In 1997, the autobiographic disc In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, fortified the success of the Reasonable Doubt. Besides the hardcore tracks, the work featured pop rap - such things, as Sunshine and The City Is Mine showed that Jay-Z is not serious and brutal all the time and exposed him to a wider auditory. Reasonable Doubt is the debut studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was released on June 25, 1996, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Priority Records. The album features production provided by DJ Premier, Ski, Knobody and Clark Kent, and also includes guest appearances from Memphis Bleek, Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G., among others.
Incredible album some of the best word play ever produced, double meanings, hidden information, clever cypher's, and all this while battling his own demons between going straight or continuing hustling all portrayed in lyrics that only a top wordsmith could deliver with such intricate detail. The samples compliment the above word play like D'evils Devils, Dead Presidents, this is an art and is not easy to fathom, the untrained ear will miss the vital clues but you have act like a detective scanning a crime scene.
The picture is complete but at first nothing seems as detailed. Its only after repeated listens that the bigger picture appears and clues that are missed allow you to fill in the gaps. The best way i can explain this album is to watch the Usual Suspects [ NOT CONNECTED ] then listen to a genius at play. I was wondering has anyone noticed that this album may be based on Taoism?
Genre Comment by One of my top 5 greatest hip hop albums, EVER. Front to back 2018-12-30T03:39:33Z Comment by classic body of work.馃憤馃敟 2018-12-02T14:52:25Z Comment by Classic 2018-08-15T13:39:06Z Comment by G.O.A.T. 2018-07-08T18:05:51Z Comment by thx dude 2018-03-16T03:48:10Z Comment by Cashmere thoughts changed my emceeing approach forever. This whole album did actually.
2018-03-11T19:17:10Z Comment by Lyricsm at is Finest. 2018-03-11T03:30:14Z Comment by My favorite album of ALL Time 2018-03-11T03:28:29Z Comment by Thank you for uploading this. 2017-05-09T20:49:54Z • • • • License: all-rights-reserved.