FunkDoc1112
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Cormega Gives His Opinion on Jay Z's 'Reasonable Doubt' Album
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The Dame influence.
The Booth- "It takes time for albums to be considered classic"
Also The Booth- "Nobody said Reasonable Doubt was a classic when it dropped"
^^^ ya'll change argument when it no longer suits the narrative being pushed.
Also The Booth- "Nobody said Reasonable Doubt was a classic when it dropped"
^^^ ya'll change argument when it no longer suits the narrative being pushed.
Is Reasonable Doubt the most divisive album of all-time?
The truth is that in real-time, it was an afterthought. I still can't understand how people debate that. However, it did speak to a certain type of hustler that were waiting for something like that. And people that bought it, also liked it. These are also truths. Chicks liked it because of Ain't No Ninja, a couple of other tracks the average hip-hop head liked - pretty much the same tracks that Mega mentioned. However, most people didn't think Jay-Z was anything special at that time as a lyricist, not in wittiness, stories, flow. This is said not only by the hip-hop listeners, but dudes in the industry as well. Listen to Clark Kent tell stories of how "such and such" weren't feeling Jay-Z, and how was one of the few believers.
And yes, Jay did go on a campaign to elevate the album's status. Who he became also helped elevate it. Hell, if he did the same for Vol 1, people would agree there as well.
The truth is that in real-time, it was an afterthought. I still can't understand how people debate that. However, it did speak to a certain type of hustler that were waiting for something like that. And people that bought it, also liked it. These are also truths. Chicks liked it because of Ain't No Ninja, a couple of other tracks the average hip-hop head liked - pretty much the same tracks that Mega mentioned. However, most people didn't think Jay-Z was anything special at that time as a lyricist, not in wittiness, stories, flow. This is said not only by the hip-hop listeners, but dudes in the industry as well. Listen to Clark Kent tell stories of how "such and such" weren't feeling Jay-Z, and how was one of the few believers.
And yes, Jay did go on a campaign to elevate the album's status. Who he became also helped elevate it. Hell, if he did the same for Vol 1, people would agree there as well.
Cloud McFly
All Star
another one 
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Vol. 1 has a had a revisionist campaign from fans for 20 years now in spite of Jay repeatedly DENOUNCING that album in public, actually.
And Clark Kent was talking about Jay in the pre-RD days of having to convince people like Biggie etc. He consistently says that RD got the streets on board.
I guess I'm in the minority but this isn't D'Evils/RD level Jay to me
The Booth generally ran this argument in the past decade when they were gatekeeping and didn't want to admit a modern artist likely had one.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Not divisive at all.
Not until after "Ether" and the weird overnight Nas fans started trying their best to sh*t on RD. People talk about sales today, but nobody cared about gold or platinum in the 90's, unless you were an artist or worked at a label yourself. We didn't know how much any of these albums sold. RD was never an afterthought or "inflated" years later. When it dropped, it was loved.
Ras Kass was on tour with Jay, going state to state for Priority Records, to promote Soul on Ice. Jay was promoting RD. Ras Kass said in every city they went to, all the people already knew the words to the songs on RD. This wasn't a NY tour. This was across the country. He said Jay refused to ride in the Priority Records van, and decided to rent luxury vehicles instead. But at every show, the crowd knew the lyrics to the album. So when we see people come on here 28 years later, and try to rewrite the impact of an album they weren't even there for, we know what it is. The weirdos online either weren't there, or they don’t go outside. Because none of the sh*t they try to speak on in terms of music from this era are ever accurate.
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Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
Camp Lo at the time was hotter
Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
Wrong
Both didn’t sell tremendously well initially but only one was instantly declared a musical achievement.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Got a dude in here talking about he ain't even top 5 in his hood
this site is hilarious.Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
So Luchini wasn’t out in the summer huh?
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
No.
"Luchini" dropped toward the end of the year, their album dropped in '97.