Questlove defends Vol 1, Jay-Z responds

[Toe Jay Simpson]

if you delete

The city is mine,
lucky me
always be my sunshine
I know what girls like
real nikkaz


you got a flawless album. Those are really the 5 songs most people hate. The problem is that 2 of those were singles tryin got cash in on that Puffy 80s loops sample craze. You got an album in which basically 65% of it is classic and 5 bs songs. It's a hot album, he just picked 2 of the worst songs as singles and that's what most people remember. That shyt basically ruined Mic Geronimo's career. MG dropped a hard hood classic debut and then decided to drop a bs lead single to his next album with bs songs for the clubs that they never played anyway. Once I heard "single life", I knew dude was on some bs.

Breh, you saying if you take away almost half the album its a better album

Yoooo

 

[Mastamimd]

Vol. 1 is a few songs away from being a classic. I stand by that.

One imo

IKWGL... Sunshine was passable. But IKWGL is damn near unlistenable

 

[ISO]

if you delete

The city is mine,
lucky me
always be my sunshine
I know what girls like
real nikkaz


you got a flawless album. Those are really the 5 songs most people hate. The problem is that 2 of those were singles tryin got cash in on that Puffy 80s loops sample craze. You got an album in which basically 65% of it is classic and 5 bs songs. It's a hot album, he just picked 2 of the worst songs as singles and that's what most people remember. That shyt basically ruined Mic Geronimo's career. MG dropped a hard hood classic debut and then decided to drop a bs lead single to his next album with bs songs for the clubs that they never played anyway. Once I heard "single life", I knew dude was on some bs.

Lucky Me my nikka really?

 

[360dagod]

I don't want to be that guy, but that sunshine video was way out of Jay's character and comfort zone..And when Nas made the biggie/puff refrence, it was a body shot that Jay felt...

And I never understood the city is mine is hate...it's perfect cruising music

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Album was mid but...

A Million Questions, Where I'm From, Friend or Foe '98 & Imaginary Players make it worth a listen

All this. I like Questo but he be trying to hard

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Attacking Sunshine is a fake Rap opinion that nobody actually believes but people want to repeat


If it was so bad why did The Game freestyle over it during his up and coming rise?

How can a Babyface feature be wack objectively?

How can a Foxy Brown feature be wack? During this time she had key features during that era with Blackstreet and Jay Z.
The new female Rap renaissance should bow at her feet.


Oh and the Rap classic 'Rockin It' by the Furious Four ' the song sampled

Imo it's almost Anti Hip Hop to try to downplay the song

I don’t seek out sunshine but I’m not turning it off if it’s playing. I hate all these opinions that people picked up and ran with especially if it’s hurting a rapper unnecessarily. I think the song gets hated unnecessarily because of the video.

 

[TrifeGod]

I have to listen to Vol 1 again but I'll never forget buying Vol 3 on cassette

I wish he would remaster it

 

[spliz]

Interesting.

 

[360dagod]

Attacking Sunshine is a fake Rap opinion that nobody actually believes but people want to repeat


If it was so bad why did The Game freestyle over it during his up and coming rise?

How can a Babyface feature be wack objectively?

How can a Foxy Brown feature be wack? During this time she had key features during that era with Blackstreet and Jay Z.
The new female Rap renaissance should bow at her feet.


Oh and the Rap classic 'Rockin It' by the Furious Four ' the song sampled

Imo it's almost Anti Hip Hop to try to downplay the song

Some collaborations simply don't work the way they should for various reasons...

Music is way more nuanced than we give it credit for

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Lucky Me my nikka really?

Lucky Me is a weird song and completely out of place. Jay rapping on some Kenny G easy listening jazz and shyt

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Sunshine was (is) good it just so happens that awful music video fukked the song up music videos had a huge impacted on music singles back then.

"I know what girls like" needed to be removed

"Real nyggaz" wasn't bad but it didn't fit the flow of the album.

This

 

[African Peasant]

It's the best album of the trilogy.

Lucky Me.

 

[IWasntMadeToPlayTheSon]

Same problem as Nas’ I am album...could’ve been their best but tried to make a bad boy album instead smh

 

[FunkyFresh]

Sunshine beat is funky. I don’t skip it when playing the album

shocked at the Hate for the Too Short song, always liked it

girls like is shockingly bad, lucky me, face off and rap game aren’t great to me

 

[mson]

Never had a problem with Sunshine.