Jay Z at studio making The Black Album

Taken from Fade to Black documentary. Some parts was removed due of copyright issues.

[@ConstantThrowing]

You'll never see Jay-Z looking more disgusted than when he hears a dope instrumental.

[@genegrodzki4684]

its like a tiger before the kill, he knows he is about to take that beat and do unspeakable things to it

[@jwizdum2103]

When Kanye played his jawns will never not give me inspiration

[@Shellykat-p4w]

@@jwizdum2103 pause

[@TheUSWMO]

lmao

[@rodvan1696]

He get real REAL ugly

[@ScottThrill]

Jay: “This is my LAST album.” Narrator: “It wasn’t.”

[@alvarezgamers]

3000 years later........... Jay still making music.....lol

[@JahrellGardner]

“But it wasn’t, Jay would go on to release Kingdom Come in 2006”

[@BMProductions]

@@JahrellGardner i wish he didn't honestly

[@BMProductions]

@Vincent Sample yes i am

[@JahrellGardner]

BMprod Why not? I enjoyed Kingdom Come

[@JSweez87]

I get legit chills watching this man. I was obsessed with this album. When Jay was going to do his Black Album concert at Madison Square garden he announces a warm up concert in Lowell, Massachusetts. I couldn’t believe it. Bought tickets immediately blowing my whole savings from my high school job at FYE lol. To this day it’s my favorite concert of all time. Jay-Z doing one of the greatest albums of all time in front of a live orchestra man it was unreal. He did Reasonable Doubt classics, had Mary J Blige, Beyoncé, everyone man. What a night. What an album. What an all time artist.

[@holiguacamole]

Bomb story! That's awesome that you had that opportunity!

[@calvinroe3863]

Awesome story

[@patrickmillion]

The black album was a classic for real. 💯

[@geoffreyterhemba4854]

truly one of the greatest albums of all time

[@christjesusismylordandmysa7577]

So many souls being lost but u already know that

[@hamitaktas80]

„When you start thinking , you start forcing music“ DAMNN WHAT A QUOTE THA LEGEND

[@ayo2437]

It applies to everything too

[@oneshot1086]

does it means it's bad ?

[@adam-hp6qt]

I think Michael Jackson said that originally

[@DM0407]

by any means on whenever there's a drought Get your umbrellas out because, that's when I brainstorm

[@JoeeKickass99]

Creatives intuitively figure that out eventually

[@swthero]

Timberland dancing around cause he knew he about to get paid

[@seanmcguire7974]

If you heard jay he said he wanted them to make the beats there nothing in the crate. N pharrell said he had a bunch of hits on his bus. Kanye def shined on thos album

[@15lesson]

Most of tims real money has come from producing pop music. He was just feeling his music and happy to be in the studio with an old friend, by that point him and Jay had worked plenty times before that.

[@thisisit130]

Top This! That and he knew he was gonna get paid that’s probably his biggest record

[@15lesson]

@@thisisit130 😂🤣😂brush your shoulders off is was not Tims biggest record, and he made way more money off other records. You have to think, on any record the producer is getting paid the most. He gets paid for the beat itself and also gets a significant amount of points on the record. If you dont know what points are do your research. Also tim was already huge by this point doing pop and r&b. Rap has made him the least money in his career.

[@15lesson]

@@thisisit130 his biggest hit record to date is "apologize" with one republic.

[@steelokey]

I am so appreciative we have technology like this where you can actually go back like you're in a time machine.

[@jalanmcrae]

I stg we take this stuff for granted

[@thebrownfilmshow]

Dead Presidents Lyric Breakdown kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXfReX9_lr-cmq8

[@user-xb4fm5rx8h]

Facts, I love KZbin.. It’s better than Television in my opinion

[@edgevevo698]

Word

[@christophervalentin1486]

Pharrell looks exactly the same as he did all those years ago.

[@MOUMOUK]

Not really i gave him bj last summer he looks bit old on sunsets

[@N3therWolf]

@@MOUMOUK shut yo wannabe edgy ass up

[@MOUMOUK]

Dutch Delight shut the fuck up sis

[@clickthelink5686]

Bouby Brown bitch you fr? 😂

[@arvenasaur]

hes a vampire

[@vik6329]

'records 99 problems' jay- That might be somethin

[@paranoidreggie53]

acting like he didnt take that song from ice t

[@keatonwoods60]

Paranoid Kalle always a Jay hater somewhere. It comes with being the goat I see

[@paranoidreggie53]

lol nah just spitting facts, like jay z but he doesn't half bite other peoples songs and lyrics, i do think he's overrated cos his wife is beyonce.people try make them michelle and obama of hip hop lol. he is one of the goats i agree just not the goat @@keatonwoods60

[@Jamesharveycomics]

@@paranoidreggie53 Very different songs. Ice-T's song focuses on the bitches who are not problems. Jay-Z's song focuses on the problems.

[@paranoidreggie53]

same thing he also hated woman in his music@@Jamesharveycomics

[@GrantKanigan]

7:45 Jay Z just casually hears a great beat, then goes immediately into the studio and spits out, straight from his mind, one of the greatest rap songs ever. Jay Z’s out of this world talented.

[@PlicanyExotic]

I’d like to think watch Tim brush his shoulders off helped to inspire Jay

[@Wilderproduxxxshins]

@@PlicanyExotic❤

[@jimmythedog2882]

Out of this world, demon world

[@clockwork9825]

@@jimmythedog2882you’re broke. Get some money

[@derekgregg9009]

Eh, the bar for genius is damn low. Don’t even have to know how to play or write music, just talk over other people’s music

[@wwhodini]

Timbaland had a completely different sound.. that shit is unreal.

[@induhgo_]

yeah sometimes its almost unfathomable the imagination that people have.

[@austinfischer4915]

old timbo is a treat for sure

[@igethighhighhigh]

OMM 💯

[@eleckson]

Meh

[@Unknown-Ways]

Tremendous

[@fknclarky]

Biggest takeaway: If Jay-Z listens to your mix-tape and it looks like he just smelled a fart, he loves your mix-tape.

[@seniorblanco4126]

Alex Clark LMAO...spits out juice..

[@unclesam530]

copy & paste "(ALL) When RAPPERS Hear New Songs... (Jay Z, Kanye, Puff Daddy, DJ Khaled, Drake, Future, Eminem...)" into youtube & look at the thumbnail Jay's face says it all

[@MrMrL2K]

your a one direction fan for sure ... Such a dumb comment, grow up

[@alwaysontherocksnochaser2563]

Real fans be knowing lmao 💯🙌😂😂

[@deterbobolo384]

@@unclesam530 lol that was mad funny. My g

[@noerichgrove]

It’s crazy how Kanye knew how people would vibe to “Encore”

[@mrbojack1399]

That shit give me chills.. Kanye different frfr

[@DeTruthful]

Because the real instrument in any art is the audience you’re trying to make them feel something

[@alandemarest9952]

It's not really crazy at all...It's the reason why most great producers are great.

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

I know right it’s almost as if Kanye’s job is being a producer and making beats.

[@noerichgrove]

@@alandemarest9952 nah it’s more than just than just being a “great producer.” Most great producers will be like Timberland…providing amazing beats, bobbing their heads and watching the reaction from the artist. Kanye did all that but also knew how to convert it into a song, concert experience and an album. This takes more than just being a “great producer.”

[@tismon]

7:09 I don't think people realise how important it was that Timba brushed dirt off his shoulders right there

[@KaizerMan]

You can just see the lightbulb moment right in Jay’s eyes and I love it 😂😂

[@praisenwakanma1331]

fr!

[@unclesam530]

That's 1 of the benefits of having everyone in the studio as opposed to just sending beats thru email

[@jhamircounsel711]

So true

[@kingjames2381]

Hey what mic were they recording with?

[@iiatyy]

11:48 Rick Ruben just casually coming up that iconic ass intro.

[@justusbraz]

William Hord yep. I’ve been feeling hella old over here because I was like, “yo!!! Ricky fucken Rubin and Mikey muthafucken diamond! Everyone else: Tim! Pharrell! Kanye!

[@gabrieljones4693]

William Hord straight up historical moment

[@s.s5933]

Interesting....

[@187Ta187]

Rick Illuminati

[@omribar-maor8211]

this verse from ice T song see he take it without ask them

[@meladgoat]

the way kanye can just see everything and plan it out from just making a beat is wild.

[@Ayydouble]

Hov is the master.he literally made the chorus for dirt of your shoulders by looking at Tim moving

[@bmarcus2367]

Exactly yea I saw that

[@200cc9]

al kuda i mean it was just one sentence

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

He’s just a rapper able to rap. It’s his job. Imagine if he literally didn’t make a chorus.

[@swenekaf1141]

Kanye was the less famous of all producers at this moment , but he was the one that impressed Jay the most

[@DavidDeLeon]

ha! Kanye had already worked on the blue print and had already worked on other projects including beanie seagels debut, the one producer that was the least famous and not even on this video was 9th Wonder. 9th played him some tracks and he didn't like any of them, then 9th made what's now "threat" and Jay loved that shit

[@doctorballs8309]

Ye been making him beats since 99

[@blakswizzy]

Just Blaze impressed him the most. He said JB was the greatest after Song Cry

[@Aardvarked88]

@Ewarton Charlton He wasn't unknown at all lmao, he was one of the highest rated producers in hip hop after Blueprint dropped.

[@Aardvarked88]

@Ewarton Charlton New fans lmao, get the fuck out of here. If you think he only produced a "handful of tracks" for artists who weren't on Rocafella you need to go look some shit up, your memory is obviously failing you. There's no way you had his mixtapes at the time to come out with that bullshit either. Kanye produced 5 tracks on Blueprint, an instant classic and his production was a huge part of it. He blew up immediately after that album dropped. he was absolutely not a fucking "unknown" within hip-hop. Go look up his production work between the Blueprint and the Black Album and get back to me. He wasn't known as an artist or as a producer who'd sell records by his name (Neptunes, Timbaland), but he was fucking hot as fuck within hip-hop already at this point. Any heads knew exactly who he was.

[@iam7bit]

Nothing, I mean NOTHING else will top that studio moment with Timbaland. Its been years already, NO other studio moment comes close to this one. Timbaland the GOAT with Jay Z.

[@yassine8240]

Sorry but kanye west in studio making mbdtf is more legendary

[@geraldking9385]

Soon as I seen this comment, literally a second after, the next scene with timbaland lmao

[@joshuam110]

Jay's reaction to Kanye's beats - he is really impressed and is touched - he knows that Kanye is special.

[@1EVILZ06]

This is pre-kardashian Kanye...😂

[@williamsligh2593]

That was NWA not kanye

[@sprb4725]

William Sligh ummm

[@mr.caldwell7065]

Everyone knew...everyone still knows...nigga just nuts man lol

[@krisskora7164]

SPRB the beat was NWA Dope man, Kanye didn’t make that beat.

[@kgain673111]

Yeh, The Black Album, i remember when he said this is his last album. We got finessed on that one. Also, Timberland set Jay up for that beat. Played him some mediocre stuff, to set him up for the banger.

[@alopez9527]

Those beats was not mediocre lmaoo especially that first one he played

[@skorekene6801]

@@alopez9527 That first one was crazy!

[@joshw8854jw]

Horse Cock Express whatttt none of the beats TIMBERLAND played were mediocre lol they were miles better than most of the other beats tim out classed everyone tbh except Kanye all his shit was legit

[@filipesergio3068]

kgain673111 “alright, you pick”

[@bigbub7117]

@@joshw8854jw sure but he saved the best for last and he knew it

[@retired2068]

6:47 the best studio moment of all time.

[@galleryofrogues]

Gives me chills every time. Timbaland’s beats are untouchable.

[@chrissearl796]

The cool part is the beat that he played before ended up a Ludacris song

[@nattiecraft]

With a banana in his hand

[@kaanamjad]

imagine how many Timberland beats are unreleased..

[@danieljzkv]

I really want the first one with the flute

[@antg3550]

Daniel JZ Brandy got that beat. "Come as you are". Sounds so much better after being mastered

[@genius179]

I think so many producers are like that. How many ‘Ye and Just Blaze samples cannot be released because of clearances? Easily 200.

[@andifum]

@@danieljzkv Just search for "Kool Savas - Yes" on KZbin and you'll find the beat. It was used by two famous German rappers many years ago.

[@nkwiriyesto139]

@@danieljzkv Brandy Afrodisiac Album. BTW Afrodisiac Album was Mostly Produced by Timbo

[@ceeman100]

Kanye West is the reason Kanye West is the way Kanye West is today

[@andrewnibbi]

øsmaKkx YUNG BLAS maybe there’s actually two Ye’s. One saw the other one in the studio and was like “damn this dude hot” and then fell in love with that Kanye. So the artist is actually different from the public figure, and when he says “I love you like Kanye loves Kanye” he means it literally.

[@ComicallyUnstable]

øsmaKkx YUNG BLAS This sentence needs to be on a T-shirt.

[@mgf909]

Andrew Nibb you're stupid, having a mentality like that won't get you far in life bruh. Guy said there's two Kanyes. Lmao

[@Brooklyn11236]

When Jay said “tape this nigga” I died lol

[@oceanark77]

He's awaken to truth, thats why. Don't lie to yourself. Stop watching MSM PPL! ITS ALLLLL MIND CONTROL!

[@darnelldarden9429]

You can tell every producer wanted to be the one to impress Hov the most and the competition benefited everyone. Everybody came and delivered

[@VictorMariachi]

I can tell Pharell was feeling some type of way after the Kanye Session, he was like nah this gonna be MY time to shine lol

[@pitchbuckets2860]

I really disliked pharells beat

[@z3fifty]

Pitch Buckets the allure track balances out the black album.

[@wanilimbe]

Allure was easily the hardest track. Chad Hugo and Pharrell did great

[@jwizdum2103]

@@pitchbuckets2860 trippin, it was the most musical beat on the album

[@iesnes6212]

He knew ye beat him and was hoping not to be completely forgotten with that beat lol

[@andrewalvarez2595]

One of beats turned into a Ludacris song, "The Potion".

[@nicoshawty4934]

Andrew Alvarez i knew i wasnt trippin lol i couldnt think of who the artist was at

[@julianowilliams3263]

Andrew Alvarez also jay looks like a caveman who just discovered fire lmaoo

[@matthewschlenker8399]

yesssss I heard it immediately

[@emekaosuagwu6416]

I didn't even know tim produced the potion

[@fitzmauricephidd2377]

That's the first thing that came to my head dam that beat was in the bag for a minute

[@NetSurfer-dn8ui]

timberland drinking high fructose corn syrup by the gallon

[@gdiggedy9]

Jay addressing Just's video game addiction is hilarious. It's true though.

[@AsimAli-dm3gy]

The reason this album was so good is simply becuase all the producers thought of the album as a Jay-Z movie and jay went on the beats and Narrated.

[@s.s5933]

Thank Kanye

[@barbarapaparella2282]

@@s.s5933 kanye had i think only 2 tracks on the blsck album i no lucipher was 1 im not sure about the other

[@benjaminherreraariza5661]

@@barbarapaparella2282 the other was the second beat he played

[@ryanmcnally4613]

@@barbarapaparella2282 Lucifer and encore

[@taeharyu1812]

@@sprk007 ye haters act like he doesnt have the beat discography in hiphop lol

[@AF-Twice]

Jay-Z had those producers shaking and sweating. Its hilarious and also dope to see how this classic album was put together.

[@RadamizTravels]

i come to watch this at least twice a year to keep me inspired

[@sharitastinson109]

Im with it... this my 3rd time in a week

[@byHexted]

Jays persistence and absolute INSISTENCE on finding the right beat is exactly why he is where he is. He doesn’t just hear the first best and go “yeah that’s fine” like some rappers, he really makes sure every single song is a reflection of himself and it’s why he always has such amazing verses

[@YourGuyWedge]

Only a True legend can listen to a bunch of premade beats and then say yes to the ones he likes the most!

[@IronReef77]

He was always extremely in tune with himself. He was born to rap and he knew it. That's how We all have to live our life's purpose.

[@rowstyles]

what are you on about lol, what rappers take the first beat they hear? the difference in production is taste. also, his rapping ability has a lil bit to do with his success but maybe that's just me

[@aguuug5139]

@@YourGuyWedge literally anyone can do that

[@slavesforging5361]

@@aguuug5139 pretty sure that's the point homes. sarcasm ya know?

[@AmalKAudio]

"That's Kanye West, That's Kanye West, he signed an autograph!" He also pissed on of his Grammy's today lmfao

[@keontrabelsi2855]

Legendary comment 😂

[@lifelikelu]

Jay sees Timbaland brush his shoulders off "You need to get that dirt off your shoulders", Jay hears Kanye say murder capitol "Im from the murder capitol where they murder for capitol", Jay listens to Pharrell's Carlitos way speech "Shit I know how this movie ends, still I play... star role in 'Hovito's Way"

[@khyrianstorms]

They weren't beat makers. Back then, they were producers.

[@ShopHeirlooms]

Damn what keen observations! 😵‍💫

[@geoffreyterhemba4854]

it's all in his head, what a genius

[@HumbleAstronaut]

Kanye said "murder Capitol where they murder for Capitol

[@brolicscholars360motivation]

I peeped the with Tim brushing his shoulder. Jay pay attention to people reactions and capitalized

[@jayp.6166]

I always got the cinematic vibe from _The Black Album_ Jay definitely achieved what he was striving for with this one.....a true classic.

[@sammuelconey787]

"Dont ever stop the music, take that shit to the hallway....." Hov is really the greatest

[@jhosuasalcedo3322]

Ludacris only got the Potion beat cause Jay-Z heard the Dirt off your shoulders beat right after n forgot about it.

[@akeemgordon1461]

Cats miss that

[@pedrogates3189]

Actually jay and peedi crack passed it up , peedi crack had it for the state property album but they said it didn’t fit the mood for the album

[@MiamiBlossom]

The very first beat he played was on Brandy's album "Aphrodisiac." The song is called "Come as you are."

[@ChaseK004]

I knew I heard that beat b4 I couldn't think which 1 it was

[@acharich]

😅😂😅

[@GiancarloFloyd]

Kanye and Pharrell explaining how the album was supposed to feel like a movie makes perfect since, I’ve always had a thing with this album that When I hear it that I can see exactly who what when and where each song takes place.

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

*sense* ,not since. 😅🤣

[@TrunxKraft3000]

Notice how he went to 4 different producers and they all had their own sound. That diversity and originality isn’t in hip hip producers anymore. They all use the same sounds and make the same kind of beats. Also, Timbaland is on a whole other level lol.

[@madnizz1511]

Trunx Kraft you don’t listen to a lot of modern rap then

[@siftwram]

Trunx Kraft what you said about hip-hop today isn’t true at all lmao what are you talking about

[@joseph30007]

Not true, they make beats that cater to the current market, ur a stupid producer if you are making boom bap when all artists want are trap beats. I guarantee you guys like metro booming could probably make boom bap shit but just don't really see a lucrative market for it so they don't waste their time because time is money.

[@killdoji5454]

L

[@MeechistheTruth]

CHUUUCH!

[@mattd9881]

Lol "Last album" Proceeds to drop 6 more.

[@mxkrvgr]

Matt D And they all go platinum

[@acharich]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@ernestlester1034]

Matt D...He told people on the track “People Talkin” he didn’t have to sell another record for the rest of his life and he was good money 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

[@MadCheddaz]

that’s his last good album i see no lies

[@mackavelly]

​@@MadCheddaz 4:44???

[@marcb3733]

Hearing jay z explain that he doesn't glorify, he reports on what he had to do and what he had observed in his environment was powerful. Only someone who is completely removed from the pain of that kind of life could ever think he was speaking on it with happiness. Its pride to survive for sure but not happiness.

[@Furtivo95]

So it was Ruben who suggest starting 99 acapella. That was always my fav part of the song.

[@jwizdum2103]

Facts, so dope to actually hear Rubin say that

[@og882001]

amazing how no one is smokin weed or something lol

[@ClosedLoopMusic]

Sancho Enkhbayar Rick had a bottle of vodka infront of him

[@bnkdsociety4382]

Bizness b4 pleasure lal

[@hc_ox4842]

studio equipment is expensive, smoke outside.but if you dont know j and tim never been huge smokers

[@Shottamanrambo]

Sancho Enkhbayar and.........Biggie, 2pac, Nas, Wu-Tang, Dre & Snoop, all smoked in the studio what point are you tryna get at.

[@iprofessionalamateur]

@@ClosedLoopMusic That aint smoke

[@kwall55]

the fact that lucifer was a reference track from kanye just blew my mind. classic

[@Demuzition]

"kanyeezy you a genius for this one!! " Jay Z has said this numerous times on his own songs about Kanye West

[@winterwarden]

Tf is a reference track

[@na2898]

@@winterwarden if you were a rapper it’d be if I made a song for you and then you went and re recorded

[@winterwarden]

@@na2898 like kanye made the instrumental and shit? he didn't write no shit did he? cheers bro

[@na2898]

@@winterwarden a reference track includes lyrics but I’m sure jay added his own in addition

[@richyung4502]

Lmao jay stood all the way up when that dirt off your shoulders drop. He knew that was crack.

[@EonarOWNS]

22:18 is a such a sick moment, seeing Jay react to Pharrell's beat is so inspirational, Hell, this whole documentary is incredibly inspirational.

[@oVenturoso]

That Beat makes me feel inspired man

[@prodmemo]

It’s my favorite part of the whole documentary. Seeing Rick was crazy too.

[@ajadeleye4970]

You can almost see the wheels turning

[@tmbe_official]

💯

[@dannyboycinco]

Just Blaze, Pharell, Yung Guru, and Jay all in the studio at once just being creative. it would be unreal to sit in that studio and experience that

[@thehiphopgrimreaper9157]

Cinco Sound fr.

[@informationalgame2007]

Cinco Sound don't forget timbalan 5:49

[@dannyboycinco]

gdixtakinglzz oh I definitely caught that, trust me. I just got really excited when the video started and I commented almost right away before finishing the whole thing

[@emptiber7253]

Jay chewing ass in there to, you guys seen him talk to dude about the games? Lol

[@julianreed7]

I would pay big money to be a fly on the wall in those rooms.

[@Gabsterz94]

Timbaland is simply a mastermind when it comes to putting together an instrumental

[@bernardhawk3258]

True indeed, but what about that beat Kanye dropped?!!!

[@ThePsychicFish]

@@bernardhawk3258 I could b wrong but I think that crazy beat w the high pitched synth was a Dre beat

[@rosedalepark78]

​@bernardhawk3258 Timbaland make Kanye look like J.V

[@cuntman7411]

​@@ThePsychicFish yeah thats dopeman

[@MetalSonic420]

18 years of The Black Album. JAY-Z’s best album and my favorite album of all time.

[@jimbo6519]

Same here bro

[@ebubejvy9742]

@@jimbo6519 no match for blueprint 2

[@derrickgriffines9050]

Reasonable doubt is the best by far .. but this only shows the man is a genius

[@alanwide4364]

​@@derrickgriffines9050Genuis for what all the guy do is listen to other people great work ..Cant evwn play a single note in any instrument.

[@samuelrose5668]

Kanye Man... His Passion Never Really Stopped Either

[@PapaMojo75]

Ye was ahead of his time for sure

[@nelsonc5339]

0:59 "only two things will get you through this: patience and persistence" ... Jay-Z life/success philosophy in a nutshell.

[@niidanso]

Nelson C say it like it.

[@lilyom]

I'm salty he turned down the beat before dust your shoulder off but Missy killed it

[@CryptoJetta]

At 7:16, Timbo knew he was about to get paid for life off that beat LMAO.

[@ValyriaSnow]

this was Jay last album 4 albums ago lol gotta love Hov

[@KCGainz]

Ry its 5 excluding watch the throne and UB

[@edwardnjogu159]

4.5 albums ago. WTT!

[@KaizerMan]

Unfinished Business Kingdom Come American Gangster Blueprint 3 WWT MCHG 4:44 LOVE IS EVERYTHING 5 solos + 3 joint albums = 6.5 albums

[@mechanicandi1064]

Facts 😂😂😂😂

[@fairplayterrific147]

"Can't Leave Rap Alone The Game Needs Me"

[@nicoshawty4934]

that “ dirt off ya shoulders” beat made Jay get out his seat Lls

[@Fruitdev01]

Jay Z: raps 128 bars with perfect pronunciation and clarity. also Jay Z: 'Arqutecs' 12:08

[@harlemdiplo]

all retirement jokes aside .... The Black Album was fuckin magnificent. every track plays, not 1 skip. this footage is just a testament to it's greatness. nice to hear what didn't make the final cut. top shelf producers.

[@KaizerMan]

harlemdiplo Ehh. I personally skip Allure & Threat (everyone loves that track but I just can’t get with it). But I do agree, The Black Album is one of Jay’s most concise along with The Blueprint and now 4:44 to a lesser extent. Plus how the album plays out like a night at a theatre or something with the more mature lush bombastic production and portions with intro, interlude, encore, shoutout end credits, change of clothes, etc is very entertaining. Defo one of those albums best heard from start to finish.

[@elekktrik_0339]

You can skip like 1/2 of it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mxkrvgr]

That whole album was incredible!

[@mitchellcumsteen9220]

EleKKtriK _03 You’re buggin

[@Wza456]

skip Justify My Thug everytime. When i first burned this CD, i skipped that song on purpose.

[@KKelly-ng1ni]

It's just amazing to watch Jay's process and all the producers like Kanye and Timbaland and Pharrell. I had this movie a long time ago and I recommend you watch the entire thing, concert and all.

[@ToniaVictoria]

K. Kelly what is the full movie called?

[@abergs-dp2ob]

Fade to black

[@acharich]

@@abergs-dp2ob 📝

[@nuckweise]

seen it a few times, the best imo next to Pac.

[@dennmcambley3813]

21 mins pharells beat is not good, i think he knows.

[@deyontebtc]

Kanye West's Lucifer beat and rhymes just at another level

[@zshakur]

Creating is an amazing feeling.

[@MrKadidle51]

Zayd Shakur nothing like it

[@devon8trillionaire]

Yes it is

[@frenchmontana3089]

@Galva Tron you're a virgin loser😂😂

[@chris.hartliss]

@Galva Tron A woman made YOU. Lol

[@acharich]

💯🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯

[@mimiscloset7075]

Y’all peep that white and black magic book & the mason hat on the bear? Stay woke

[@morsz5980]

7:10 Timbaland casually wipes his dirt of his shoulder and Jay Z knows this is it...

[@joymechell277]

The way he was eating that banana 🍌 took me out 😂😭 his beats are sick though . Dirt off your shoulder didn’t even have to be this good 😩 “ I’m the best there is “ Sir I detect no lies

[@richieb1125]

Dude, that is almost the exact same beat as "the potion" by Ludacris during the banana eating disaster.

[@bravotab5480]

@@richieb1125 that actually is the beat , it was just probably mixed down differently for ludacris

[@ernestolopez5501]

I love how Timbaland is so into his beats when they play out loud.

[@xenamonroe1950]

Kanye had the whole studio rockin facts

[@jm-je4tl]

"When you start thinking, you start forcing music which is never good."

[@krsto8352]

This honestly belongs in some kind of museum.

[@richieproductions2479]

As an artist I watch this almost everyday

[@b3ryllium.designllc94]

What I appreciate about this video is the fact that HOV seems humble through all of it

[@saladdays4883]

So RR was responsible for suggesting Jay acapella the start of 99 Problems. Which is one of the best parts of the song and one of the best intros to a rap track ever. The guy is godlike

[@FifeAvenue]

And Chris Rock told him to play that for Jay

[@evoskyline197]

8:54 was a stupid track would’ve love to hear this fire track 🔥

[@darrenosborne3358]

Caught my ear too! What is it?

[@justanaverageperson544]

Gotta love Pharell accusing Just Blaze of playing dirty as far as waiting for the album to be done to hear what people did before giving out his heat.... and he's right PSA was the last record recorded shortly before mastering for the Black Album.

[@mxkrvgr]

The Black Album is one of the greatest albums to exist up to this day 🔥💯

[@phraze410]

😂😂😂😂

[@phraze410]

Yea that and Manga Cartel or what it was called 😒😒😒😒😂😂😂😂

[@rnxgic]

It’s 2nd to Reasonable Doubt

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Blueprint

[@barbarapaparella2282]

Blueprint, black album, and reasonable doubt imo but shit vol 2 and 3 and blueprint 3 are all dope also

[@GrantKanigan]

No matter what, Timbaland will always be underrated. Dude writes some phenomenal music.

[@DGaby4986]

6:52 - Look closely, you'll see the singular moment that Dirt Off Your Shoulder was born.

[@jdreacts6322]

Timbaland is a monster.

[@stewiebull7884]

JD Lives fax!

[@alexgrisch3004]

14:36 is that Q-Tip?

[@CryptoNewbin]

8:07 the sound engineer looking at the screen and then at Jay like "whaaat?! These power levels are unheard of!" 😂

[@phraze410]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 The best part in the video

[@tonystarkz3877]

From bricks to Billboard, from grams to Grammy's

[@p3entertainmentllc]

One of the top 10 hip-hop albums of all time. So many dope producers that came with straight fire, then add Jay's lyrics and flow = GOAT

[@tghetto5]

Jay-Z's beat selection is a big part of what separates his discography from everyone else's in my opinion.

[@Sp33dyMik3]

I love 16:04 to 16:52 where he checks that guy in the studio and says he doesnt promote violence but shows people the evil side of the game, then he recites Dead Presidents acapella. Get a whole new meaning for the lyrics when he says them like hes trying to warn you.

[@younghdm1678]

haha i remember dude from the cameron movie he played the kingpin lmao

[@CleeTaurus]

Yo what was he talking about saying mac milleys. What is that,

[@acharich]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@yulifadida6661]

Man that shit gave me goosebumps

[@jayjayjay365]

1655 where Kanye is digging a hole then the beats though

[@AsaPhelps]

Respect to Timbaland he’s a beast, you would be feeling your own beats like that if you could do it. Ahead of his time

[@AMactor]

Jay replaying Lucifer to hear the beat drop is exactly how I replay it

[@igortoledo6014]

The reaction when timbaland plays "Dirt off your shouder's" beat rsrsrs

[@InsaneDrummer99]

My favourite part is at 8:10 when he drops his hard hitting "Ask about me" line during Dirt Off Your Shoulder and even the audio engineer pauses and looks over like "Yeah this shit is gonna be a hit"

[@MultiBluedog123]

Timbaland and his damn gallon juice lol

[@ethan-se6yq]

2:08 Pharrell cool ass had to make sure his bapestas were in frame😂😂

[@jwizdum2103]

Them joints HEAT tho

[@keetheforeignernews]

With the jacket 😂🤣 it was fire tho no lie

[@Brehon_TalkingFinance]

Wow! He saw Timb brush his shoulders off and ran with it!!

[@pedrogates3189]

Brehon Mills as he should have

[@aaleyah5380]

You caught that too?

[@acharich]

😂 that's how I write..

[@NateTheNoble]

Back when Timbaland drank fruit punch out the gallon

[@sanjaynandalall2260]

99 problems... "might be something special" 13:35

[@kevinkamanzi3957]

surely preached it

[@RajBeats]

"whens the last time you seen a bison in a nigga studio"

[@randomrojas589]

He says he murdered outkast or Houston’s screwed

[@F430FORME]

I loved this movie. Just watching that Timberland, Kanye, and Pharrel gave me chills again. Nothing but creative geniuses in a room together. If you are in that room, you just have to absorb all of that energy.

[@J-D-A-W-G]

Jay Z is one of the most hardworking artists of all time. His first eight albums are easily classic's because that shows what kinda worker Jay was. I felt like he did an amazing job with The Black Album. And as much as after he came back and did great, I felt like if he really retired after the black album, that would've been crazy

[@nasthegoat6738]

Hell no his first 8 albums ain't classic lol he has a solid 5 classics and the rest are okay. Reasonable Doubt, Volume 1, Blueprint, Black Album and American Gangsta! All those other albums are average or slightly above average

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

I wouldn’t even say he has three classics. Only reasonable doubt and black album are great. Blueprint is the most overrated album I ever heard, only takeover and renegade are worth anything -girls or izzo is a good song? No one plays that album anymore

[@nasthegoat6738]

@@tylurmackinnon6217 I still do lol Blueprint was the shit in my opinion

[@VinylUnboxings]

We throwing around classic pretty loose nowadays

[@thebrownfilmshow]

Dead Presidents Lyric Breakdown kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXfReX9_lr-cmq8

[@goldenking874]

Imagine if jay actually stopped making music after the black album. We would’ve missed out on sooooo much. Shit was destiny that he keept goin

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

You mean all that lazy sounding mediocre over produced crap that people clout without really listening to it? Jay z fell off after this. He even has a verse about being overrates

[@goldenking874]

@@tylurmackinnon6217 bro. Stop playin with the boy there’s a whole ass “Watch the Throne” album how u just gon say that. “What it feels like”- Nipsey Hussle ft. Jay Z. “Pound cake”- Drake ft. Jay Z. “Umbrella”- Rihanna ft. Jay Z. All of “The blue print 3” All of “Magna Carta...Holy grail” “Monster”- Kanye west ft. Jay Z. “So appalled” - Kanye West ft. Jay Z. All of “4:44” “Bitch don’t kill my vibe” - Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay Z “Never let me down”- Kanye West ft. Jay Z All of those are amazing and he has more I haven’t even listened to all his music. Not to mention he woulda never became the first billionaire rapper if he quit. But yea fuck it pull the plug at the black album like bruh lmao would straight ruin the course of history.

[@goldenking874]

AND he made Kanye. Kanye would not be where he is today without Jay Z and I love ye but that’s just facts

[@timothybrown8424]

The Black Album and American Gangster was big soundtracks to my life.

[@markpayne9698]

💯

[@alZiiHardstylez]

Oh shit, I remember 'Von Dutch'. That brand was huge for a while.

[@promcoordinator2747]

Lol facts

[@liab_3D]

This was nostalgic to watch. I came to love Jay when he dropped the Blueprint 2 so when he was marketing the Black Album as his last album I was hella sad, like “I just got here!” HOV is definitely the GOAT. Fight me.

[@noelr1010]

Can't be the greatest when you've been ethered

[@qt5199]

He didn't get Ethered! Blueprint2 Diss... etc cmon man... and Nas don't have better verses on songs that him and Hov are on together... On "BBC" and "Sorry Not Sorry"... Matter of fact on "The Takeover" what Hov say??? " I showed you your first tech on tour w Large Professor/then I heard ya album bout ya tech on the dresser/ so yea I sampled your voice yu was using it wrong/ Yu made it a hot line I mad it a hot song/.....(referring to the dead presidents hook).... Man give Hov his flowers already hater! Lol

[@billbrasky8525]

Lots of amazing talent showed up to these sessions but Jay was totally enveloped by Kanye and those takes were truly something magical to watch. Almost like a Shaq and Kobe union.

[@tylurmackinnon6217]

What if I told you Kanye doesn’t make his own beats

[@billbrasky8525]

@@tylurmackinnon6217 Who makes them, Morpheus?!

[@FunnyManQ419]

@@tylurmackinnon6217 then I will show you a man who makes 5 beats a day for 3 summers

[@karimd88]

@@FunnyManQ419 he deserves to do these numbers!!!

[@nanagyambibi7426]

Shoutout to whoever made this

[@seniorblanco4126]

Nana Gyambibi watch the movie Fade to Black "Black Album"

[@JWallHomes]

Jayz made it lol it's fade to black movie

[@anthonyrodriguez4845]

Fr 💯

[@nanagyambibi7426]

I had this movie on dvd as a kid…… shoutout to whoever pieced this together on youtube.

[@johnvincent1239]

Hell yeah boy you just posted cool ass shit man 💯

[@darkcadence938]

I love how they all bring jay z different beats and he killing it putting impromptu rapping into each, he has to be possessed lol

[@jinosolid]

Thought you knew lol

[@anonymousapocalypse247]

💯