Always felt like the intro to the remix beat was



The way Just set it up and brought it in was legendary.
"I don't claim to be.....noooooooooooo philosopher....

But I sho know....this ain't life.....baby, BABY!

AHhhhhhhhhhhhHHHhhhhhhhAHHHHhhhhHAHHHhhh"
I remember hearing this, Addicted to the Game & Show U How back to back on Hot 97, and taping the shyt soon as they said new Jay was coming up...Like I remember the EXACT moment they played these joints on the radio, what I was doing, etc...shyt was like a 9/11 moment where you'll never forget where you were when you heard it. At that point, diss tracks aside, I was like mannnn......I think Jay got this shyt, just off heaters alone
Of course this was before I heard Ether
God damn this was such a dope Summer/Fall, brehs. Top 5 in my lifetime. fukk. Lowkey, 2001-2003 was like some new age golden age shyt. The amount of material D-Block, G-Unit, Dipset, Roc, and others was putting out, plus all the beef was

fukk. I was a freshman in HS too, rushing home every day to hop on Napster and Limewire and shyt, burning the fukk outta stolen blank CDs and fukkin up the phone lines