Hard Knock Life is one of the nicest tracks of all time

[GodMC]

Hustling is still inside of me and far as progress you'd be hard pressed to find another rapper hot as me
I gave you prophesy on my first joint and ya'll all lamed out
Didnt appreciate it to the second one came out
So i stretched the game out
X'd ya name out
Put Jigga on top
And drop albums non stop for you ******


I was couple of months in my freshman year of High School when this dropped.

 

[Danie84]

Of all time?

 

[Roberto Dinero]

This is still dope to me. Vol.2 is the 1st Jay album I heard and one of my favorites in his catalog

Same here, Vol 2 was the 1st Jigga album I ever copped. It was nice, had some heat in there.

As for HKL its a nice track but it got played out, I've heard it so many times I don't really like it that much anymore but it was hot.

But as for a sample of a musical beat I always preferred this one:



I like this track a lot more than HKL as well

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Same here, Vol 2 was the 1st Jigga album I ever copped. It was nice, had some heat in there.

Mine too...in retrospect it's been kinda downgraded or whatever, I always see people shytting on it online...but when it dropped since was getting raved about and was one of the definitive impact type of albums...that track with Kid Capri on there is one of Jay's most underrated songs ever IMO

 

[AV Dicey]

Jay's true crossover moment, the fact that he did it with an unabashedly hood anthem that sampled the whitest of white america makes it that much more incredible. (used to be my ringtone in the aughts) It also serves to stiffen your spine when you venture into the corporate world.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

Low key it's a real generic song

When I first heard this joint I was on some :ohh:

After a couple of week

It's aged horribly bc it was run into the ground, I can barely listen to it these days.

Classic track though...The broadway sample w/ the hood/underdog lyrics, Hov's flow was perfection (didn't Michael Jackson tell Hov his flow was "in the pocket" )

It's funny cuz I was talking to my lil bro a few months ago and I told him "u hate J bc he's been your whole life" "u weren't around for underdog J...nikkas used to love J, I've literally seen nikkas about to knuckle up over defending him (Hov v Nas and WAAAY b4 they battle too)" "it's like Scarface, nikkas love Tony bc he came from the bottom got to the top and then got murked. If Scarface was just him collecting tigers marrying hot chicks and caking up...then riding into the sunset, nikkas would feel totally different about him"

This nikka crossed over...yeah he watered the lyrics down but he stayed who he was at the core. I say all that to say it's ironic that his most "underdog" song lead to him

good post

 

[Tom Foolery]

Lets be honest. The Annie sample made this track hot.