems to me you speak from experience.

[@kg6987]

Jay heard Nas and switched his whole style up

[@antoiner3820]

😂

[@MaccaveliPL]

Cool story bro.

[@kg6987]

@@MaccaveliPL just stating the truth bro

[@melvinhhcp3615]

This is the truth. I think Big influenced him in similar fashion as well.

[@kharyvines6971]

CORRECT BIGGIE AND JAY Z CHANGED THEIR STYLE AFTER NAZ PERIOD

[@tysonb3568]

I remember people talking about how much harder Jay worked than his peers, he is who he is today because of his own hard work.

[@sp4c3g]

because he sucked alot of d1cks

[@PB-jk8bl]

Don't leave out ALL the artists he stepped on, used, took advantage of, and royally screwed.

[@bigstone1293]

He is who he is by being a snake

[@harwn999]

It’s not just hard work. There’s actual evidence of snake activity. These are not allegations but proven fact

[@GrizzINK]

Sauce Money is heavily slept on

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Agreed

[@williamwatsoniii3895]

Facts

[@futureflavors205]

Yup

[@SKARAMANGA1]

Facts 💯

[@damuri22]

Sauce Money doesn't have the poster boy image.

[@CHARLESJOHNSON-gv7zy]

'IF RAP WAS A GAME .. I'D BE MVP .. THE MOST VALUABLE POET .. ON THE M I C' ..

[@joshuakithyoma9575]

Quotable , this dude is my number 1 MC ...Nobody beats Kane and Nobody ever will

[@Jenkinsom]

Rip Big L

[@user-mp5rn7xc4l]

If rap was a school, I'll be the principal, Aww fuck it, the Kane is invincible. To be specific, I may die one day, but my rhymes will remain like a hieroglyphic.🌋 His rhymes really did remain like hieroglyphics. I still be finding jewels I missed or went over my head. BEST MC EVER!

[@joshuakithyoma9575]

@@user-mp5rn7xc4l Exactly this dude said , " I don't mind to burn niggaz like cd's , exhibit styles I kick with it , ( cough ,cough) pardon me but I'm fucking sick with it!" 🥵On the platinum plus joint

[@hiitsme3039]

Rakim better

[@GD-1982]

"Twista the only one survived that era"????? Not the only one 🗣🗣 Bone thugs n harmony sir

[@FranG1214]

When Bone came out (in 94'), the fast rap era had already passed. Bone came to the game with something different, which was the harmony. Yes they rapped fast, but it was the harmony that made them stand out.

[@GD-1982]

@FranG1214 oh yeah Bone mixed all that stuff up R&B, alil reggae, horrorcore, gangsta rap, hip hop all in one but they was still know for their fast flows as well tho

[@MyNameIsUnavailable]

DAS EFX, Bone, Do Or Die, Petey Pablo, Busta Rhymes, and Eminem... Shall I go on?

[@GD-1982]

@@MyNameIsUnavailable exactly

[@blackrebelz]

​​@@MyNameIsUnavailableDAS EFX dropped the diggity and slowed down a bit. Em could rap fast, but it wasn't is signature style (his greatest hits aren't that fast, Rap God side). Buster's didn't rhyme as near as fast as Jay Z at that time, at least not consistently. He was a wild style rapper, more known for the Raow Raow...

[@VadikProhorov-my3uw]

You definitely deserve more recognition for this!

[@Rva31homelesslife.]

Bone thugs had that fast flow too

[@user-lq3vt5hv6w]

Bone didn't exist in 1990 91 Twista was out

[@MrTee12]

But with Harmony

[@funkmachine62]

Sounded like Woody Woodpecker

[@wbharvey504]

😂😂 exactly what I said

[@rogierdevries3469]

Lol, Kane funny on that one. But I remember that when Jay Z came out with original flavor - can i get open ...that joint was the sh*t back then. It was one of the last east coast fast and hype records. When Nas came with half time and blackmoon with how many mcs , that's when the flow from everybody went from high pitch to a more slow flow. This is including Biggie and Jay Z.

[@HardCold-Alquan]

@@rogierdevries3469"East coast fast and hype?" Only someone not from the east would even think to say that. There is not east coast hip-hop, it is THE hip-hop and other sounds are different sounds, as if there were many different ORIGINAL sounds.

[@scinnyc]

E-40 - "When I first started rappin' muhfukaz would cap...he fake, he sound like *Woody Woodpecker* on crack"😆

[@gerardovega4641]

That's cuz jay didn't sound right rapping fast. There's a video of jay Spitting a freestyle fast rap 94, and he sounded lame. Poor dame was actin like it was hot.

[@SoonZoo226]

Kane is really who all dem NY rappers really wanna be.

[@normalgaming2326]

Jay was quiet remembering who to put on the shelves later.

[@mindovermatter1462]

Facts.

[@gerardovega4641]

My favorite jay-z song is THE DYNASTY. historic lyrics, beat, intro.

[@dextersfinest175]

Jig's career and accomplishments are tremendous. Whether people think he's the best or not is irrelevant at this point. Can't deny the impact he's made in the music industry...

[@Mdh-tm9eb]

A billionaire from rapping who does that you would think black people would give him props that's what's wrong with us hateful

[@user-jn6sn4bv8v]

The most number 1’s

[@LiquidScorpion]

It’s crazy when you understand Kane and Jay are the same age, lol. Kane seems like an old-timer while Jay seems timeless and always relatable to young people.

[@londonps6751]

He’s not relatable to young people lol

[@HardCold-Alquan]

That's because Jay-Z was still in prime time media being push by the machine, while Kane fell back years ago - mainly because of his own doing. The machine pushes old rappers like Jay-Z, Nas, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, but everyone else has to fade away.

[@TheKd1338]

Wow that's crazy lol

[@spinnach2896]

​@@HardCold-Alquanwhat did Kane do that made him fall back?

[@alonzosmith485]

​@@spinnach2896gangster rap shut all that 80's NY ish down

[@edub8502]

It took awhile for me to catch on to Hova. In My Lifetime was the one for me. I had no clue he would be the icon that he turned out to be.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

That's the album when he tried to sound like a shiny suit pee diddy bad boy artist.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@melvinhhcp3615that’s the one with Where I’m From, A Million and One Questions, Streets Is Watching, You Must Love Me, Imaginary Players, Friend or Foe ‘98, Real Niggas

[@gerardovega4641]

That's how he went platinum. And hard knock life, he had everybody and they mama In that cd to go quatriple platinum

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

@@gerardovega4641that album was about to get him dropped from def jam

[@antoiner3820]

I'm glad i seen Jay-Z name. Bc i know where to go find his haters so i can laugh 🤣 it really ain't no love,in the heart of the city.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Bey, is that you???

[@antoiner3820]

@@melvinhhcp3615 hey is it a typical.

[@realfloxks__0637]

Nothing but pac meat riders on here and a small bias percentage of so called hip hop fans 😂

[@antoiner3820]

@@realfloxks__0637 😂🤦‍♂️

[@ZeusAVI]

Losers hate winners. It’s to be expected.

[@djsbulive]

When the student is ready, a teacher will appear

[@hollywood_st._patrick]

You got the legend. Art is moving up in the world

[@JosephAlmeida617plus]

Nice insight KANE💯…and yea-that WAS “the ticket”, I’m readin “overrated” comments…🫢about Jay? U niccas LISTEN 2 Reasonable Doubt? And alot MORE? C’mon y’all, I’m👂🏽since beginning-late 1970’s-and Jay Z(& KANE!) gotta be IN “everybody’s Top 10”…much higher 4 ME. Thx 4 🎙️ the 🎤G.O.A.T. Big Daddy Kane. #OldBrooklyn💨

[@jamesmorris3003]

2Pac 4 life they kno if the real was here they wouldn’t be heard of like that💯

[@keithfitzgerald4615]

Jay is a great businessman hands down whether you like his music or not...giving props when it's due

[@therighteousteacher4425]

Dame was the visionary behind Roc-A-fella, Roc-A-Wear, Armandale liquor, State Property Music and Clothing, Kanye West and trying to form a distribution lablel with Suge and J Prince.

[@nmarcus7233]

What great biz did Jay do? Don't say Rocawear cos that was Dame.

[@datniggaeazye.5968]

@@therighteousteacher4425 so why couldn't he come up on anything big after him and Hov split if all that was really all him

[@spinnach2896]

​@@therighteousteacher4425 So why hasn't Dame continued with similar success after he split from Jay?

[@therighteousteacher4425]

@@datniggaeazye.5968 bcuz folks like Lyor Cohen, Julie Greenwald and Todd Moscowick blocked Dame from getting a lot done in the industry... One can say Jay played a part in it as well..

[@emagik12]

Art always getting legends keep up the great work brother 👏

[@donovanbrown7993]

Older brother had reasonable doubt and I used to listen to it. It was hot then and still is one of the top 10 rap albums of the 90s and maybe of all time.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Definitely not of all time.

[@donovanbrown7993]

@@melvinhhcp3615 it’s a great album that I can listen to from beginning to end. No mediocre songs. It’s a toss up between that one and blueprint for which I think is his best.

[@futureflavors205]

​@@melvinhhcp3615 Reasonable Doubt is better than Makaveli

[@donovanbrown7993]

@@futureflavors205 I agree. Makaveli was deeper as far as content but reasonable doubt was an all around better album

[@futureflavors205]

@@donovanbrown7993 Here's my thing right ... Ppl talk about how deep Makaveli was but Tupac took on the moniker in response to a bunch of artist (mainly in NYC) who been talking about the new world order and the illuminati for years before Tupac. Artist like Organized Confusion and Wu Tang clan, Prodigy from Mobb Deep etc were speaking on secret societies and clandestine cults before Pac ever spoke on it. Pac was tryna one up all of them by saying he was like Nicholo Machiavelli but be clear, he was riding a wave they started

[@Ms.A.Matthews415]

I don't find it surprising that they passed on jayz. Biggie death opened the door to Jayz and other artists. A lot of people revere Jay z as one of the best. But, I personally beg to differ.

[@abdulwakeel5598]

Jay z sold his soul

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

#peace Kane talkin abt before Big; plus Reasonable-Doubt was 96, and Big Transition was 97 #reverently

[@scinnyc]

Lol Funny because Biggie himself admitted that Jay-Z was better than him. A lot of people forget or are unaware that Jay-Z was a beast before he went pop

[@ahmadwhitaker5113]

Smh.

[@onniebianno3037]

😮sad how black Folks just be hating on each other smh yall sound silly get money ​@@pay_it_forward_franklin4469

[@The-Man-Right-Chea]

Didn't Nas say Jay-Z studied his flow and switched his style???

[@mightynas1457]

Big L

[@futureflavors205]

Just cause he said it don't mean that he's right. Plus it was said in a diss so take w a grain of salt

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@futureflavors205I don’t know what it is about Jay that makes these people hate him with such passion

[@futureflavors205]

@@ArtisanWindchimes Some ppl hate it I think they've lost their minds 🎶

[@MrB831]

@@futureflavors205 Jay used to rap like the corny fucshickens, this fact no grain of salt needed.

[@iluvmyboba]

Kane mentioned Sauce Money who I would like to show some love to for a minute. Sauce is one of slickest lyricists in Hip-Hop history. His pen game is on a whole nother level.

[@bookworm_breakdown]

Right.. And, I believe his career was stepped on by J.Z. also....

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

@@bookworm_breakdownSauce stayed at priority when Jay and them went to def jam he took too long to drop his album didn’t have a big single to push it

[@iluvmyboba]

@@bookworm_breakdown You know, we can go there. Sauce did a lot of ghostwriting and I wouldn't be surprised if his pen was covertly handed to Jay.

[@hmenef]

Well put!!!

[@gerardovega4641]

To people saying jay was wack or talking negative whatever obviously werent there during his 96-03 run. I remember CAN I GET A...BIG PIMPIN...H-TO THE IZZO...being played constantly on radio. Those were just SOME of his huge hits

[@bookworm_breakdown]

Keyword: radio..!! He is a radio type rapper.. I really don't think that the hood has and/or had J.Z. in heavy rotation in the car stereos/daily lives of the hood.. Maybe at a lot of house parties/clubs....

[@gerardovega4641]

@@bookworm_breakdown knock it off. He had grimy cuts for the hood. And peeps were bumping him in the hood. Do ya research fam.cause yall lazy to do it ya selves

[@AngeBiampandou]

​@@bookworm_breakdownShut up

[@godofthisshit]

@@bookworm_breakdown Are you crazy?

[@301larussomusic]

While I like Jay Z on features Ive never really been a big fan of his music.

[@KtotheG]

He's always been up and down musically to me... never been all that consistent.

[@realfloxks__0637]

@@KtotheGwhat lmao he was putting out music 20 years straight from 95-15 then again from 16-22 where have you been just say you don’t like him lmao

[@KtotheG]

@@realfloxks__0637 I'm talking about his quality... every other album he drops is wack.

[@Blackuno3]

Who care what u like who are anyway

[@casteltheghettomonk4392]

Only top 10 in America, outside nobody listens to that crap

[@haveubeenvettedtopicalsolu3361]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 One of the best to ever do it...I've had a crush on this dude forever! Him speaking on jz being rejected early on in his career spoke volumes to me....Makes me think and believe that he did/will do anything to be relevant and to make the assumption that he's at the top! When Pac was doing his thang...where was jz? I'm still boycotting the NFL because of what they did to KAP...and had jz not have misspoken, and took a stand for the people...he might be considered one of greatest...To me 2PaC will always have that spot bc he loved and cared for the people, regardless and he didn't forget where he came from or, who helped to get him there!!!

[@melvinhhcp3615]

You're right about jay & the nfl. He backstabbed Kap.

[@dr.umarjohnson2453]

1:00 woodie the wood packer style 😆

[@LurnWell]

"I went from the favorite to the most hated, but would you rather be underpaid or overrated?" Jay - Z

[@futureflavors205]

🎯👌🏾🗽

[@darnellwilliams8783]

​@@futureflavors205these dudes big hating on Jay Z but he a s billionaire

[@CAdams93]

​@@darnellwilliams8783we're talking about the rapper not the rap mogul

[@darnellwilliams8783]

@@CAdams93 yall know nothing about hip hop yall favorite rapper broke .Jay Z a Billionaire

[@coppermanarrowz1001]

Twista and Mystikal are the ones who survived with that tongue twist flow and Lord infamous too

[@mallyg3125]

And people think Migos flow was new when in fact in came from Lord Infamous 😂

[@kg6987]

You forgetting bone thugs

[@Blackjesus3]

Do or die

[@antoiner3820]

​@@kg6987🎯

[@datniggaeazye.5968]

@@mallyg3125 PE was literally using the triplet flow lol it's been around before him too

[@RylzRiles]

The Interviewer was expecting some lame Jay-z hate fest from BDK, naw duke you should've did your research on them, there is no ill will between them 2 at all. smfh.

[@hassanburton669]

I Wish Jaguar Wright Or Rather Jackie Would Stop 🛑 Saying Big L Put Jay-Z On. Thank You 🙏🏿 For Having BDK To Set The Record Straight!

[@thunderouso6662]

Her stans are going to say BDK is a liar and don't believe what he sez

[@hassanburton669]

@@thunderouso6662 Right Right 😆😆😆

[@HardCold-Alquan]

@@thunderouso6662I mean, you can literally see a starving Jay-Z in BDK and Positive K videos, waiting for his turn, but Jay-z first came out in 1985 - before Kane! Let that sink in.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​@@HardCold-Alquan1985? Impossible. That means he was 15-16 years old then. 1988 sounds more accurate when he was with jaz-o.

[@KtotheG]

Jay put himself on. Kane just finished saying that nobody signed Jay when he was shopping him. That's why he went back to the streets and continued pumpin. He came back in the late '90s when Big L linked him with Dame Dash.

[@CMARTINEZ-tm3fg]

DAME DASH IS THE TRUE VISIONARY AND THE REAL BUSINESS ...MAN

[@Blackuno3]

If that was true he wouldn’t have to sale reasonable doubt stop eating dik

[@MrB831]

Facts! He told Jay to switch up that fuschikens yippety yappety flow and a legend was born.

[@ZeusAVI]

Almost 20 years after Jay and he’s yet to create another successful business. But carry on though…

[@MrB831]

@@ZeusAVI Being blackballed doesnt help. Carry on d1ckriding.

[@CMARTINEZ-tm3fg]

@@ZeusAVI wake up rachal roy look it up

[@thegamingchef3304]

I never liked Jay Z. But his reasonable doubt era was when he was cold. I just never seen a top notch emcee get out rapped and out freestyled in virtually everything. Tupac is my favorite artist and he has done music with artists you would consider more technical or with a more complex rhyme scheme, and I never ever heard Tupac get out rapped. He even has a track with Big Daddy Kane.

[@logent80]

You didn't like Blueprint 1 with all the soul samples?

[@thegamingchef3304]

@@logent80 Not a fan of Jay Z at all. I acknowledged his reasonable doubt stuff was nice. Now accept it and move on lol...My eldest brother had his Blue print stuff when it first came out and he would be playing it when we went places & it never did anything for me.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​@@logent80I'm not a jay fan, but I thought BP1 was his strongest most confident sounding album, even though he still stole a lot on it. His only other notable albums were Black Album, Kingdom Come, and American Gangster. That's it.

[@KtotheG]

What about on "Got My Mind Made Up?" Redman had the best verse on there... oh, and Money B. took Pac to school on "I Get Around," even Pac admitted that, because he told Money B that he got him on that song.

[@thegamingchef3304]

@@KtotheG No he didn't, stop lying clown. Why do people these days feel the need to lie all the time. And Tupacs second verse was legendary.

[@BasementVinyL85]

Well said

[@DB-rp4im]

Not until Nas dropped and Gave him a style he could run with...Thrn Jay took off

[@djsbulive]

"Some people watch what to do, some watch what not to do, that's the intelligence of a Jay Z" Big Daddy Kane

[@Cedyouseeibe]

Jay wqs told to be quiet, don't talk much or else. Pac did not have people over him telling him everydamn thing to do he was actually working without the machine behind him.

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

2Pac was signed to fucking Jimmy Iovine somebody should’ve told his ass be quiet some time he’ll still be alive

[@AngeBiampandou]

Jay-z didn't have a machine dummy

[@G5ELZ]

man this speaks volumes some are around to see what to do some are around to see what not to do

[@fpvsmurf]

Twista AND Busta...damn forgot Buster...lol

[@VocallyYours3]

🗣️So many different individuals, can’t take his style but love others who are nothing even close to what Jay Z offers in #2024!! 🙅🏽‍♂️

[@djsbulive]

THIS COMMENT

[@Tomorrison28]

If jay got signed in 90-91 he wouldn't be a legend

[@ColdJelly19]

I need the winning lottery numbers

[@al5603]

Check out Big Daddy Kane's video for his song In The PJ's and you'll see a young Jay Z and Sauce Money in the video.

[@JonJon-co3zj]

Encore last verse "record companies told me I couldn't cut it, now look at me all star studded, above par like I putted, all cuz the shit I uttered utterly ridiculous how sick is this" smh

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

Kane definitely tried to help but they didn’t want Jay

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

U know Cold Chillin had first dibs on Jay Nas and Biggie Trackmasters was already there Fly Ty didn’t have the vision

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

@@MrWARBUCKS24 yeah fly Ty passed on all of them which is crazy big bro cause he had them all esrly

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

@@TheBulletzgottishow20he signed Roger Rab and them tho 🤣

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

@@MrWARBUCKS24 fly Ty was bugging he like Andre didn’t see the future even Russell that’s why suge and puff was outshining them

[@klivancic]

Back when Jay was doing that Woody woodpecker rap 🤣

[@brishawn8571]

Not him doing woody woodpecker laugh 😂

[@Ktown4500]

When I was young, we used to hear stories about Kane hanging out with the 4s and Breeds at this club in Chicago on Madision cant remember the name of probably 91-94.

[@scinnyc]

Lol Hella Jay-Z haters in these comments. But Jay was a phenomenal emcee in his prime. I still regard Reasonable Doubt as the best album of all time next to Illmatic. Mr. Cee (R.I.P.) said that Biggie once admitted that Jay-Z was better than him. It's easy to look down on Jay-Z now days, but in the mid 90s he was on a whole nother level

[@TheHumanBallsack]

G Rap said that on Reasonable Doubt, Jay was in his own league lyrically and nobody was fuckin with him. Not Rakim, Nas, Big, AZ, Ras Kass, KRS, Kane... I have to agree.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

RD flopped when it came out. Illmatic also. You guys saying RD or Illmatic is the greatest album ever are cult followers. Respek to Nas though. He really deserves his status. Jay? Not so much.

[@KtotheG]

RD is overrated... I don't even think that's his best album. American Gangster is, which to me, is like a sequel to Reasonable Doubt.

[@kharyvines6971]

​I SEE YOU'RE NOT A RESPONSIBLE PERSON IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE CLASSIC ALBUMS. WE not talking saleS. kid

[@scinnyc]

@@melvinhhcp3615 Lol High sales don't always equate to great hip hop. If you were a true hip hop fan you'd already know this. I didn't even know that Reasonable Doubt or Illmatic existed when they first came out because those albums weren't promoted that much in my area

[@ybklyn87]

Hov 🐐

[@RememberTheTime09]

Kane is a God! A humble God!

[@yo3rdtier128]

No he not and no he isn’t

[@RememberTheTime09]

@@yo3rdtier128 Yes he is! Get over yourself.

[@RememberTheTime09]

@@yo3rdtier128 I said what I said AND most importantly I didn't ask you! Move along.

[@terrellkornegay2192]

Yeah I remember when JayZ flow sounded like he was in the “ Rap Olympics !” Trash 😂

[@danksinatra5977]

Jay Z's music is light work...

[@njjjjjjjjhhhs]

@danksinatra5977 jay z had the speed up tng twista flow he and Jaz O help create it.they originated that style to be fair but like kane said ,the labels werent ready for him back then.

[@danksinatra5977]

@njjjjjjjjhhhs I can dig it. His music has always been bland to me. He's got a few songs I like tho...

[@LaTaurusHarrison]

Light work?

[@danksinatra5977]

@@LaTaurusHarrison Light work=Not that good...

[@LaTaurusHarrison]

@@danksinatra5977 lay off the drugs fella

[@djcoolcliff]

BDK is a GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Lea-bz9be]

Well is the Kane in the flesh, off course I'm fresh!

[@digi_tv]

Jay Z stole Jaz O style and still got passed on.

[@AjCubia]

Im still waiting on one rap legend to discredit jay music and rap career like his haters do smh lol

[@tristanwalls6266]

Art: * Looks at notes .. *Repeat the same question, I literally just asked him .. “So, labels issue was his flow. ..” ?? Kane: *I literally just told this mofo that . .. *Takes a deep breath .. *Contains himself .. “Yeah ..”

[@TDG953]

Shout to the SMOOTH OPERATOR!!!

[@DevonHanei]

And then jay made a pact deal with the underground forces and blew up and became a millionaire and very successful

[@komekenaa6719]

He had to bite others to get on

[@andrenapper8802]

That's what rap was all about, biting music (sampling) bite flows, Jay just adapted well. He changed his style up a few times. Definitely was biting Biggie but hey, that's how it goes.

[@Dmaj089]

It wasn't biting, it's a way to big up rappers he admired. Every rapper quotes other rappers but when it comes to Jay it's biting? Kendrick quotes Jay every other time, so does Cole, so did Eminem...are they biters now? Besides Jay best album is RD, purely his lines

[@Forgemno]

So did em and drake and so many others

[@XxMayhem88]

Drake pulled a Jay Z 😂😂😂😂

[@ZeusAVI]

No he had to put in work. He was the actual underdog who won in the end and surpassed everyone that you like.

[@preant]

I only like the songs he did with Biggie, he had 3 tracks with Big and that's when he was at his best. Dead prez was too Nas for me, hard knock life catchy but too pop.

[@melvinhhcp3615]

It's funny that you mentioned Dead Prez, because he ended up dissing Nas because Nas didn't want to do the actual feature. Jay later on fronted like he was the man, but never really was...

[@SoonZoo226]

Aint no half steppin is the only perfect rap song imo. Thanks BDK

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

#t5doa Lyricist 5. Nas 4. B.I.G. 3. RZA 2. K.R.S.O.N.E. 1. 18th Letter

[@terrellhubbard]

Great list

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

@@terrellhubbard #peace #thx yea Hov the Honorable-Mention at 6th

[@bigolbabyhuey]

I never heard of 18th Letter... but RZA?

[@antoiner3820]

​@@bigolbabyhueyrakim?

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

@@bigolbabyhuey #peace RZA iz a Lyricist-Hybrid between KRS & Ra. I do not kno your knowledge of Hip-Hop, but if you kno the Kulture; the best-way to align why he #1 would be like Miles to 🎷, Jimi to 🎸, or Sugar-Ray Robinson to 🥊, etc. He the only Hip-Hop Artist that if someone said they "didn't-get" would qualify them for 1: not knowin Hip-Hop, and 2: not bein Kulture #reverently

[@DM-sj4vu]

When people doubt Jay’s ability it’s either: 1. You’re a kid or only heard him the last 10 yrs 2. Clueless

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Or he just had no market just like in 88-95.

[@Drendcolez]

It's crazy af to me to see how these new generations hate on Jay Z, but then I remember they love playboi carti and lil uzi and it all makes sense.

[@JaeThaGemini]

@@DrendcolezCarti weak, Uzi weak & so is Jay-Z …

[@lineialquantum]

@@melvinhhcp3615or you’re just a hater

[@melvinhhcp3615]

​@@lineialquantumKane didn't lie, and neither did I.

[@SoonZoo226]

Nobody gonna sign a real ninja like kane. Kane was gangsta without being gangsta.

[@Labrail4523]

😂😂😂😂I just was telling someone that wasn’t no one listening to jay z were I’m from back then

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

You must be from Idaho or Vermont or better yet Manchester UK

[@Labrail4523]

@@ArtisanWindchimes Baton Rouge Louisiana..Yes we were on New York music back then..Wasn’t no one listening to Jay z

[@AngeBiampandou]

​​@@Labrail4523Y'all taste was trash then

[@godofthisshit]

@@Labrail4523 Well he hadn't blown up yet.

[@deeneross]

im from alabama we not bumpin jayz down south

[@CAdams93]

I'm from Houston and you're speaking facts. We don't play that shit. They can keep that shit up north. Jay-Z is wack . His whole persona I wack.

[@whatwhat9004]

I can’t think of a single rapper from Alabama. Is that some city in Canada or some place?

[@CAdams93]

@@whatwhat9004it doesn't matter . He's stating facts

[@whatwhat9004]

@@CAdams93 You guys wouldn’t know good music if it smacked you in the face 😂. Alabama produces ZERO rappers and Houston’s claim to fame is Mike Jones

[@whatwhat9004]

@@CAdams93 You guys wouldn’t know good music if it was standing right in front of you 😂. Alabama produces ZERO rappers and Houston’s claim to fame is Mike Jones

[@jaygee8969]

“He change it up and got on his gangsta hustla ish!” Means the Jay they shopped to labels was the real him…… the switch up was him conforming to the industry negative wishes and desires for hip hop and the black community.

[@babysnap]

📍

[@siatha_lee3793]

JayZ my number 1

[@abdulwakeel5598]

Man jay z switched up then sild his soul

[@jamarkellum1370]

What is selling ur soul n how do I do it?

[@Dmaj089]

Just cause someone is successful don't mean he's evil

[@Snack_Life312]

Kane shouting out twista!

[@Stubbs58]

Bones

[@eastbee1034]

Jay been cawny!! Dame got him in the door!!

[@space_dogg]

i think his demo is hard asf. it's on youtube. it's definitly slamming

[@brianbayer4868]

But Jigga was wack, no lies there

[@CAdams93]

Still is wack lol 😭

[@brianbayer4868]

@@CAdams93 he's been spitting wack on wax

[@98kame]

Idk why they said Jay was old he was only 26 he looked younger than Tupac

[@ninakowalska992]

interesting because when i first heard his old songs, i was like "wow why did he stop rappin like that"

[@TheManOfTheHourEveryHour]

Jay been corny 😂

[@l.jhaynes6467]

Man and used everybody to get were he at

[@masterpiece3155]

Comment section filled with J haters. Haters hate success!🤣 Jay Z is a Legend! wonder what those labels think now?

[@KingOfCharlotteNC]

Facts. It's funny to read them. No surprise all of this anti Jay-Z sentiment is on a known 2Pac based channel. Obvious anti Jay-Z sentiment from AOD.

[@joshuakithyoma9575]

​@kingofcharlottenc them labels would have messed his career up , with less push ...That Reasonable Doubt album didn't sell well for a reason . But Jigga is one resilient dude , the nigga has been rapping since the late 80s

[@KingOfCharlotteNC]

@joshuakithyoma9575 Resilient indeed. It led him to his current success. Must have been a long road for him, but he made it in the end, which is satisfactory for him.

[@antoiner3820]

He ain't looking at them dudes. He's looking past them 😂

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@joshuakithyoma9575450k in 1996 for RD is not bad for an independent label

[@rodneyhicks9353]

Jay has always been my favorite Hip Hop artist. People hate on this dude and it's crazy. People always hate in the Best...Jay, Jordan, Kobe, Tom Brady, Steph Curry, etc. People hate dominant winners.

[@cav65]

Goat rapper best rapper alive

[@tobietera]

I've just never got the hype around Jay. I like a couple of his tracks, but that's about as far as it goes.

[@GRANDKUSH]

Agreed

[@HardCold-Alquan]

You don't to get it - just know that the secret societies pushed him, so he is still seen as being on top, even though he is not.

[@djsbulive]

When the student is ready, a teacher will appear

[@ZeusAVI]

Looks like he was able to reach the top without your support then. Good for him.

[@HardCold-Alquan]

@@ZeusAVIHe did work hard to get on and to keep trying even when no one wanted him, so I give it up to him for that, but two things had to happen in order for Jay-Z to be on top and somehow, is still seen as the biggest name. Biggie had to go, and the the secret society keeps Jay-Z and his forced marriage wife on top, even though the music biz is done and both are older...

[@Coco-de2ei]

Jay z was way better then pac

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Jay wasn't even better than Big.

[@SavageLife84]

200 times better than pac and biggie

[@ZeusAVI]

Jay-Z was the actual underdog who put in the work and surpassed and outlasted all his peers. Literally the blueprint of what every rapper dreams to be in the end. The American Dream personified.

[@shakag5612]

Now yall can stop saying Dame hating on Jay. BDK just said the same thing Dame said. Dame said Jay was from Brooklyn and had no swag. The way he dressed when he came around Dame and Harlem ninjas they used to clown him for how he dressed.

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

Nah Kane ain’t saying the same thing 90-91 labels wanted niggas with that native tongue kente look Jay was dressing like Brooklyn street dudes guess polo and jewels

[@jamarkellum1370]

Its so crazy how history is being rewritten that Hov is a decent mc but a great businessman thats why he is where he's at. Like u can't just go listen to his music, but u would also have to b able to understand how ill it was when he was doing it. It's like in ten years people r gonna b telling me Lebron going to 9 straight finals wasn't that serious.

[@mr.j410]

It wasn't, he was in the east and had to click up with 2 hall of farmers, top ten players at the time.🤷🏿‍♂️

[@melvinhhcp3615]

@@mr.j410 Thank you

[@Octane44]

People Hate Jay-Z for NO reason, Big Daddy Kane NEVER talk bad about him. But since y'all DCK ride Tupac sooooo much. Y'all would hate on every rapper from New York at least 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Fck jay z. He don't represent all of ny. Nobody hates Nas or DMX. Method Man got his props. So knock it off with the propaganda.

[@KadejaRodney]

Tupac is better

[@voetballuh488]

I dont dickride or hate any human being. I like some Jay Z songs, thats about it. In rap i like Pac's music the most. But rap is just one of the genre's i listen to

[@mercenaryentertainment1384]

When Dame Dash said this he a hater lol.

[@richdars2515]

Yall forgot Twista was known as Tongue Twista before he went chi town gangsta pimpin rap

[@user-gq3yn6ut8c]

Jay z ain’t never going to be better then pac he knows that

[@travislamar8697]

Fasho!!

[@showstoppa01]

wipe Pacs nuts off ya lips

[@pay_it_forward_franklin4469]

#peace yea Pac was a Renaissance-Poet, but Hov a t5doa Lyricist #polaropposite

[@215phillytre]

Get off pac nuts nobody mentioned pac in this snippet

[@deefenn]

EXACTLY

[@kobiecamp1134]

Let's be honest, Jay Z(from 1996-now) has never lyrically been on the same level as any of the rap artists of his era that were considered G.O.A.T.s. For he was not messing with Nas, Biggie, Pac, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Scarface, Andre 3000, Big Pun, and any other true lyrical force of that time. Matter of fact can anybody name me one Jay Z song that blew off the charts. But anyway what Jay Z had(in combinations) that put him above other rap artists was his endurance & consistently(bringing about longevity), his business sense(making smart money moves), his vision(seeing the bigger scope of things, and planning accordingly), and etc. I mean the fact that he married Beyonce elevated his status. So yes Jay Z is successful as hell, but not because of his lyrical abilities.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

You really think you sound smart 😂

[@CAdams93]

I agree with you 100%. Jay-Z became very popular once his generation died. When those artists were making music , Jay-Z wasn't as popular

[@AngeBiampandou]

You must be on hard drugs

[@SavageLife84]

Yea honest cause you're not. Jayz is better than anyone that ever came out period ..

[@CAdams93]

@@SavageLife84 that's a lie lol 😭

[@nmarcus7233]

Makes sense. Jay Z never seemed like rap was his dream. Seemed like moving drugs was where his heart was at. Imagine he was older than pac, snoop, big etc they already blew up and died before he trully got up there❗️Hes rich now so 🤷🏾

[@EJBanks]

not woody woodpecker!!!

[@BigDic-qz8su]

Hrs a billionaire got the hottest chick in game now those labels aren't around anymore he won

[@damienkirksey7026]

Not really

[@BigDic-qz8su]

@@damienkirksey7026 yeah he did broke boy

[@jordankwateiowoo4028]

Jay z sold his soul cuz he was wack,he ain't no biggie or pac 💯 😂

[@BigDic-qz8su]

How do you know you ever met that man he never tried to be them

[@tahke8284]

Nas is worth 500 million.Did he sell his soul as well?

[@deewheats2355]

​​@@tahke8284NO!!!!!

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@deewheats2355well Nas did say on the original version of You’re Da Man that he drank his own ur!ne and s3m3n