Jay-Z's Volume 1 Appreciation Thread

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:whew: @ Jay from 96-02. I haven't enjoyed listening to him for so long, sometimes I forget how good he was.

For me, his top 3 is RD, Blueprint & Vol.1 I always though he sounded his best on Vol.1 though. Just seemed really comfortable. I still feel jacking Young Chris' flow was the worst thing that ever happened to him. He sounded much better prior to that.
 

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Vol.1 is my fav Jay-Z album...'who you wit' and Imaginary player' and 'lucky me' are my top 3 jay songs (after DP)

shyt has his best songs mixed in with shyt that made sense in 1997 but didn't age well damn near un-listenable now

its still a million times better than crap like vol.3, bp2, kingdom come, bp3 ect.
 

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not one of his top albums, but it yielded four of my favorite hov songs:

imaginary player
where I'm from
friend or foe 2
a million questions/rhyme no more
 

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:whew: @ Jay from 96-02. I haven't enjoyed listening to him for so long, sometimes I forget how good he was.

For me, his top 3 is RD, Blueprint & Vol.1 I always though he sounded his best on Vol.1 though. Just seemed really comfortable. I still feel jacking Young Chris' flow was the worst thing that ever happened to him. He sounded much better prior to that.

he fukkin SNAPPED on Streetz is Watching
 

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What yall no about that a million and one 98 remix tho :mjpls:

Didn't he record "You're Only A Customer" around this era too????? Wish that woulda made the album. One of my fav Jay songs "graphic like Sega Saturn"

shyt with that, while I'm o a Kawasoki bike
At the light, doin' a pike, with a bytch on the back
And take flight, my life like it was directed by Hype
In 35 slow-mo, with the Rockafella logo
Accapoco to Arruba, bay breezes and caviar baluga
Very little loot, alludes us
In the grashish blueish, Les Coup it's the root of evil in these people

:ohlawd: :ohlawd: :ohlawd:

I play that song randomly and I have to play it multiple times everytime.

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