Vol 2...Hard Knock Life 20th anniversary Thread

[R=G]

Had the crown? Not quite. DMX put out two #1s that year. Definitely the changing point for Jay Z. From that point he had like two straight years of highly played radio hits and singles.

Juvenile was blowing up Cash Money with that Ha and Back Dat Azz Up too.

 

[Newark88]

Had the crown? Not quite. DMX put out two #1s that year. Definitely the changing point for Jay Z. From that point he had like two straight years of highly played radio hits and singles.

Juvenile was blowing up Cash Money with that Ha and Back Dat Azz Up too.

I can't speak for everywhere else. I'm sure it may have been different. But over here, Jay and X both were tied for the crown by the end of 98. By the following year (99) Jay was number 1.

 

[R=G]

By the time Big pimpin came out..he was dropping guaranteed hits. Eminem came out in 99 and was starting to matter. I think Dre put out his album out too and EVERYONE PLAYED THE fukking Dre album. And also in 98...Mase was definitely on top..he was on all kind of features and dropping hits like it was nothing. Doing shyt with Brandy and Mariah. People keep forgetting that Mase blew up before DMX and Jay..they were both sidekicks on Harlem World.

 

[AMcV'88]

I'm sorry but in addition to I Know What Girls Like you got Sunshine, City is Mine, Who you Wit and Lucky Me (yeah it's bad).
A Million and One Questions and Imaginary Player are the only certified classics on the album

Just as much sellout bullshyt on this album, but Vol 2 was executed better.

i love City Is Mine, i can get the critique though
Who You Wit is fantastic and Lucky Me fits seamlessly into the album.

Vol. 1 outside of like two, maybe three joints in an exceptional album...the roll out was what they got wrong.
hence why they had to damn near make a video showcase with Streets Is Watching to show how great it was.

 

[Newark88]

Who remembers the bonus disc that had Crew Love, Can I Live remix, the Rell songs, and a Beans and Bleek freestyle I believe

 

[Wacky D]

Vol. 1 shyts on this album

no it doesn't.

volume 1 was an utter failue/sophomore slump.

 

[DoomzdayzV]

not a very good album.....honestly my favorite cut is prolly PaperChase with Foxy......And if I remember, he had "Its Alright" on there as a bonus cut. those 2 plus reservoir dogs was all I could stomach off this album. I was there for the tour as well, Montreal march 99....the one that they showed in Backstage with red and meth bungee jumping into the crowd

 

[DoomzdayzV]

no it doesn't.

volume 1 was an utter failue/sophomore slump.

you serious man? vol 2 >> vol 1 to u?

 

[DoomzdayzV]

and as far as the X vs Jay debate for 98.......Jay had the streets, DMX had the white folks. I remember nikkas calling X Crack Man X almost immediately once Its Dark dropped.....nikkas knew he was on that shyt.....not in Montreal but in Mount Vernon everyone knew what time it was with X

Jay represented a higher frequency to dudes.....straight hustling, no dumb shyt. X was a bummy, wild-out type dude.....so of course white america loved him. the streets werent gonna show too much love to a nikka smoking that shyt

 

[Collateral]

Although this was technically the remix (hence not on the album), it still carried the momentum over to 99

I’ve been bumping this and the album version all week. shyt still slaps.

 

[Mr. Negative]

Who remembers the bonus disc that had Crew Love, Can I Live remix, the Rell songs, and a Beans and Bleek freestyle I believe

yeah Bleek: :" Yeah, I smoke weed now! I don't give a fukk! "

Back when Beans and Bleek had nikkas hoping a duo album would drop.

 

[Mr. Negative]

remember the commercial?

Jay and Dame driving slow mo down the street. That Annie sample made Hov crossover so deep into pop america territory he did that horrible ass "Anything" song.

 

[Wacky D]

you serious man? vol 2 >> vol 1 to u?

volume one was considered a huge disappointment, sophomore slump and a sellout move.
then volume two drops months later and hes instantly top 3 in the game.

im all for differing opinions but you up here posting smilies when youre the one with the obtuse remarks.

Had the crown? Not quite. DMX put out two #1s that year. Definitely the changing point for Jay Z. From that point he had like two straight years of highly played radio hits and singles.

Juvenile was blowing up Cash Money with that Ha and Back Dat Azz Up too.

I would cosign this if you replaced juvenile with master p.

juvenile & cash money didn't take off like that until the following summer.

HA was seen as like a gimmick/one-hit wonder record on the national scale.​

 

[Newark88]

remember the commercial?

Jay and Dame driving slow mo down the street. That Annie sample made Hov crossover so deep into pop america territory he did that horrible ass "Anything" song.

I always preferred Anything over Hard Knock Life

 

[JayBaldacci]

no it doesn't.

volume 1 was an utter failue/sophomore slump.

Sold more than RD.... and it has some of Jay's best work... where vol 2 has only one real Jay song(it's like that).