Still one of the best instrumentals of all time

@avnoorsinghkohli3967

Жыл бұрын

fr its so NOSTALIGI

@tommyhan9341

Жыл бұрын

Sampled Lonnie Liston Smith- a garden of peace, if you know you know

@Dee4050

Жыл бұрын

Facts!

@mikewoods9012

Жыл бұрын

Politics As Usual is the best instrumentals of all time

@twigwhite

Жыл бұрын

ILL ft Le Rat & Shurik'n - La vie c'est pas le rêve 🤩 (Fr cover)

I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.💚

@SolelyElevated23

8 ай бұрын

Nigga what

@thefreshone5130

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@JohnRapheal7

4 ай бұрын

Damn Benny Buttons at it again!

@Wza456

4 ай бұрын

Lexus still works I bet 👌🏽

@thomaswagner3885

4 ай бұрын

@@Wza456 it still works

to me its the best song/video he ever did just my humble opinion

@hhova29

8 жыл бұрын

And this original version is better than his remake version!

@derrickhamilton342

Жыл бұрын

All I Kno is it's my fave HOVA track

@kourageouskam1987

Жыл бұрын

It’s up there for sure

@WhoseIAm7

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Easy.

@justinpayne4742

Жыл бұрын

The verses are almost perfect.

I love how he rapped "everything was all good till a week ago" and 2 years later it was the title of a song..

@latwanewarren5888

Жыл бұрын

Old Short song.

@avnoorsinghkohli3967

Жыл бұрын

frrrr

@b1gS0Wh4t

Жыл бұрын

On of my favorite joints

@KtotheG

11 ай бұрын

Then Bobby Schmurda took it to another level

@Ebony21207

9 ай бұрын

Me too

A lot of people say that Jay z is an arrogant dude But if you listen to what he's really saying in his lyrics he's actually trying to tell you something I love these lyrics in this version of Dead Presidents

@itsdatbullshitter

Жыл бұрын

Arrogant people dont live like rockstars. Jay and rocafella was all rock stars

@WillCtheMechDrummer

Жыл бұрын

“Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?” - Jay on “Renegade”

@coachkirks

Жыл бұрын

He called out niggas before they even criticized him in his verse on Ems beat… Wild 😂

@mitchelewalters5852

6 ай бұрын

Jay thought to always stack your bread, keep a lawyer on retainer and always, always believe in yourself.

@bang60chicks46

5 ай бұрын

Jay-Z is the God MC. He dropped 13 classic albums.

I love beats like this. 90s HIP-HOP IS THE G.O.A.T.

@baldjadapickettsmith2529

11 ай бұрын

Mafiaso beats

@RashadShoemake-hq7tj

9 ай бұрын

True my favorite throw back

@AK-kn9lq

9 ай бұрын

So this track was produced by Ski aka Ski Beatz..he also produced all of Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday night..and Feelin' It by Jay-Z too..he's a legend!

To this day 2023 this is still one of the best hip hop drops ever

@chiarosuburekeni9325

Жыл бұрын

No cap

@thechildWITHOUTlove

11 ай бұрын

We still playing monopoly for real💯

@robertfreeman3310

7 ай бұрын

Dam I’m surprised!!!

@onmypurpose9075

5 ай бұрын

Ski production

What a classic!!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE JAY Z SONGS!!!!

In this video you can just see the simplicity in life back then. Being ourselves was beautiful.

@zoal4ever

Жыл бұрын

Before the industry takes over

@chiarosuburekeni9325

Жыл бұрын

Right? Look at this. Jay is dressed nice here but like street nice. And the car in the video while dope, they’re not all over the top with the Bugattis and Maybachs and shit. Hip hop was in the early days of becoming all commercialized and about the money at this time but it was still hanging on to being grounded. Once the shiny suit era truly hit in 97 it basically was over 🤷🏽‍♂️

*THIS SONG IS FOREVER FIRE* 🔥

@lesaczv8072

Жыл бұрын

No doubt

@brickflipper5273

5 ай бұрын

"You know this brother, Jay-Z Shawn Carter"

Back when a Lexus GS 300 was a flex.

@guffmanissoft1

10 ай бұрын

It still is

@WyWid

10 ай бұрын

@@guffmanissoft1how do you know!!!!!

@thomascrowne5167

7 ай бұрын

Was flexing it in 1998!

@Boogieman_1989Garbage

3 ай бұрын

I bet you ride the train or Uber 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂#If you don’t know what you’re talking about then hush your mouth

@MerlinMoorlo

3 ай бұрын

Hahahaha

This song was the main reason why Jay-Z got as big as he did. He has had tons of hits, but nothing has topped this.

@traviscarter1023

7 ай бұрын

Not really he didn't get big at this time in 1996 this was a sleeper in a way because it was so much other shit going on we had 2pac, Biggie, Bone running things in 1996 and Busta was also big on the scene.

@janga75

6 ай бұрын

Aint no nigga got him national exposure and pushed the album to gold status. Hard knock life is what really blew him up. When you have white soccer moms singing your raps your fan base is wide.

The beat of the century for real

@dazzaMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nah Rakim “paid in full” takes the top spot

How does this video not have a million views? Probably the most important rap video of all-time.

@blackmist1981

8 ай бұрын

Big, AZ and more. Crazy

@Artyrian_Tyler

3 ай бұрын

Більшість просто жеруть лайно, тому їм справжнє мистецтво не потрібно

To think that this beat was made way back in 1996 and it sounds like a beat that was made in the early 2000's makes it so mind blowing. That just makes the music so much more enjoyable.

@LITTLEROCK2517

17 күн бұрын

No

they need this back on spotify

Think in 97/98 we all rocked this hard in Northern VA. I know my little crew did. 43 now I miss those days. Anyone in the Woodbridge/Dale City area much love never forgotten.

Reasonable doubt will always be my favorite Jay z album 💙

@avnoorsinghkohli3967

Жыл бұрын

wen tpff

@user-bm5kt9uq3x

Жыл бұрын

This song is not on Reasonable Doubt

@vontesantos5981

Жыл бұрын

@@user-bm5kt9uq3x you don't know what you are talking about & you not no Jay z fan if you were then you would know it is

@teshonwilson9118

10 ай бұрын

@@vontesantos5981this version not on reasonable doubt lol

@liachanelsolodoe858

9 ай бұрын

@@vontesantos5981this version is not on there

Bro that moment when biggie rolls his dice and said “Who shot ya” that part is legendary love it

@nesmonetra9786

Жыл бұрын

The brooklyn syndicate

@joepaccrakurii1227

Жыл бұрын

He was being a snake

@J2Fresh247

Жыл бұрын

Fact's

@Bongz90

Жыл бұрын

Got him killed

@siyabongabhongoza939

Жыл бұрын

And that got him killed !

This song, Lost Ones and Imaginary Players are my best Jay Z songs. For real

Golden era of hip hop!!! Mannnn i remember my brothers playing this back in the day by far one of the best tracks ever jay spitting straight bars!!! An That GS Lexus too🔥🔥🔥

"what's that california? alot of money of there....i'm taking all of it". i miss 90s rap subliminal disses

@_unclecharles_

4 ай бұрын

then right after that Big rolls the dice and says "Who Shot Ya"

Miss these days. My boyfriend riding us around in his 2 toned lexus smoking on them philly wraps. Good times I tell ya.

This is actually the first song that put me on Jay

@pheno23

Жыл бұрын

and that Hawaiian Sophie jawn

Great hip hop video never gets old!! R.i.p biggy smalls!! 💪💯🌎🎶🎵

@WyWid

Жыл бұрын

Biggie

@pheno23

Жыл бұрын

biggie? this Jay to the z right here

@kelkel952

Жыл бұрын

@@WyWid rip biggie too yea mans letz go

@kelkel952

Жыл бұрын

@@pheno23 yo rip biggie smalls

@siyabongabhongoza939

Жыл бұрын

Do you think his resting in peace after saying who shot ya provoking violence ?

In my opinion this is one of the best songs Jay did in his entire career if not the best . Beautifully crafted masterpiece so thanks Jay thanks Nas .

@ORNAMENTS_CLO

8 ай бұрын

Ya opinion is wrong. You're only saying that cause Nas is on the song and you're a Nas fan. Only Nas fans will say some petty like this. Jayz has many many songs that blew this out the window

@tbtnr9851

7 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@ORNAMENTS_CLO 1. His opinion is as valid as yours 2. Dead Presidents is in rated one of his several best songs and us Jay Z fans don’t need Nas to realise this 3. You okay fella?

@michaelcarter9884

5 ай бұрын

Thank Lonnie Liston Smith

2022...? Still banging

90s was the goated era of hip hop ✨

Big with the little sneak diss "who shot ya" at the end

@one-day-at-a-time4134

Ай бұрын

He was always a coward.

My favorite song from Jay Z!

IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME IF YOU'RE A FAN OF JAY Z OR NOT.THIS SONG IS STILL LEGENDARY.😎😎😎😎

Every rapper, has had that one album that stands out from the rest of the albums they put out. Sometimes they even more than one , but Jay has Reasonable Doubt. Hip-Hop wall of fame 😏

Legend has it, Biggie did just say "who shot you" throwing the dice and he knew exactly what he was doing by dropping the diss to Pac..

@kwaseb

Жыл бұрын

Ain't no legend, it's there 4 all to hear

@mockbeek

Жыл бұрын

He basically clowing pac cause he knows he didn’t do it so he’s making a joke saying he(pac)don’t know cause he(pac)thinks it’s big that shot him lol real Brooklyn shit

@laquanedwards7366

Жыл бұрын

Brooklyn at its finest a cold nyc winter 95 300 Lexus and the wtc in the background crazy nyc shit

@marvelousp.2256

10 ай бұрын

Diss Pac on the low smh

fav jay z track..

My fav Jay-Z song, i love he paints a story inside our minds

this is one of the best hip hop songs ever. a staple in the culture definitely!

THIS SONG FOREVER FIRE🔥

Happy birthday to og roc jay z

These was some good young days!!! Oh man oh man!!

2nd verse is probably the best verse in hip hop history. I’m willing to die on this hill

@janga75

8 ай бұрын

I might be there with you homie lol in retrospect reasonable doubt is on par with illmatic lyrically. We were hip hop heads and RD was for hustlers and street dudes so i didnt really understand it til later. It was great to me in 96 but now that i really get it and understand the history and stories I put it right up there with illmatic

My Favorite song from Jigga the beat and harmony is so mind blowing the sound is phenomenal ❤❤💪🏾

This give me the chills when i listen to it

The Jay-Z I like to remember. What about you? #TheROC 

@alexdesrouleaux2387

Жыл бұрын

Same here. But with time people grow into bigger and better things especially a man like Jigga. He's come a looooooong fucking way! Shout-out to Marcy for birthing a GOAT!

With everything that’s going on with that Young Thug trial and ppl snitching on each other...that last verse of this song hits!! Jay gave crazy perspective on both sides of street life. Dude is a poet. Timeless. 2:14 listen up! Good stuff

Forgot how 🥶 this tune is!!!!

Any song using this sample is goated, rain by total is another banger

Beat sounds like a jdilla influence, beautiful nostalgic best era

Que buen tema brother.... (Y) Buenos recuerdos del hiphop.

They need to start respecting HOV 🐐🤴🏽🐐 this is not rap money this was all drug money

Lyrical Masterpiece....

Jay z been tha shit this shit was almost 30yrs ago

@frankyb0y

Ай бұрын

When everyone was faking it, he was one of the only ones really living it!! This ninja is living proof!!!

Everything was all good just a week ago. Dammit man, that is so good.

Damn fam you can see at the gambling table Az sitting there with them breaking bread. Years later who would’ve thought.

@thefusions5086

Жыл бұрын

AZ was actually always cool wit Jay, he said in an interview that he knew the whole beef with Nas was just marketing and Jay trying to get under nas’s skin. AZ stayed out of it really he has respect for Jay to this day

I was looking for the this. Thanks

2023 still fire 🔥 they don't make hits like this no more inspire you to get money

@yaboyymontana

4 ай бұрын

2024 now and I’m high af midnight just vibing 🔥🔥

The orginal is my favorite but this is the best jay song of all time....whenever I need mental strength I listen to jay dead presidents

The hip hop that I love 🎙️🔥🔥🔥

Miss my world TC as french ❤ so humble be living in NYC ….party at club Cheetah, Limelight, Life club best part of my life, once Jayz said me wassup close to club Lot61 (around pier 64 something )

Great beat saltue to the producer

I loved seeing B.I.G. in this video

@rramunojr394

3 ай бұрын

Big rolled the dice 🎲 and said “Who Shot Ya “ 😂😂

Just for the 11 towers this video is special and legendary.💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

@BengalsxXx16

Жыл бұрын

they represented New York frfr💯

💎

Even though I'm from the West Coast this shit was hard I can't deny it but I'm still riding with Pac

@positivevibes______

Жыл бұрын

Pac 4Life

@jasontoussaint1081

Жыл бұрын

Pac from NY

@kelkel952

Жыл бұрын

@@positivevibes______ yo rip pac 4life rip

@jermainehinson6032

11 ай бұрын

Tupac from Harlem NY not from the Westcoast 😂😂😂😂😂

@ericbaca9925

11 ай бұрын

@@jermainehinson6032 2pac himself say he got his game from Oakland.And Im not talking about the young version of 2 pac. He was still banging the west coast

Pure Gold!

Great song ❤

Classical record👂👁😎

Even if you hate Jay you cannot discredit his legacy and what he brung for hip hop. I really don’t like Jay like that but he still deserves respect for what he did for this generation and this album Reasonable Doubt along with the Blueprint are examples. This along with the 2nd and 3rd versions of this track are still one of the most important hip hop songs of all time. You can call him all types of things wack, sellout, biter, fraud, corny, swagger jacker whatever the heck you want to call him, it’s not going to change the fact that’s he’s still considered one of greatest rappers of all time. Personally I think he’s overrated but hey I gotta give him his long overdue credit. The hate is 100% not that surprising to me anymore because I know it’s mostly these Nas stans that are doing this hate which is understandable given what Jay said about his family and how this song played a role in their classic battle given that he sampled Nas’ voice on this from the World Is Yours track from his illmatic album as well as using the Represent track for the Rap Game/Crack Game song from In My Lifetime: Vol 1. Nas even owns rights to both of the tracks.

@rudyrivera8059

Жыл бұрын

I’m with you man. I hate to bring Nas into this conversation cause I’ve always preferred him over Jay but I agree that his legacy is undeniable and anyone who just straight up hates on Jay z and dismisses his work, I never take those people seriously when it comes to an objective discussion about Hip Hop. I just feel like a lot of people have a hard time disconnecting the art from the artist and taking their personal biases out of the conversation when judging the artist.

@dmercy8477

Жыл бұрын

💯 agree. I also prefer Nas because he has way better music and there’s other rappers I do prefer over Jay-Z but that doesn’t mean Jay isn’t a legend of course he is. Just some of his music especially after The Black Album is not for me but I can’t hate him for it. These haters are right about some of the claims they say about him especially him biting other people and destroying careers but they keep twisting stuff by adding dumb conspiracies to it. That’s why people don’t take them seriously. Jay-Z is a horrible person especially what he did to artists like DMX and Prodigy but as you said you gonna have to separate the art from the artist itself and I think they have a hard time doing that because of who he is as a person. His discography may not be on par with Nas or OutKast but still. These people who call him trash don’t even listen to his music at all even most of his music before The Black Album. These people give Nas too much credit for the decline of his discography. The only album that really was affected by Nas and his Ether track is Blueprint 2. When it comes to Jay’s other albums, He honestly really did that to himself due to his ego. These people be biased about everything.

@orlando2292

Жыл бұрын

I liked him back when RD came out then even HK life vol 2 and he's still nice but he got a bad track record of doing people dirty,he said he IS a business. Nas doesn't have stans he got fans. It's no question nothing ever made can equal Illmatic NYC knows that. Start to finish it wasn't something you just listened to, you experience that mfkr! It went past talking about money,it was the streets. Jay couldn't do it if he tried (Streets is Watching) but it was still good. Illmatic was all-time great. So if I say Nas is better than Jay I'm a Stan? That's fukked up

@dmercy8477

Жыл бұрын

@@orlando2292 Just because people say Nas is better doesn’t make you a Stan being a Stan and a fan are completely different things a Stan is being extremely obsessive and trying to discredit other people disrespecting their opinions and being heavily biased about it being a fan means you like an artist and respect other people and their opinions and that’s you your are a fan I’m a Nas fan too. And I’ve always preferred him over Jay. Just don’t be a Stan. Jay’s definitely ruined careers he’s a horrible person and there’s better rappers than him. He’s definitely overrated But I love and respect his music though I’m not a huge fan of it. These haters are right about their claims about him they just do it the wrong way but constantly trolling and making dumb and untrue conspiracies about it. I don’t like Jay like that and I can be biased when it comes to him and his shady moves but I’ll never take these disgusting people seriously though I’m not a huge fan of him. They just gonna have to accept the fact that though he’s a bad person he’s still a legendary artist.

@orlando2292

Жыл бұрын

@@dmercy8477 btw what you said 💯 frfr but like when Jay did Dame like that many ppl was mad but I been in group homes, jail etc and seen a lot I said "That's some Brooklyn shit he did"LoL I guess that's how he justify all that dirt and to be filthy you gotta do filthy shit. Some ppl that's they nature or it gradually happens. Or both. Jay did shoot his brother and stabbed a dude "UN" in a club. I saw him in Manhattan like four times also but yeah,fukk him too! Hahaha Stay strong and wise!

One of my favorite rap songs

gives me goosebumps

Happy birthday Jay.

I miss the days when you meet up in person to discuss taking out the enemy 💯 No social media or cell phones..... Just link ups to discuss business

Nothing can touch mid to late 90s hip hop and rappers not even all the played out trap beats and rappers from 2010 to today.

Why this version didn’t make the album? This 🔥🔥🔥

14アリスト懐かしい 当時セルシオなんかよりも1番好きな車だった。 正にデッドプレジデンドが乗るにふさわしい車だった。

Yoo this song is so New York 😂🔥

This beat sounds sad asl that’s why it’s so good.

Best song in hip hop history. Hands down. Don’t argue. Just appreciate the greatness that is Jay fuckin Z

@opetaiaseni1955

Жыл бұрын

3 day from your comment

@benzbenz496

Жыл бұрын

Nah there’s way better than this 100% of 2Pac better than this

@jamaaldavis7907

Жыл бұрын

Stop capping 😒🤣

@alexdesrouleaux2387

Жыл бұрын

​@@benzbenz496 Not.

@sleeperino3054

Жыл бұрын

@@benzbenz496 nah

such a classic

Congrats to you, Jay, on the opening of your new library museum❤

Timeless

“Stopped in the station filled up on octane, an now they not sane they not playin, that goes without sayin, slangin day in an day out when money play in, then they play you out!” 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@RichardHim-nh5dv

5 ай бұрын

Not sane*

@hennyfsmhc

5 ай бұрын

@@RichardHim-nh5dv u right

This video set the winter fashion for 96. Got me a Nautica coat like the day after seeing it. 😅

Super classy/classic Jay Z joint. All the major playas in da house Smoove sh!t❤️🖤💚✌️

@avnoorsinghkohli3967

Жыл бұрын

frrrr

Vintage Jay-Z 💯

@coreyhendricks9490

Жыл бұрын

@@kingmulahoo4925 🏅

Can't find this version anywhere

The best

Love this song. N i miss this jay z❤.

Super cool video. Az was there and big

CLASSIC HOV.............

I like how he makes the Cosby joke & Dame Dash is like nah dawg

Ski Beats Dope Track👍

Timeless A Classics

The piano sounds make this song really addictive

Blessings 🙏🏿✊🏿🔥

Been gettin hip to jay music , as old of a soul i am I've always slept on g🤦🏽‼️🔥🔥🔥

@VinceBond-ky2zt

7 ай бұрын

Dont be too hard on yourself. I’m the biggest Jayz fan you’ll ever see but it too me years to get into him and thats because he has no passion for rapping just born with the gift. His voice alone will turn you off but the greatness in his bars will eventually blow you away if you give his music a chance

" Who Shot Ya " 😂 Rip Big

Just think it's 1996 and we got Jay-Z, Biggie and AZ in the same spaces that some Brooklyn shit for real.

One of the greatest opening lines

Classic Album!

Mais de 1000 remixes so em MOZ...Classic