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And the Blueprint was the consolidation of HovaвЂ™s reign over New York, if not the whole of hip-hop. But a year later Hard Knock Life pretty much actually accomplished ShawnвЂ™s coup dвЂ™Г©tat). used to rock via his success (he had once literally attempted to do so on the 1997 Teddy Riley-produced song The City Is Mine, and I say attempted, because it had fallen flat on its face because of itвЂ™s cotton candy beat. Over the course of his next string of albums Jay learnt to let loose and have fun a bit recording songs (something NaS has yet to learn after 20+ years in the game, and probably never will), but since none of them but the BlueprintВ could remotely fuck with Reasonable DoubtВ production-wise it was only here and now it truly showed.Д«asically by 2001 Jay had already snatched up the crown that B.I.G. It never seemed that there was much self-expression on that album and Jigga came off as a cold-hearted technocrat/mafioso/rapping machine. who at that point was the undisputed king of New York and thus had little to prove. On Reasonable Doubt Jigga was so focused on his lyrical and flowing techniques and the mafioso image he was trying to convey that he came off as a bit statuesque, especially when paired with an playful Notorious B.I.G. The resulting album truly is the very best thing this guy has released since his classic debut, and depending on your tastes this one might even be better. But these new musical surroundings, as well as challenges to a battle for the throne by NaS and Mobb Deep, appear to have brought Shawn Cory Carter renewed lyrical vigor, as well as the need to mostly have the recording booth to himself while creating the Blueprint (sorry Bleek!). 2and 3.as well as the BlueprintВ all abide to the #oldrules.

JAY Z THE DYNASTY ROC LA FAMILIA INTRO PLUS

Club bangers (for the ladies) plus just violence and drugs to appease the streets (men) equals platinum sales.В And Vol. Jay-Z had the golden ratio of a commercially succesful gangsta rap album down to a tee pretty much when he dropped Vol. To balance out these rather emotionally vapid, yet entertaining-as-fuck gangstaвЂ™isms he throws in a song about how he regrets negatively impacting the lives of those he loves ( Song Cry). Daddy or Irv GottiвЂ™s squeaky clean disco beats, which helped the medicine go down with hip-hop heads and critics, while veteran Jay-Z producers Timbaland and the Trackmasters got one track each, and Eminem, the only guest vocalist who gets to touch on anything beyond a hook, gets to produce the song on which he appears.Д¬ontent-wise Jay talks about his own majesty ( The RulerвЂ™s Back), how much more succesful he is both commercially and artistically than NaS and Prodigy of Mobb Deep ( Takeover), his prowess in courting the ladies ( Girls, Girls, Girls), general boasting ( Jigga That Nigga, Izzo (H.O.V.A.), HovaвЂ™ Hovito)В and how despite all this success he is still deep down a street hustler ( Never Change) and running the hip-hop game ( U DonвЂ™t Know). These men brought to the studio a somewhat RZA/Pete Rock/DJ Premier-inspired soul-sampling sound that was a lot sunnier and more radio friendly than any track any of those three seminal producers tend to lay down, but still was a far cry from P. On the Blueprint however he elected to primairily work with Roc-a-Fella in-house producers Bink, Just Blaze and Kanye West, all three of whom were test-driven on albums by JiggaвЂ™s interns Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek (both of whom arenвЂ™t anywhere to be found on this album). 1, 2, 3 the man had gained mass success by employing the electronic club banger-creators Timbaland and Swizz Beatz and got jiggy with glossmasters the Trackmasters, Irv Gotti and Puff Diddy, and The DynastyВ had seen him do something similar with West-coast stalwart Rick Rock and up-and-comers the Neptunes. In the immortal words of the Notorious B.I.G., Jay вЂњ up like the world tradeвЂќ simultaneously with the World Trade actually blowing up. Released on the same date as the WTC attacks, september 11, 2001, Jay-ZвЂ™s fifth solo album of original material (sixth if you count The Dynasty: Roc la Familiaas a Jay-Z solo album, which you definitely shouldnвЂ™t) sold tonnes of copies and recieved the kind of critical acclaim the Jiggaman hadnвЂ™t seen since he dropped Reasonable Doubt. Roc-a-Fella Records/ Def Jam Recordings/ UMGДЎ.

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