On this day 25 years ago Jay Z releases the 2nd single for Volume 2, Hard Knock Life(Ghetto Anthem)

[Depreciating Asset]

Song was trash then and is trash now. Rest of the album is piff though

 

[Yehuda]

Funnily enough I was (and still am to a degree) so thrown off by the hook but at the same time I've always liked "Anything" — which is a blatant attempt to replicate this track — since I've first heard it. He was flowing effortlessly in this, though; gotta give him that.