Jay-Z--Hard Knock Life

[InchesTv]

Ya this track is sick ! ANd its true life is hard but gotta keep it real and stay positive.Jay is the MAN!!!

Inches"

[avv952011]

birdman dislike this video.

[HIimMAC]

They dont make music like this anymore.. so much soul. I miss this kind of hip-hop.Thumbs up if you do to!

[fivesilvercoins]

I just found out today that hard-knock life is taken from the musical Annie. I had no idea! Somehow, that the combination works makes this song that much better.

[chris333inator]

it's a hard rock song-for us!

:D

[themack509]

so i stretched the game, x'd your name out, put jigga on top!

[Atworlds3nd]

this song went 5 times plat!!!! mayne!!!

[7mvproy]

This shit use to play on the radio all the time,, now look at whats played on the radio SMH

[ttwoohoo]

@toyrie100 Stfu and enjoy the music. Stupid ass wanker.

[jcantstop24]

@ttwoohoo I WAS GONNA JUMP ON HIS DUMB ASS, BUT YOU TOOK CARE OF IT..LMAOOOOOOO

[toyrie100]

jay z oovveerraatteedd ! he cnt really rap people caught up in the hype!

[MahmodFTW]

In Soviet Russia, the bass line takes YOU out..

[aligned576]

GENIUS!!! ANNIE IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVE PLAYS. THIS WAS OS CLEVER!!!

[paige9235]

im 11 and love tis song

[1013herbert]

a Jigga classic! !

[Chanicka]

i told you ,you is the mother fucking man and this was befor oboma.

[davidsmia562]

fuck you jigas and niggas arguing shut up and just listen to this niggas hard knock life :)

[deezee612]

Lil Wayne looks like Alfred E. Newman on MAD magazine.Seen it at a Walgreens and could never for get the resemblance..look it up..DZ

[Recks300]

daumm growing up hearing this song

[rawbq]

@BubbleGumBeast Hopefully Lil' Wayne...

[UloveM3h]

@rawbq lol

[LauritZenc]

Great rapper, but the man is so ugly!

[scenequeenasian]

@LauritZenc thats really mean

[mjk2442]

any mothafucka from da hood can relate to this one

[rapisdead420]

this song is fuckin g

[SuperDuperSnail]

@BubbleGumBeast I don't know ask the music companies?

[ItAintAGameNoMo]

@BubbleGumBeast HipHop ain't dead it's jsut underground, gotta dig deep bro. It's like buried treasure.

[fatnek0]

@ItAintAGameNoMo Very nicely said.

[EzekielHurley]

@BubbleGumBeast i don't really understand this hate of so-called "mainstream music." Mainstream artists started out underground and became mainstream because they were good. That's not to say there aren't a lot of good underground artists- and they can become more widely popular if they want but that wouldn't diminish there skill. I think if anything jigga has gotten better with age.

[Eccehomo01]

Abandonment orphans independence, grows under suns, shining happily fading, melting ice-creams, creamy-Ice melted, fades happiness shining, sunny under growing, independent orphans abandoned !

[WoodCutKing]

@BubbleGumBeast beiber

[Robjs1983]

why do all these rappers/ pop icon celebs have so many "dickriding" fans

[joshua1988ization]

nice flow

[joeeric100]

@BubbleGumBeast techno

[dylanfrim]

i love beiber <3

[eblonde88]

how many songs do this album has?? can somebody find out for me becous i have listen to all the songs that they have listed on here

[purpleteardrops1]

@eblonde88 14

[eblonde88]

agree i love this album i have to buy me this shitt soon i only own the unpluged and the black album and blue print dint like blue print it was wack ..

[eblonde88]

agree this was jay z at his best i own the black album and a blue print dint like blue print i though it was wack i like black album the best he came back hard. my favorite songs are 99 prolem jigga girls girls

[liya20]

Ok imma stop this before it gets worse....CAN EVERYONE PLEASE NOT DISCUSS JUSTIN BIEBER ON THIS VIDEO!!!!! This vid is cleary about JAY Z and It seems like every video i watch there just random comments about him Its really annoying so i ask can you guys just take that bieber trolling shit somewhere else Not on this vid please and thank you

[xChilln]

@liya20 you are discussing him right now..

[shrekzilla1]

@liya20 how about just not give a fuck about it and just listen to the music

[sikerafoda]

@BubbleGumBeast hope is Bieber the next one to die =X

[LivingBetterTV]

ATTENTION DIEHARD HOV FANS!!!

CLICK MY PAGE TO HEAR SOMEONE THAT GOES JUST AS HARD JAY-Z!!!

[AmaRocks25]

@BubbleGumBeast Justin Beiber? :/

[Mikkelgreen1993]

two people dont know what real music is..

[nikesvvoosh]

i like Jigga because of this song.. this is his best one for sure

[RedouanDutchman]

lol soulja boy, lil wayne, bow wow .. all fags

[MrKleeb]

he a badass but he 1 of couple who ruined hip hop

[ultracoolhomies]

soulja boy can suck jay z's dick

[KHIIFMForums]

@ultracoolhomies Soujia Boy can suck Jay-Z, Eminem, Royce, Proof, and Pac and Biggies Nuts. :O

[razzle9438]

ITS A HARD KNOCK LIFE FOR US! JIGGA THE GREATEST EVER!

[irreversible13]

jay-z,nas,eminem <3

[pikeeee]

This is the best shit.Rap is being destroyed by autotune

[NextWorldApparel]

GREATEST EVER!!! DEAD ALIVE REINCARNATED PERIOD!!!

[IFuckedKidCudix3]

he is the best rapper of all time.not dick riding.he is one of the greatest lyricist ever.and he made for hip hop what nobody will ever do. on the memory of my nigga biggie real talk

[teesteeze]

@IFuckedKidCudix3 love the name bro

[KawasakiRider91]

I don't really like jay-z but he has some good songs. This is one of them

[AndreRedd1Empire]

@KawasakiRider91 Shut the fuck up kid

[KawasakiRider91]

@AndreRedd1Empire Ok...ay? i said i like this song and and you say something like that. Maybe you are a kid or a retard or something

[8769187]

@KawasakiRider91 idk y u dnt like him he suppose to be in anybodys top 5

[KawasakiRider91]

@8769187 Boring voice, boring beats and so on. "Death of auto tune" for example, yeah good message but the song itself is so bad

[ghully]

I wana hirer 1 assassin to kill 1 hater

[redasho1]

haha your a gas bunch here :)

[EmHenn11]

One of my favorite sound-bits sampled, one of the best rappers ever tearing it up, meaningful lyrics, and an awesome beat...I love it!

[SkunSP11]

To chyba jego jedyna dobra piosenka reszta tragedia to nie czarny raper to taki 50cent

[UltimateDarkSim]

This one has better sound quality. Thanks for sharing.

[HectorArroyo2010]

haha its funny how in every video theres people fightinn discussinn hahaa

[RanzarDrift]

doctor evil's cover is kick ass

[marHAVIK]

All you did was say that he killed hip hop, you didn't really say why.

[boo3081]

best song from Austin Powers Goldmember

[tiana612]

im downloadin this song thanx @liya20

[jizzymillz]

just had to listen to this classic again

[IcemanMorton]

This shits dope, alway has been. jay still kickin tho, some new shit reflectin his old self.

[TheSeventhSignClown]

It's a hard knock life YO!

[ilovecranberryjuice]

i really think the first verse of dis song is his hardest...like he flowin so dam gud rite dea man..i remember bien in like k5 when dis shyt came out main..

[cutpUK]

biggie bayyyy bayyyyy

[mangajedigirl]

i wanna see him live. best in hip hop of 90s.

i love the new song he did with the singer off empire of the sun called what are we talkin about. off the new album blueprint 3. sexy tune.

[StacieM89]

it says bad words you GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY­YYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!­!!! :(

[oldhatrs25]

2nd verse -- best Jay verse ever? For my money, hell yeah it is. 

[ezmebaby180]

itz A HARD KNOCK LIFE 04 US !HELL YEAH one of the best songz he evah made

[macnolds]

best jigga song ever.

"i don't know how to sleep, gotta eat, stay on my toes/

got a lot of beef, so logically, i prey on my foes//"

[brismike65]

Jay-Z was much better with this album

[MsAaliyahLove]

STEADY DREAMIN'!!! damn straight!!

[TheManny4511]

IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE!

[acechoice45]

THE BEST RAPPER EVER

[ChubbyTeletubby]

This takes me back.

When rap was still kinda rap.

This beat was BEYOOOOOND all mortal comprehension. Jay-Z was it in '98

[TheSpecialistmusic]

whats good when you get a chance take a listen to my song thanks

[kingdomhearts554]

best of jigga. his best albums are reasonable doubt, volume 1 , volume 2, 3 and blueprints.

[Knilcho]

this should have about 12 stars man..

[Nasylo]

It was Damon Dash that bought the beat when a DJ played it on a concert and everybody was singing "Its A Hard Knock Life" and was just jamming to it.

[OneShotSancho]

jay is da shit....to b honest i dont even fuk wit nas....i mean i do respect him for what he has done for hip hop...but i jua dont like him

[frankerique]

"I don't know how to sleep, I got to eat stay on my toes, I got a lot of beef so logically, I prey on my foes. Hustle's still inside of me..." How can you not like this guy. Jay is definitely one of the most arduous hustlers hip-hop has ever known.

[TheIndianGuy123]

its a hard knock life!

[yeeoitsannie]

qod daayum, only jay-z culd take a song like dhis & make it a hit hip hop song.

leqenddd !<3

[maoriboyztoo]

only sic cunts like us view this dudes how many sic songs has he got i love dynasty most big and jay best mc's eva lyrics were to tight to compare anyone else to and fuk they flow feel me

[DonVinnetti]

Hip Hop will never die as long as there still people like Jay-Z and Nas in the game

BTW there are way to many people that are keeping it alive to list

[JohnnyExtremer]

Nas is terrible, Jay-Z is one of the few Mainstream hip hop artists I like I don't dislike Mainstream because it's "Maintstream" I dislike it because people get their hits and just say screw it I have my money fuck the music now. I love underground hip hop like mad crazy and I really like when artists sample old school songs into thier tracks and make it something fresh like Craig Macks Wooden Horse with Frank Sinatra Samples and This song with the Anne samples. It's really good music.

[DonVinnetti]

nas's early stuff really talked to me and so does alot of his new stuff but i agree with you on everything else

[mdsc]

Nas is terrible? Wow, kill yourself. Clown.

[JohnnyExtremer]

Why? He has like one good song and thats it. Jay-Z has a bunch and Underground hip hop is 10x better than anything Nas has made.

[mdsc]

Arguing with someone like you that would say something so dumb is a waste of time. Have a good one.

[JohnnyExtremer]

How is it dumb and a waste of time you obviously don't know what good hip hop is or else you'd know what i'm talking about.

[mdsc]

your saying that Nas has like one good song. I dont know what good hip hop is? Nas achieved what most emcees don't with one album, his 1st album. When i;;matic dropped it changed the genre forever. you can listen to your bubblegum pop if you want to. thats your right. but saying Nas is wack only makes you look dumb.

[JohnnyExtremer]

Bubblegum pop? Lol and you call me dumb dude Hip Hop is Dead was a horrible album. Alot of people like his early stuff but I just don't really like it. Thats why I said he had like one good song.

[mdsc]

could really careless why you said what you said. your opinion has been of no value to me since your 1st comment.

[eltrugel]

@DonVinnetti slim shady killed hip hop

[marHAVIK]

@eltrugel You obviously don't know what you're talking about.

[eltrugel]

@marHAVIK or you just like suckin slim shadies dick, i know what im talkin about lil junbug

[marHAVIK]

@eltrugel Who the hell are you calling a junebug? You don't know me bitch.... I don't even like Shady that much, I respect him because he has good rapping technique.... I don't listen to music just because of how it sounds (like you most likely do), I listen to music where the artists actually know music and know what they're doing.... So shut the fuck up if you don't know what you're talking about; You're just an ignorant hater that doesn't base his opinion on credible reasons.

[eltrugel]

@marHAVIK hahahaha you are a junie june, you squid lips, i dont hate, im happy all the time, i just called squids how i see em, and well, your a june squid, goof,

i know exactly what im talkin about, your sissy ass just got real emotional because you know i hit the nail on the head when i put you in your place little fella

[marHAVIK]

@eltrugel I am actually not black, don't you get that? And I could care less what you say, I don't pay attention to ignorant people because they argue like little kids, you need to learn some rhetoric (You proved how childlike you are with your last comment). You are a sad, sad little kid.

[eltrugel]

@marHAVIK june bug, you just contradicted yourself, why dont you come out of the closet sweatheart, its clearly stressin you out

[marHAVIK]

@eltrugel Wow that's what I'm talking about, we're supposed to be talking about slim shady and you're just over here talking shit. Good job.

[eltrugel]

@marHAVIK i already said what i needed to say about slim shady, which is why i moved onto you flamish ways, and wanted you to become aware of it, but because your such a june bug its taking longer then i had first hoped...

[strongsad333]

@eltrugel holy shit your gay.

[eltrugel]

@strongsad333 ohhh, now were goin to the gay comments, i think little junny june bug flimso is a bit insecure with his/her sexuality

[strongsad333]

@eltrugel your a faget.

[eltrugel]

@strongsad333 just come out of the closet already muffin, you'll feel alot better about yourself...

[strongsad333]

@eltrugel your a faget.

[sonicparty12]

@eltrugel You are fucking retarded first off you are just picking fights with whoever makes a point cause you know yours is wrong and you want to hide it with insults two what are you 5 gay jokes really i thought people were mature and 3 Eminem is a good rapper i listen to him him hes been through alot of shit and i will admit some of his albums have let downs but all artist have those you just said he killed it but seeing as he is respected by some very important rappers it proves you wrong

[eltrugel]

@sonicparty12 ya i didnt waste my time reading all of that, and as sad as you may get, the fact still remains what i said was true, and your either stuck on the toilet plunger or you just hate your life enough to start a rant about how you wanna suck em's dick or somthin lol

[sonicparty12]

@eltrugel well the fact remains that you are wrong and cant admit it and about sucking ems dick well you brought it up i dont bring gay into the conversation so what you want to do on your freetime doesnt bother me and eveeryone is entitled to their opinions i like eminem you dont now stop picking fights with people and enjoy a great song by Jay-Z have a nice life =)

[eltrugel]

@sonicparty12 i can do what i feel like, also, you are a squid lips who is in the closet, you dont need to bring up anything gay, you scream fag with every word you write, im not gunna stop, because you just give me so much material to work with,

em ruined hip hop, this is fact, you sit there tryin to defend him like a back door bitch made, which is also fact,

i do know, i do lol

[sonicparty12]

@eltrugel well here let me make you happy you sexually repressed 350 pound 45 year old virgin who like gay porn ill make your day since we making comments about faggots lets talk about youyou fucking backdoor ass loving vagina hating cockloving fudgepacking queer fucking get a life and shove another dick in your ass because it makes you happy and we all know you are sitting on you 10 inch buttplug fucking jerking it to an eminem song cause you are so gay for him that u make fun of him to hide it

[eltrugel]

@sonicparty12 you watch far to much south park squid lips, im actually 24, own my own 750i , 09, but considering how you went rait to teh 45 your old virgin maks me think you've never even bin in a girls pants let alone let off in 1,

and since you went on a gaint rant about dick, im more convinced then ever that your a closet case homo who probably peeks in poeples windows hoping there little children gettin undressed.

go suck em's dick, swish and swallow hahahaha

[strongsad333]

@eltrugel faget

[HectorArroyo2010]

@eltrugel  lol

[DefyGravity34]

@DonVinnetti

Don't forget Eminem, greatest rapper alive .

[christianjayr7]

@DefyGravity34 just cause hes white? i dont know about that... his voice is annoying sometimes.

[DefyGravity34]

@christianjayr7

nah dude, black or white, annoying vioce or not.

He is an amazing rapper, and makes amazing music you gotta admit that

[TeamGYD]

@christianjayr7 lil waynes auto tune voice is fucking annoying. eminem is straight real, he tells stories he dont just talk about sex like a desperate bitch. em straight wild on em.

[THAguy505]

@TeamGYD u kidding right listen to some of is older stuff oh and thumbs up if u want old em back

[p5n5u5t]

@THAguy505 to be reall cant bring back the old Jay, he out the hood,

[ThatIncredibleJordan]

@TeamGYD wayne>>>>>>>>>>eminem

[kingjoshua1993]

@ThatIncredibleJordan are you stupid em is in a movie he can freestyle a lot better and if em disses u then you are humiliated ok so rethink that:)

[thehoodjoint78]

@DonVinnetti Wow. This is so funny. Earlier today I said the same thing to myself. Well almost similar but yes. As long as theres rapers like Jay-Z, Hip Hop will never die. LOL!!!!!!

[MrFuhrer2009]

@DonVinnetti Nas already gave the game up, to quote him directly "hip hop is dead." So pretty much since you've honoured Nas so highly is rap really dead? Besides that what has Nas done to make rap better in last 10 years? I haven't even heard of the guy since he made Hero, to be honest and this is coming from a big Nas fan. Nasir has been pretty disappointing as of late.

[lovetifi]

i like it...is wonderful...

[youngbloodzz42]

mad good song

[adog113]

we sung the other part at r school

[BXredsfan]

i was like 3 or 4 when dis came out

[crucifook]

i think hip hop will make a come back, theres way to many true hip hop fans for it to just disappear, every few years theres a rap brake thru, eric b an rakim... nwa.. tupac, an biggie, big L, and like then it sucks for awhile, but then dj screws underground stuff blows up, and ugk gets huge with jay z, and the same story just different people. people die, others just stop making music. so it'll happen again you'd think. can't wait for this soulja boy stuff to blow over...

[argenis49]

hopefully man....

[ken305212]

damn this made more sense than anything ive read on youtube.

Hip-Hop Lives!

[DjKap0n3]

it'll always live u know...hip hop cant die

it's like...all the hoods jus died..know what i'm sayin?

hip hop is like the hoods anthem feel me?..

hip hop cant die...even tho it does and dudes stop sellin records and shit i'm jus sayin dat..u will hear hip hop some where u know...

some one gonna still be playin hip hop anc classics like dis song man

like it or not to them otha dudes that dont like hip hop...hip hop cant die man!

Long Live hip hop! it still lives!!

[headtrips1]

@crucifook haha you said that two years ago, its not soulja boy rn, its faggot ass young money

[satan6664ab]

cool song cool cool cool

[heyitskeith]

mayyne i wish hip hop on the radio was still this good

[jay58oconnor6]

this shit aint ancient history.. u git it now and then on classic stations

[Nintendogsmaster3]

Man, same here.

This song is probably one of Jay's best. Or it IS his best.

[zelem92]

brooklyn stand up!! harlem what up!!

[rgrace76]

From standing on the corners boppin

[invalid16789]

best rap song EVER AND I MEAN EVER BICTHES

[STICKRAZUL]

No the docter evil remix is

*puts pinky up to mouth*

[ItsNora]

I think this is the best song he made , it's really nice !!

[collyparkboi]

i like it but i think dead presidents was the best my opinion

[eltrugel]

@ItsNora its real, thats why its so good, cause its all truth

[TeamGYD]

@ItsNora damn straight, this shits tough!

[chisoxinmyblood]

@ItsNora  Agreed

[gohanspiderman]

incredible

[XxPanthers89xX]

i love this fucking song!!!!

[cvrle91]

best song ever!!!

[aaronloco88]

i must confess this is pure classic outa control damn i love this beat

[KayrissTheScatman369]

*Beat Starts*...Take Da Baseline Out...Uhuh...Jigga..Uhuh Uhuh Uhuh Yeah. Let It Bump Though.

[ayindril]

"Check the baseline out..."

[KayrissTheScatman369]

Thanks For Da Correction Mr. Expert >.>

[r3bel5k83r]

this song is gansta

[optikbanger]

love that song....

[Arti2111]

super muza

[rtl2]

classic!! (Y)