15 years ago today, Jay-Z dropped the S. Carter Collection Mixtape Vol 1

[Newark88]

 

[RAW_SPK]

Classic

Jigga Jackin 4 Beats

 

[SoulController]

Young Black & Gifted

s'young!

 

[-DMP-]

shyt is so dope i still but this every now and then.

 

[Newark88]

bump

 

[bad_company]

classic period in time

 

[Easy-E]

Exhibit of dope rhyming

 

[904]

Jay bodied every freestyle..

You can get it in a New York minute
I draw a square and I dare you to walk in it
Listen you're a square don't get your corner bended

 

[Preach Jackson]

high school vibes...we use to quote this tape religiously

 

[BROWARD]

“I can make 4 more albums off memory”

 

[Ill-Mind]

Classic, I always revisit this, Blunts & Armadale is my shyt

 

[OHSNAP!]

Jay came thru blazin', but the beat selection was meh

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

My GOAT mixtape, don't even ask me how

 

[re'up]

This was overshadowed by 50 at the time, but I still fukked with it, right in the middle of the Joe Budden/Jay back and forth...It was a dope tape, though I admit, around this time, Jay lost me a little, I wanted more street shyt, and he had just moved so far past that, though I still fukked with his music crazy. I think Rockstar was the one I played the most off this.

This was when him and 50 were vying for power, and the whole Roc The Mic tour, it was also dead in the middle of the Ja/Em/50 era, which captivated everyone too.

What a time to be 17 years old, the stories I remember about this spring in 2003....

 

[a1pacino]

This was a great mixtape and a great moment for hip hop, Jay came through on this as usual