“When Puff was in that tub spilling Mo’, I was at my video, Cris on a speedboat. In my Lifetime, go do your research, St. Thomas my n*gga, that was me first” - Jay-Z

This guy should keep rapping. He will probably make it big one day.

@Lyrical_Replies

2 жыл бұрын

I got a feeling he's been here before

@czshinobi

2 жыл бұрын

i believe so! He is different from many rappers out there!

@StarrLikeRingo

2 жыл бұрын

This isn’t recent. But your statement remains true

@Prince-xy3km

2 жыл бұрын

Bro dats Jay z

@Lyrical_Replies

2 жыл бұрын

Some of you guys do not understand the word SARCASM

This man's evolution is crazy.

@michaelasamortin4813

2 жыл бұрын

HAVE A NICE DAY, DAVID!!! I am so sure that you want something new that will change your life! Check out MIKE BARRON's solid videos! ❤️🚀 kzread.info

Happy Birthday Jay-Z

Jay-Z one of the greatest rappers of all time.

My man Mr Carter predicted his future early. Real Jay fans know about this classic track. Old BROOKLYN!!! Not this new gentrified shit…

@michaelasamortin4813

2 жыл бұрын

HAVE A NICE DAY, ROY!! I am so sure that you want something new that will change your life! Check out MIKE BARRON's solid videos! ❤️🚀 kzread.info

His words materialized through hard work and patience. This song here defines the law of attraction. Stay focused on your purpose, kings! If Hov made it, we could too. Word is bond!

@kingsleyseletisha8419

2 жыл бұрын

Word is bond. ❤️

@angelomanzi9272

2 жыл бұрын

Law of attraction is a bunch of nonsense. If you put your heart and soul into what you do, you will get far. That’s not law of attraction… God gave you gifts to use. What is real is the fact that you have a creator, who loved you so much he died for you to redeem you from your sins and restore your relationship with God. Whether you want to accept it or not, your life has an eternal purpose. A purpose that goes on beyond this temporary world. So yeah, stay focused on your REAL purpose in this earth… and you’ll make it far. For what profits a man to gain the whole world, but lose his own soul?

@hudsonbartley2493

2 жыл бұрын

@@angelomanzi9272 thiscpart. Amen and Amen.

@mrocto4839

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t quite happen like that my guy but I hear you

@flavius1824

2 жыл бұрын

Its just a song

And in his lifetime he did it, he became the boss, the legend

@Skip1629

2 жыл бұрын

Fr

@michaelasamortin4813

2 жыл бұрын

HAVE A NICE DAY, DJEF!!! I am so sure that you want something new that will change your life! Check out MIKE BARRON's solid videos! ❤️🚀 kzread.info

@KaseemWalker-ow4wo

4 ай бұрын

Sneaked his way to the top

@djefardeur7958

4 ай бұрын

@@KaseemWalker-ow4wo Well u can do the same thing. At the end of the day, he became a legendary individual.

He manifested in a real way..

@goldteethpoohproductions2707

Ай бұрын

FACTS

I was so glad to see these multiple Jay uploads in my subscriptions feed. Truth. Absolute Legend

“On the low half these rappers in biz wanna work for me” A fuckin prophet

Universal Music Group used to block all of Jay's classics on the internet heavy! Glad the new skool can now get to bump to these gems... I had The Streets is watching on VHS too.. Epic times!

This the hardest flex ever

“If imma risk a frisk getting my wrist wrapped up in steel, I’m out here tryna make a mil my thing is real for real” HEAVY BAR 🔥

@tred6672

2 жыл бұрын

That line serious but that 3rd vz 🔥 Da video da song Priceless 🙏

@emestea1898

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6CC1Zilk7fSeKQ.html

@antontoshaboy8264

2 жыл бұрын

Young Jay lol

@kamaunganga9340

Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@DIRTBAGG-ux5hr

11 ай бұрын

Facts

When The Hustlers were Hustlers and The Fiends were Fiends. 💯

@Lyrical_Replies

2 жыл бұрын

When the executive producer was ALL IN THE IN THE VIDEOS ALL ON THE RECORD DANCING

@chillyoungapex8545

2 жыл бұрын

Stfu people been doing drugs 🤦🏾‍♂️

@isaacjr85

2 жыл бұрын

@@chillyoungapex8545 it went over ya head the drug dealers now get high off they own shit & they become addicted to their product & they become costumers & run around acting like hustlers

@Thecornerdojotv

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh the hustlers made these fiends they did to good of a job

@Issey_B_Devo

2 жыл бұрын

@@chillyoungapex8545 "Bout to start bitching ain't you? Ready to start snitching ain't you? / I forgive yo' weak ass, HUSTLING just ain't you" #DeadPresidents

Listen to the bars don't skim through em Ultimate Entrepreneur💪🏿💯

@michaelasamortin4813

2 жыл бұрын

HAVE A NICE DAY, KING!!! I am so sure that you want something new that will change your life! Check out MIKE BARRON's solid videos! ❤️🚀 kzread.info

Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!!!!

@willweed6168

2 жыл бұрын

This version tho not the remix.

@michaelasamortin4813

2 жыл бұрын

HAVE A NICE DAY, FISH!!! I am so sure that you want something new that will change your life! Check out MIKE BARRON's solid videos! ❤️🚀 kzread.info

@daniel-andybecu2804

Жыл бұрын

And still not enough.

Still knockin this in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ heavy

Imagine having this kind of run and living to tell about it.

Back in 98 I was really starting to listen and I bought streets is watching on dvd. I was in the navy at the time. Next thing I know I was in St Thomas that summer during a Navy port visit. The universe.

Wish more artist would reload their older material. First time seeing this in 1080p 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@jayinthebx

2 жыл бұрын

This aint 1080 its the same quality it was on someone elses channel like 10 years ago..

@okamifan1productions458

Жыл бұрын

IIRC this was shot in movie quality, thats why it made the jump so well. Priority pushed Jay HARD... He just didn't stick fast enough, and the idiots dropped him from the label. I bet someone got fired for that colossal fuckup.

@Dayxh8

7 ай бұрын

@@okamifan1productions458payday records **

Happy Birthday Mr.Carter, didn’t realize this song was the first single and filmed in St.Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands 🇻🇮 Big up to St.Thomas peeps and the entire Virgin Islands 🇻🇮

@mitchelewalters5852

2 жыл бұрын

Give thanks. Respect fam VI4LYFE

@354allday

Жыл бұрын

This where skinny nigga on the boat came from

I was 15 living in small towns in south Italy, and my passion for Jay-Z started!!

@jedaye47

2 жыл бұрын

Forza Italia 🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@markmartin806

2 жыл бұрын

Rocks fella records 💯✅✅ or maybe 🤔 a while ago lol Mark Tha Spark

@carloborgonovo6565

2 жыл бұрын

Grande🤝

@ebenezerbaffour8517

2 жыл бұрын

Nice meetingyou here am from African and I will be glad if you can read my message please And it goes like this I need a to Italy please if only you can 🙏

@ebenezerbaffour8517

2 жыл бұрын

*i need your help to Italy if only you can

Thanks VEVO! I’m a big fan of Pre-98 Jay-Z! That era when Big and PAC were still around you can hear 👂🏽 it in the music! He had to compete, he had to rhyme! Post ‘98-‘99 dude took over the rap game and there was no competition! Couple people can say X, but X was an outlier!

I'm from GA. I remember my homie cuz was from NY and had a Dj Craig G mix tape this was 95 or something. Anyway this was on it.I ve been a fan since

Man’s on a computer whilst rappers were in their Timberlands on the corners in their videos back then. I knew from then back in 95 that this rapper was on another level.

@lmichelle80sbaby

2 жыл бұрын

This right here... 🥂

@sanethehappypill

Ай бұрын

"I told em to stop flashing,start stashing, n we'll all get off the corner"

@gerardovega4641

20 күн бұрын

Bad boy and biggie copied their style with beaches, bottles, money, jewelry and women.

@youngerudit2524

15 күн бұрын

@@gerardovega4641 come on....

This Jay-Z is a breath of fresh air from what is being played nowadays 👌🏼 keep going kid

Dawg he dropped 100 gems on this

It happened Jay, you did it.

An inspiration to anyone coming from the bottom - this man displays ‘Anything is possible’ Happy Birthday Hov!

happy birthday GOAT

Good ol' Jay

That last verse omg 🐐

Only the real deal OG fans really hip to this…

Happy birthday Jay-Z!!

I SAW THIS VIDEO FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 1995 & I KNEW THAT HE WAS DIFFERENT, DOPE & WOULD MAKE IT BIG

@djhonza1939

2 жыл бұрын

Likewise!!! A big jump from Can I Get Open

@harleminthebuildn9234

2 жыл бұрын

@@djhonza1939 RIGHT! RIGHT!

@michaelasamortin4813

2 жыл бұрын

HAVE A NICE DAY, HARLEM!!! I am so sure that you want something new that will change your life! Check out MIKE BARRON's solid videos! ❤️🚀 kzread.info

@haitiandawg

Жыл бұрын

I saw this video on Video Music Box back in 95', and Ralph McDaniels shouting Jay and Dame out

@frankyb0y

21 күн бұрын

I remember when I saw this video, I thought everything in it was not his and he was trying to stunt!! 😂

"Please let these words be recorded to serve as testimony that I saw it all before it came to fruition, sort of a premonition, uncontrollable hustler's ambition." How could he have known his destiny 27 years ago? Rapping about business prospects while the hot rappers then were rapping about drugs and guns. This man is a prophet, the last since prophet Elijah.

Who would ever believe that this guy would be one of the greatest MC's ever if not the greatest of all time.wow

Timeless music. This is still better than 99% of these new school rappers today.

@kdolo100

Жыл бұрын

It's better than 100% of new rappers today.

@brummie-mk2hk

Жыл бұрын

Stfu go listen to new school instead of riding old school

@brummie-mk2hk

Жыл бұрын

​@Audax fr

@lucindaplacencia9023

6 ай бұрын

@@brummie-mk2hknew school sucks

@brummie-mk2hk

6 ай бұрын

@@lucindaplacencia9023 kendrick lamar, travis scott, j cole, nas new albums??? actually listen to them before commenting

Mans made what he said to fruition respect the Roots 🙌🗽💯🔥

Jay-Z has such a stronghold on his music that I've never seen this before. And I'm a Jay-Z fan. And I've pirated enough shit in the past. Glad I finally got to see the history.

@frankyb0y

2 жыл бұрын

Well, so that you know, everyone was trying to be a thug except Jay during this period. So much that this song got over looked. So much that Jay had to continue to work his own thing. Imagine knowing that you passed on signing this guy 🤦🏾‍♂️

@Hov_-jt4vj

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankyb0y well record companies thought he sucked for 1. And Jay never acted like something he wasn’t. He was never a thug or a gangster. He was a very smart Hustler

@Roy_MO

Жыл бұрын

@@Hov_-jt4vj in the 90s you had to be a gangster or thug to get signed or portray yourself as one be it true or false but Jay kept his style and didn’t want to be anything else but himself!

Classic Jay Z motivation music ✌🏾♥️

Jayz is the King of RAP

Hov went crazy!!!! Word play immaculate!!!!

Best Jay-Z song ever...

Old school 💪🏼💪🏼 come back old jay z

@chiarosuburekeni9325

2 жыл бұрын

His 90s "stiggety" style was so dope. He'd be hitting those syllables rapid fire lol.

@Dylan-tv6os

2 жыл бұрын

@@chiarosuburekeni9325 yeah exactly jay and nas icon for the hip hop i remember jay the blueprint greatest album

@Hov_-jt4vj

2 жыл бұрын

Old Jay was great he evolved and in the rap game you have to. “That Blood money i giggle at it”

The humble beginnings…

I never seen/heard this 1 befor but it’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Jay Z is a backpack/boom bap/ lyrical miracle rapper that was able to adapt to the times musically throughout the years...that's what makes him one of the best rappers ever!

@jordandavis3867

2 жыл бұрын

Jay z is not a back pack rapper. The man was a drug dealer who spoke about the fast life....and started to rap about business and making money in the rap game. Back pack rappers are considered nerd rap, which is cool but thatwas never Jay z lane. That's more Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West type ish.

@DTecksVision

2 жыл бұрын

@@jordandavis3867 I think that can fall under backpack...maybe conscious rap is a better term to use then

@3lancerofficialmaybe871

2 жыл бұрын

@@jordandavis3867 Ye as a backpacker rapper? Nah.

@rastaman8027

2 жыл бұрын

@@3lancerofficialmaybe871 even Ye recently let it be known that he wasn’t even really into backpack he was just faking it

@okamifan1productions458

Жыл бұрын

Lupe is more concious/political rap. Backpack rap is a derogatory umbrella term for mid 2000's boom bap.

I been looking for this video for A long time!!! This is hustlers theme music from 1998 for me

Jay-Z remembered his KZread password 😂🔥

More ice than winter 94.. i tour..... the 50 states.... with a trunk of raw 🔥🔥

This was his jays 1st ever single, i used to luv this tune.😁

I'm shootin' to Vegas, gamblin' green-o at the casino Schoolin' the dice like Vinny Barberino Welcome back, the '95 version of The Mack🔥

GOATED SONG!

East Coast Hustla Classic!! 💯 Iykyk

I hope he uploads the remix. It’s my favorite song of all time

@marxman300

2 жыл бұрын

What's the meaniiing, what's the meaning of life 🎶💥

@simmsation21

2 жыл бұрын

This one is my ultimate favorite jay z song. Soundtrack of my life in 97 98

@Hov_-jt4vj

2 жыл бұрын

He did upload the remix. Its just the audio since there isn’t a actual music video outside of “Streets is watching”

@kristaniebergall5309

2 жыл бұрын

They have it up here now

This the one that put me on to Jay Z, Ron G mixtape only had the first verse on it.... I'm 28 yrs. in on the Hov shit.... It's more than just rap. The guidance I received through his catalog all these years has walked with me through the good and the bad. Thanks Jay, Happy Birthday Big Homie!

New comers can not get this one... Fire back in the days 💥🔥🐐

as a kid listening to Jay-z I always know he would be big in the rap game I also know I would be to a successful fella to

The GOD said he never slept cause sleeping keep you deep in debt…

@imsofocused4678

2 жыл бұрын

His favorite rapper said "I never sleep cuz sleep is the cousin to death".

Classic Joint

SO MANY TIMES MY FATHER HAS COME DOWN FOR ME. JUST TO TAKE THE PAIN OUT OF MY BODY. AND ALSO OUT OF MY HEART. NOT ONE TIME DID I EVER FEEL THAT I WAS REMAINING ON THIS EARTH ANY MOMENT OF ANY OF THOSE TIMES. IT WAS SIMPLY AND THAT IS NO MORE. NO MORE OF ANY WORIES. NO MORE IF ANY PAIN. NO MORE OF ANY REASON. FOR ANY THING. JUST SIMPLY NO MORE OF IT. JUST HIS PRESENCE OF PURE POWER LEAVES NO DOUBT THAT ONE DAY IT WILL ALL BE NO MORE. JOY. JUST PURE JOY. JUST AS MY LIFE IS BEING POURED BACK INTO MY BODY. THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF HIM. AS YOU TRULY DO SCREAM IN HARROR. JUST PURE JOY AS YOU LET OUT ALL PAIN AND FRUSTRATIONS. HIS LOVE ALONE IS UNBEARABLE. AND TRULY UNBREAKABLE. THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING. OF ALL THINGS. I PRAY JUST TO CONTINUE TO BE A BREATH IF LIFE. AS I CONTINUE TO TAKE ALL OF MINE.

HAPPY B DAY JAY Z.

This is why he’s the best ever.

Shout out DJ Clark Kent for he did for Jay Z. This beat is straight fire 🔥🔥🔥

@b-squared5095

18 күн бұрын

Ski did this btw

wow this wuz his first debut single think it wuz 94'

I hope Jay uploads Feelin' It and In My Lifetime Remix videos I always appreciate the classics.

I need this version on Apple Music not the remix. This is soooo raw

Favorite Jay z song and that is a tough list.

I'm out here tryn 2 make a mill, my thing is ill 4reel" 🔥🔥🔥🗽

The greatest ever

MAN JAY BEEN DIFFERENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! 95 !!! CHAMPAGNE, BOATS AND VACATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday Jay-Z

He wasnt playing when he said i traveled all 50 states with a trunk full of raw ….🤣🤣 elite … this is my uncle … tio hov/jigga

Original Roc-A-Fella Crew . Jay , Dame Biggs, Jaz, Ty-Ty, Bee-Hi, Emory, Headache (Dehaven), Bobalob All Up In The Video Having A Ball. 🍾 💎

Hopefully the In My Lifetime Remix soon.

Jay one of the few rappers whose music is actually timeless, I be listening to “never change” and “heart of the city” like it was released yesterday, it just goes with the times so damn well

And you're seeing it! Love you long time!

all the way from the marcy projects, he was tryna flip a mill back then, his thing was real for real

🙌🏾🙌🏾 I need a whole lotta cash

This is why he's in the song writers hall of fame...

Bra this always brings me back to reality so many jewels

still cold af

2023 I am here. The difference now is that I’m building my ministry and extracting the jewels of his career.

Dammmmn i aint seen this vid in 20+ yrs Video music box days

How to predict your future and exceed your own expectations!

Jay needs to put this on streaming platforms 💯

@youngerudit2524

15 күн бұрын

please...

Talks about a tribute to his buddy and "my way" then starts "I did it my way" with "in my lifetime" love the throwbacks he has in songs that only real fans get. There's plenty more too

@futureflavors205

Жыл бұрын

Full circle 🙏

Spoke that shit into existence

The way he bounces on the beat like how he does in this song is why he a goat

Bro really seen the bigga picture 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@user-iq5oe5co5b

4 күн бұрын

Big facts

2023...and BEYOND! Ill SHYT.

Who's still rocking this in 2022

JAY-Z Carter The reality 🤖👑🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

"Im shootin' to Vegas gamblin' greeno at the casino schoolin' the dice like Vinny Barberino"

"Don't play me, or YOU GON' PAY ME!" Jay-Z meant that just ask Damon "DAME" Dash💯🤑👍🏽

Yeah he made it big time smooth brother smart he's focused man!!!!!!!!

this song gives you game on real life

This is real. Don't matter if the boat was rented. He was already laying down the footprints for real!!! Every body else's shit was just made up and a dream but he was turning it into his reality.

@Hov_-jt4vj

2 жыл бұрын

This is true but the boat wasn’t rented. But he was laying down the blueprint and here he is today