Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996

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In 1996 if you didn't have a smash single, your album is not being played by the masses in other region unless you have a relative who know about that shyt

In 1996 Jay Z had no smash world wide hit to make nikkas in other regions check for his whole album
 

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In 1996 if you didn't have a smash single, your album is not being played by the masses in other region unless you have a relative who know about that shyt

In 1996 Jay Z had no smash world wide hit to make nikkas in other regions check for his whole album
i know New Orleans is poor af. But did y’all not have cable in your region in 1996?
 

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Jay Z was on the cover of the 1996 year in review issue of the Source Magazine.
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Lol people completely missed the connection between the thread title and the actual post.
 

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BIG didn't die until '97, so this is valid.
Jay-Z wasn't known until he rapped over the Annie sample.
Streets wasn't fukkin' with dude until then.
First two albums was garbage.
 

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BIG didn't die until '97, so this is valid.
Jay-Z wasn't known until he rapped over the Annie sample.
Streets wasn't fukkin' with dude until then.
First two albums was garbage.

I'm old and this MF dropped kingdom come post retirement by the time I could even sneak into a club :dead:

how old is the coli :jbhmm:


how u from NY and don't have 1 mixtape :dahell:
 

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BIG didn't die until '97, so this is valid.
Jay-Z wasn't known until he rapped over the Annie sample.
Streets wasn't fukkin' with dude until then.
First two albums was garbage.
FYI that Annie song was released after his album was number 1 for 4 week’s straight :skip:
 

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