Jay Z A week ago..

[ILLMMORTAL]

When Jay-Z was Raw and saying something! One of his best records! And that damn beat! HARDCORE,STAIGHT LOOPED SAMPLE ,nothing added! REAL HIPHOP STREET MUZIK!

 

[re'up]

Always a favorite since I first heard it in November 98, before I could really even grasp all Jay was saying, that beat, that hook, the rawness in his voice and in the lyrics, Jay at his best. The entire genre at it's best, that's rap to me.

 

[JAY?]

Like I put the toast to your head and made you sell
We both came in this game, blind as hell
I did a little better, had more clientele
Told you put away some cheddar now you cryin for bail
Seventeen and I'm holdin on to around a mill
I could bail out and blow trial and come around and appeal
Had nikkaz thinkin I was from Uptown for real

 

[Danie84]

Coli Bros beat me to U always be in jail nikka just minus the BARs

 

[Harry B]

Only classic song on Vol2. Flames

Lol Hard knock life isn't a classic now? Reservoir dogs isn't a classic now?

Imo It's like that is the best song on the album.

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

Growing up in the hood, just my dog and me
We used to hustle in the hood for all to see
Problems; I called on him, he called on me
We wasn't quite partners, I hit him off my P
Let him unlock doors off my keys
Yeah, we spoke, much more than cordially
Man, he broke bread with me, my business spread swiftly
The Feds came to get me, we both fled quickly
Wasn't quick enough to jump over the hedges with me
Got caught, and that's when our relationship strayed
Used to call me from the joint 'til he ran out of change
And when he called collect and I heard his name
I quickly accepted, but when I reached the phone
He's talking reckless, I can sense deceit in his tone
I said: "Damn, dog! What, nine weeks and you're home?"
He said: "Main man, you think shyt's sweet 'cause you're home."
I just sat, spat no more speech in the phone
The crackers up there bleachin' your dome, you're reachin'
I said: "The world don't stop, I've got to keep-keep on."
From there I sensed the beef was on
I ran to the spy store to add some more features on my phone
To see if I had bugs and leeches on my phone
Can't be too safe, ‘cause nikkas is two-faced
And they show the other side
When they catch a new case; it's on gorgeous

Back when bars meant everything

 

[OHSNAP!]

Lol Hard knock life isn't a classic now? Reservoir dogs isn't a classic now?

Imo It's like that is the best song on the album.

To each his own, I seen people calling Vol2 classic, I seen people calling it overhyped/overrated/mediocre/super-outdated

Half of the album is unlistenable for me nowadays

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Hov was in his fukkin' BAG on this shyt

 

[FuckAllY'all77]

Top 5 Hov track

 

[OfTheCross]

who made this beat? I never asked/knew

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Whole track is one entire quotable and is funny as fukk anytime I hear it

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Only classic song on Vol2. Flames

I disagree....Vol.2 has nothing but classic legendary tracks

There might be ONE skippable song on it...MAYBE and that's "If I Should Die" and that's only because I was'nt feeling Da Ranjas

 

[Illmagic]

A stand up nig now yout sit down and aim

 

[904]

Always said this was his most underrated song..

You can feel the disgust

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

It saddens me that he stayed away from storytelling for the most part..

This captures everything that makes Jigga high quality...Straight talk Slick talk all at once

In a HOF career this has a strong case as just best song..even tho it isn’t lol