Jay Z dropped Take Over on 9.11.2001

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

I came in here to echo this. I remember buying the BP1 on CD the morning of 9/11. My job sent everyone home so I went to best buy and copped it that morning. Remember this clear as day. Takeover was out way before 9/11.

Senior year of HS for me....I went straight to circuit city after school. It was eerie as fukk in there with all the 9/11 coverage on every screen in the store. Had to cop that album tho

 

[BK The Great]

i remember he performed Izzo at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, the same year Jordan was return to play for the Wizards. time flies for real.

 

[desp]

FALSE

Kay Slay put it out on a mixtape after Jay performed it at Summer Jam



Edit: I forgot about Slay's classic shyt talk on the intro "I'ma show y'all nikkas how gully I keep it. I wasn't even at Summer Jam!"

 

[Stick Up Kid]

the album dropped on 9/11, but Takeover was out before that.

to be fair, streaming, leaks online etc wasnt nowhere near as prevalent as it is now. lots of people first heard Takeover on 9/11.

 

[BronxFleeZ]

Wasn't it on the radio though. I was 5 and remember some type of premiere of it

 

[Blackout]

Nas won

 

[MJ Truth]

I vividly remember the first time I heard Ether on a late night radio show as a teenager.

I have literally NO recollection of the first time hearing ANY Jay Z song.

 

[prophecypro]

Had the Blueprint bootleg 2 weeks prior and heard Takeover like damn near a month prior since late night Radio hip hop shows were already spinning it in rotation

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

to be fair, streaming, leaks online etc wasnt nowhere near as prevalent as it is now. lots of people first heard Takeover on 9/11.

Breh Jay vs. Nas was like a nuclear bomb. In summer 2001, the vast majority of hip hop fans over the age of 13 heard Takeover before the album dropped. In big cities it was on the radio, others relied on the internet and mixtapes. I can't overstate how huge it was. It's what drove many people to online hip hop resources.

 

[904]

I was a sophomore in high school but I honestly can't remember when I first heard it... I'm sure whenever SOHH first had it is when I heard it..

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Breh Jay vs. Nas was like a nuclear bomb. In summer 2001, the vast majority of hip hop fans over the age of 13 heard Takeover before the album dropped. In big cities it was on the radio, others relied on the internet and mixtapes. I can't overstate how huge it was. It's what drove many people to online hip hop resources.

Nope, the battle was huge, but access to it wasnt easy. sure if you were in New York or L.A. but mixtapes werent accessible to the average fan and the internet, especially for music/forums was at its early stages.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Nope, the battle was huge, but access to it wasnt easy. sure if you were in New York or L.A. but mixtapes werent accessible to the average fan and the internet, especially for music/forums was at its early stages.

I'm from neither city yet I and everyone I knew heard it. You're trying to rewrite history.

 

[VegetaKakashi24]

I went to a very empty mall (My whole life I have lived in Cali) and copped the CD From Sam Goody. They aren't even in business anymore. Listening to the CD on repeat while drawing is how I got through that day honestly.

 

[avon barksdale]

Then got ether a couple months later

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I'm from neither city yet I and everyone I knew heard it. You're trying to rewrite history.

shyt is ridiculous

Takeover dropped at summerjam
Verse three dropped about 3 weeks before the album with the blueprint leak, as well as show you how (original version) and murda marcyville
Album dropped 9/11

Everyone nationally had access to all of the above