Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996

[EastsideRio]

Oh don't think nikka like you g checking shyt over here nikka

I still stand on what the fukk I said nikka.

I know what the fukk I am talking bout

Dont mistake me not going back and forth with yo girly ass on some you got it right cuz that post sits like that
Dont get it fukked up nikka.
I just don't feel like the back and forth with yo girly ass.

nikka don't play with my intelligence nikka cuz you not the right nikka to do so.


p*ssy ass nikka. I dare you do this shyt in real life with me.

You trying to flex on some I bet it is

Boy ill make you kill me behind your word boy. Dont flip mouth with me.

I'll make you kill me boy

You p*ssy in real life. I’m in the city everyday, went to war with real ones since the early 2000’s and it’s still up wit me, you think a fake e-thug words hurt me? Man stop it.

 

[Ozymandeas]

that song was what introduced me to him to. but I was 7/8 when that dropped

i use to think they were saying "money in the pan"

I remember realizing Jay was a big deal when Hard Knock Life dropped. You couldn't go more than 1 hour without hearing that song on the radio or on TV.

But I do recall hearing Aint No Nikka. I just didn't know who the song was by. I was 7/8 when it came out but, I remember hearing that cloudy drum beat all the time during summer camp.

 

[the cac mamba]

I prefer Hov when he's in his bragadocious bag over great production, somewhere in between super lyrical and commercial. I think those 2 albums are the best example of that Hov for most of each album

i was listening to Encore and What More Can I Say the other day. might be at his best

 

[DontEemTry]

Thing is, lets say Jay really was nobody in 96...

How is that a blemish on his career? Sounds to me like his story is inspirational. To go from a nikka that nobody gave a chance...to what he became.

That shows tenacity and self belief. That nikka story is fukking incredible.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Thing is, lets say Jay really was nobody in 96...

How is that a blemish on his career? Sounds to me like his story is inspirational. To go from a nikka that nobody gave a chance...to what he became.

That shows tenacity and self belief. That nikka story is fukking incredible.

I ain't even a jay Z fan like that but...

It really isn't a blemish bc it's pretty irrelevant.

It's used to push the narrative of when hip hop had reached its apex sonically in 1996, Jay was an afterthought...he only got popular once the competition thinned out, and hip hop lost its edge

 

[NO-BadAzz]

You p*ssy in real life. I’m in the city everyday, went to war with real ones since the early 2000’s and it’s still up wit me, you think a fake e-thug words hurt me? Man stop it.

Like I said, I'll make you have to kill me lil girl and you and I know you ain't doing shyt in real life
You stop it. I don't wanna hurt you I want you to hurt me. You big and bad I wanna see you line it on me in real life Terminator.

 

[Makavalli]

Reasonable is a classic album but no one cared about that shyt in 96. Tupac biggie and others were running the East. And Even Mase had next up After biggie died.

No matter what people say, it woulda been very difficult for Jay-z to blow up if it wasnt for biggie and pac's death. At his very best, the fans just didn't love him like that. He outlasted his peers by being smart with who he aligned himself with and by not taking any breaks.

This right here. Jay was smart and strategic with his marketing,promotion, and taking advantage of opportunities. I remember for the 10yr anniversary for reasonable doubt in 2006 they had hot97 promoting his show for the album on some “this was so ahead of its time that all yall were slow and didnt appreciate it” tip and that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Jay not getting that 1st album critical acclaim like Nas Big snoop or anybody with that classic out the gate really hurt his ego.

I liked the album but there was a lot of heat dropping that year and that album was a pallete cleanser.

 

[ISO]

This right here. Jay was smart and strategic with his marketing,promotion, and taking advantage of opportunities. I remember for the 10yr anniversary for reasonable doubt in 2006 they had hot97 promoting his show for the album on some “this was so ahead of its time that all yall were slow and didnt appreciate it” tip and that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Jay not getting that 1st album critical acclaim like Nas Big snoop or anybody with that classic out the gate really hurt his ego.

I liked the album but there was a lot of heat dropping that year and that album was a pallete cleanser.

Reasonable Doubt was critically acclaimed though.

 

[Bigsuk]

Thing is, lets say Jay really was nobody in 96...

How is that a blemish on his career? Sounds to me like his story is inspirational. To go from a nikka that nobody gave a chance...to what he became.

That shows tenacity and self belief. That nikka story is fukking incredible.

This … I said earlier in this … everyone has to start somewhere… dre ,snoop , pac , big , nas etc alll started somewhere before they blew…

 

[EastsideRio]

Like I said, I'll make you have to kill me lil girl and you and I know you ain't doing shyt in real life
You stop it. I don't wanna hurt you I want you to hurt me. You big and bad I wanna see you line it on me in real life Terminator.

Shut yo dumb ass up. Idgaf about yo paragraphs lil broke ass boy

 

[Yecht]

i was listening to Encore and What More Can I Say the other day. might be at his best

Encore is aight. What More Can I Say is still dope though