Future - "Reasonable Doubt was not hot when it dropped"

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

It wasn't.
Only hip hop heads knew about Jay outside of being "that guy on Foxy Brown's song".
Nutty Professor soundtrack sold...reasonable doubt didn't despite having a hot radio single on a hot soundtrack with a hot artist.
That "too cool" personality wasn't in style.

 

[pointproven214]

it's not like he dissing jay-z or this album he just simply speaking the truth.

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

But illmatic was

 

[SirBiatch]

I have no idea why people think that.

When I think of Jay Z music, 99 Problems is not what comes to mind. A Run DMC beat + Dr. Dre's concept (bytches Aint shyt, also some LL Cool J Illegal Search), Ice T's hook and some UGK lines. Its a novelty song in my opinion...

All this is true, but the track is still flames. Easily one of the standouts of Black Album.

It's funny you're calling 99 Problems a novelty song when "Hard Knock Life" haters say the exact same thing about Hard Knock Life

 

[Nostalgic]

How old are y'all?

lol I can't argue against the shyt if I wanted to, I was 3 in 1996

Has nothing to do with age or ''You had to be there to witness it'' type situations.

It's a simple matter of music history if you study and ''Research'' it
it answers it's self....Biggest problem with situations like this is Jay-z stans
have a hard time accepting the fact of any part of Jay's career when he isn't viewed
as the top dog so they'll cook up ducktales or re-write his career.

I myself was young when RD dropped and I remember nobody wasn't bumpin
Jay-z's music hard body until 98 - 2001

 

[H.S.]

I have no idea why people think that.

When I think of Jay Z music, 99 Problems is not what comes to mind.

Same here. I would never intentionally listen to "99 Problems."

 

[boskey]

All this is true, but the track is still flames. Easily one of the standouts of Black Album.

It's funny you're calling 99 Problems a novelty song when "Hard Knock Life" haters say the exact same thing about Hard Knock Life

Very true. But he was actually spittin on Hard Knock Life...

 

[Dad]

Labels turned me down, couldn't foresee
Clark sought me out, Dame believed
Primo laced me, Ski did too
"Reasonable Doubt" - classic, shoulda went triple

 

[frush11]

Remember that hot 97 interview back in 2002 when Nas said Jay asked him for some comp tickets for the 95 Source Awards and Nas said ok, he'll leave it in will call, he never did

Shows u how completely irrelevant he was.
Smif N Wessun & the whole boot camp click had a bigger buzz than Jay

Not a Jay stan(like his music), but why would Jay have any buzz in 95?

 

[The God Poster]

Hard Knock Life Jay-Z is the best version of Jay-Z ever. That's the version of Jay-Z that people actually gave a fukk about, and set up a beautiful run from 98 till Black Album.

Y'all can't rewrite history. I remember listening to tracks off Reasonable Doubt in 97 and not giving a fukk. They were good joints, but they weren't addictive. "Can I Get A" blew all that shyt out the water.



Which people? Coli lames?

Aren't you on record stating you didn't start listening to rap until the mid 2000's

 

[The War Report]

He's right. There were so many albums dropped from established acts that year: Ghost, Pac, Nas, Lil Kim, the Roots, Tribe, Mobb Deep, Redman, Busta, etc. Reasonable Doubt was just lost in the sauce

Ghost?

 

[SirBiatch]

Very true. But he was actually spittin on Hard Knock Life...

I agree. and he was spitting in parts of 99 Problems. That whole second verse about getting stopped by the cops and "wouldn't bust a grape during a fruit fight." nikkas was quoting that. In fact, didn't Freddie Gibbs say that line on Pinata? nikkas still quote it.

I know what you're saying - the spit was harder on Hard Knock Life, no question. But some can't wrap their ears around an Annie sample. Both tracks are undeniable fire to me

Aren't you on record stating you didn't start listening to rap until the mid 2000's

surely you have receipts or you're just being an attention whore. Which one is it?

 

[The War Report]

Is Future confusing If I Rule The World with Nas' first album?

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Ghost?

Ghostface

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Of course...


CamelBack 2K even mentioned it on Hard Knock Life.



As a matter of fact, I didn't even buy the damn album until 2001 (blueprint convinced me i needed it).


(but Ain't No and Can't Knock was on Rap City religiously in 96... just not enough for me to buy the album).