How Old Are You? Reasonable Doubt Is 18 Years Old Today

[patscorpio]

Was 11 when it dropped. Listened to this the other day fully its jiggas best cd by far. Do you think it got slept on 96 due to the standard of quality that was dropping weekly in my favourite era of hip hop?

hell yeah..its RD's true curse..i also felt the the hustler concept that was on RD was done a lot better on smoothe's album..but that's just my opinion

 

[NormanConnors]

Old enough to drive and cop it on first day

I have to agree with K Dot. I'm a big fan of Illmatic but I feel Reasonable Doubt a little more

Reasonable Doubt should be compared to It Was Written which it is not better than anyway, hell it isn't better than ILLmatic neither

 

[NormanConnors]

The storytelling back and forth between Jay and Memphis Bleek is straight classic, nikkas tried to tell me 50 Cent was a better storyteller than Jay

Dope ass concept how Jay is trying to bring a young dude into the drug game, when it was Bleek's introduction and Jay was trying to bring him into the rap game.





"Hey fella I been watching you clocking (Jay-Z)
Who me? Holding down this block it ain't nothing (Memphis Bleek)
You the man nikka, now stop fronting
Hahah I like your style (Jay-Z)
Nah, I like your style (Memphis Bleek)
Let's drive around awhile (Jay-Z)
Cool nikka (Memphis Bleek)
Here's a thou' (Jay-Z)
A G? I ride with you for free
I want the long-term riches and bytches (Memphis Bleek)
Have it all, now listen to me
You let them other nikkas get the name, skip the fame
Ten thou' or a hundred G keep your shyt the same (Jay-Z)
On the low? (Memphis Bleek)
Yeah, the only way to blow
You let your shyt bubble quietly (Jay-Z)
And then you blow (Memphis Bleek)"

This nikka Jay was schooling Bleek on game

Jay was rapping to himself, Bleek didn't write any of that

 

[MouseTeeth]

I never prayed to god I prayed to Gotti

 

[Knicksman20]

Old enough to drive and cop it on first day


Reasonable Doubt should be compared to It Was Written which it is not better than anyway, hell it isn't better than ILLmatic neither

In your opinion fam.

 

[TuffestOut]

One of the greatest albums ever! Hov at his finest

 

[TheKang]

Ain't no stopping the champagne from poppin the drawz from droppin'..the law from watching, *sigh* I hate'm

Confidentially speaking in code since I sensed u peaking


Said she dreams a sniper hit me wit a fatal shot...those nightmares ma...those dreams that u say u got, gimme the chills but these mills? Well they make me hot


I'm but to send you a roomate...no bullsh!ttin


Do the knowledge due to few dollars I'm due to demolish. ..crews Brooklyn thru Hollis to a hood near you

 

[hex]

Still did better than Illmatic and other major label promoted classics from that era, independently .

So saying that no one was checking for it is completely irrelevant, comparing it to the commercial superstars who were at the Grammys and shyt while he had teams getting locked up for life is completely irrelevant.


It's known that it was indie, it's always the same people just mentioning this dumb super obvious observation. Which is why people get upset.

"Hey let's appreciate the greatness of RD"

And I can bet a stack on someone responding

"It didn't sell any records, it wasn't nominated for Grammys, he wasn't the most added on MTV, he wasn't on the cover of magazines".

But I've never seen you comment on the fact that since 98 he's been leading all those categories, why did you not give BP3 props for winning all those Grammys, selling all those records, topping all those charts. Nah, cause in those cases it's irrelevant.

That is the simple reason to why people shake their head at the same type of cats always mentioning this super stupid and super known fact. Jay himself had mentioned it on about three songs and a bunch of interviews. Motherfukkers mentioning commercial performance while discussing classic music is one of the worst inputs to the discussion of music. Now if we discuss hits, music business, money etc then we have a completely different discussion.

I don't care about all that. Nobody in my circle or high school or even acquaintances was checking for Jay, outside of 1 guy I knew. It is what it is. Not sure what you're trying to accomplish here.

Nobody in '96 knew, or gave a fukk about it being indie. He had his videos and songs all over the TV and radio same as anyone else

And "BP3" was ass, so who cares what awards it won?

Fred.

 

[Nicely]

"If every n!&&@ in your clique is rich, your clique is rugged. Nobody will fall because everyone will be each other's crutches."

I'm 30. Always loved this album. In my top 5 for sure.

 

[ajnapoleon]

Oh shyt @raquelmhorn just let me know it's reasonable doubts 18th birthday...so glad we fought to own this 100 percent and it still creates income everyday... Its funny... Me and jay still own this together we might have to do a reasonable tour...maybe for the 20th anniversary...that way we could all make some money... I don't see why he wouldn't...might have to holla #freebiggs

http://i.instagram.com/p/pray9pwyzt/

dame's instagram

Wish this would happen but......too many shots back and forth

 

[EndDomination]

I'm the same age as the album, but didn't hear it until I was 10. Download RD, B1 and BA all at the same time. That was my introduction. Feelin It is still my favourite song.

 

[ltheghost]

I'll be honest. When it came out....nobody was checkin for it. It would either be a friend or a friend of a friend bumpin it. It came out around the time of ATLiens, The Stakes is High, Makaveli... It aged extremely well but during that time it got overlooked. I'm 31 by the way...

 

[ltheghost]

I don't understand why people get upset when you say hardly anybody was checking for this. It has nothing to do with the quality of the album, there was just too much shyt coming out back then, from higher profile rappers.

I knew one guy that copped this when it came out. He was about it so I gave it a spin, liked it a lot. "D'Evils" is still my favorite Jay song.

It was an uphill battle trying to convince people to listen to it though. Most people were listening to BONE, Wu, Outkast, Pac, etc. Then again I'm from the midwest.

Fred.

Those Bone albums in the 90s......

 

[Street Knowledge]

We used to fight for building blocks, now we fight for blocks with buildings