Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996

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If you let the coli tell it. Also, nobody listened to Reasonable Doubt, even though it went Gold 2 months after release :jbhmm:

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for somebody who was independant...that "Feelin It" video came on all the time back then. I didn't listen to Reasonable Doubt in 1996 and I didn't think he was gonna be a superstar...but by his 3rd album it was pretty apparent he was gonna be a problem.
 

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I bought Reasonable Doubt in 1996. I can tell you for a fact that was an instant classic album. He toed the line so brilliantly between hardcore, underground & mainstream. The album is bar for bar one of the most lyrical albums ever made. His ability to rap street/drug raps so vividly was unparalleled. He could drop an underground record like Bring It On & at the same time drop a smooth track with Mary J but then another hardcore joint like D’evils & then back to another commercial joint like Ain’t No N***a. Dead Presidents II is a certified legendary banger. Then to top it off with Brooklyn’s Finest W/B.I.G. Jay-Z was right there with B.I.G. in ‘96. Such a classic album. After all these years & hearing heads call everything under the sun a classic year after year… 99% of those records compared to Reasonable Doubt? To that I say GTFOH!!!!!!!!!!
 

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People here are really bitter about Jay-Zs success so they feel the need to overexaggerate the years where he wasn't a big deal as if they're some sort of referendum on his entire career, nevermind the fact that RD sold the same amount as The Infamous, Cuban Linx, Illmatic etc and Jay already had a Top 40 single and Bad Boy features
 
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I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out
Didn't really appreciate it 'til the second one came out
So I stretched the game out, etched your name out
Put Jigga on top, and drop albums non-stop for ya, nikka.

If Jay himself acknowledged this fact then :manny:
 
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