Jay-z - The Ruler's back

[1enaigbe]

$ I LOVE THIS SONG $

[SgtPepperEverton]

He stole the album name from KRS One, he stole the intro song from slick rick and he stole the lyrics in that song from biggie smalls.

[MengoCuz]

Lol all this ppl talking that he stole Slick Rick... he ghostwrote it for him! Dayummm

[Legendism360]

This was originally a Slick Rick song on his album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick; listen to that - the similarities are too much for debate! Not hatin' on Jay-Z, just don't use this as an example of how lyrical he is haha!

[PrescottThaGaffer]

---CHECK OUT MY VERSION OF THIS TRACK!!!----

[markbrathwaiteVEVO]

good morning

[alozor13]

whoever says jay is better than BIG should be shot to death...

[yourgrandma19]

gay z stole this from slick rick

[spoiledbynature]

sick track

[MrYakFilms]

Jay-z - The Ruler's back (Svany Remix)

[MrYakFilms]

/watch?v=I844W_p0qdE&feature=m­fu_in_order&list=UL 

[KensuZulu]

this and The prelude r two of my fav Jay trax. n to think i use to h8 it for a couple years after bluprint dropped

[youralcoholicdad44]

The Biter's Back....

[mariolenard]

BINK

[NotoriousNYNJ]

The whole Blueprint album showed that Jay Z mastered this rap shit! The album itself was/is a masterpiece!

[CripinUpDG]

FUCK THIS SHIT. This got stollen from Slick Rick !!! He fuckin ruined the song... how the fuck can you love that shit ?

[SBIMEZM86]

@CripinUpDG Yes, because paying tribute by re-appropriating a grand total of 2 bars is apparently stealing an entire song...

[misermania]

@CripinUpDG You silly dude. Slick Rick did the hook for Girls, Girls, Girls.

[Mark53190]

@misermania that was bizmarkee he was in the video singing it

[misermania]

@Mark53190 Biz Markie, Slick Rick and Q-Tip all did the hook for Girls, Girls, Girls

[Mark53190]

@misermania word i know biz did didnt know they did too tho

[benzofatman]

@CripinUpDG because its jay-z...duh.. and he didnt steal shit he payed tribute.. u tweakin

[snotgd]

you got a couple of "BEANS" and you dont have a "CLUE"... your situation is "BLEEK" ima keep it real... cause fucking with me you gotta drop "AMIL"... cause if your gonna cop something you gotta cop for real.

the "sunshine" video and signing "Amil" was like jays only mistakes. rocafella should have signed Foxy instead. oh well, nobody's perfect.

[s0ma17]

@snotgd you forgot, 'you gotta cop for-real' (pha-real, pharell)

[Antrizzle2009]

@snotgd Foxy was down with the Firm when she signed tho. It's funny how she was cool with Nas and Jay around the same time tho.

[misermania]

Around this time Amil said either in the Source or XXL she doesn't rock all the jewelry she be talking about 'cause nigga might run up on her and rob her. Jay didn't like that, which is why he said:

"Fucking with me, you got drop Amil (a mill), because if you gonna cop something you gotta cop for real. Not only talk it, walk like it."

[ghosriduh]

@misermania This is y i cant comprehend how any one thats even heard one track by the God Mc , cant tell that his material is of the most high...these are the same birds that equate it to ILLUMINATTI..as oppsed to jus giving the man his props as a intricate artist in its rarest form as was rembrandt, as was picasso as was poe..and so on and so on u get the picture ...dudes the mike jordan mike jackson of all this lyrical action whe it cme tothe game son dealwit it.........

[razorsharpandonpoint]

you got a couple of Beans and you don't have a Clue? You situation is Bleek, I'ma keep it Rell cause Fuckin with me, you gotta drop Amil.. smdh .jay-z is defiantly one of the greatest for that shit

[IWatchedTheThrone]

JayZ is one of The Greatest DEAL WITH IT!

[meech2592]

@IWatchedTheThrone jayz is THE greatest

[uddartt]

@IWatchedTheThrone Not the best tho

[LionelD24]

@theg00gleguy In the album booklet, which I'm looking at right now, Kanye gets credit for making the beat.

[devon8trillionaire]

@LionelD24 no bink produce this beat 

[milliard2774]

@MrMartianLove

nope not til you learn to spell!!! at least know the difference between know and now silly, and Slick Rick is the true ruler check your facts.

[posen18]

kanye sampled this on graduation..... with "good morning"

[LionelD24]

@posen18 Kanye also made this song, so he was sampling his own shit. A boss

[TheJADatsyuk]

9/11/2001 remember.....bumpin Classic Blueprint all day #godblessusa

[856Lockdown]

Blueprint 10 year Anniversary :D

[jamesjones4444]

damn this song brings me back. Yea listening to these songs makes me miss the old roc-a-fella. nobody was fuckin with em

[lordhargreaves]

big up Slick Rick: No Jay-Z without cats like Ricky, thats the truth

[TheJADatsyuk]

"Ni**as want my old shit, buy my old albums". Jay's confidence, swagger, hungriness, whatever you want to call it never left. He still spits that real Hov shit from back then he just doesn't do it in the same aspect as 10-12 years ago. I mean, how many times can you say the same things in same aspect before people think it gets repetitive? Hov is smart enough to stay around as long as he has and still spit that God body flow. You just gotta find it.

[856Lockdown]

@TheJADatsyuk he's a rapper of progression just listen 2 his song off that

[JeanIDIOMATIC]

@HiphoFan4Life Jay Ask Do you wonna sign But Jaz Dont want To Because He hAD A cONTRACT ON EMI so Dont Talk Crap

[nayaolympia]

old jay -z for life! fuck tha throne!

[Jmlad91]

@nayaolympia

lol word

[HipPopFan4Life]

@jcslicerocafella what ru talking about jay z is selfish he sold out his own friend that got him into the business and wouldnt even give him a decent record deal talkin about jaz-o

[REIGN131]

I'm not guilty now GIMME BACK MY BREAD!!!

[willietherock]

YO! YO! one DUB willie rock YO! JAY KEEP THE GAME IN YOUR ((HART))  ONE.

[JZSliceRocafella]

@youralcoholicdad44 and Cool J He is Long In The Game But What Did His Album sales.. Plus Jay is since 96 in the Rap Game En LL since 83-84 with 11 albums

and jay got more than 16 albums( with callob albums..)

And Everybody says he steals Lines From Biggie.. or Big L

He Was There homie.. is that a Problem.. They Are That isnt.. that a Sign Of Respect.. And Let me tell ya a other thing he's better than everybody pac big,, even if the where alive..

Hate it or love it.. Cocksuckerss

[JZSliceRocafella]

@youralcoholicdad44 Rap Isnt Business Its Techniqeu.. Lyricism.. and Realness

And Jay Have Al 3 Of Those Things..

Nas Is Great.. But He Cant F#ck with Jay And Whats Ether.. their only 2 or 3 facts in that diss track Y'all Need To listen To the Facts Not The Punchlines Or Beat..

and Yeah Jay is a Business man.. But he is not selfish... Or Cocky..

And Nas Start it ... and Where is he now he Got Nothin only a couple of stacks

no disrespect.. I Love Them Both but dont Say Shitt

[JZSliceRocafella]

Jay Is The Longest In The Game..

1992.. plus since 96 ... he brought almost every year a Album And All His Albums are Platinum.. and Nas ???? Big Is Dead Pac Is Dead So Stop Comparing.. and this men is More Lyrical than everybody Ever Smarter.. He Brought more people in the game than Other Egomaniacs / Jealous Dicksuckers

[youralcoholicdad44]

@JZSliceRocafella alright stan shutup for instance Cool J been in the game longer. Jay lyrically isn't impressive at all Nas kills him don't even compare. He is a smart businessman tho thats why he sells a shitload of albums Nas for example doesn't give a shit about business or sales.

[youralcoholicdad44]

@KryptonDaVillain yeah Nas cares about MAKING an album not selling it or what people'll think about it. Jay always does what he has to to sell his album. when did you see Nas last time doing promo for his album? i mean going on shows or doing collabos, releasing mixtapes before album release he never does that.

[KryptonDaVillain]

@youralcoholicdad44 Was meant to say units, yeah, yeah which is true - but I guess it's because he knows his albums are never going to go past gold anymore.

[malibu631]

@youralcoholicdad44 Cus Nas sounds smart on record...but that's about it...he did drop out in 8th grade right?...smart dumb nigga....smdh

[malibu631]

@youralcoholicdad44 you don't even understand half the shit Nas says...yet you stand by it...do some research then holla back...Watch the Throne buddy!!!!

[youralcoholicdad44]

@malibu631 what are you talking about? watch the throne and nas? watch the throne sucks ass the 2 most egoistic rappers most egoistic music. and what do you know about Nas that i don't?

[SBIMEZM86]

@youralcoholicdad44 "Murder to Excellence"? "Welcome to the Jungle"? Really, man?

[AlmightyBnCeMasters]

see how everyone in the crowd is white? lolz

[myownman91]

@AlmightyBnCeMasters They're the only ones that can afford his tickets...you're looking at $350 for those bitches

[SEYTHENAME101]

Respect given, I don't even look at something if I don't.

My short term goal? LIVING, I keep running and I wont.

Stop? NO, all of this can be loaned call it donation.

Fugk a free flow, I am so fugkn sick of patience.

$EY YE$

[MRPAPADOP808]

No rapper will be more revered when all is said and done than Jay-z. I think he is bettter than pac, big, (not eminem I'll take that back) but shit he's ill

[69GUNOT]

@MRPAPADOP808 jay z is not more revered than nas, pac, big, and when its all said and done kanye will surpass jay z as the superior artist

[MRPAPADOP808]

@69GUNOT Maybe Kanye will be thought of as being greater than Jay-z. But they are in slightly different genres of music. Jay-z raps more about the streets, and Kanye west is more pop than Jay-z. There's really no one deciding factor of which rapper is better. Some may think that Beanie Seagal is better than Jay-z, it's really all a matter of opinion. I THINK eminem is a better lyricist than biggie. Pac's lyrics held more substance than biggie's but his flow was not as ill as biggie's.

[zarf00]

HOV's a legend

[danyl123]

dope production.  BINK!

[Eesoteric43]

best opening track of all

[munnytome]

production in general nowadays is wack...computer music is too easy, anybody can create. alotta wack shit in the marketplace

[Saf1Ahm3d]

lol... hahaha Hov Ain't Lost His Confidence, He Doing Shit Ya'll Ain't Used Too, And He Owning Doing It! I Love The Old Hov, Reasonable Doubt All Day, Buh Come On "What We Talking About" Should Explain The New Production, And Hov A Trend Setter, "Empire State Of Mind" Deff Set A Trend, "D.O.A" Snuffed A Trend.

[Swiftkillah1300]

@SuperJayZFan1 naw...u cant blame the beats. Jay-z used to be hot just listening to his lyrics. He aint raw like he used to be. Its not the beats. The neptunes make crazy beats, timberland nice, and swizz nice too. It aint their fault jay-z dont hit like that

[valider7]

JayZ is fcking Amazing!! My fav :3

[techatechtonic]

Mr district attourney im not sure if they told im on tv everday where the fuck could i go to plus hov dont fornt hov stand in front so what can you do tome its nt new to me sue me fuck you whats a couple dollars to me

[jelanimadman]

His best music came out when he had young producers (Kanye, Justblaze Bink!0 he should use Tyler the Creator, Chuck Inglish, or J.cole for production on his next album.

[xflykid2011]

the rulers back

[ahoneyman]

It's too bad Biggie and Tupac had to die so young. Jay-Z could have learned so much.

[j04370859]

@ahoneyman What? Get off their dicks.

[ahoneyman]

@j04370859 Sorry if I offended you. I never liked Jay-Z's flow.To me it sounds choppy and never really locks in with the beats.

[Mark53190]

@j04370859 theyre the best dont be a dildo about it

[UAGIllmatic]

Producer?

[j04370859]

@UAGIllmatic Bink.

[UAGIllmatic]

@j04370859 Thank you good sir

[venomfang181]

How could people like Reasonable Doubt better than this? Lyrically, Reasonable Doubt was untouchable. But musically, The Blueprint is CRUSHING any other Jay-Z album BY FAR. The only thing that even thinks about coming close is The Black Album.

1)The Blueprint

2)The Black Album

3)Reasonable Doubt

4)American Gangster

5)Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

6-11 are all hit or miss.

[seven4teen4queen]

this album was so NY. when i hear this song that's what i think of. jay was so hungry. he'll always be dope to me.

[changez07]

this is when he was hungry. people do their best when they are hungry

[jimmytazz1]

@changez07 true..its hard to do anything wen ur full

[zimboy08]

Hustlers that's if your still living get on down

[Steamboat12002]

Love the chopped up laugh at the beginning

[ARich2007]

if slick rick felt disrespected by this then i doubt he would have been back stage of the fade to black documentary

[whatthehellvideos]

@ARich2007 and i doubt he would do the chorus on girls girls girls along with q-tip and biz markie on this very same album lol at these niggas

[llsinisterll]

no way slick rick can ever do this beat justice nor would i ever be listening to his so called version of the song jay prolly said Ill destory your song phatty so keep eatin ya doughnuts biiiiotch hahahaha

[sixfeetdeep909]

@llsinisterll you don't know shit about hip hop, gay z steals everyone's shit

[youralcoholicdad44]

rofl at you fanboys "borrowed" lets face facts jay-z STOLE A WHOLE MOTHERFUCKING SONG from slick rick and its not okay, it was a dick move.

[rihaat]

@1:23 "Mr District Attorney/I'm not sure if they told you/I'm on T.V everyday/Where the "F" could I run to/Plus...Hov don't run/Hov stand and fight/Hov's a soldier/Hov been fightin all his life.

[gio1764]

Jay-Z Borrows like everyone else,damn now shut up and enjoy the show niggas

[3therock3]

@gio1764 wtf get off his dick lmfao

[freznar1]

the ruler is fuckn back 2:17 that whole line instead of jayz is sopppose to to be SLICK RICK

[zHarrisonn]

an other track J has stolen

[freeline1996]

jay-z biggest biter ever

[TheFutureIsBasedGod]

athletes want to be rappers 

[DeeShice]

for some reason he thinks he has to rap what he sees and lives now when the people that made him who he is by that i mean the fans cant relate we are not rich or executive buisness men

[mhatimy1]

@DeeShice Well I have a question. Why not attempt to be able to relate? Maybe they are lessons in his music. Just saying

[jamelcoleman1]

6 dislike people dont no wot there listening to

[arjay92]

@jamelcoleman1 108 ppl say suck a dick nd listen to the music instead of bitching

[rihaat]

@2:27 "You got a couple Beans/ and you don't have a Clue/ your situation is Bleek/I'ma keep it real cause f'in wit me/ you gotta drop a mil/ cause if you gonna cop something/you gotta cop for real"

@2:46"You cant sell me bull$h!t we know the prices"

[bloodline01131989]

@rihaat That first verse at 2:27 goes past sum pples heads.. Gota appreciate Jayz wordplay

[SacredSocietyAP]

@bloodline01131989 lol...how could that go over anyone that knows anything about Rocafella. you funny

[07RocKz17]

look at this rapper right here /watch?v=qLTjNbGfj68

[slaterruels]

best rapper alive

[SturkMusic]

S/O every1 who still enjoy rippin the package off a new cd..

[Juvy29]

classic......so classic!!!

[MegaMytube09]

jay is the biggest biter in the game!

[tomcash100]

what is rafeal benitez doing at the start?

[BlendedFusion]

Lets not forget this song was also co-written by Bunny Sigler, a legend!!!

[JohnELinden]

man i can remember learning every word of this CD during the whole 9/11 mess!!! wasnt this supposed to come out on 9/11/01 or very close i remember it being pushed back.. man the memory gettin hazy lol

[boibad12]

just fucking blaze

[BassBeatsProductions]

@boibad12 It was done by B!nk

[boibad12]

@BassBeatsProductions really? damn i feel stupid.

[jacksonjaryn]

Kanye will never come close to this again

[WillMillion15]

@jacksonjaryn kanye didn't produce this track.

[jacksonjaryn]

@WillMillion15 on the album credits it say Bink and Kanye

[ThatIncredibleJordan]

@jacksonjaryn kanye didn't do this

[neotri45]

This song means a lot to me. Whenever I'm trying to overcome any obstacle in life I throw this on and feel like it's nothing.

[Mike3138]

to those who say that jayz is a biter and all that, is a huge misconception

Jay-z, besides being a mogul and a hiphop legend from his own work, he pays his respects to so many greats just by doing things like this. he reincarcerates the greatness of hiphops pioneers thru his music,and conveyed through his success.

And it only shows how high his hiphop IQ is. i bet you now, alot more people will know the name Slick Rick. and thats something we can thank Jayz for;keeping hiphop alive

agreed?

[byrdgyme2k8]

@Mike3138 agreed

[HipHopIsDeadMohsin]

To every one wondering about the beef between the GOAT (HOV) and that clown Lil Wayne, this is what happened, Jay-z is Lil Wayne's hero his style, his flow,swag, metaphors, Lil Wayne idolizes him, then what happened was Jay said, after retiring that Hip Hop is dead, which Lil Wayne took as an insult, so he decides to diss him. For example Lil Wayne Ether Remix, or Black Republican Remix. Further more to show respect to his idol this is what he does.. /watch?v=wnBtc2e1aGg

[legacy60]

@HipHopIsDeadMohsin well said

[KillswitchJohn]

why are you guys typing ur comments so ghetto? could u at least type normal?

[detox2011]

the blueprint 3 is an insult to the blueprint and the blueprint 2: the gift and the curse

[noamzeuda]

@detox2011 really? did you listen to his songs like "venus vs mars " and "what we talkin about"

and in the song " on to the next one" he say "how come N-ggas want my old sh-t, buy my old album N-ggas stuck on stupid, I gotta keep it moving"

it mean that he the same man that write the blueprint but he keep moving and the bluprint 3 is the 1 of the best album i heard this year

[1eyecoon]

number 1 jeezy is nt wack u doin cack if u think tht. hov is da best rapper. drake iz gd bt he gt a long way 2 go. fab step hiz shit up. jadakiss step hiz shit up. idk wat happen 2 nas.

[iAreVoid]

@1eyecoon not*,you*,doing*,you*that*,the­*,is*,good*,but*,has instead of got, to*,his*,his*what*,to*\

I think i got them all.

Your welcome.

[HipHopIsDeadMohsin]

@1eyecoon I hate fags like you.

[shmuck990]

jay has the best intro's

[cnhanga]

@shmuck990 best being the dynasty intro

[Anothercoilgun]

Fuck that, jay z aint the ruler so how can he come back. The Ruler is Slick Rick, not this devil worshiper.

[Equarius95]

@Anothercoilgun Word..i searched this song and found Jay-Z..

[Lyingaboutmyage]

@Anothercoilgun

First off, who cares if hes a devil worshiper? He got mad skills on the mic. That should be all you judge him on.

[TheBobDigy]

@Lyingaboutmyage Word. And second of all, if you belive this internet-killumanti-people are devils and make signs with their hands to show everyone even though it is a secret conspiracy bullshit--youre' an idiot.

[sccfoo]

dis dat ni99a rite here...sicka all the hype bout wayne. Dat ni99a ass as fuck son. ni99as front. mad ppls blinded by wayne and destracts them to the real greatest rappers alive. fuck wayne JAY-Z, Pac, Biggie, Drake, Gucci, Jeezy, CuDi, WAYNE IS AT DA BACK FUCKA!! ~H0m13s b@nG h0oV3r c^rip.

[lilwreck]

@sccfoo nigga stfu.. wayne go in boy.. get cho mind right.. quit hatin on the south

[sccfoo]

Shut yo dumb ass up nigga. hop off my cock mu fucka. i was statin my opinion faggot ass punk. go wobble on wayne dick u sell out sucka.

[lilwreck]

i let ya momma wobble on my dick =] haha bitch

[lennydoeman]

umm. homie you where there, but when you sadi guggi and jeezy you lost me. Dont get me wrong. Wayen isn't at that level yet, however, he's better than wack as guggi and jeezy. But then again, it's a matter of opinion.

[indomitablefacts]

so you came to hate on jigga too lol. is slick rick the only ruler who comes back? is krs one the only guy with a blueprint? dumb retard! truth be told if u hate Jigga u need to smarten up hav anger management

[gencds]

so he stole an album title from KRS-One and then stole the track name from Slick Rick?

Lets not mention how he said hes better than BIG

[gencds]

hes got skills no doubt...but man...he doesnt show much respect to big timers

[JeReL19]

I know he playin chess but I wish he'd shut Beanie Sigel up. He probably don't wanna give him that Ether publicity, though the battle wouldn't be as good.

[NJSTaT3OfMiND]

ya i no wut yall mean.. vvvv sumtimes he jus like chilan rapn slow as a mug nd dat shit gets borin

[fabolous301]

HOV needs this confidence back

[NotoriousNYNJ]

@fabolous301 His music just changed... if u listen to bp3 forreal you'll see that confidence in songs like What We Talkin Bout, Already Home and As Real As It Gets...

[SuperJayZFan1]

@fabolous301 Jay-Z Never Lost His Confidence, He Just Lost His Good Production Team Like Just Blaze, DJ Premier, & Kanye West. Jay-Z Just Needs To Stay Away From Producers Like Swizz Beatz, Timbaland And The Neptunes. The Only Reason Why People Say Jay-Z Ain't Good No More Is Because Of The Production. If He Had Similar Beats From The Black Album On The Blueprint 3 Then Everybody's Mouths Would Be Shut, So Lets Keep It Real Folks, Jay-Z Is Still Vicious On The Mic.

[2pacalypse2010]

@SuperJayZFan1 truthfully speaking, so ambitious is my fav song on bp3 and neptunes produced it, so? that and real as it gets is the best songs on the album

[andyeminem23]

@SuperJayZFan1 thing is just blaze is good at times, but Swizz beats man i dont know wtf happened to him

[s0ma17]

@SuperJayZFan1 Timb is a good producer..

[jadskiiez]

@SuperJayZFan1 There's nothing wrong with Production from Swizzy, Timbaland or The Neptunes infact some of their work is great

[charlita25]

@jadskiiez yEP

[tharealsaint]

@SuperJayZFan1 idk wtf you talkin bout everything hov drop hot/ production team or not (insert your last sentence as mine.)

[69GUNOT]

@SuperJayZFan1 have you listened to blueprint 3? hes nowhere as good on the mic as he used to be

[j04370859]

@SuperJayZFan1 He's still working with Kanye West.

[youralcoholicdad44]

@SuperJayZFan1 he wasn't that good since the Blueprint he still raps okay tho. no autotune bullshit subjects or gay singing.

[gravesg]

@SuperJayZFan1 how u foget Bink! .. Bink + Just blaze + kanye = jay at his greatest .. good work on mentioning the rest .. but son how u foget bink! ??? he did THIS BEAT! lol

[SuperJayZFan1]

@gravesg Lol Yeah I Don't Know How I Forgot Him But You're Right 100%.

[jamesdpeagens]

i love james ryan.

[adunit64]

cleo the psychic

[Aura2Esby]

I Can predict The Future Like Cleo the Sidkick and You can't Date Skehoes and Wife it...

And You Can't Sell Me Bullshit We Know the Price List!!!!1

[Aura2Esby]

And To Think This Is Just THE INTRO????????...

Say Whhhhhaat.... FIIIIREEE

best album...

[riggiez]

at 0.52 sounds like the last part of good morning - kanye west

[DDomino31]

That's because the song was sampled into Good Morning

[The90slim90]

the last part of good mornig includes 0. 52

[ponita123]

hes amazing