On this day 20 years ago, Jay Z releases The Black Album

[Dem313wayz]

I still play allure regularly. That beat was crazy

 

[Silver Surfer]

Solid album for sure

 

[Piff Perkins]

One of those albums during high school that I remember completely dominating everything. Even before it came out I remember being on Kazaa and mp3.com looking for leaked tracks.

Production is flawless on there. I always wondered what Premo beat he passed on btw. Only track I'm ehhh on is Allure due to the beat, since I just don't fukk with that paper thin Neptunes sound. Verses/chorus are dope and I know nobody agrees with me but fukk that beat lol. I'm too much of a Quik fan to dislike Justify My Thug. That shyt hits in the whip too.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Top 5 Jay album

Top 100 ever album

 

[No Hook]

The beginning of Jay's GOAT campaign

 

[Metal Face]

9th and Jay

 

[re'up]

This was me in senior of year of high school, bought this first day. Played it all the time.

It was a moment in the game, but outside of a few standouts, which are classic, it's nowhere near my favorite Jay album. Some of the production was off, and some of his bars were too, it was like he got too in his own head 2002/2003.

 

[brianwuzhere]

PSA is one of those iconic Jay songs, it's crazy to think this was almost in its place.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Album was better in it’s time, don’t think it aged well like most of Jay’s work

Change Clothes was just Jay thinking he could get away with anything

 

[Canada Goose]

Classic album, I was in 6th Grade when it dropped. G Unit group album came out on the same day.

Dec 4th
What more can I say
Encore
Allure
My First Song


Are my favorite tracks off this album.


Encore though

 

[Street Knowledge]

 

[blackslash]

Bruuh a nikka old

20 years nikka?
Already

 

[Blurneed]

Still hate Dirt off your Shoulder was never a huge fan. Aged horribly. fukkin hate the beat to 99 problems, it's ass, always been. Jay lyrics saved it. Never cared for Justify my thug. Aside from that all good to great to classic tracks on this. This is a good album

 

[tuckgod]

What a muthafukkin time

 

[Ashtrey]

Classic album. Worked at Royal Caribbean in Miami during that time and all the younger folks were listening to it at the office. We would discuss it during lunch break.