Jay-Z was a nobody in 1996

[maxamusa]

Y’all dudes be on my dikk so much y’all follow my moves lol

Not even....I just be heavy on here n only time I see u is jocking a washed up BK cat where that shyt under your name says Detroit...whats the math on that?


I just said your city better than mine with the rap shyt 2 in 2k24

 

[Mike Ock]

what was the tour with DMX, reman and method man? I can't remember what they called it....

man I WISH that footage of the battle with jay n DMX would come out.

"Hard Knock Life" tour or "Survival Of The Illest"

 

[maxamusa]

"Hard Knock Life" tour?

yeaaaa that 1...repped.

 

[African Peasant]

Jigga stans will never digest that Jay wasn't a factor when Hip-Hop was at his peak. A fake king...

LOL @ this thread backfiring on OP

 

[Cladyclad]

Not even....I just be heavy on here n only time I see u is jocking a washed up BK cat where that shyt under your name says Detroit...whats the math on that?


I just said your city better than mine with the rap shyt 2 in 2k24

Like I give a fukk

I don’t give a fukk about Detroit or any city lol

 

[Heavy_Handz]

Only two markets that even mattered at the time were only NY and LA, and the facts of the matter are that he was the hottest newcomer in one of them

He was a constant feature on all of them Clue tapes of the time and in the Tunnel

This.

 

[EastsideRio]

I just remember brooklyns finest & ain’t no nikka getting mad tick on the radio summer ‘96. Jay was an up n coming rapper back then nothin more nothin less

This. Ain’t No nikka was in rotation on Detroit radio but that was all. Jigga wasn’t a large figure in rap here until Vol. 2. Dropped.

I even remember Jay Z, threatening to retire and saying volume two was his last album solely because of him not being an instant success, after a reasonable doubt, and volume one outside of New York.

 

[EastsideRio]

Like I give a fukk

I don’t give a fukk about Detroit or any city lol

Well take that D hat and Tigers jersey off in yo avi Nikka

I can’t stand a fake type hating ass Nikka, you not from here anyway.

 

[EastsideRio]

Not even....I just be heavy on here n only time I see u is jocking a washed up BK cat where that shyt under your name says Detroit...whats the math on that?


I just said your city better than mine with the rap shyt 2 in 2k24

He not from Detroit doggy, he from Jacksonville like Betha

 

[EastsideRio]

Idiot im from Detroit ain’t no was on the radio all the time
cant knock the hustle got played too

it peaked At number 4 on billboard rap charts

u can’t get that with just one region

You from Detroit in Alabama nikka, I’m 10 toes in this muthafukka now! I just left the squares on the Jeff nikka

 

[EastsideRio]

Summer 96, you couldn't go 30 mins w/o hearing Killin Me Softly, or Tha Crossroads...

In Detroit, Aaliyah, OutKast, and Bone thugs was all over the radio in 95. Outside of Big and PAC of course. Nas wasn’t getting major play until 96 and Jay until Vol. 2

 

[Cladyclad]

You from Detroit in Alabama nikka, I’m 10 toes in this muthafukka now! I just left the squares on the Jeff nikka

nikka i just got off work

Driving down connor werido

 

[EastsideRio]

nikka i just got off work

Driving down connor werido

Pull up in the squares then Chrysler working ass nikka

 

[Cladyclad]

Pull up in the squares then Chrysler working ass nikka

fukk u lol

Come on 8 and lasher we can talk

 

[EastsideRio]

fukk u lol

Come on 8 and lasher we can talk

nikka u said u on Connor right ? I’m on Contential and Essex. Turn around, you 3 minutes away