:flabbynsick: brehs, 1998 was 20 years ago speak on it...

[The Mad Titan]

Cash money taking over for the 99 and 2000

 

[Take It In Blood]

Vol. 1 a lot better than Vol. 2 imo

disagreed

Vol.2 is pretty much Jay's "thriller"

Reasonable doubt was a better album but Vol.2 is when the casual listener (white people, women) became fans

 

[JustCKing]

The shift
We went from Premier , Havoc and RZA
To Swizz Beats Timbaland and the Neptunes

Drastic change, but in the middle of that, there was The Trackmasters and The Hitmen who became the go to East Coast guys before Timbaland, The Neptunes, and Swizz crushed the buildings

 

[JayBaldacci]

 

[mobbinfms]

Vol. 1 a lot better than Vol. 2 imo

I agree wholeheartedly. But commercially it didn't do what Jay wanted it to. Definitely didn't live up to the original title (Heir to the Throne Vol 1).

 

[UpAndComing]

Big Pun with the undeniable classic, Capital Punishment

 

[UpAndComing]

Jay Electronica in his prime

 

[mobbinfms]

disagreed

Vol.2 is pretty much Jay's "thriller"

Reasonable doubt was a better album but Vol.2 is when the casual listener (white people, women) became fans

I don't think the Thriller comparison is apt because I'm not sure how Jackson 5 fans or Off the Wall fans felt at the time Thriller was released (other than dissatisfaction at the track with Paul McCartney).

Also MJ had crossed over almost from the start.

 

[mobbinfms]

Don't forget about the GOAT Southern rap album

 

[HHR]

Defined by Vol 2 and any number of No Limit albums...but Life or Death specifically. The label's best album by a longshot imo

 

[Phantom Dreamer]

I hope Master P is planning that 20 year anniversary tour

 

[ISO]

I know I'm gonna be in the minority but Streets is Watching soundtrack was my favorite Jay release from 1998 (to me Streets is Watching and Dynasty are top 5 Jay projects), even though its more of a compilation (N.O.R.E. and M.O.P. got solo joints on it) but it has some of the best Jay joints of his career IMO.

One of the best Hov tracks of All-Time, "Fortune 5, top 5 in the Forbes you'll see"


A pre-Reasonable Doubt Hov gem


It's Murda!

Smooth


Jay and Bleek


Jay over the Computer Love sample


I don't know who these Diamonds in the Rough dudes are but they bodied this


Jay's best music in '98 appeared on soundtracks, these are two other gems.



Real talk these joints shyt on Vol. 2.

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

The shift
We went from Premier , Havoc and RZA
To Swizz Beats Timbaland and the Neptunes

You just named a bunch of legendary producers, what is the about ?

 

[mobbinfms]

I know I'm gonna be in the minority but Streets is Watching soundtrack was my favorite Jay release from 1998, even though its more of a compilation (N.O.R.E. and M.O.P. got solo joints on it) and has some of the best Jay joints of his career IMO.

One of the best Hov tracks of All-Time, "Fortune 5, top 5 in the Forbes you'll see"


A pre-Reasonable Doubt Hov gem


It's Murda!

Smooth


Jay and Bleek


Jay over the Computer Love sample


I don't know who these Diamonds in the Rough dudes are but they bodied this


Jay's best music in '98 appeared on soundtracks, these are two other gems.

I think this was 98 too

 

[Calmye]

Mya was in her prime