If ppl can get past the Em vs Jay verse discussion of renegade they will realize it’s just an all time great collaboration.

@alanrolfe218

2 жыл бұрын

100 both played their part in one of the best tracks of the decade...em bodied that shit but at this point it's business as usual, jay and em are my two fave artists of all time

@MK-sk9zq

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely but Em almost washed because he was so elite on that shit good lord!

@luismendes5868

2 жыл бұрын

@@MK-sk9zq Its funny cause Renegade is a JayZ song, is a top 20 Eminem song, but not a top 20 Jay Z song.

@MK-sk9zq

2 жыл бұрын

@@luismendes5868 and ?

@luismendes5868

2 жыл бұрын

@@MK-sk9zq Nothing. Just that is a remarkable moment on Eminem's career and not on Jay Z. Dont be defensive, I'm not saying that Jay Z makes better songs or anything

People always say Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z’s best album. But personally, The Blueprint is his Magnum Opus. Everything about it is HOV in his prime and top-form. Elite Production, 5 years in the game and his 6th album so better with experience, sharper pen. Takeover came out a few months before Ether. When Takeover dropped, at the time, people were saying Nas was finished because he weren’t released great music at the time and the Jay-Z diss kinda put him in a hole. However, Ether and Stillmatic released months later was the comeback and resurrected Nas’ career and respect levels across the Hip-Hop community.

@dagrimmreepa

2 жыл бұрын

Imo Reasonable Doubt isn't even his top 3.

@Skylivedk

2 жыл бұрын

I like reasonable doubt better personally. Less smooth but more of the lyrics are profound. During Blueprint 1 Jay is the master of the punchline smart enough to make you laugh, but not clever enough to need 3 listens.

@bigjohnboatright3811

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with everything that you just said but i would also throw the Dynasty Roc La Familia album in there as well that’s a very underrated project.

@bigjohnboatright3811

2 жыл бұрын

Nah you tripping with all due respect. 😂

@activistbook3809

2 жыл бұрын

Both classics - but RD and AG and 444 are lyrically superior albums.

should definitely do jay’s “ american gangster “ album too. pops would definitely appreciate the production on that one for sure.

@ova9thouson445

2 жыл бұрын

most definitely that’s so grown man music right there 🔥

@smitrj1916

2 жыл бұрын

Except Blue magic song

@camorlandis8201

2 жыл бұрын

Facts classic album insane production

@antoniosmith197

2 жыл бұрын

@@smitrj1916 you trippin. His flow is crazy on that track

@YoungJOPE

2 жыл бұрын

THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN MAN

"It's like bringing a knife to a gun fight, pen to a test. Your chest in the line of fire with your thin ass vest" I used to jam that daily! Great album

It's crazy to me that Timbaland can come in and make a beat like Hola Hovito in the middle of all this soul sample competition between Ye and Just Blaze and it both fits the album and stands out so perfectly... Timbaland is the man!

@GlobalK

Жыл бұрын

Jigga That Nigga was also outta place. Number 5 on the album. It worked though.

@joellenglass2344

6 ай бұрын

Amazing producer!! Like he said in the song “Give it to me” When Timbo' is in the party everybody put up their hands I get a half a mill' for my beats, you get a couple gra-a-and Never gon' see the day that I ain't got the upper hand I'm respected from Californ-I-A way down to Japan I'm a real producer, and you just a piano man Your songs don't top the charts, I heard 'em, I'm not a fa-a-an Niggas talkin' greasy, I'm the one that gave them they chance Somebody need to tell 'em that they can't do it like I can

A couple suggestions: Nas - It was written Nas - Stillmatic D12 - Devils Night Obie Trice - Cheers Xzibit - Restless Xzibit - Man vs Machine Conway the Machine - La Maquina Conway the Machine - God Don’t make mistakes

@DC94359

2 жыл бұрын

Big pun - Capital Punishment

@f.rancooo

2 жыл бұрын

God Don’t Make Mistakes is a must. That album felt like a movie, especially the title track.

@gianpyres3

2 жыл бұрын

I say D12-Devils Night aswell

@MouseR985

2 жыл бұрын

obie trice and xzibit are both very underrated

Every time your dad said, "LAAAAMMEEE!" I was LMBO! 🤣🤣🤣

@yiriyamz

4 ай бұрын

Laughing my bombaclart off?🤔

“Iron under my coat feeling braver. Durags wrapping my waves up, pockets full of hope. Do not step to me, I’m awkward - I box lefty. An orphan - my pops left me. And often, my momma wasn’t home” 🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

@antoniosmith197

2 жыл бұрын

GOAT

@bigjohnboatright3811

2 жыл бұрын

“Could not stress to me i wasn’t grown but often i bring home something to quiet the stomach rumblings my demeanor 30yrs my senior my childhood didn’t mean much only raising green up” 🎤🐐

just wanted to say that you guys doing the black album was what got me into Hov, i’ve been listening to him like crazy and going thru his discog since you guys put that video out. the blueprint’s definitely one of my favorites, i just started the vid so i’m stoked to see what your dad thinks, love to you guys!

@BridgingTheGapYT

2 жыл бұрын

Ha that’s dope! Hope you enjoy

Your pops was enjoying "the takeover" LOL he was hype that whole track

Gotta do Reasonable Doubt next. Look forward to watching this all the way from Ireland 🇮🇪

@215sosa6

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta do reasonable doubt only right jay z first joint

@JohnnySensei7

2 жыл бұрын

Vol 2 is crazy too. So many hit records

@alanrolfe218

2 жыл бұрын

Id personally love scarface the fix to get a review...hip hop classic

@90srapclassics

2 жыл бұрын

I guess Senior will luv the beats and production on Reasonable Doubt.

@bigjohnboatright3811

2 жыл бұрын

Vol.2 was the album the blew Hov up & really got him mainstream recognition because of that Hard Knock Life song with that Annie sample.

This is Jay Z's BEST album to me, but it's also my 2nd favorite album in the world. That's how great this album was to me. My favorite song from this CD is "Heart Of the City", there's alot of great tracks on here but also "Never Change" and "Renegade" are fire as well.

@opblitz623

11 ай бұрын

What is your fav album of all time.

@marquestb7925

11 ай бұрын

I don't know, but jay z's blueprint album is great that I consider it my top 3 favorite albums, it's a classic and it's soulful

@opblitz623

11 ай бұрын

@@marquestb7925what are your other 2 favourite albums.

@brobocops

10 ай бұрын

I would put In My Lifetime slightly above this (his flow was better on it) but it's very close.

In many ways, I feel Blueprint 1 and Stillmatic encapsulate the two careers better than any of their other albums. Jay-Z is so smooth you don't mind him pretty much just stunting for half the album with no real message. Beats are fire, flows are lava. Punchlines are knockout. Nas on the other hand shows some of the most insane creativity with Rewind, goes philosophical and political in the latter half, and with the depth of his penmanship (rule, every ghetto), you are almost willing to forgive Braveheart Party (or buy the version without it on). Today, I listen more to Stillmatic as a whole album, but probably more to Heart of the City than any of the other songs

@BridgingTheGapYT

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment 💯

@justinhenryrebel

2 жыл бұрын

Good call

Dude i LOVE the details in the context you give before the reaction. I feel like I've learned so much from your explanations. Please dont stop those segments!

Every time your dad disses Biggie, a part of me dies. Great reaction. Blueprint was a great choice. Keep it up

@ArtisanWindchimes

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait until they react to Life After Death. It’s only right.

@BridgingTheGapYT

2 жыл бұрын

That will be the redemption I just know it

@njnatl09

2 жыл бұрын

I said the same thing 😩

@NomaticX

2 жыл бұрын

It makes it okay when someone older doesn't like biggie, when someone who's around 18 says it, it's jus like bruh u don even knooo

@jordanflores5687

2 жыл бұрын

@@NomaticX nah makes zero sense especially if your older and like jay but not big how does that work?!?!?!? Jay quotes alot of biggies rhymes

I'm on track 2. And I know I've said it before but pops reactions always makes the videos for me. When he loves something I loved, seeing him acknowledge it... it's like seeing the "old head" we respected be like "ah yea, this is good" to shit I grew up loving. Love this channel, and hope yall doing well! Keep it coming, we here for it.

“Takeover” came out first Nas reply was “Ether”after that Jay came out with “superugly”. In the song “blueprint 2” Jay took a couple of shots at Nas but after that it was over

@xavvi

2 жыл бұрын

Blueprint 2 was such a sad moment for Jay-Z, he sounded like a little girl with a skinned knee crying on the track about how everyone thought Nas beat him

@slowflowsen498

2 жыл бұрын

there was also "You Wanna Be Me" from the _8 Mile_ soundtrack. I'm not sure if its an official Jay-Z diss as Nas never mentions or alludes to Jay in the song. Its mostly a 'diss with no name on it' but its potent and it was released during the era of their fued.

@ArtisanWindchimes

2 жыл бұрын

All I know is Takeover getting at 2 different rappers dropped summer of 2001 and it took Nas 6 months to drop Ether in December 2001. Then literally 24 hours later Jay drops a freestyle (Super Ugly). That’s my only knock on Nas is that he can’t freestyle off the top of the head and he got one monotone flow. Other than that I got Nas top 4 all time.

@jddiesel2385

2 жыл бұрын

And don’t forget…. The Legend Wendy Williams debuted “Ether” on her radio show”. She was huge in NY at the time. It started a radio war in NYC. Nobody mentions that.

@alanrolfe218

2 жыл бұрын

Disagree thought disc 2 was immaculate especially the mop and scarface features

My fav Jay album. Love to you both 🙏

Probably my favorite album of all time next to the Black Album, Ready to Die, and 4:44. U Don't Know can get any crowd hyped. So many memories with this album as well as any other Jay-Z album. Great reaction.

SO HAPPY YALL POSTED !

To me the autobiographical and introspection on Jay’s verses on renegade make me feel like his verses hold more weight but at the same time Eminem’s lyrical dissection and off the wall wordplay I totally understand anybody that says Em had the better verses but I wouldn’t change any part of the song it’s a masterpiece that fits together perfectly.

@BridgingTheGapYT

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

I’ve loved this record for what seems like forever and it’s super fun to see Rod Sr. react to it. Much love from 🇨🇦 Hov!

Ether was definitely after Takeover.. listen to the whole Stillmatic album.

@nathane9406

2 жыл бұрын

Love “Ether” but “The Blueprint” is ions better than “Stillmatic”. I actually think the “The Blueprint” is a top 10 hip hop album of all time.

@younggoose7315

2 жыл бұрын

I like takeover just a better song

@activistbook3809

2 жыл бұрын

@@nathane9406 LIES> Stillmatic is a classic and has aged better.

@tendaimutepfa7335

2 жыл бұрын

@@activistbook3809 stop bro with all due respect blueprint has five solid single **five ** that are a big part of Jay-z catalog. Let that sink in. I know people don't like Jay but numbers don't lie

@nathane9406

2 жыл бұрын

@@activistbook3809 “Stillmatic” is not a classic. I enjoy Nas as a rapper more than I do Jay but “The Blueprint” is a perfect album.

Thank you for this upload. 👊 it echoes my relationship with my father. My dad was a local DJ in his teens he sired me at age 17. I grew up listening to his album collection and before I turned 14, I started my CD collection. I went to the mall it was Winter 2001; I bought 3 albums that day and jumped into my own Hip-Hop Journey. Tyrese - 2000 Watts Jay-Z - The Blueprint Dungeon Family - Even In Darkness I've been listening to The Blueprint for 21 years come this winter. Thanks for adding a new layer to this classic for me.

Definitely gotta listen to Stillmatic after this!!😭

Gotta go through most of Jay’s catalog. Classics on top of classics! Excited to see pop’s reaction to this masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥

You should get dad to react to DMX's discography. X was one of the most underrated rappers in the late 90's early 2000's.

@dariusgarlandszn

2 жыл бұрын

Mid

@ChildishGambeaner

2 жыл бұрын

@@dariusgarlandszn clown

@kifflom0

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated??

@Paso2k1

2 жыл бұрын

@@kifflom0 He is definitely underrated. When people talk about their top 5 or top 10 he is rarely mentioned. He is personally in my top 3.

@4DaFam

2 жыл бұрын

X was definitely not underrated in the late 90s

Jay is the GOAT imo and this is my favorite album in his catalog. Kanye, Just Blaze, Bink!, etc did their thing on production.

@tcook2236

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not the goat

@4DaFam

2 жыл бұрын

@@tcook2236 that’s why i said imo

@tcook2236

2 жыл бұрын

@@4DaFam true my bad brotha I didn't see the abbreviation 😂✌️✊

@jeromesimz6271

2 жыл бұрын

One of his less lyrical albums is your favourite? Very few thoughtful or complex lyrics on this album tbh

@4DaFam

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeromesimz6271 if I only cared about the lyrics I’d look for acapella versions lol i love the music on this album more than his others… music is subjective there’s no right or wrong reason to have a favorite

You gotta do The Infamous by Mobb Deep next. Or maybe It Was Written by Nas.

Yall should react to Nas - It was written. Underapreciated when it first came out but regarded as a classic in later years

Reasonable Doubt time!!! Great video as always!!

@bigjohnboatright3811

2 жыл бұрын

You just gotta go back to the beginning. 💯

I will never forget getting this album the day it came out at a newbury comics. Shit was played til the disc could no longer be read properly lol

I love how much fun your pops is having listening to this. I wish I can do this with my father but he sticks to his old school salsa lol

Amazing video like always bro. Continue the phenomenal work.

I’m pumped to listen with y’all

Oooooh!! One of favourite channels on KZread. Great video reaction to a legendary album.

Great Reaction Bro, Looking forward to the next one.

Fn LOVE the 92 bricks banter. That part of the song has always popped me.

Tied with MBDTF as my favorite hip hop album ever. When an album has a hidden track (Lyrical Exercise) better than 90% of the songs on any other album, you know it's a classic

@mizzyfit_334

2 жыл бұрын

I’m always interested in everyone’s fav album mines is me against the world

@kevinhirschowitz8550

2 жыл бұрын

@@mizzyfit_334 blackbolshevik or sometimes i might be introvert

@slowflowsen498

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't listened to this whole video yet but this album has 2 hidden tracks. After _Lyrical Exercise,_ its the _Girls, Girls, Girls (Remix)_ which was always a banger and an ironic way to end the album; the closing line of the album is a sample talking about not settling down until he found the right girl for him. Whats ironic about that is at this point Jay-Z had just started being publicly associated with Beyonce as Destiny's Child had just made an appearance in the "Izzo" video.

@zainkhalil7494

2 жыл бұрын

Not even my favourite Jay album personally as I prefer reasonable doubt and the black album over it, but a classic for sure

@CompleteProducer84

2 жыл бұрын

@@slowflowsen498 Yeah both are hidden, and I love Girls Girls Girls part 2 but I have always always liked Lyrical Exercise more so that’s why I only mentioned that one. But that said, GGG 2 is also better than a lot of album cuts. Ye killed the beat too

Y’all have the best dynamic I love watching y’all vibing to this great music

Your dad’s shoulder bounce at 24:30 is a vibe! 😎

Bro how are people requesting The Black Album and The Blueprint before Reasonable Doubt? That's crazy as hell to me.

@GeronFletcher

2 жыл бұрын

Blueprint is his number 1 album to me. RD is right under it

@denahi.7711

2 жыл бұрын

Idk, it could be a generational thing. I'm 17 and personally the black album is my favorite from his discography blueprint 1 and reasonable doubt are next to that tho.

@HertoftheCity

2 жыл бұрын

He didn’t put reasonable doubt on the list to vote for otherwise people would’ve voted for it

@chenchisimo216

2 жыл бұрын

@@HertoftheCity I didn't say what was being voted on I was saying based on what I see in the comments all the time. Cuz that's what he based the choices on.

@s.f.f.f.t11

2 жыл бұрын

Because The Blueprint is his greatest album

Trumpet on "The Ruller is back" played in my mind.. (Produced by Rockafella's camp producer "Bink")

His best album (personally). What a gem. Glad you had a blast!

kanye be making crazy beats. Heart of the city is perfect

Just finished the video and I had to post this album on my Instagram. Amazing album and video.

Most people forget Jay-Z had just beat a assault charge for stabbing In Rivera Biggie's former manager and friend. It's why he mentions the DA throughout this album.

Jay's discography is so great!

Never was big into JayZ but Reasonable Doubt is a fire album.

@zncuentertainment712

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Definitely his best album

@tonym127

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@yeeyeekaree1107

2 жыл бұрын

@@zncuentertainment712 nah this his best album imo

@jeromesimz6271

2 жыл бұрын

@@yeeyeekaree1107 Blue Print is nice in terms of the beats. Lyrically it's weak except for like 3 songs. Reasonable Doubt has great beats and great lyrics for every song.

@yeeyeekaree1107

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeromesimz6271 i don't think it's lyrically weak. Jay has always been braggadocious, and this is probably the best you've seen him do it. Reasonable Doubt is his best lyrically, but this album is his most well rounded to where everything sounds perfect. The Black Album is my second favorite.

Always a great time listening! Another request would be a Big Daddy Kane album!

You gotta do that stillmatic now man for that ether🔥🔥🔥 And also has some of my favourite nas tracks like Rewind One Mic And The Flyest

I think stillmatic is a must do after doing this album honestly, Thanks for the content!

@InstrumentalsBeats

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed ☝🏾

@dagrimmreepa

2 жыл бұрын

It was Written is much better.

@markusova2701

2 жыл бұрын

they already did two months ago

I always appreciate everyone who reacts to the music from the heart of the neighborhoods🖤🙌

God damn it, I love this album so much. Hope Pops like it!

This is a perfect album

Classic's It was written by NAS Tha Carter 3 by Lil' Wayne Me Against The World by 2PAC The Massacre by 50 CENT Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg

Pops caught that Jackson 5 sample fast

This album came out when I was in 5th grade! Soooo nostalgic listening to "The Blueprint" my favorite Jay-Z album 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Aye can’t wait to really watch this one once it’s posted

Another classic.. late to the party but checking it out now that I have gone. Let's go!

After blueprint I think you gotta listen to stillmatic. It only feels right that you guys listen to Nas’s response to takeover.

you guys keep on making me smile ❤️💪💪

This album put me on to lyrical rap as a pre teen. I bought this and Stillmatic after reading about the beef in The Source. Both albums were instant classic and got 5 Mics in the Source.

@dvaughnpotter1835

8 ай бұрын

Damn the source. Lol. Those were the days rappers killed for mics. Lol

My uncle bought me this album when I was 9. The only song I liked was Izzo since it was the only one I recognized from the radio lol. But now I love the entire album. Ya'll keep up the great work 💪🏾

I said it once and I will say it again, never change is going to be his favorite track on the album

Another great reaction and great album hopefully get some mobb deep soon stay safe you 2 peace ✌🏼

damn your channel be growing like crazy! at this point you'll hit 50k in no time

“Yeah you’re shining but the only thing you’re leavin out, you’re a candle in the Sun, that shit don’t even out.”

52:00 one of my favourite beats on the album

although The Black Album is my fav for sure bc my brother used to just sit and vibe playing games together listening to it. The Blueprint has such a classic vibe it comes so close to The Black Album. Jay IS greatness

A lot of people missed the Amil dis. The entire "Beans, Clue, Bleak" bar, then he said "fu***** with me, you gotta drop a mill (Amil)", referencing him dropping her from the label.

@ArtisanWindchimes

2 жыл бұрын

If you gonna cop something you gotta cop for real (Pharrell)

Now u gotta react to stillmatic coz there aint no takeover its ether 🤣

Pops wasn't ready for the hardness of the takeover hahahaha his YEAHHHHHHHHHHH (pops voice) is epic 😂

When that Never change come on 😫😫😫 🔥🔥🔥🔥 one of my favorite Hov songs

You gotta do “Life and times of S.carter” one of jays most underrated albums..

@VinceBond-ky2zt

7 ай бұрын

My goodness! Vol 3 is better than almost all hiphop albums and it’s not even Jayz’s best

You gotta do stillmatic coz ether responds to takeover

I would love for yall to review Stillmatic, The Lost Tapes and The Low End Theory!

Takeover was actually before ether. I think you guys should react to the the whole stillmatic album instead of just ether cause that album is a slept on classic

Finally, The Blueprint can't wait to see it

I played this CD out!! Shit stopped working after all the plays. This was my jam. Can't believe we're 21 years removed.

Please do STILLMatic... you have to. Ether was after blueprint - you need to Nas' album - Stillmatic Nas' album after blueprint was easily a classic...

@Skylivedk

2 жыл бұрын

One of the few times, the European version of an American rap album is better. Why? They removed the sung with the Bravehearts

@activistbook3809

2 жыл бұрын

@@Skylivedk I had that on my version. Love that song. 😅

Finally someone reacting to Jay Z, huge respect ❤💪🏾

I knew pops was gonna like the girls,girls,girls remix. This joint was one of Jay’s best songs ever

Would love to see some outkast reactions! Stankonia might be the best intro, so much groove and diversity within that album and obviously the catchiest.

Man y’all just seem so happy and the vibes are great to start the weekend! Killer content lately you’ve got sooooo many good albums ahead! Does he know J Cole?

@BridgingTheGapYT

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, but he will soon

This is the second rap album I ever bought, this is a classic, fire from start to finish.

Somebody correct me if I’m wrong. But outside of his albums maybe, ‘Renegade’ was the first track produced by Eminem for another artist.

@tristant5274

2 жыл бұрын

Probably but it was produced for himself actually

@bigjohnboatright3811

2 жыл бұрын

Most people don’t know about that version of Renegade with Eminem & Royce Da 5’9. 🤷🏻‍♂️

the two main Jay+Nas songs (ie songs on either of their albums, not them being featured together on someone elses track) are Black Republican (on nas' hip hop is dead record, prod. LES) and Success (on jay's american gangster, prod. No ID).

I haven't finished watching this whole video yet but this album has 2 hidden tracks. After _Lyrical Exercise,_ its the _Girls, Girls, Girls (Pt. 2)_ which was always a banger and an ironic way to end the album; the closing line of the album is a sample talking about not settling down until he found the right girl for him. Whats ironic about that is at this point Jay-Z had just started being publicly associated with Beyonce as Destiny's Child had just made an appearance in the "Izzo" video.

53:50 hearing the love for an track with em after the stuff u said on TES reaction is good to hear 🤣🤣

@BridgingTheGapYT

2 жыл бұрын

Tell the rest of the Eminem fans lol

@XReactionsOG

2 жыл бұрын

@@BridgingTheGapYT listen man as much as I love Eminem and I’m a huge fan but most of his stans can’t take other opinions I respect u for talking your mind even though I disagree a lot of the time 🤣🤣

Gotta do Nas- "It was written" next

Great job again gentlemen 🙏🏻 please do watch the throne!

Another great reaction! 👏

@BridgingTheGapYT

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tati!

@asvpxtati

2 жыл бұрын

@@BridgingTheGapYT Anytime!

Turning the Tables, Bridging the Gap, Put You On. Coincidence? I think not.

Nas won. Takeover was first, Jay sneak attacked Nas while Nas had stepped back from the rap game to take care of his mom who was dying of cancer. Jay even said he was laying a trap for Nas and Nas took the bait...only Nas came back with a ferocity that Jay didn't expect, and the term "ether" in its current form was born from the sheer destruction Nas caused with that song. People ran around for years saying "yeah but jay is richer so he won" which, A) stupid, what the fuck that has to do with rapping? but then B) Nas is mega rich now from various investments capped off recently by Coinbase. So that argument is out the window. And meanwhile, it's been 5 years since Jay last put out an album (4:44), and thank goodness it was a good album because over the last 16 years he's put out 5 albums and more of them have been bad than good (Kingdom Come, Blueprint 3, Magna Carta Holy Grail were all mid-to-weak at best) - meanwhile Nas dropped 3 fire albums in a row, 2 in the same year, and is only getting stronger. Basically time has proven Nas the prophet and the GOAT.

@lorehound480

2 жыл бұрын

nah, nas is boring af, only reason his recent albums are decent is because the hitboy stimulus

@xavvi

2 жыл бұрын

@@lorehound480 nah you called Nas boring, you're pointless on this earth now

@ArtisanWindchimes

2 жыл бұрын

All I know is Takeover getting at 2 different rappers dropped summer of 2001 and it took Nas 6 months to drop Ether in December 2001. Then literally 24 hours later Jay drops a freestyle (Super Ugly). That’s my only knock on Nas is that he can’t freestyle off the top of the head and he got one monotone flow. Other than that I got Nas top 4 all time.

@coollibra3644

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtisanWindchimes it took 6 months because of the label. A lot of rappers have stated. It took months to release songs and albums. Rappers complain now about it. I got Jay 5 behind Nas, Scarface, Rakim, and Pac. Sometimes I go back and forth between LL and Jay Z

@mrmrsplummer3526

2 жыл бұрын

Ether destroyed Jay. Nas put Jay on that black couch and exposed his insecurities. Plus Nas dropped it on his birthday so every Dec 4th jay has to remember he lost the battle in front of the city he claimed was his. NY spoke and so did Jay and the entire Roc. They were knocked off their axis and shook after Ether.

In response to 8:14 Jay-Z actually writes his lyrics in his head. He clarified this before that he's not freestyling/coming off the top. It's something you do when you hear the music and in my opinion flows better than when someone sits and writes their lyrics down on paper. I learned how to write in my head over 8 years ago and since then my flow always fuses with the music. A trick to memorization is to rhyme a lot and that way it's easier to remember the patterns and once you finish the verse you already have it memorized. When you record it doesn't sound like you're reading from a sheet of paper (or a phone these days) and trying to keep up with the beat (I can hear that with some rappers). Some rappers who sit and write everything tend to sound more robotic and they lack creative flows unless they connect with the music first by freestyling to it. Notable MCs who write rhymes in their heads (all the time or at least some of the time) include Styles P and Jadakiss, Tory Lanez, Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, Rich Homie Quan, 2 Chainz, Lil Uzi and Future. I saw a video of T-Pain making a song live on Twitch the other day and he was making it up on the fly too so he probably is another one to add to the list since he can sing and rap. The Weeknd is another one who doesn't need to sit down and write to make a song, in fact he has an 8 min song from his second mixtape Thursday called "Gone" that he freestyled from beginning to end. I was so blown away that he could freestyle a full song like that and it inspired me to try writing at least half a verse in my head. Eventually I was able to write a full 16 bar verse then it got easier from there. Anyway if I can find the interview where The Weeknd talks about freestyling that song (not sure if it's in the full Complex interview) I'll post it. It's a good trippy kind of song to check out too. ***Found it. I wanted to post the full interview under your Take Care video but could only find the short version. Feel free to read the whole thing since it goes into the Drake stuff too. The Weeknd mentions freestyling a song under the question: In your mind, what was “The Ride” supposed to be? www.complex.com/music/2013/07/weeknd-interview-cover-story Edit: To help you out too Takeover came first then Ether then Super Ugly. It's funny, Nas made Ether the 2nd song on his album as well lol. Not sure if you ever reacted to Stillmatic but that'd be cool.

What a masterpiece

hooooo. Never change, the memories!!! the 2000s

lmao Pops cracking me up with the "LLLLLLLLLAAMMMMMEEEE"

I saw Jay-z perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London UK, they had a live orchestra. Gwyneth Paltrow did the backing vocals for "song cry" and she absolutely killed it!!!