Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt Album

[isiahthomas]

Very good debut album. It came out in 1996. I must admit when i first saw his Dead Presidents video from this album, i didn't like the song but it grew on me. The songs i like on this album are Can't Knock The Hustle, Brooklyn's Finest with The Notorious Big, Can I Live, Ain't No Ni**a with Foxy Brown, Coming Of Age with Memphis Bleek, Bring It On, Regrets. I stopped liking Jay-Z after his 2nd album because he became too mainstream. Why do so many rappers feel they have to become a rap star instead of just keeping it underground & making good music? I hate it when rappers become mainstream after they start out underground. Rocafella records was built from nothin. I remember when people didn't know who Jay-Z was. Now all of a sudden people are on his d**k because he's a star. I think he's overrated.

[GARFIELDKOOL]

Originally Posted by isiahthomas

Very good debut album. It came out in 1996. I must admit when i first saw his Dead Presidents video from this album, i didn't like the song but it grew on me. The songs i like on this album are Can't Knock The Hustle, Brooklyn's Finest with The Notorious Big, Can I Live, Ain't No Ni**a with Foxy Brown, Coming Of Age with Memphis Bleek, Bring It On, Regrets. I stopped liking Jay-Z after his 2nd album because he became too mainstream. Why do so many rappers feel they have to become a rap star instead of just keeping it underground & making good music? I hate it when rappers become mainstream after they start out underground. Rocafella records was built from nothin. I remember when people didn't know who Jay-Z was. Now all of a sudden people are on his d**k because he's a star. I think he's overrated.

You're right. This was a good debut albulm. I don't care for Jay-Z anymore myself. Brooklyn's Finest was the joint, Ain't No Nig-ga was poppin' also. I remember back in 1991, I saw K Solo, Redman, Big Daddy Kane and EPMD in concert. An unknown Jay-Z opened the show for them. Me, my brothers and nephew agreed at the time that he was going to hot one day because of his off the chain lyrics.

[isiahthomas]

I've never been to a rap concert. You saw K-Solo, Redman, EPMD, Big Daddy Kane? I know that concert was raw. Jay-Z's The Blueprint & Blueprint 2 albums are so horrible LOL. He's gotten way too mainstream over the years. I like the beat to Dirt Off Your Shoulders though.

[GARFIELDKOOL]

Originally Posted by isiahthomas

I've never been to a rap concert. You saw K-Solo, Redman, EPMD, Big Daddy Kane? I know that concert was raw. Jay-Z's The Blueprint & Blueprint 2 albums are so horrible LOL. He's gotten way too mainstream over the years. I like the beat to Dirt Off Your Shoulders though.

I only went to 2 rap concerts in my lifetime. The other being DasEffex, Cypress Hill, and Naught by Nature. And yeah, that concert was raw.