I'm feelin like Vol. 2 was the most important album for Jay's career :lupe:

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

RD & Vol 1 mite be his best 2 albums... but Vol 2

- helped him get that crossover appeal (howd he clear the Annie sample )
- unified + gave NY direction after Biggie died (Reservoir Dogs)
- turned him from "that In My Lifetime skinny nikka on the boat" to the KONY (for a little while anyway)
- helped him spread his reach outside of NY for real (A Week Ago, Money Ain't A Thang)
- was low key the moment NY rap went from that broody mafioso shyt to being fun again
- first Jay disc to go plat quickly (5x plat as opposed to 1x plat to date for RD & Vol 1)

Summer of 99 was

Vol 2 was the defining moment that separated Jay from being a drug dealer who rapped to a multiplatinum hip hop icon

All that platinum shyt he was talking on "Imaginary Players" became real

 

[criminology]

I thought this was obvious.

 

[Taadow]

I thought this was obvious.

 

[intilectual recipricol]

and it is my least favorite of the Volumes. But nikka What nikka Who was my shyt...

 

[Animal House]

You forgot when he hijacked Can I Get A... and nikka What. Those were vital in speading his name across the mainstream. I played Vol. 2 a week ago and didn't really like it like i used to.

 

[Street Knowledge]

It's the album that made him a superstar.

 

[Soundwave]

 

[The_Third_Man]

hmmm u sure about that? I mean I don't think anybody saw it that way

 

[AJtheOne]

this is an underrated album IMO

 

[ISO]

I found the Vol 1-3 albums to be weak ended up taking the best cuts and making a playlist out of it

 

[Xbox One X]

Skip or Stephen A?
Or

 

[intilectual recipricol]

I found the Vol 1-3 albums to be weak ended up taking the best cuts and making a playlist out of it

you wouldnt know a good album if it slapped you in the face. Dumbass prolly put all the wrong songs on your disc

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

hmmm u sure about that? I mean I don't think anybody saw it that way

People shyt on Vol 2 though like it didn't matter. That shyt held me down the whole summer of 99.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

RD & Vol 1 mite be his best 2 albums... but Vol 2

- helped him get that crossover appeal (howd he clear the Annie sample )

Fibbing to Clear the Rights for “Hard Knock Life” | Fair Use Lab

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[ISO]

you wouldnt know a good album if it slapped you in the face. Dumbass prolly put all the wrong songs on your disc

Get off my dikk fakket