Man its been 5 years, and "Roc Boys" is still one of the illest Hov joints Ever!

[Zach Lowe]

They only did 5-6 tracks

6 tracks is still a lot out of a 13 track album with two bonus tracks

and numbers don't fully describe their involvement because they produced the most popular song (Roc Boys), their songs took up a long stretch of the album, and most of the other tracks are the ones no one cares about (Hello Brooklyn, the wack Neptunes joints, etc.)

 

[Canada Goose]

Yea, one of my favorite songs from Jay, love the cheerful we ing vibe of this track.

 

[OG Talk]

"This apple sauce is from the apple orchard, this type of talk is only reserved for the bosses"





What happened to dude after this album?

 

[CrimsonTider]

"This apple sauce is from the apple orchard, this type of talk is only reserved for the bosses"





What happened to dude after this album?

He continued to drop classics

 

[OG Talk]

He continued to drop classics

He always has classic songs...Even on lackluster albums...But as far as full bodies of work AG stands out as him being focused and at his creative peak....

If you can't honestly see the decline that you're probably just a dikk rider....

 

[Gifted one]

Classic song, classic album, classic video. Hopefully Jay next album is on par with AG

 

[deeznuts]

shoulda went triple

 

[Taadow]

I agree 100%

LUCCEY, BABY!! OWWWWWWWWWWWW



But like Tom said, he can't perform that anymore because he's the only Roc Boy.

 

[CrimsonTider]

"This apple sauce is from the apple orchard, this type of talk is only reserved for the bosses"





What happened to dude after this album?

He always has classic songs...Even on lackluster albums...But as far as full bodies of work AG stands out as him being focused and at his creative peak....

If you can't honestly see the decline that you're probably just a dikk rider....

WTT is the greatest rap album ever.

 

[beenz]

6 tracks is still a lot out of a 13 track album with two bonus tracks

and numbers don't fully describe their involvement because they produced the most popular song (Roc Boys), their songs took up a long stretch of the album, and most of the other tracks are the ones no one cares about (Hello Brooklyn, the wack Neptunes joints, etc.)

:woah: buddy. Neptunes only had one weak joint on AG and that was blue magic. "I know" was pure piff. U might wanna take that back to the lab.

 

[the rhyme king]

shyt was a poor man's verison of reasonble doubt that album american gangster

 

[Taadow]

WTT is the greatest rap album ever.

You's off dem salts.

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

WTT is the greatest rap album ever.

You's off dem salts.

 

[MenacingMonk]

This shyt dropped 5 years ago?!?!!?

I feel

 

[kp404]

American Gangster is the most underrated album in Jay-Z's catalog. Jay sounded more focus on this album than he did on the albums before it. The production by The Hitmen was great.

Here's Sean C and LV talking about music and showing how they made that song:

FADER TV: Behind the Scenes with Sean C and LV - YouTube


This is another great interview of theirs too:

Sean C and LV Part 1 - YouTube

Sean C And LV Part 2 - YouTube

Positive rep...only people that don't like American Gangster are people that just hate Jay-Z...he was in a crazy zone for this album...2nd best album behind Reasonable Doubt easily