JAY-Z - The Black Album (REACTION)

[@bigb2494]

"Flying birds down south"... Griselda Blanco "The Cocaine Queeen" from Colombia who lived and was locked up in Miami was one of Jay's plugs. There's a movie about her on Netflix.

[@GMGGotti03]

Damn I gotta check that out

[@bigb2494]

The bar with Busta Rhymes being animated, Busta said he was offended at first, but after thinking he was like "I am animated" and laughed at himself. It wasn't a dis, it was praising his style. Busra, Missy Elliott, and Ludacris are the most animated artists in hip-hop

[@PrimeraEspadaStark]

Dehaven was Jay-Z's childhood best friend/brother they met at age 9/10 coming home from school Dehaven found/stole a bag of cocaine, split it with Jay when they were 13, moved to New Jersey at 16 and grew from corner boys to drug lords together, that's 1983 - 1990, then they began have their falling out. Spanish Jose was their first plug Hov didnt stop hustling without Dehaven, but he'll get more into that later

[@PrimeraEspadaStark]

yea, Hov founded the 40/40 club and yea he coined the phrase "Best Rapper Alive"

[@justbilly5553]

His best album to me, this is where he found that pocket where he could rap that grown man shit and still tell his whole story in a detailed way

[@njnatl09]

Black album is my favorite album too. BLACK Reasonable Doubt Blueprint American Gangsta And really any of the volumes can fit in my 5th spot I pretty much like them all the same. THREAT WHAT MORE CAN I SAY ALLURE top three songs on this album.

[@PrimeraEspadaStark]

that epiphany/magnitude moment you had as you got through "Lucifer", about "The Black Album" being one of the greatest hip hop albums of all-time: if you haven't already had that moment with "Reasonable Doubt", "Vol 2 Hard Knock Life", and "The Blueprint" you will eventually. It's all autobiographical gold by retirement he'd dropped 8 quality albums, 4 certified classics. He's got six classic albums total, more so than any other Hip Hop act, but i'll let you get further before we discuss the rest Greatest discography in Hip Hop

[@GMGGotti03]

Just came back to this comment because I’m about to react to kingdom come and this is like the perfect intro 🔥

[@MonSune9551]

Still after 21 years if he would've left "Justify My Thug" off this its Jay's third classic.

[@GMGGotti03]

You not fw that track like that? I think it’s just the hook I don’t like from that one

[@stevenstrong3278]

December 4th🥶🥶🥶

[@JesseJ.Speigner]

That ALLURE BEAT is INSANE

[@Thagreatestoat]

finally some one said it. one of the best out of the album fr

[@Dmaj089]

The way Jay chooses beats and flows on those beats is only a talent he has. Only Big had that too.

[@ImTriggerHappyCOD]

Thats Whitney Houston talking in the interlude on Public Service Announcement

[@JesseJ.Speigner]

Purple Label is Ralph Lauren Suits

[@GMGGotti03]

@@JesseJ.Speigner damn I shoulda knew that🤦🏾‍♂️

[@bke8073]

Just a week ago is about Dehaven

[@GMGGotti03]

@@bke8073 frl??? That’s one of my favorite songs oat

[@warnaoh]

I came I saw I conquered comes from "Veni, Vedi, Vici" LOL. Jay has gets no credit for this.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

That’s a saying that’s been said since the 1940’s probably even earlier

[@safs_dk]

​@@ArtisanWindchimestry between 100-44 BCE 😂

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@safs_dk “I came I saw I conquered”? Damn

[@GMGGotti03]

My dumbass really thought hova made that 😭😂😂

[@safs_dk]

@samarie ironically Ja Rule had an album called Vini Vidi Vici before The Black Album, so there's that! But Julius Caesar apparently said it first after conquering modern day Turkey!