Metal Face
Veteran
great track people that hate this and Hard Knock have no ears 
JAY-Z - Anything
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Trajan
Veteran
The last verse >>>>>
SnowflakesByTheOZ
Sorry, that's another B
Dope song even if he was chasing a hit
Didn't catch heat like he thought it would, he thought it was HKL.
Erratic415
Superstar
I always liked this one more. Much more meaning and better subject matter. Hard Knock Life had the great bass line but is just one of countless Jay “I’m a successful drug dealer” songs.
I like this song just as much as Hard Knock Life. It flopped because it was obviously an attempt to recreate that song's success lol
I liked it, but it wasn't Hard Knock Life, also, along with "4 Da Fam", everyone thought these would be on Vol. 3, when they were airing in late 1999, but they were saved for Beanie Sigel and Amil's debut. The Source review even said something like "Beanie Sigel may never know how much his album would have sold..." lol
I always thought I was the only person who thought this. I was never the biggest Hard Knock Life fan. Anything was amazing
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
I know the Onion Industrial Complex had a hand in this. 
I like it better than HKL.
I like it better than HKL.
This. Came in to post this.
I don’t think he hated it. I remember him saying that they dropped it thinking it would be a huge hit and it ended up being just dead in the water
Fortunate Lee
Superstar
It’s obviously the same formula (hook and beat), but Anything has more emotional depth than Hard Knock Life, which was more of a street anthem.
Jay was bragging on HKL, Anything was never that type of song