**DARKEST**/street/gutter/grimy Jay-Z songs (in the same vein as "Where I'm From")

[the cac mamba]

 

[JustCKing]

 

[BK The Great]

 

[904]

Ehhhh I guess kinda but it's just a freestyle over a Dre beat

 

[raidersreceiver]

How has nobody posted this yet?

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Hold the gun at eye level, I ain't afraid of conflict
I let the nine rip, nikka say "hi" to the devil
I blind with the bezel, I'm in line with the ghetto
What y'all nikkas afraid of, my mind or the metal/mettle?
nikkas tryna subtract my life, my mathematics is precise
I carry the 9, so fukkin with me just ain't the answer
I just can't lose, when I was young I was like Fresh
Poppa raised me with Chess moves



Over my years I've seen Rooks get tooken by the (K)night
Lose they Crown, by tryna defend a Queen
Checkmate, in 4 moves,
the Bobby Fischer of Rap, with raw moves

- Jay-Z (This Life Forever)
S. Collection is a Classic mixtape

 

[ISO]

Does D'evils apply ?



I think so

Nah, this is an introspective hustler track not ghetto grimy Hov imo

 

[Barney Rubble]

 

[JP_614]

 

[Freshology]

 

[vdfebduderocks]

 

[LOST IN THE SAUCE]

The "Durag Jay" era was his grimiest, but even then he was more trying to do the DMX grimey-with-a-bop sound. Nothing really dark and Queens-esque.

EDIT: This fits too, actually

 

[the artist known az]

Threats - Black Album

 

[KilabeatZ]