Y'all saying this is trash because of what Young Joc said. I ain't going lie he would of killed this but I'm glad he passed the beat. This beat isn't his style and it would of flopped bad if it wasn't for Jay. This is still one Jay's best songs. Sorry Joc I still love and respect you.
This beat is fucking amazing but this album is by far the most underrated in his catalog and one of the most underrated by any mainstream rapper. But for real, as hard as HOV went in, this beat is absolutely epic!
I think Blueprint 2 is even more un appreciated, Top 5 definitely in my list. This album was commercially successful and was basically “Jay Z’s comeback” after having released a not so hot ‘Kingdom Come.’ and I know we can all definitely accept the fact that Kingdom come is his weakest project.
Hands down in my very humble opinion, jay is my goat and i love em all, but its something about Jayz that most won't get, he is so polished and the true example of a hustler...
On this day in Music - 15 Nov 2007 Jay-Z went to No.1 on the US album chart with American Gangster his 10th No.1 album. This made the rapper joint second with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only The Beatles have had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums had hit No. 1, in addition to his Collision Course project with Linkin Park and his Unfinished Business collaboration with R. Kelly.
The song is a street classic. Jigga's verse talking about Ronaldo Reagan and the impact he had on black communities is powerful. The context played in perfectly with the movie American Gangster. This whole time Jay-Z was selling us blue magic From the blueprint all the way up to naming his daughter blu Ivy Carter. He is a devil when it comes to detail. Lovely music.
"Blame Reagan for making me a monster, Blame Oliver North and Iran Contra, I ran contraband that THEY sponsored, before this rhyming stuff we was in concert"
+whatthehellvideos, this compelled me to dig up on the scandal. Bruh, the list of illegal conduct by the Reagan administration goes far and wide. it's shocking and saddening how forgetful we are as a people to support people today who, back in the day, were involved in some of the most heinous, treasonous, callous acts imaginable. damn.
+cheruzaleming No truer words were ever spoken smdh...All you hear now is how wonderful Reagan was. But the inner city and urban communities around the country are still feeling the effects of those villianous policies today.
For somone who grew up on a couple different genres.....I gotta say hip-hop define my sonic understanding.... to hear this raw expression is just a reminder of WHY we NEED real HIPHOP
@@derricksmith8311 seriously man, if only people nowadays could understand how crazy complex his raps are. All they know about Jay-Z is that he's an A-list celebrity and that he was a rapper that's it smh
Too good for the game. Jay Z has evolved in the rap game as his maturity in life evolves. What I'm saying is that his bars/lyrics fit each style of his personal escalated maturity. When 30, one rap like he's 30, not 17. And Jay z has mastered the evolvement of rap. #THINKER!
One of the smoothest songs ever made in hip-hop. Jay Z flow is for the most part smooth as butter but on this track, it's on another level. SMH. Jay the GOAT 🐐🙏
Nigga WTF u want with me man? How can u hate a nigga u don't know? Don't hate him the only rapper u have mention 'maybe' better than Jay z is Nas man stop with the fucking hate
Y'all saying this is trash because of what Young Joc said. I ain't going lie he would of killed this but I'm glad he passed the beat. This beat isn't his style and it would of flopped bad if it wasn't for Jay. This is still one Jay's best songs. Sorry Joc I still love and respect you.
Yeah joc you did right. I couldn’t imagine a southerner on this
He sure did lol
Pharrel proposed this beat to Yung Joc first and he respectfully passed it on to Jay Z. Respect to Yung Joc
Joc was right. I couldn’t imagine anybody else smash the beat at this level besides Jay!
This song under-rated as hell. This one of jay’s best
Banks
Weezy would’ve made you forget it was even jays song
K dot
Facts
This Definitely has NY swagger all over it, Atlanta would not have been feeling this
Jayz absolutely SKATED on this beat, immaculate flow
The beat is so simple but it's soooo hard too, respect to Pharrell
🙏🙏🙏👌💯
Lilforlorn it's the same beat
@@jehovahabebe2860 + Chad Hugo
Camara Mohamed it’s his signature four beat.
@@90maducc more than 4 tracks homie. There's a lot going on with this beat it's just spread out with a lot of room to breathe.
Jay z is a genius at rhyming and a true hustler...
fucks wit Dame energy...that lil dance step is pure Uptown...u had to be there
Much respect for Giving Rakim a shout out ....cause that’s Ra Flo all day...shit is legendary 💯💪🏾
"Feds, like wack rappers, try as they could, they couldn't get me on a hook"
chef....guess what I cooked....Baked a lot of bread, kept it off the books
She may have done a concert in town tonight. But so did her husband in my head!!
Unlike most rappers, Jay-Z is not cocky imo, he bring the the substance to the table, not just talkin about it, he doin it...
Pharrell has ALWAYS been a master on the drums!
o
He is a master in everything bro, Rap, R&B, Pop, and even Trap nowadays
Pharrell and Chag Hugo
@CHERRELLE M. LOWERY pharrell produced the track for jay 🎶
@CHERRELLE M. LOWERY Pharrell produced it, hence y he’s in the vid
Joc fumbled the bag on this..
DOPE ALBUM. GREATEST RUN IN HIPHOP HISTORY
American Gangster 🐐
Top 3 Jay z song of all time imo❤❤
Best rapper alive
This dude has been murdering the game for years!
Yeah
slr44 I am so addicted
the fuckin goat
🍕
decades*
This beat is fucking amazing but this album is by far the most underrated in his catalog and one of the most underrated by any mainstream rapper.
But for real, as hard as HOV went in, this beat is absolutely epic!
j discovered dis album, ts hard asl🧏🏾♂️🧏🏾♂️
American Gangster is such an underrated album
Amen
It's in his top 5 of all albums he's ever dropped
Best Jay z album
factoidsss
I think Blueprint 2 is even more un appreciated, Top 5 definitely in my list. This album was commercially successful and was basically “Jay Z’s comeback” after having released a not so hot ‘Kingdom Come.’ and I know we can all definitely accept the fact that Kingdom come is his weakest project.
Euro=Dollar now...Jay Z is a visionary.
NOT ENOUGH CREDIT BARZ 🔥🔥🔥💎✅️
Very underrated album.
Yuh...this definitely wasnt up yung joc's alley
Its levels to this rap sh*t. Joc dont have the bars or flows to be this versatile.
I forgot how great this song is and realized how much of a legend Jay Z is...
Same
Them dancers are sexy and they have on clothes...Jay rhyming, Pharrell on the beat..."Fish scales in my veins like a Pisces"...Man I miss Hip Hop.
Joc should’ve jumped on this jawn. Would’ve diversified his catalog.
Pharrell's unforgettable beat
BombLeft7 pharell is that dude
@@gabrielleelliott4214 No no no the song is called "I'm gangsta, and you wearin pink shirt!!!"
Damn Pharell , that beat slaps
the reason im here
Btw.
Young Joc interview brought me here. I used to love this joint tho. Classic Pharrell beat, drums & sound😎
This whole album was Jay-Z at his absolute finest.
i agree
Kilo Whiskey this is his hardest album in my opinion
JayoJay yeah cause he came back to the scene after 3 years
Kilo Whiskey Because this album allow him to go back to what he was best known for..
Minnarrow Ratcliff
Hell no nigga
I'm hear from young jocs interview. Some things you have to pass on for others to win if you don't see you winning 💯 👌🏿
Joc was right, he couldn’t have pulled this off. The beat went to the person who’s flow was made for it. Jay murdered this. Easy and smooth delivery.
One of the hardest beats ever. Jay was goin in too..
It was young jocs beat and he passed on it in front of Jayz,, Pharrells beat
@@genestewart5472 just heard that on vlad! That's why I'm here
Yeah hardest beat to rap on 🤣
Beat is great but the word plays...MAN !!!! that's genius level
Joc crazy for passing on this 🤣 respectfully.. 🐐 Hov!!
Most of y’all hear to actually listen to the beat the joc passed on but for real this ain’t Joc.
Coming back to this after I heard Joc passed on this beat 🥴
Me to
Me too!
Me too
Lol me too
Me too
Joc passing on this beat like Will Smith passing up the role for the Matrix, I would took my chances.
Joc wasn’t built for this beat💪🏿😎
Joc did right passing this beat up to Hov...
everthing jay do is classic shit. jay-z is one of the best rappers of all time.
TRU👌
Is the best rapper of all time
+omer adre facts
+omer adre no not even close
+omer adre the goat!!
I wish i could relive the awe of listening to this masterpiece for the first time
October 2024 anyone
Right now.
🔥
💯
here 🎉
Every year. Shout out from Poland
this shit so dope...I can't believe people ain't feeling this shit. U gotta listen to Jay rap from his perspective.
👌🙏💯
I have still couldn't vibe to it. I rather listen to Nas than him.
dude was using the late 80s flow, thats crazy and it still sounds modern
So smooth
@@nana.dayton5290 No one asked.
yea Joc coulda made a sick down south anthem to this .. he trippn it mighta been one of his defining joints these stripped down beats was in then
Hands down in my very humble opinion, jay is my goat and i love em all, but its something about Jayz that most won't get, he is so polished and the true example of a hustler...
I don't listen to #JayZ a whole bunch but when I do so do my neighbors!
HOV 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The beat is crazy and Pharrell knows hits. Joc should have probably tried. It might have worked depending on the concept. Jay kept his word tho😂
jus cuz a beat works for one artist doesnt mean it just can for anybody else
Joc did the right thing for him.
Yeah he should of at least tried. But naw, I’m glad we got this classic from Jay, this is one my favorites by him
@@JCULLI man I’m from Atlanta the fact he passed on this showed his lyrical ability 🤦🏾♂️ TI or Luda would’ve flamed this beat 😂😂
not that good of a beat
On this day in Music - 15 Nov 2007
Jay-Z went to No.1 on the US album chart with American Gangster his 10th No.1 album. This made the rapper joint second with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only The Beatles have had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums had hit No. 1, in addition to his Collision Course project with Linkin Park and his Unfinished Business collaboration with R. Kelly.
The song is a street classic.
Jigga's verse talking about Ronaldo Reagan and the impact he had on black communities is powerful.
The context played in perfectly with the movie American Gangster.
This whole time Jay-Z was selling us blue magic
From the blueprint all the way up to naming his daughter blu Ivy Carter.
He is a devil when it comes to detail.
Lovely music.
Yung Joc was crazy for passing on this beat
Best decision Joc ever made to pass on this. This ain’t nothing the South feeling.
This man J, is what truly defines artist. His articulation is off the chain, real rap. I give him a flaming 10. #THINKER!
Still one of my go to track.....
"Blame Reagan for making me a monster, Blame Oliver North and Iran Contra, I ran contraband that THEY sponsored, before this rhyming stuff we was in concert"
That was lit. Smart
+whatthehellvideos, this compelled me to dig up on the scandal. Bruh, the list of illegal conduct by the Reagan administration goes far and wide. it's shocking and saddening how forgetful we are as a people to support people today who, back in the day, were involved in some of the most heinous, treasonous, callous acts imaginable. damn.
that was genius
+cheruzaleming No truer words were ever spoken smdh...All you hear now is how wonderful Reagan was. But the inner city and urban communities around the country are still feeling the effects of those villianous policies today.
whatthehellvideos nobody could of put those words together like that. Hov the goat.
For somone who grew up on a couple different genres.....I gotta say hip-hop define my sonic understanding.... to hear this raw expression is just a reminder of WHY we NEED real HIPHOP
Ian gone cap Joc would’ve had a milestone in the Industry with this one
Classic 💯 . Jay is the GOAT
I'm confused, Nas avi, Slim Shady tag, and Jigga the Goat
yessir
@@mikerich3378lil Wayne
14 years later.... still some of the hardest shit out
Dog this NIGGA is a genius!!!!! The first versus is all he needed to do
@@derricksmith8311 seriously man, if only people nowadays could understand how crazy complex his raps are. All they know about Jay-Z is that he's an A-list celebrity and that he was a rapper that's it smh
One of his best albums for sure
sure,it is
that iran contra line is so dope.
Nothing has to be questioned if the rapper owns everything shown in the video... that's ALL Jay
I’m not gonna lie, I could hear Joc on this
RIGHT!!!!!
Now that the pandemic is over. We demand a new Jay album 🙏
Abbyddon Ashaghunn GOD...#1,. Soon to come🍐🍞🧁🍭🍬🍩🍼🍻🍹🍺💒🏩🎈🎂🪅🥇🃏👾🖌️🎨🖍️🛍️🛋️🧸🧼🧢🎒🧳
Music...
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I can hear Young Joc on this beat
Too good for the game. Jay Z has evolved in the rap game as his maturity in life evolves. What I'm saying is that his bars/lyrics fit each style of his personal escalated maturity. When 30, one rap like he's 30, not 17. And Jay z has mastered the evolvement of rap. #THINKER!
This is my hustling song.
+itsonlyhalftime666X my hustling song is on the road again by Willie Nelson lol
Hold This L. Debarge L
@@kadeemunruly9897 Hold on, I might be back.
@@therealflamelit God damn you, I thought I was bout to be on some radio raheem shit
Im gettin it im gettin it aint talkin about im livin it. Love that hook. you can apply that to any hustle youre doing in your life
Young Jocc would have sound like Young Jeezy on this. You live you learn.
Jay a master at painting a picture through words
Young Joc bring you here hit that !
I agree with Joc this beat is for a rapper with real bars not them candy bars Joc be rappin
jay z you have huge fans in Zimbabwe
🙏💯💯💯
One of the smoothest songs ever made in hip-hop. Jay Z flow is for the most part smooth as butter but on this track, it's on another level. SMH. Jay the GOAT 🐐🙏
@KELLZTEARZ #OCOV BOSSBABY!!!! As an MC, I want to have a smooth flow like his, Jesus. 😭
Yung Joc would have killed this beat tho
Back when 106 & Park was fire 🔥 2006-2011
This video and song is so NYC! If you know what I'm talking about, then you see it...
Joc a damn fool dis beat hard af
The most slept on album ever, this song was pure classic! thumbs up if MillionWebStars brought you here
arguably my fave jayz song ever
His wordplay is crazy ..
Yung Joc Passed on this beat?! Crazy… Yo who’s here after the Vlad interview?
We was a split decision away from never hearing this masterpiece
Joc tripping he would have sound live on this beat💯
This song should be in every jay z top 20 track list. That beat is still so simple but so effective!
THE SEAN JAY-Z CARTER HIMSELF ON STAGE !!! SERIOUSLY, HE'S A GREAT !!!
This beat is still crazy in 2023
The album was underrated the movie was great still listening 2020
Can't believe Joc pass this beat up shit crazy 😳
its not that good
No shame no more in "ANYTHING 👬🐁♻️📻🛜❎️✅️" CLASSIC OLD SCHOOL 💩 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Very dope Jay is the greatest
Nigga WTF u want with me man? How can u hate a nigga u don't know? Don't hate him the only rapper u have mention 'maybe' better than Jay z is Nas man stop with the fucking hate
AG is one of my favorite Jay Z albums.
If you are here you must be a legend. Nostalgia hitting really hard !!
Jay and Nas forever!
mrhoopsfan23 two of the best last rapper alive and still rapping over 20 years
They need to make a collaborative album, with Dj Premier beats and Dr. Dre, and neptunes
Good song he knows how to give credit.
+mrhoopsfan23 1 Nas 2 Jay z The Best
Jay > Nas forever
Today he's a billionaire indeed wrote his name in history books
Andile Cele and a couple days ago he sent rolex watches as party invites.
Aint gonna 🧢 Joc brought me here.💯💯💯
Had to come back and check this beat out after young joc vlad interview 👌🏽🤣
Coming from the young joc interview.. Just coming to check out the beat... I can't be the only one 🙄
Honestly it’s good that young joc passed on this jay killed this beat