Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996

[L. Deezy]

But now he's a billionaire and married to beyonce. What's ya point?


You're a nobody now. Bet you not Jay z status in 2044 either breh.

lol.. dawg

yall Hov stans lack fundamental reading skills

 

[scorpino]

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

Legend has it this was the night Jay realized he had stacks of money bigger than prodigy(rip)

 

[kingofnyc]

 

[Will Ross]

jay was the opening act lol

 

[Art Barr]

rd did not originally go gold on it's first sales envelope.

it shipped the 500k in the originally pressed run to retail.


More revisionist history that is not welled in fact.
about the sales and original impact for that album.


Art Barr

 

[who_better_than_me]

If you really believe Pun was chasing anyone around, you need your head examined

So now Joe a liar?

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Jay wasn’t popping like that reasonable doubt wasn’t hitting like that. It was later received well. He started to take off and has done very well now. Stop re-writing history because you’re a fan of the artist.

While I agree with you, I'm wondering why Jay-Z's name was listed first...?

Redman had 3 albums by this point, included 1 that had just released that month in 96. Mobb had 3, HoE was released a month earlier.

Is it bc Jay was viewed as more commercially palatable compared to the more "hardcore" Mobb & Red?

Jay having more pop friendly singles?

Jay associated with BIG who is a heavyweight in the game?

Jay isn't above paying to have spins, so maybe he paid to have his name listed?

 

[vino]

While I agree with you, I'm wondering why Jay-Z's name was listed first...?

Redman had 3 albums by this point, included 1 that had just released that month in 96. Mobb had 3, HoE was released a month earlier.

Is it bc Jay was viewed as more commercially palatable compared to the more "hardcore" Mobb & Red?

Jay having more pop friendly singles?

Jay associated with BIG who is a heavyweight in the game?

Jay isn't above paying to have spins, so maybe he paid to have his name listed?

Because New Yorker may have had more of a liken to Jay versus the others. Artist don’t do better in every market. Most of Jay appeal was at his home base and not globally like Red l, Mobb and Kim.

or

May be that’s hust how the tickets were printed.

or

May be Jay team put money up for the concert.

 

[L. Deezy]

I dont care if Jay Z was a nobody in 96

That RD album was the fuhking shyt, It was a instant classic for me in real time and now

Im stranded on a island and I have 5 rap albums, its one of em.

 

[Yehuda]

why Jay-Z's name was listed first...?

The artists were listed from least to most relevant.

 

[Heavy_Handz]

This is 1000% cap lmao. I bought Reasonable Doubt the day it dropped too and always thought it was a dope album. But it was not a big deal at all and nobody thought Jay was about to be the biggest rapper in the world after hearing it. His star took off around the time of Streets is Watching.

Nothing I said is cap. Did I mention it being a mainstream success right off the bat? Hell no, I’m talking about hard hitting impact to the real heads in the streets. Obviously Jay-Z didn’t truly crossover into superstar status until Hard Knock Life. The fact is that Reasonable Doubt has been held in high regard by Hip-Hop heads since it released.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Tbh I never knew Jay existed until “Money Ain’t a Thing”. I’m from the South tho

I went to high school in Brooklyn in the 90s and never heard of Jay Z until Big Pimpin

 

[↓R↑LYB]

This nikka is making threads about 1996

Some of y'all nikkas are stuck 30 years in the past trying to relive your glory days

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I went to high school in Brooklyn in the 90s and never heard of Jay Z until Big Pimpin

I'm from Flatbush and I remember watching Feelin It on Video Music Box.

But you might be more of a Z100 kinda nikka

 

[King Poetic]

Out here in LA at the time it wasn’t getting no play, even though people who love hip hop knew about it, the mainstream was on death row artist