Older Brehs, was Jay-Z's "Imaginary Players" considered a "Dreams & Nightmares"-type hit back in the day?

[doublenegative]

Imaginary Player was the quintessential album cut.

 

[darealvelle]

No

 

[winb83]

I didn't know this song was a Ma$e diss.

 

[Nostalgic]

I didn't know this song was a Ma$e diss.

 

[Nostalgic]

It's amazing each day Jay-z's career gets reinvented.

Soon people will say Reasonable Doubt went 8x plat the day it dropped.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

one of the first slabs i stole had money by the ton screw tape in it ....that bytch jus sittin on the side of johnson funeral home by bams

plum over silver lexus on blades...

didnt know shyt about jay z until that tape ..really



screw was actin a fool..on that tape randy had some dope ass screw tapes...


the number of tapes i collected over time @Monoblock

get off the bus was suppose to be at a hoe house that lived on eppes... change of plans... hoe was jus sittin there

u can tell the nikka jus got that hoe still had the new car smell in it ... floor mats plastic.. he was bout to act bad on boys...spoil that nikka plans

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Wonder if we’ll ever hear Imaginary Players 2
Or if it got reworked into another track

 

[AAKing23]

What??

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

it was never a "hit" because it was never a single. One of Jay's best albums that got overshadowed by 2 of the worst songs on the album as lead singles. So many dope songs on the album that are far better than Sunshine and The City is Mine

 

[patscorpio]

no not at all

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

this dude ray daniels is wishy washy

but i do agree with his point that Imaginary Players is one of those tracks that should not be touched

i said that when the Cardi track was being teased a couple says before the release

remakes aren't for US. They are for the new audience. When the Thing remake was released in 1982, it got negative reviews. 40+ years later it's seen a classic and my generation now diss the 2011 remake as if the '82 version wasn't also a remake. Yeah, Cardi B's song isn't for US, it's for her fanbase

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

One of my favorite Jay tracks but naw. shyt got bumped in the hood but I doubt Imaginary Players got any type of radio play. CASUAL Jay Z fans could hear the Cardi track and might not even know it’s his track

 

[chunky_mcdaniels]

That album had a terrible reception at the time, mainly because most of the material was disingenuous attempts at commercial success.

Imaginary Players and the primo joints and the 'never sprung huh' one were the ones people liked, but they were diminished at the time because the album itself.

 

[chunky_mcdaniels]

it was never a "hit" because it was never a single. One of Jay's best albums that got overshadowed by 2 of the worst songs on the album as lead singles. So many dope songs on the album that are far better than Sunshine and The City is Mine

Those songs set Jay back because he lusted for commercial gain, in a pathetic way, copying Bad Boy and playing a role he couldn't keep up.

He's admitted this himself.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Those songs set Jay back because he lusted for commercial gain, in a pathetic way, copying Bad Boy and playing a role he couldn't keep up.

He's admitted this himself.

Yep, that's pretty much it. But Jay recovered, Mic Geronimo didn't. 1997 was a fukked up year cuz everyone in the mainstream wanted to use that Bad Boy blueprint as a single.