Jay-Z's Volume 1 Appreciation Thread

[RAW_SPK]

Dough to get mo shows to rip
I suggest you all roll with the clique (who you wit?)
Frozen wrists and flows that sick
Mo O's than you know exist, bytch
Who you wit?

'97 Jigga >>>

Can't scheme on em, Roc-A-Fella got a team on em
chicks cream on em, trick cream on em
Lose it when dudes think it's just music
Lean on em…flash green on em, and Diamond rings on em

 

[OHSNAP!]

yeah he spit the hottest flows ever heard on this album

if only the production matched his rap skills......

but the production for Girls Like, Who U Wit or Face Off plus the weak hooks on Sunshine and City Is Mine killed off the GOAT album potential

however, Where I'm From, Intro, Friend Or Foe, Streets Is Watching, You Must Love Me and Imaginary Player >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything S.Carter did after 2003 (yeah AG was dope alright)

 

[OHSNAP!]

btw why wasn't the amazing In My Lifetime RMX (the one with the "whats the meaning of life" hook) in this album???

 

[Trajan]

I like Sunshine

Him and Foxy trading bars >>>

Beat was ill too

 

[patscorpio]

"Imaginary Player" is swag undefined

my favorite joint on that album..but somebody here summed it up the album best..the great songs are great, the good songs are good, and the bad songs are

 

[acri1]

I agree, this shyt is criminally underrated.

Where I'm from and Lucky Me >>>*


Probably my third favorite Jay album after RD and the Black Album.

 

[BulletProof]

I can't believe how many people like 'Sunshine."

Vol.1 suffered from Shiny Suit Syndrome just like Cam's Confessions of Fire did.

They both tried to ride that trend and failed.

Jay just executed it better with his harder tracks. There's definitely classic tracks on Vol.1

To me, it's the best of the Volume series.

 

[Juni0r]

Listening to this album right now.IMO there are only 2 fillers , the rest range from very good to great songs. It's his 3rd best album to me after RD and Blueprint. I have it slightly above the Black album which I think is a little overrated. The album is a very unique time capsule in his career , He never sounded anything like this before or after this album.

 

[jeh]

Y'all dont even know every day I'm living with stress
Got up out the streets you think a nikka could rest
Can't even enjoy myself at a party unless
I'm on the dance floor, hot-ass vest
You think I'm freakin' these chicks right?
I try not to brush against they chest
You get a lawsuit for shyt like that, I feel trapped
Swear to everything when I leave this earth
It's gon' be on both feet, never knees in the dirt
You could try me fukka but when I squeeze it hurts, fine
We'll lose two lives, yours and mines
Gimme any amount of time don't let Ms. Carter grieve
At the funeral parlor drippin' tears on my sleeve
Told the judge didn't budge it was him or me
And I ain't trying to be hard but I'm guilty as charged
Put my mercy on this court and my faith in God
And pray hard none of my nephews wanna be stars...Lucky me

 

[Newark88]

I always thought Sunshine was cool for what it was. The video didn't do a whole lot to help the cause tho. Other then that, this is really bordering on a 4.5 mic album. His flow was at his most arrogant and coldest on here.

 

[feelosofer]

I think this is Jiggas most underrated album. Jigga was so cold on this followup.

Two of Jays top 10 songs are on this album. IMO.

 

[Art Barr]

If you don't have the remixes or twelves and bsides to this era, you lauced't.


Art Barr

 

[SoulController]

I can't believe how many people like 'Sunshine."

Vol.1 suffered from Shiny Suit Syndrome just like Cam's Confessions of Fire did.

They both tried to ride that trend and failed.

.

agree, he was trend hoppin on this album. its the worst of the Volume series and worst prime Jay album imo

 

[smokeurobinson]

Jay was still local when Vol 1 dropped but he was big locally.

 

[360dagod]

Im not even big on Jay...but this right here