FIRST TIME HEARING- JAY Z - In My Lifetime Vol. 1 REACTION/REVIEW

[@EJ-JR3]

Why No One Talking Abt the Thumbnail? Shi is fire😂🔥 1. 2:07 Million & One Questions Intro 2. 6:04 City Is Mine (Ft. Backstreet Boys?) 3. 10:23 I know what girls like (Ft. Lil Kim & R Kelly Jr (or freakman) 4. 15:20 Imaginary Players 5. 20:34 The Streets Is Watching 6. 24:38 Friend Or Foe ‘98 7. 27:33 Lucky Me 8. 31:54 (Always Be My) Sunshine (Ft. Foxy Brown) 9. 35:34 Who You Wit II 10. 40:07 Face Off (Ft. Sauce Money) 11. 42:47 Real Brothas (Ft. Too $hort) 12. 45:49 Rap Game/ Crack Game (I sensed Nas) 13. 49:37 Where I’m From 14. 55:48 You Must Love Me 1:01:20 Ahmad Glazing Jay Z, my king Nas would never let me say a good thing about Jay Z, i don’t care if they friends. Subscribe To KingAhmad💯

[@Dmaj089]

What's with Nas dude being insecure about Jay, Jay the greatest ever is fact

[@KtotheG]

Vol. 1 might be one of Jay's worst albums... next to Kingdom Come and Dynasty.

[@Dmaj089]

@@KtotheG vol 1 is one of Jay's best albums. Dynasty is good too, Kingdom Come is good too. All three albums you've mentioned only have 1 or 2 bad songs not making them bad projects overall...If those are Jay's worst works then rappers ought to improve.

[@EJ-JR3]

@@Dmaj089 it’s a joke lol

[@Dmaj089]

@@EJ-JR3 I noticed 💀😂

[@marnik261196]

Even Jay-Z's lesser-known or so-called "weaker" albums would be the peak of many rappers' careers. People often fail to grasp the profound influence Jay-Z's projects have had-and continue to have-on hip-hop culture. Many seem to think his career is defined only by Reasonable Doubt or The Blueprint. Lil Wayne has the lyrics to "Lucky Me" tattooed on his back, and T.I. recently mentioned in an interview that Vol. 1 was his main inspiration for Trap Muzik. That album essentially laid the foundation for what would become the first "trap" album of all time. Jay-Z's influence is so deeply embedded in the culture that it's sometimes hard to fully recognize the impact he's had on the rap game. I think that's one reason why he can be underrated by younger generations. It's only when you step back and take a broader look at the genre that you can truly appreciate Jay-Z's place in the rap game.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

So many rappers were influenced by Jay from Wayne to Jeezy, to TI to Rick Ross to Joe Budden to Young Chris to Fabolous to Wale to Benny the Butcher to J Cole etc. In turn Weezy influenced a whole generation and then people forget that their current rappers were influenced by someone who was influenced by Jay. It’s a timeline thing, they just didn’t see the evolution.

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

We need more people like you in this world who knows exactly what their talking about salute to you homie. ✊🏼

[@lovehate8286]

Perfect statement.

[@williamgorham1078]

When people say you rarely hear this from Jay-Z. I say you ain't really listened to Jay-Z. He has tons of s*** like that. People just make their judgment off of what they hear on the radio. If you listen to moment of clarity of The Black album he explains a lot like how he had to dumb down his lyrics. And when he did What you can tell on hard knock Life the sales went through the roof. The way he explains it and anything on any of these songs where he's being introspective is why he is one of the greatest to ever do it

[@Nerdstorm003]

Timestamps- 2:19 Intro/Rhyme No More 6:11 City Is Mine ft Blackstreet 10:29 I Know What Girls Like ft Lil Kim and Freak Man 15:20 Imaginary Players 20:48 Streets Is Watching 24:43 Friend Or Foe 98’ 27:35 Lucky Me 32:01 Always Be My Sunshine ft Foxy Brown and Babyface 35:39 Who You Wit II 40:11 Face Off ft Sauce Money 42:53 Real N***** ft Too Short 45:53 Rap Game, Crack Game 49:38 Where I’m From 55:50 You Must Love Me Some serious classics on this one 🔥

[@Austyn59913]

gonna watch the whole thing but I had to skip to the Always be my Sunshine reaction that song goes insane

[@Bankallday]

“Freak Man” is wild

[@richiestarks609]

The song “Who You Wit” was playing heavy on the radio. I was 16 at the time, I was wearing the Nautica Sweats, Yankee Fitted, riding with my homie Dominican Dave and Hector in the Lexus LS 400 blasting this joint through the strip. NYC was trend setting.

[@FryPoorGreedo]

DJ Premier and Jay never missed together. Shame they didn’t make more music

[@Bellamy_Koby]

Lil Wayne actually has Lucky Me tattooed on one part of his body and lyrics from the song on another; it's his favorite rap song of all time and he even recites a verse from it at the end of his collab with Jay Mr.Carter. Side note: Once you listen to American Gangster you'll have a whole nother level of confusion towards his haters; it's that level of an album.

[@SolidSnake240]

I love American Gangsta. I always looked at that album as a sequel/spiritual successor to Reasonable Doubt.

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Low key American Gangster was the sequel to Reasonable Doubt AG was very similar to RD it was just Hov at a more mature point in his life that’s all.

[@robdawson5835]

Even lil weezy has a love hate for hov 😂

[@robdawson5835]

@@moneytalks3150 yoooo i just peeped 👀 thats crazy

[@SteveRivera77]

The hate for J is really a mystery for me. If you just keep it about the music and not the politics or biases. Nobody has done it better. None.

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Say it louder for the people in the back. 🗣

[@worldwiderell1812]

That part

[@s001til]

Exactly. Haters just hate his greatness.

[@drewdaringer889]

Yup - Hov has by far the most diverse catalog of any MC (dead or alive); literally a different flow on every album. And over time, stuff that we used to think was "meh" end up becoming classics. I remember when Reasonable Doubt came out - it went under the radar cause there were a bunch of other big releases that year. Early 2000s people had to revisit RD to rediscover how good it was. Same thing was Blueprint 2 and American Gangster - both became certified classics after getting the cold shoulder when it was first release. That's when you know you make Art.

[@johnykilroy5521]

From 98- 2012 Jay Z WAS rap. No one had a longer, greater, or more influential run. NO ONE

[@casherrod]

The artist singing the chorus to "You Must Love Me" was Kelly Price. She also sang the hook on BIG's "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems". A good one to listen to where she's also featured is Scarface's "Heaven". The beat change up on that is 🤯

[@dubdeuce1517]

She was also on Young G's off the Diddler's debut album. With Jay and Big of course. One of my favorite Big verses.

[@jeffreyharvey9919]

Vol 2 next. That was his biggest album and definitive album of the late '90s era.

[@keithwilliams9217]

You Must Love Me background is Kelly Price and the Hitmen (Diddler's production team) produced that song and Where I'm From. What makes You Must Love Me an awesome record is that sample from the O’Jays- What Am I Waiting For.

[@PoleTooCold23]

I feel like this is his most slept on album because it came after Reasonable Doubt & before Vol 2. Love this album 🔥🔥 so many underrated bangers

[@mitchgoudreau7670]

It's cause the singles and the pop sounding tracks on the album weren't good but the b-sides were classic.

[@KtotheG]

It came out in '97, one of the worst years in hip hop. Everyone was going commerical...Real hip hop was over for a minute... until DMX brought it back in '98

[@simplesolar1]

this is somewhat right but Vol.1,2 & 3 was when everybody jumped on Jay…Reasonable Doubt was slept on till The Blueprint came out and everybody was saying it was his best album then Jay was like y’all must’ve never listen to Reasonable Doubt (then ppl went back and realized it was over looked)

[@Nilz-ie8li]

Finally reviewing this. Where I'm from, one the hardest hip hop songs ever made "I'm from where the hammers rung, news cameras never come You and your mans hung in every verse in your rhyme" The bar that got Prodigy catch feelings.

[@peteavilaiii8176]

The "I Know What Girls Like" track uses the beat from an 80's song called, "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox and the hook is from another 80's song from The Waitresses called "I Know What Boys Like". The 80's were wild lol

[@Critical95]

Imaginary Player is one of my favorite songs from this album. Who you wit (part 1) is another dope song

[@mistahmst]

I think “I Know What Girls Like” is one of the main songs you hear when entering the gates of hell

[@PassportKings]

Lmao

[@mitchgoudreau7670]

This and Sunshine are absolute garbage. Album probably would've been a classic if those two songs got left off the track list and he kept Wishing On a Star on there.

[@Alivirgo824]

😂😂😂😂😂😂I flatlined reading this while watchin him react

[@zncuentertainment712]

This is the most accurate comment I've read in a looooong time.

[@LivingInTheKaliYogurt]

😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂

[@cnp215]

Imaginary players is one ☝🏼 f his best songs ever.. “do you see my face? I’m uncomfortable dawg” 😂 he was talking on that jawn!!

[@SolidSnake240]

Such a fire song

[@zohnlewis3743]

Fun fact the Street is watching is the last song that Jay played for Biggie and Biggie said is the whole album gonna be like this 💸🫡 and he loved that song so much if I’m not mistaken RIP BIGGIE 🕊️

[@Vinnyhiphop732]

I think it was first, only because of how some of the pop records ended up on the album after big passed

[@gerikwiley1916]

@Vinnyhiphop732 I don't think he meant the last song off the album. I think Streets is watching was the Last song Jay-Z EVER played before BIG past away.

[@tbtnr9851]

Beat me to it, this album is anazing

[@Boomroomgoons]

Yessir then biggie played hyptonize 😂 big was great man

[@robdawson5835]

Imagine biggie verse on streets is watching probably be like gimme the loot

[@benice1982]

On Friend or Foe pt 2 he told him to take the ice up for the nicest mc and please tell Big he’s Unbelievable. On Big’s song Unbelievable he said throw some ice down for the nicest mc. He always bigs him up

[@tywayne3]

Heard that a million times but never made the connection. Preciate it.

[@benice1982]

As far as who was the King at the time, Jay and Nas both were after Big’s death . Nas stumbled with Nastradamus and Jay had it. Nas recovered with Ether and his Stillmatic album dropped. After that, it was Jay. There were others who had their run like X and 50 Cent but nobody as consistent as Jay.

[@JIMMYRAYVS]

I'll say this... I grew up in Marcy, same building as Jay and Bleek. I remember me and 2 other friends having a life expectancy talk at like me being the oldest at 15 them being 13, none of us thought we'd make it past 25 and that was my answer, they said by 20. That was not only Marcy influence but Brooklyn altogether, we witnessed death or attempted left and right.

[@TL-fc8zw]

LOL... THAT I KNOW WHAT GIRLS LIKE WAS A DEFINITE SKIP FOR ALL OF US BACK IN THE DAY!!!

[@KingAhmadTv]

😂😂😂

[@MarcusWilliams-jp6hy]

Facts

[@erick.roberts9074]

A song worth your individual attention is “A Million and One Questions (Premiere Remix).” There’s a couple of new verses and a new beat switch from Preemo. To me it marks the very spot where Jigga switched his flow up (“dumbed it down”) to become the very best in the game. You can tell going from the first verse (from Vol. 1) to the new ones, which sound more like him on Vol. 2.

[@patrickcsizmadi2276]

I was gonna suggest this too.. peep the remix.. always wished there was a polished single version of it

[@jdope2700]

You might be right. That might be where he went from Jay Z to Jigga.

[@maysonstorm4956]

The guy in the intro is a cat name Pain In Da Ass. He did a lotta Jay-Z and Roc-a-fella intros and skits back in the day. Edit: That's Kelly Price singing the hook on "You Must Love Me".

[@Bellamy_Koby]

The writer for Hamilton Lin Manueul Miranda listened to Friend or Foe off of Reasonable Doubt repeatedly to study how to structure dialogue for the play

[@treybanfield2084]

Vol 1. is severely underrated

[@IENetworkTV]

i love how u give jay z props young king lot of dudes ur age be trying to shit on jay they need to come watch ur channel and ur reactions

[@KingAhmadTv]

U know I got too. He too cold 💯🔥🔥

[@Didja1980]

I love this album. There are a few mid tracks but the great songs are classics on this

[@KingAhmadTv]

🔥💯

[@tywayne3]

Appreciate the upload. Glad the upgrade is working out for you. That line up you mentioned works out. Vol 1 is solid besides the Diddy and Teddy Riley cuts.

[@njnatl09]

Part of Jay-Z's first verse on lucky me is tattooed on that Lil Wayne. Face off the song with Jay and Sauce money was originally was supposed to be Jay and Big but of course he died before they can make it happen.

[@Fleezy81]

Mind you, this album dropped during the Shiny Suit Era.

[@deonlepharaoh]

Jiggy era

[@StormWatkins]

You should do Vol. 2 next for sure.

[@KingAhmadTv]

Bet that 💪🏾

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Kelly Price is the one singing on You Must Love Me

[@sunwise5769]

for all the reasons people choose to dislike jay, what's unarguable is that he is top 3 top 5 mc's of all time.

[@kingp109]

Its kinda weird that people started hating Jay over the last 5 to 10 years. I don't get it cause jay always put out bangers back in the day.

[@robdawson5835]

👏 He became a billionaire haters gonna hate

[@DocScOOp]

even though you know songs off of The Black Album, it's still different when you get into it with that review mindset. dive into the lyrics and what not. The Black Album is basically a must.

[@omarcuevas439]

Didn't I tell you!? Pre-Black album Jay-Z is the best Jay-Z

[@DerekRobinsonTech]

I remember first hearing “I know what boys like” when the original dropped (The Waitreses), the fact that they actually tried to flip that hook, with the A Fly Girl beat (shout out to Boogie Boys), was crazy to me when I first heard the album, but hearing later, this really aged worse that I thought it would when it first dropped……LMAO!

[@ATLIENZ4]

Pain in Da Ass is a Spanish cat outta NY that is on the Intro for Melody. That beat you heard for Girls Like was probably Puffs whole idea. Puff always had commercial ideas and most of the beats that get sampled are 70’s/80’s artists. That City Is Mine should be Glenn Frey. The original song stayed on the radio back in the 80’s when I was a kid. Kelly Price is the singer on the last song. She was in the video. She had some fire tracks between the mid and late 90’s. And the reason why Jay gets hate is the same reason people don’t like Michael Jordan. Success brings envy. If you when 10 million tomorrow watch how the people around you change.

[@JayG-cx8mr]

You went back listened and came to the same conclusion that all of us Old Jay Z fans came to. He is absolutely telling the truth and is the coldest ever.

[@KingAhmadTv]

Facts 💯🔥

[@Keith_McDaniel]

Fr fr !! 💯💯💯

[@ChazBrown22]

Peoples hate for Jay is 100% unwarranted and this is one of the best albums in hip hop history. “You Must Love Me” is so underrated.

[@soundbankbeat]

@@ChazBrown22 big facts

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Tell em. 🗣

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

My favorite jay album man too much 🔥

[@StateOfMindMMD]

"I Know What Girls Like" is a remake of Boogie Boys' "A Fly Girl."

[@patrickwallace6972]

You catch that Andre 3000 sample on rap game crack game? "You see that rap shit is really just like selling dope if you got that fire shit yo niggas gonna always know" whole concept for that track was from an Andre bar. Outkast... pronounced Outkast.

[@wheelerwon]

And if you don’t know what 55th is he is talking about Rucker Park in Harlem. 155th street.

[@mauricerockingham3782]

Thank U Young King for this review I am a big JAY fan I defend this album to his haters minus the Diddy song this album has gems LUCKY ME, WHERE IM FROM ,U MUST LOVE ME are JAY classics I hope this opened some ears and eyes to some of his haters and thats KELLY PRICE wit the remarkable performance on the classic U MUST LOVE ME

[@Alex1089-g3m]

Marcy was really like he described it back in the 80s and early 90s

[@TapeDexxReviewz]

I would do them in order, you get a better understanding of how he grew and the different things he was willing to try before he perfected it.

[@Nathaniel_0729]

Hell yeah been waiting for this reaction

[@blockatime-topic4623]

You should review Vol. 2 next my man!!

[@kenox66212]

That’s Kelly Price on the hook (last song)Bro

[@KingAhmadTv]

Good looking 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Hard Knock Life Vol 2 next

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

And then Vol.3 Life & Times of S. Carter after that. 👌🏼🔥

[@yz9394]

I mean we know for a fact jay had a fly ass crib in downtown Brooklyn a Lexus and a Benz before any type of rap money.. we saw him in pics in Trenton, NJ, Cambridge, MD, Newport News, VA.. a high school dropout we never heard of him having a job I wonder what he was doing? 🤔 only haters question hov background when it comes to the streets.

[@Deserteagle8732]

13 platinum albums that’s more than any other rap artist

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

It’s really 17 if you include his collaboration albums!

[@dubdeuce1517]

"Its funny how one verse can fuck up the game" I forgot that was a Jay Z line. Kendrick adopted that on Hood Politics.

[@KingAhmadTv]

I peed that too 💯🔥🔥

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

@@KingAhmadTvugghh nice watch - J Cole

[@JohnnySensei7]

Because he was talking about a conversation he had with Jay-Z after CONTROL dropped

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

*Peeped not peed. 🥴😅

[@tywayne3]

Who Ya Wit had a pretty cool video. It was the one with the pimp of the year theme and Fox was in it, but there were some other cameos.

[@markbay6775]

One of my favorite Jay Z albums

[@mitchgoudreau7670]

This album is really underrated in hindsight. If you take I Know What Girls Like and Sunshine off the album it's probably in the same tier as his 3 essential classics. Also to answer your question after Biggie and Pac died it was sort of a mix of MC's that came in who took the crown. Nas was the guy but you rarely saw him musically in 97 and 98. At first it was the Bad Boy crew so Mase, Lil Kim, and The Lox were the popular ones in 97 and then it turned into DMX, Jay Z, and Ja Rule with The Lox as well in 98, then Eminem in 99. Jay just kept being consistent and by about 2000 to 2001 was when he got the recognition from his consistency of output dropping every year and claimed that title officially .

[@yaseerabdultawwaab7249]

Jayz took the crown in 98,vol2 went 5x platinum after that everyone knew he was he,and every colab Jayz destroyed comp., but to be honest and it’s not mentioned much Nas wasn’t his toughest opponent Mase was looking like he was about to wear the crown but Now we know how that went 💯

[@ezekwu]

if mase didn't retire he would be jay level...

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Kanye West Voice: “Don’t leave while you’re hot that’s how Mase screwed up!” 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@tareefsmith9027]

Little known fact: DJ Premier did the skratches on "Where I'm From"

[@tywayne3]

Streets Is Watching and Murder Was the Case Soundtracks

[@vincestud2088]

It’s a solid album. Kinda middle of the pack for Jay's albums. Very high highs like Where I’m From, Imaginary Player, etc.. Also some lows like Sunshine and I Know What Girls Like.. He sorta hopped on the Bad Boy gravy train on this one. Tried to find his footing. Didn’t fully work out but on his next album Vol 2 it definitely did. He changed up his sound to more street oriented production. That’s when his career really took off to the next level with Can I Get A and Hard Knock Life.

[@no_yelling_on_the_bus7294]

Good take here. Def some bangers on V1 here but you’re right, this is where the shiny suit era started. Jay dabbled on some tracks but kept it street on others. Decent album but nowhere near his best

[@fernandoparadacastillo5901]

Also "N*** What, N*** Who" and "Money, Cash, H*es"

[@andremiller1566]

His work with Puff on here was some of the worst shit. Brought the album down a notch.

[@anonymousapocalypse247]

Only after DMX killed the Bad Boy shiny suit era. Then Jay came harder and got swizz

[@jermaineartis4323]

Definitely move to volume 3 if you have done volume 2 already…you won’t be disappointed!

[@johnykilroy5521]

Jay Z set trends. He controlled rap. CONTROLLED RAP. It's crazy how he's not recognized now, but for 10-12 years, JayZ controlled what rap was. He took rap to another level. He took the culture to another level.

[@deijayhayes9345]

React To Styles P A Gangster & A Gentlemen Album

[@PassportKings]

Yeah, that's a dope album.

[@benice1982]

Most of the people who hate on Jay are around your age or diehard Nas fans. People 40+ know what Jay was. Till this day I don’t think it’s anyone better. Not even close

[@senzomazibuko6937]

Facts, I am from South Africa and I grew up Jay's rhymes since '97.

[@PezoBandy]

Jayz took the crown of the whole rap gamecause hov was dropping every year for 10 yrs straight nas wasn’t doing that no rapper for that matter

[@PezoBandy]

That joint with puff was a old school song they tried to remake that was all puff doing he produced it 😂

[@JohnnySensei7]

Just go in order for his albums. So you can see the evolution over time

[@PezoBandy]

Nah vol 2 is the album that made everything possible of all the things he got going on now his most selling album classic

[@STAPHLITTLZ_973]

You gotta review vol.3💯

[@dreday99]

Ahmad is IN THE BUILDING!!! Welcome back my G, Ahmad the young King is BACK!!

[@KingAhmadTv]

Shit I was only gone for a week 😂😂💪🏾

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

A week can seem like an eternity sometimes. 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@gregblau8082]

Pandora has been playing The City Is Mine and I blast it every time. Some of this album is dated but a lot of his stuff has stayed relevant better than most

[@bigwilt8944]

Album was executive produced by diddy. That's why it had such a commercial feel to it

[@lonnylonso]

damn thats Aaliyah sample on "A Million and 1 Questions". Just realized

[@buddah1221]

everyone always says he just steals biggies lyrics but he really just paying homage and respect to his friend also I think it was around the the time of the blueprint or the black album someone asked Jay what he thought was his best and worst albums and he daid Vol. 1 was his least favorite I remember because at the time that was my favorite Jay album Edit: that what girls like is a sample of an 80s song by the same name with a similar hook

[@cherylgalloway4511]

The first verse isn't about a blood relative but about some of the women in the neighborhood.

[@jayman1591]

Do dynasty, blueprint and black album. Volume one is 🔥 too, volume one was my first time hearing jayz and I alrknew he was one of the goats just from hearing his style

[@clarktownsend8991]

The Hook on I know what girls like was using Puffy's formula of taking a popular rock song and interpolating it into a rap song with the familiar sample from said song. It failed miserably in this occassion.

[@KingAhmadTv]

Blame puffy 😂😂

[@clarktownsend8991]

@KingAhmadTv it was his fault. Look at all his solo hits. They are all samples where they use the chorus or famous lyrics from the song as the hook. Cant nobody hold me down(Break my stride by Matt wilder), Been around the world(uses Lisa Stanfields hit song), Missing you(The police). All use that formula.

[@benice1982]

Take it from someone who was outside during this time. Although this album wasn’t his best, it was loved when it came out. We had just lost Biggie at the time. Jay held it down for NY. I remember everybody in high school saying cocksucker beat it😂

[@marquestb7925]

My Top 5 favorite songs on this album are..... 1) A Million Questions (INTRO) 2) Imaginary Players 3) Rap Game/ Crack Game 4) Where Im From 5) You Must Love Me

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

I would switch Rap Game/Crack Game with Streets Is Watching. But solid 5 either way.

[@ezekwu]

great taste...

[@thebrogressiveagenda9936]

Very underrated album...may not have a super high batting average, but the slugging % is high

[@MrDipboy20]

This is the album that solidified his rapping to me...take off I know what girls like and Sunshine. Put You're only a Customer and People's Court, it's a perfect album. Look up those tracks

[@JIMMYRAYVS]

People love Nas and hate Jay because the fact of the matter is lyrically Nas is God level but Jay commercial and business success catapulted greater. Still I don't see why people just don't salute both in high regards.

[@KingAhmadTv]

Exactly 💯🤦🏾‍♂️

[@DatOneGuy901]

as a lifetime Hov fan. i would really love for you to switch it up and hit American Gangster. it was his return to form from retirement after the mis step that was Kingdom Come

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Kingdom Come wasn’t a misstep though it’s not one of his best but it wasn’t terrible either KC took a while to grow on me but as i got older that’s the more i enjoyed it.

[@DatOneGuy901]

@@bigjohnboatright3811 I like a couple songs from it as well. But as far as commercially it wasn't as well received as the rest of his discography. And it was bad timing due to him being fresh out of retirement.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

I just noticed you said “Sorry Ma$e but it is what it is” 😂 well played

[@darrellglover493]

Kelly Price sang on the last song

[@MASTERPIECEFROMGOD]

Intro , FoF 98, Where I’m from 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gerikwiley1916]

The "I know What Girls Like" song was always criticized as being one of the worst songs on this album. But I personally liked it just because I was an early hiphop fan at a young age. I was born in 1979, started listening to hiphop at 4-5 yrs old. So I got the reference how they flipped the hiphop classic song "Fly Girl" beat. And the hook was a sample as well from an 80s pop song.

[@ChazBrown22]

YO you gotta peep the Streets is Watching movie. A lot of these joints are all put into movie form.

[@robertmilburne4591]

I am cracking up right know the song with puffy hook is from a group in the 80s

[@electricpowerade]

lucky me is lowkey a beautiful song

[@larelprice696]

You should do Vol. 2 after this one. 💯

[@fernandoparadacastillo5901]

Totally, Vol. 2 improves everything about Vol. 1

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3 and the Dynasty and his featured verses in that time frame are what solidified Jay to GOAT status. Blueprint cemented it. Honestly I really liked Blueprint 2 too except a few songs.

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Blueprint 2 had so much potential to be a classic but that track list was way too long if Hov would’ve trimmed it down some & had less filler on it he would’ve had 3 straight classics with BP1, BP2, & The Black Album. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@marcel4002]

This is my fav Jay-z album. It's not his best, but it has about 5 or 6 hood bangers on it. 🔥 I've been looking, but I haven't seen anyone on KZbin review Juvenile 400 degrees album yet.

[@dbboykid10]

Once I hit about 25 (I'm 28 now) and started to really listen to all of rap from the 90s to current I realized, and absolutely no disrespect to anyone cause I think A Tribe, Outkast, Kanye and Lil Wayne are among the top 5 of all time but no one touches Jay Z and his ENTIRE catalog. Mix lyrics, swagger, chart topping ability + longevity he's the goat and tbh if you think otherwise you better have the strongest argument of all time otherwise do ya research 😂😂 dope reaction as always tho my guy!

[@SDGTStudio]

your reaction for the song at 14minutes was hilarious. There's an original song that they got this from. By the way, Mia X from No Limit has a song with that hook but it sounds better.

[@2Thessalonians1_7]

I Know What Boys Like is a real song from like the 80s that Jay Z and them sampled... blame Freak Man

[@realitycheck1092]

Been waiting on this shit cuh on crip 🔥🔥🔥

[@shajuanwilkinson3865]

Keep up the great work.koolgrap and MOP legendary street team

[@sinderella23]

I hate when ppl say "FUN FACT" but if no one commented Chad Hugo from The Neptunes played the saxsphone on 'City is mine'

[@KingAhmadTv]

Wow. Chad Hugo really one of them ones 🔥🔥🔥🔥🐐

[@sinderella23]

@@KingAhmadTv 💯 facts only!

[@bigjohnboatright3811]

Damn i never knew that 😲 you learn something new every single day. 👌🏼

[@GhostfaceLouis]

My personal favorite Jay Album