Jay Z - Can't Knock the Hustle

[DirtyFaceCapon3]

Shopping sprees, copping 3

Deuce fever IS's, fully loaded?

Ahhah yes

That line always bugged me out.It was real subtle, but that "ahh yes" line was some of the most witty shit I ever heard in a song.Jay clowning about how good it feels to get served with the finest luxuries in life....Ahhhhh yes

[DjOzan58]

Fucking illuminati

[CarpeDiemTomorrow]

Absolute classic

[OzSeamus]

@DjLikwitFinguz

What the fuck.

[sabijanz]

love this jam



[IIIJayMassIII]

im just wondering why this is censored, get the real song lol

[Bangura187]

illmatic > reasonable doubt

but both are classics and way better than THE CARTER SERIES

[BIGGSEXXY74]

I WISH I NEW WHUT WUZ SO DAMN FUNNY.HAHA!!

[filmsaint]

We need more music/videos like this today!

[JeanIDIOMATIC]

@marckecko Probably The Best Album Ever...

This Shit Needs Like a Double Daimond Status No it leaves the game with 1.7 million sales..

[ripbishop7]

My fav song

[okuright]

This my shit..all that other backpack lik me lolipop shit ain't up to par with this right here

[TheMshron23]

Love this song.....

[BrokerMike73]

"Chilly wit enough bail money to free a big willie" Classic! In my opinion, this is some of his best work. This ablum was so raw, so independent in though, so classic. I love this album. Mary J just brought it home!

[BrokerMike73]

"Chilly wit enough bail money to free a big willie" Classic! In my opinion, this is some of his best work. This ablum was so raw, so independent in though, so classic. I love this album.

[hovab1]

This is one hard jam. Too bad we dont get this sort of music anymore . These young rappers sing a set of garbage and then u have " so called" educated ppl wanting to compare them to BIG, Pac and Jay. What a waste. Jay Z as he rightfully said , bess rapper aliveeeeeeeeeeeee.

[fresh224ful]

i want to die listening t this song

[InLoveWithMusic1000]

wheres the female from? is she afro american?

beautiful woman.

[bieberGomezAlways]

jayz should keep rapping,, never quit! legendary!

[PurpleHaze1824]

Classic album, after Nas "Illmatic", "Reasonable Doubt" and The Chef's "OB4CL" became the new corner stones of hip hop.

Everything today was built from Jigga and Raekwon s classic albums (and pac and big obv), real talk.

At this point Jay was so ahead of his time, you can bump this shit today and it's still current to niggas, plus every song on this joint was body bag.

Search Eddie Pesos "Maria's Scarf" and "Hayley" Puerto Rock kid from PA droppin' ill joints on the mic.

[razbitshit]

i only have two words : LEGEND + CLASSIC

[nico1m]

he is as much christian as the dog across the street -.-'

[deezfatnutz]

is it wrong that i like jay z and nas?

[madrecka]

@deezfatnutz why would you be wrong to like both artist? You're in adult right?

[deezfatnutz]

@madrecka yea an i just posted that just to do it.

[BobbyKash757]

hatin ass hoez...lol ..dats how bitches really be too,atleast wen u dat nigga like dat n e wayy

[OohMitch]

7th Grade me and Chad was so in love....... You know who u are........

[icecreamcommander]

This is the Music i can listen to my whole Life.

There`s nothing like this these Days !

[Nefariouz119]

this song is raw....u should listen to sagacity can i live

[Newyorknigga96]

NAS IS GOD

[UltimateSeducerIII]

I used to think Jay Z sucks.. but this is utter talent,

[dallyngraham]

i love how he pushes the woman in the way :D fuck that bullets hurt

[alex321kess]

18 people must have slipped up

[abcxyz2440]

@RKOHBK100 Difference is, Jay came close to topping it with Blueprint, Black Album, Kingdome Come, and American Gangster, Nas only came close with Stillmatic.

[RKOHBK100]

both Nas and Jay Z's first albums Illmatic and Reasonable Doubt were their best work.

[xmuscularghandix]

@RKOHBK100 You can't blame an artist for that. A musicians first record is made through years and years of experiences. Reasonable Doubt was 27 years in the making... how can you put that much into your next album only 1 year later?

[RKOHBK100]

i agree

[PeaceLemony]

Sit back n' relax...keep your knickers on and just enjoy the music

[tyron262]

dis wuz Jigga man, "Reasonable Doubt-Vol.3" waz Jigga. now we got Jay-Z, i waz bout 6 wen this came out n still bang ALL his albums. itz like Jay influence in hiphop soaked in2 me and otha real mc's like me comin up. i still luv Jay but u cnt frnt, dat JIGGA era waz unstoppable-RONE,Da Spirit of WI (chek da page out)

[1ANDONLYJPJ]

All these people claiming to know shit about Illuminati and such affiliations are honestly fucking annoying. Don't think you know the history behind those kinds of conspiracies or the fucking rappers because you saw a fucking user made video on youtube.

[RootsRunDeeep]

love Mary in the background

[RICKJAMES7]

KILLUMINATI

[batty121]

free, mason, prick

[fairness5]

2:54 When he laughs he looks freaky

[MrGodko]

jay z lo mejor del genero

[IceCube4ever1]

the only thing he be hustling is nas's leftovers motherfucker

[DJSkywalka1]

Smoooooth tuuune...

[K2AStarVision]

Like This Type Music/Video?.... Click Me Out... No Adds... No VEVO!!!

[msbrowngirl305]

i'M MAKIN' SHORT TERM GOALS...LOL

[HipHop4Life210]

@msbrowngirl305 Wonder Wheter Foes

[Sammys09]

99 problems but a bitch aint one? LOL

[foxbeats]

check out my rap beat vids!

[dpark41gbtripog]

this joint brings back bittersweet memories for 4 me!!!! summer of 96!!! got my 1st decent whip with a bangin system & was bumpin this cd & also got a 10 to 13 year prison bid as well....

[mzztynie]

I'M THE 1 WHO CRAZY.......YEAH BOY'''''

[marckecko]

Probably his best album ever!!!

[jgudlek]

@marckecko Probably best rap album ever!!!

[hackysackmatt7]

i hate the people that only hate jay-zs new album cause its "mainstream". its still great music and its still jay-z making great music. stop trying to act all different and original by hating on BP3 when you only hate it cause its popular.

[CoNiLa2]

@hackysackmatt7 yeah BP3 is the bomb it has reall hot songs like "venus vs mars" which is the song of the year it has "on to the next one" it has "already home" and this bomb of a somng "thank you" which is just hillarious all the images he draws are amazing

well times change just haters tsay the same

i realyl like all sort of jayz's albums 3 BPs and the kingdomcome the reasonable doubt is teh bomb well the first album is always teh bomb becaus e youhave a whole life to make it ,

[AnnwnFilms]

@CoNiLa2 venus vs mars was a good concept,not entirely original,but it wasnt executed as best as it could have been.BP3 was pop trash,on to the next one was a radio trash track,he had mr.hudson on pretty much every track like WTF,all he done was talk about his money and past success.American Gangsta was classic Jay,the closest we will most likely ever get to reasonable doubt jay.

[AnnwnFilms]

@CoNiLa2 haha ur a typical example of someone who gets fired up over the internet when i didnt say anything worth executing energy through the keyboard for.American Gangsta clearly represents the closest feel to RD in regards to samples & beats.Its called an opinion. Kid Cudi,Drake and Swizz on an album is POP,Go ahead deny that! with Venus Vs Mars,How are you gonna do a male vs female song with just a male performer? IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER!

[AnnwnFilms]

@CoNiLa2 dude ur tripping,calm the fuck down,ur a fucking moron

[LuvTo69]

lmfao bitches droppin clips on a nigga

[blackpiranha1]

this is real grab shit

[CaveGuy2008]

Jay z moved up fast..................

[wireashly]

holy shit that reminds me of biggie in late 90'S i almost forgot about these days

[GassyGorilla]

lol jay-z... drake.. both steal lyrics.. look at my channel

[murph277v]

@GassyGorilla ur only jealous of jay has and what you ll never have

[blackdragon6]

back when jay-z was gangsta...

[kaaan024]

@blackdragon6 you're right, nowawadays most rappers are wannabe goth's =/

[emad755]

a great song

j zay the best

[EntaDetroit]

Mafioso Hip Hop always reminded me

of some of my favorite films,

Scarface, Goodfellas, Godfather etc.

OB4CL, RD, it was written, Doe or Die,

4,5,6, etc.

[ChrisESPOne]

even if you dont like some songs on his albums because of the beat or something, EVERY song is lyrically good. EVERY album is amazing. I was wondering why really no one from Rocafella was on the BP3, but thats genius, no one from the ROC except Kanye would fit any of the songs he created on that album. A great rapper is not some underground shmuck that claims to be real. He has to have all the elements like Jay. Lyrics, appeal...etc his has to fit the streets and media lime light....

[ChrisESPOne]

yall remember that song ummmm still dre (sarcastic) lol, y was that song so great...? because mother fuckin Jay wrote it. Anyway, those who deny jays lyrical talent are plain stupid to me and should not engage in ANY criticism concerning ANY rap. Biggie and pac had to die to give way to Jay, thats how it goes, jay was meant to be what he is. What kind of idiot denys the fact that he is a rapper and sold more than anyone except the beetles, A RAPPER!!!

[Tanisha0782]

We miss you Jay come back to your people....f&*k mainstream music!!!!

[AnimationManiac]

Jay-Z's Magnum Opus: Reasonable Doubt

Great song.

[fukfukfukdatbirch]

southside u biach

[fukfukfukdatbirch]

fuck u east coast niggas u some wack ass mothafuckas wit yo fucked up hip hop shit

[CyphoZProd]

please check out my hiphop instrumentals on my channel

thanks

[McCrown1]

Still great track, just poor recorded quality

[klh62891]

this was jus the starting of his run

[VinceJordan3]

check out my rendtion of jay

[Ms21Jh]

My favorite song from Jay

[arandation]

men the beats of jay-z are horrible. fuck jay-z cabron

[dynamothomar]

now he does forever young ahahahaaaaaaa

[Badmoodboy]

Stereotyping is dead. We have been there. We need the beat to move forward and show us something new. Something more intellectual than copy cat.

[gusklayo]

jay z's best album

[ThaRealERAQ]

What's that piano sample on the beginning?

[1192shane]

@ThaRealERAQ The sample is Much too Much by Marcus Miller

[joeyfiuza]

it's from The Untouchables soundtrack

[tragsicc21]

fuck illuminati & free mason affiliations.

free dr. york.

and even tho this song was ill, fuck gay-z

[SuperBabygirl73]

NO FUCK U

[tragsicc21]

if u have no idea why im sayin whut i said, then keeped ya mouth sealed

[TruDru1978]

Happy Birthday Tomorrow Jigga!!

[Ekim910]

one of the best albums of all time. from start to finish there is not one bad song on the cd.

[muchrespect88]

"chilly with enough bail money to free a big willy"

[EmmVeePeePBN]

@muchrespect88

Real cool, you stupid bitch

[muchrespect88]

fucks your problem?

[Mohfarah]

Reasonable doubt is a masterpiece album...

[AlexTheUniversal]

@Mohfarah

that's no doubt ;)

[omhat]

@Mohfarah love jay-z, he was so ill at the hard knock ryde or die tour 1999, he came out of a top pillar that said jay-z, he played its a hard knock life, then mo money mo cash, then can i get a what what, ja-rule was there.

[fatherjon908]

"my pops knew exactly what he did when he made me, tryna get a nut in, then he got a nut.. in" damn thats a sick line

[takeithowyouwant]

BEST LINE: "Yall niggas lunchin punchin the clock"....but even then i cant knock that hustle forreal...(Gday)

[mothalabon]

"we get together like a choir, to aquire wat we desire"! average lyrics my arse!!!!

[IndustryTalk]

This song is hot! Jay got this game on smash!

[jazzybabes09]

favorite song by jay

[P4PBEST]

listen to hov spit that real new york trap music i love what happen to music like this

[Gukuthegreat]

Good Song!!!

[11DancingQueen]

Big Tune

[frankwhite432]

jays first album was/is the shit

[trks8]

check out the remix.. 1LYFE - Hottest In Da Hood (Red Cafe Cover) also check out 1LYFE - DOA

[PeekaBooo08]

this track is STRAIGHT UP BANANAAAZZZZZZ!!!

[Cardiff67235]

His best work for me, lyrics/beats on this album are KILLER.

[knyght42002]

never been the same since he parted ways with dame

[ackwon]

WORD LIFE

[QuoteMe93]

who da fuk is dat?

[knyght42002]

dame dash you know the bald dude that's with him in all the old videos, CEO of Rockafella records

[QuoteMe93]

so why jay need him?

[knyght42002]

it wouldn't be a jay without him

[cdbigchris]

fuck jay he stole everyone shit!

[Bakerskateboards13]

Your pretty stupid, shallow minded person... Its called sampling, and it was Sean "P Diddy" Combs to do that, since he produced this track.

[CMARVEL]

Actually, you're wrong on the production credit for "Can't Knock The Hustle". The song was produced by Jerome "Knobody" Foster and co-produced by Dahoud Darien. Original sample for the beat came from Marcus Miller's song "Much too much" which was released in 1983. The remix was produced by Irv Gotti, featuring the original artist, Mel'isa Morgan, from whom he got the hook & bridge for both his versions, from her "Fool's Paradise" song which was released in 1986. Just droppin a little knowledge.

[dpark41gbtripog]

@Bakerskateboards13

puff didnt produce this joint ski beats did....

[duydash]

what song did the choirs sample

[duydash]

yo never mind I just read it on the side here

[GunotSoldierBWSLAX]

Jay-z at his best fuck his other shit hes been good since this but now hes 2 commerccial

[ohreally0000]

let u niggas known the time like mavato my motto stacks rocks like colorado it gets no better

[ZACHERYbmnag]

Not many better song than this, seriously I can't think of many....Hey if you guys want this cell tone I picked up it @ GetAllTones. com ---

[migueltampa]

thru my peripheral...

when did that come out?

damn i need to get me a peripheral...

[wipergfx]

Reasonable Doubt

classic, his other albums good but not as this one

[ackwon]

true indeed

[kingday2424]

hell yea reasonable doubt and illmatic

[diamondog1974]

best hip hop album EVER

[SoulYeezy]

Illmatic. Revolutionary Vol. 1 and 2. Atliens. The Chronic. It Takes A Nation to Hold Us Back. Ready to Die. The Low End Theory.

A lot of albums are better than this, people just say that because its Jay-Z. Most of the underground rappers are lyrically better than Jay. Not hating, just putting it out there.

[dabestanimemaster]

its not just dat, its the introspective he gives on the album, the stories of hustling, the ups and downs, motives, ambitions and regrets etc. he combined so many elements on this album which makes it so extrordinary. underground rappers can rhyme all they want, but they arent saying much..

[zsivaz]

What a load of bulshit u think ALL those albums are btter than this Lyriclly I dont think any of them are.I mean Dre on the Chronic coming up with shit like : "never let me sip, cos if I slip, then I'm Slippin" The Chronic was brilliantly produced but lyrics were garbage at times. IMO Reasonable Doubt i better tha all of those lyrically. But hving said that maybe Illmatic is but I dt think it is lyrically. GThose are good albums tho

[fatpatlives1998]

illmatic was more street grimey while reasonible doubt was more mafioso you could compare it was written to reasonable doubt now thats a good comparison

[StuntnNYC101]

I see where your coming from by trying to compare It Was Written and Reasonable Doubt because It Was Written was more Mafia oriented then Illmatic but its no contest Reasonable Doubt blows It Was Written out the water

[RASHAWN128]

i beg the differ

[ramatheson]

You mean, "I beg to differ"? If you're going to argue and make points, at least present yourself as an intelligent person...not some pill-popping teenager who can't write in any form but text/geek-speak.

[RASHAWN128]

wow i messed up on one word lol dont change the subject

[Raminess88]

"Most of the underground rappers are lyrically better than Jay" WHAT?!?!?

[Seany06]

Yes it's true, Jay Z is nothing special lyrically, he's an average rapper from an average time.(Hiphop pretty much died in 96)

Nas, AZ, Kool G Rap, Big L, Pac, Biggie, Big Pun, Killa Sin, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Mobb Deep, Guru are all far better and that's just some.

RD is ok but it's nowhere near as good as any of their albums which are all classics... yeah thats right, Jay Z stans go suck a dick hahaha..

[GraffWriter11]

Word 2 this mutha fucka he knows his shit

[TecNyneBeatz]

jadakiss, big L, P80 aka party arty

[FATAL12SKILLZ]

the funny part is, other then the dude Kool G rap and biggie, Jay Z's ratio of classics beat any of the dudes above

he beats nas, mobb deep, gza inspectah deck in the amount of classics dude has, this man from around 10 albums only 3 arent classic

you simply cant count dead rappers

[aztecn22]

only 3 lol

He has 2 classic albums RD and The Black Album..vols 1-3 are very gd albums but dey ain't classics and the blueprint jus misses classic status along wit vols 1 and 2 da rest are meh

[talentscout217]

Blueprint? not classic? get ouuutta heerrrre

[aztecn22]

@talentscout217 yea I used to think it was but after listenin again recently it just misses out on classic status

[alphatatheo]

Seany06 is an idiot, and its hilarious.

[coolymac]

vintage jigga!

[mrtobilobi]

man why don´t you check the sound before you upload a song. i cant almost hear anything

[dwakala]

fuck i think im crying such beautiful song

[JiggaStudent]

Best song Jay ever made. Such significant meaning... can't ever knock anyone's hustle... as long as they get what they want who are you to infringe unless you are giving them what they need.

[imheretoreptheD]

classic classic classic classic classic classic classic classic classic....i was just 7 when reasonable doubt dropped but im bumping it today like it came out yesterday lol

[chuck0585]

What year was this?

[JA2NJ]

1996

[northregent]

jigga's one of the best niggas that done it, 20 DIGITS AND RUNNIN

[retrobabiee]

bestttttttttt rappper

[dkurza01]

fuk you....respect the talent and skill of both legends...dont get caught up in the media

[CoolKidOffTheBlock]

historic.