How Jay-Z’s ‘Vol. 3’ Explained Rap Music in 1999—and Predicted Its Future

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You gotta look at the certification dates to understand what was going on in 99 though.

By February 99,

Vol 2 was 4x
IDHIH was 3x
Flesh was 2x

That was the last time any of the three albums was certified for basically a year.

So at that point X couldn’t match what Jay did with Vol 2 even though he had two chances to do it.
5 is bigger than 4 you idiot. X was a bigger star than Jay in 98/99, Jay himself will tell you that. The ONLY thing Jay got over X during that time period were smash mainstream hit singles (HKL, Can I Get A)
 

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But you stay with 2pacs dikk in your ass. You just mad because Still I Rise dropped a week prior and Jay Z shut that noise down when this album dropped a week later.FACTS. Still I Rise didnt even go #1 signaling that era was officially over....Jay Z drops Vol 3 and goes #1 signaling that there was a new king in town and u aggy about that reality.Dr Dre no longer giving beats to your hero but gave it to Jay Z instead. Same year had Jay Z writing Dres comeback single "Still Dr DRE" while ya boy was yesterdays news and gone. California Love was done.....It was now Dre and Jigga shining together.

What has 'Pac got to do with this thread?

I haven't mentioned him ONCE in here yet you bring him up

Again, 'Pac's success and legacy burns your soul

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What has 'Pac got to do with this thread?

I haven't mentioned him ONCE in here yet you bring him up

Again, 'Pac's success and legacy burns your soul

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But you said Pac fukked my mother. So the question is....why did you bring my mom into a topic that had nothing to do with her? You did it so I can do it..its fair game.

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And you were so busy being blinded with Pacs cum in your eyes that you totally missed the part where I said that you kept 2pacs dikk in your ass in response to you saying males were nut huggers with no shame over Vol 3. How can somone with a dikk in his ass and cum in his eyes point the finger and say someone is nut hugging?


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5 is bigger than 4 you idiot. X was a bigger star than Jay in 98/99, Jay himself will tell you that. The ONLY thing Jay got over X during that time period were smash mainstream hit singles (HKL, Can I Get A)
X topped out at 3x plat. Jay dropped Vol. 2 and did 4x plat. X drops another album in the same year and his sales decrease to 2x plat.

Jay was the bigger artist. X couldn't reach 4 million. His sales actually went down. X wouldn't surpass him until And Then There Was X which did 5x plat.
 

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Yeah man, those classic cuts Things That U Do, S. Carter and Girls' Best Friend:mjlol:

Who wrote that shytty article? X, L Boogie (98) and Eminem (late 99 on) were bigger than Jay at that time. Stop kidding yourself. Imaginary KONY title doesn't exist, cause it's IMAGINARY. music, not sports. Morons
 

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X topped out at 3x plat. Jay dropped Vol. 2 and did 4x plat. X drops another album in the same year and his sales decrease to 2x plat.

Jay was the bigger artist. X couldn't reach 4 million. His sales actually went down. X wouldn't surpass him until And Then There Was X which did 5x plat.
Soo how much did Vol 3 sell? :mjgrin:
 

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This album has obvious sequencing issues and a couple tracks that don't work at all ("S. Carter," "Pop 4 Roc"), but to me, it's a near-classic. Jay was in a different place lyrically and you can hear the arrogance in his voice on every track.

I'm shocked that "Watch Me" and "There’s Been a Murder" were added after the leak, and they weren't supposed to make the cut. If the album looks like this, I think it's 4.5 mics at least.

Hova Song (intro)
So Ghetto
Do It Again
Dope Man
Things That U Do
It's Hot
Snoopy Track
Watch Me
Hova Interlude
Is That Yo bytch
There’s Been a Murder
Big Pimpin
NYMP
Come and Get Me
Anything
Hova Song (outro)
 

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I don't get how he was chasing RR or CMR with this album. There's like tow Swizz tracks and one Juve feature.
 
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