Jay Z-Where I'm From

[The808Prophet]

i love rap but damn cant they be cool like digable planets and not always about shootin n shit...chill niggas chill

[Blackjesus3]

he looks so young here this song is niceee

[jag57505]

yea him sold out

[truckerjoee]

government? fuck government niggaz politic themselves!....lmao  i love that line

[LaLaGrunge]

late-90s beats shit on 2005 to present. simple fact. they hit hard. like rap is supposed to do.

[MRTUPAC28]

@LaLaGrunge The beats went to shit in the year 2000.

[flyguyskyhigh]

4 niggas got jump in marcy Lmaoo

[tupac0306]

big jay and nas??get the fuck out here

[GIANTYANKEE12]

THIS IS THE JAY Z I WAS RIDIN WIT,NOT THIS NEW J

[muckagangstacks]

thatss weaaa im frumm marcyy son aint nuttin #niicee

[simon10177]

AROUND THIS TIME JAY WASN'T GREAT LIKE BIGGIE, 2PAC AND NAS.

[stevem4545]

@simon10177 If you listen to this album carefully, he is already way better than those you mentioned. The rest is history. Best ever hands down

[guetemamanou]

Its a shame how ppl say Jay-Z is not the same he's doing the same thing hes always done rapped about his life and the world around him. A business man has no business rapping about selling drugs and hustling on street corners on every song

[majinshenmue]

@guetemamanou amen

[Xenda]

Sickest beat of all time! Straight up NYC!

[NYhistorian]

@Xenda No doubt. Top ten real official NYC hip-hop beat!!!

[ulynski]

What we all fail to realize is that he is a business man so he cant really say to much about drugs anymore he might lose his connections

[TheKiarababy]

ma project niggas south philly roc saigon project

[dachronic2008]

what album was this on???

[Sugglife]

@dachronic2008 In my Lifetime....vol.1

[mandatorypaper]

@dachronic2008 life and times of shawn carter vol 1

[bstuyballer]

tompkins,bushwick,marcy, sumner, bedstuy is live

[MRpipeherdown]

BIG L was way better.... R.I.P BIG L!!!!

[knowledge5595]

This is a mobb deep diss

[TheJacksonsTriumph]

"Where Im From" is Jay-Z's hardest song in his whole career

[NYhistorian]

@TheJacksonsTriumph No doubt!

[Mrwoodz100]

Da GOD was ahead of his time here ....dudes are just starting to understand the science behind Jay's grind....RESPECT TO THE GOD KEEP GRINDING AND INSPIRING THIS CULTURE OF HIP-HOP AND OUR YOUTH......HOLLA!!!

[CurtisDervin22]

STREETZ IZ WACHIN-wHAT UP BRUH

[murph277v]

rappers lik wayne n if u call sooulja boy a rapper jerk off to this track

[kumkurrect3]

NEVER WILL GET NO REALER THAN JAY-Z DMX AND NAS

[youngb397]

diddy and dirtymoney fuck the song up by using the beat

[xXRSDWXx]

Whats the song called with Jay Z and hes rappiung out drugs and stuff and the drug dealer gets shot and robbed in the estate and its about a boy wanting to be like the drug dealer becouse he wonts the money and stuff? someone tell me

[kumkurrect3]

@xXRSDWXx DATS A MOVIE

[xXRSDWXx]

@kumkurrect3 Called wishing on a star i got it now

[Quake2815]

friend or foe and friend or foe 98 is the next video.

[1prowrestling]

"niggas want my old shit, buy my old album" if you miss the old jay z listen to his old music....anyone whose 40 years old and married and tries to rap like a drug dealer gangster pimp is gonna sound like a clown...listen to death of auto tune and tell me jay doesnt go hard!!!!!

[707FREEWAY]

I don't think Jay is a sell out... I jusy think he forgot how to spit. But one day he is gonna wake up and rmember it all...Then he is gonna be putting down the science once again.......

[JordanRayAllen]

@707FREEWAY Comical. You don't forget how to flow. He just adapted. I prefer this flow myself, but I can't really expect him to keep rapping like this forever. He's grown. But if it makes you feel better, he did a show this year at Radio City and spit "Can I Live" and "Dead Presidents". He killed it. He couldn't help but to smile at certain points during those songs. He knew he came a long way from those days, so he felt it hard as he spit those lyrics in 2010 in front of his Pop culture fans.

[Bloodsport1]

@707FREEWAY are you stupid? Forgot how to rap? Did you listen to the Blueprint 3? Rap fans have to mature.

[707FREEWAY]

@Bloodsport1 There were a few good tracks on the blue print 3 but all he did was try to sell records. he don't rap anymore for love, he raps for the money. He forgot what it feels like to rap for the streets. You might prefer his commercialized rap, but I aint really with that. Give me some hard lyrics instead.....

[JrHansum]

@Bloodsport1 Don't argue with cats like that. Jay is 42 and people expect him to still rap like he 26. U gotta mature after awhile with your material. Blueprint 3 was a good album. Jay whether u wanna believe it or not still does it for the love of music because he doesn't have to make another album. He's established enough to where he can tour and sell out stadiums without any new material. Touring is where the money is. Not making new albums.

[Bloodsport1]

@JrHansum exactly and to me his work have gotten better.  You're right the money for the artist is from tours not albums sales.

[JrHansum]

@Bloodsport1 Yea. He changes wit the times as well. Songs like these while great in the mid to late nineties won't sell or get much attention in today's climate. People gotta realize aside from being a rapper he's also a businessman.

[0Moreno0]

@707FREEWAY jay is older now. he aint gonna rap and act like his in projects. i used to chill with my boys at the front of the licker store when i was 16, now it looks stupid doing in your 20s.

[HighandMighty609]

This shits hot...Would like to hear Jay spit over a Top Scholars Beat!!

[shayseme36]

look at this young nigga haha he never does shit like this ano mo i miss old jigga

[TheKmartin09]

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[jafijo]

Know your history before you make stupid comments. Puffy producers, Amen-Ra & D-Dot produced this song for Jay-z around 96 so the beat was puff's anyway...KNOW YOUR HISTORY B4 YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH ABOUT ANYTHING!!!

[gfrye13]

puffy could have at least had jay z on the song

[RATH3RUNIQUE]

Diddy is so fucking gay lol

[PoohbearProfessional]

IT'S THAT DIRTY MONEY! Puffy fuck dis beat up wit his song..........

[phizykal]

check my songs out im a new artist on the come up thanx...

[TDotsouljah416]

dun knoe old jigga manz greezy on diz track tuff tune

[ChallengeVHS]

IT'S THAT DIRTY MONEY!

[babyjordan2401]

LMFAO hahahaha

[BIGJUST7]

lol

[2790999]

this this that shit

[KristinaBrooker]

REACT

Pen is position opinion

[qufinest14]

jiggas best song

[Imaaze2]

when he was dope

[Blackjesus3]

JIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[1910ist]

Marcy Son!

[ishnboots]

also check the remix by jojo pellegrino...it comes close...

[gittygittygoo1012]

this goes harder then anything by music now a days

[ceddie23]

this beat sounds like bad bad man by fat joe type it in

[GfromNyc]

Yeh tgats where its from... whoever thumbs you down is dumb.

[ceddie23]

yea u right they r dumb. they need to do their homework ...

[InchesNPK]

illimunati i!!

[TechnoT123]

this shits hardd

[OberhausensDonPlaya]

jeah dats gangsta hard stuff

[RodgeP]

Fire

[ray345123]

This shit Is Gangsta From Jigga

[Blackjesus3]

JIGGAAAAAA

[belleandchic]

ya be goin hard cursin each other out..like seriously...wow

[TwitterFriendFinder]

Yes it is

[spectergohan]

I'm a Nas guy myself, but of course Jay is on a top level and a legend.

Its just funny to me he used talk about nubian peoples and islam and shit like that in his weak ass old tracks with Jaz-O.

[debel88]

@spectergohan bro are you serious? his old shit was good even with jaz. come on now show some respect and dont call it weak.

[NewYorkStateOfCrime]

@spectergohan I mean look at it this way...To us it is corny. But that was the style back then, and he adapted. And kept adapting and is the only rapper to be 15+ years strong.

[angelfoodcakeface]

@spectergohan It is HOV4LIFE this way, but of course Nas is top level and a legend as well ;)

Its just funny to ME he was a KID back then mentally (w/Jazzo)... He was trying to be like the people he was rapping with. So what he was talkin about was all he knew up to that time. Not much of a follower these days. He says he "might" wear black in a song and then it's all black everything on everybody! from Jeezy to Lupe... Jay could be 80 yrs old, I will still buy his albums. It's loyalty. ONE

[TaToStayzFresh]

diz iz from street is watchin da movie

[89edgar89]

Bad ass track

[spiderblue92]

you should here jim jones version of this he rips it

[rollerblade4life1]

lol jay z-where im from

[Cancerous79]

This is my joint...that Diddy joint is WACK!

[N20LT4]

I agree 100% He shouldn't have even tried.

[d1errick3000]

100% Gutta, I wish Jay-z and all the other rappers still made hot shit like this today all everybody want's to talk about is how many chains they got on. It's ok to floss but lets mix it up a little bit!!!!!

[dmoney141414]

yall niggas swear yall bang out// i put the dick in her and watch ya girl wild out//

I get to clapping when the shit pop off//

yall niggas like a 6year old penis, soft// Ill spit 16 bars but yall niggas get 6//ya girl never spit when she deepthroating my dick - Dmoney the Truth

[tygagirl18]

iam tried of that diddy song as jam of the week on mtv jams he fucked this song up CURSE U DIDDY!

[bedifloos]

whos the best mc, biggie, jay-z, nas, hes always been on nas's dick, like nas said on ether, u love my style. actually come to think about it, jay z is not even in the same leauge as nas

[lesscunning]

he is not.  never was. no one was.

[TechnoT123]

This goes hard

[YouEatTurds]

nas said in an interview a few years ago that his battle with Jay Z was like battling his #1 fan

[DARIUSAKABYRD]

jay-z is on a higher level than nas

FUCK YOU BITCH nas is on jay is nas boss ether aint shit takeover bitch

[JaquanCobb]

Marcey stand up.Fuck Dehaven

[msgoodiegoody]

classic Jayin his prime..i cant even listen to the so call "rap" now...Greatest mc's Tupac, Jay, Biggie & Nas

[bigindalbc]

BEST SONG HE EVER RECORED!!!

"Your word was everything so everything you said you do you did it couldn't talk about if you ain't live it"

Just that line right there trumps anything out right now!!

[squarecnix]

trumps LOL

[MrStevenbullock]

love this one a nobody didnt know jayz i put dudes on with this song and video a holla at me philly the real rhymes come from hard living dudes i heard gun shots eveynight cough up a lung where im from north philly son aint nothing nice drug dealers on the corner every day from 89 to 96 i had to leave the hood and go down south philly 10th and ritner all italians joey merlino holla

[DaleCaliente]

where you can't put your vest away an say you wear it tomorrow cuz the day after theyll be sayin damn, i was just wit him yesterday.

amazing

[youngphil7]

THis Shit is Raw only what great Mc's put out...Fuck that the best Rapper Alive staight like that

[KlikOn]

True dat , best rapper alive

rip pac , rip big , rip odb

[London2ATL]

Hard for me but this is my fav Jay Z song I think, it's a hard one but this song is just crazy, manz musik, you can't listen to this with your girl, my ex girl used to say it was too damn slow, I would reply...Manzzzzzzzzzz music son!

[mindset]

lol i feel u fam

[squarecnix]

this is when the nigga jayz was real

[jamesanderson26]

he isnt real now?

jay, no matter the flow or material, has always kept it real with us. ALWAYS.

[mindset]

A men

[YungArcane]

@jamesanderson26 jay is a fukin sell out... blue print 3 FLOP he was dope back in the day

[murph277v]

@YungArcane he not a sell .. how can he be og at 40 wi a wife

[YungArcane]

@murph277v have you heard blue print 3 compaired to hes other shit ? then tell me hes not a sell out? pft

[jusanthrday]

@jamesanderson26 talk to de-haven... you'll re-think that statement. jay is rappin everybody else's stories... he's rappin em well, but they still aren't his.

[tmsdodger]

@jamesanderson26 vote this man up

[XJUMPMAN904X]

hes still real ... hows he not ? hes not doing the same things he used to do. if he was still talking about that stuff it be wack and fake

[squarecnix]

thats true

[illgaskas]

who the best mc's Biggie, Jayz and Nas

[youngphil7]

exactly

[GanGlandsoldier426]

u got that line from shyne-what you gonna do

[illgaskas]

lol no i didn't, I got it from this song, Jay z says it himself he always use to mention Nas and Big in certain parts of his songs

[MakeDollaz120]

old skOOL

[IronCityKid]

Why does race have anything to do with it, he worked hard and is talented. You need to let go of that shit.

[chosenxeno]

I like Beans version just as much (cuz i'm from philly lol) one of my favorite Jay Z tracks

[ThaDevilsChild]

My favorite Jay Z song

[aztecn22]

wot movie is it?

[DJOutlaw01]

jigga u done changed man

[bacardishots]

I agree with you bruh. But remember one thing, Jay is approaching 40 years of age. He isn't going to be grimey the rest of his musical career. I just say enjoy his grimey stuff and appreciate the fac that he conquered the business aspect of the industry. Something over 95% of artists today never had the brains to do. Applaud a young positive black man for doing his shit and being successful. One love big dawg, just my opinion.

[jabc4321]

jay is goat

[222222e]

Is that Stephen Jackson before he was in the N.B.A at the end lol ?

[royalnash]

this the hardest shit off that album jay z nigga whos the best mcs biggie,jay z , and nas ya heard

[renegade419]

damn i was just w/ em yesterday

[jonathanmariel]

i have not heard toughfess song then this..

[gzuploc]

1 of his best songs and on one of his worst albums....

[Noctoural88]

i used to not like this album but there are so many good songs on it, it's hard to listen to it without listening to all the tracks

[sneakme]

are you serious gzuploc wow kill yourself

[rroughneck]

This my shit yo all day

[klined]

CHECK

[xXKillaBGXx]

I don't know what the fuck they're doing. Them niggas is just as foul as us.

[poundsounds2009]

i bought this movie the day it came out back in the day and lost it then bought it again when dvd came out worth every doller and thensome remeber strets don't only watch they talk .......

[adonisof4te]

BIGGIE, jayz, and NASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

[jamesanderson26]

favorite jay song of all time

[nuggetsfan08]

true fukin story but next gotta be hard knock life then cant knock the hustle

[jamesanderson26]

yeah those are classics but i like Some Like It Hot, Theres Been a Murder, Money Cash Hoes and Dead Presidents better.

[noparticulars]

Oh-- $3.50 per hour, fake chains and a 25% chance of getting killed in 4 years. 

Are we having fun yet?

[aceboogey202]

SOUTHSIDE D.C

[supershit22]

hell yea lol

[Alyaj1208]

sounds like stuff that went in the bronx 24-7

[sneakme]

best MC ever

[asifzahmad]

unable to parking lot pimps

[SIXstDEVIL]

whos the best m.c.'s BIGGIE JAY-Z N NAS!!!!!

[dayuiz]

he makes me proud to be from new york, u had to live and be from new york to know what im talking about.

[shida86]

shit he makes me proud to be from Brooklyn. haha aint no other city like BK.

[Chanchowlee]

yeah there is richmond VA

[jonbynum1213]

Springfield,MA!

[jordanfan88]

nope.....its Waukegan , IL

[shida86]

oh stop hating who ever gave me 2 thumbs down. lol

[dayuiz]

i remember the vibe in new york when jay-z came out. the dude had a real buzz every real niga from new york can rock to. 90's rap music from new york makes me pround to be from new york. theres to much other bull out now.

[gittygittygoo1012]

is this real i have the album i dont think this was a single

[thgron85]

The video is from the movie Streets is Watching, but the song is on In My Lifetime Vol 1. Its the first in the S.Carter series.

[icebergslick]

Damn....jerseys, slanted fitted hats, Tims, baggy jeans, and the black bubble winter coat EVERYBODY had. True late nineties hip hop for real!

[bontahpin]

oh shit man all i needed to get shit amped

[kontender1980]

been a lot of places but im chicago own

[MichaelBoyd1989]

I'm from where the hammer's rung/

New's cameras never come/

Any real nigga know them 2 bar's are so true when there's a shooting in the project and if somebody get's killed the new's reporter's never come down there to talked about it with the camcorder's to share it to the whole world unless you get lucky, but nobody that i know ever made the new's.

[Phillys19]

How real is this?

[23rdSTREETbloods]

Where im from.......

Baltimore City Son

[Travino]

biggie jay-z and nas

[parkhill225]

One thing that I always liked about Jay is the line in this song where he says:"Cats' argue all day about who's the best MC, Biggie, Jay-Z, or Nas?!?! Even though this song came out years before their "beef", Jay always respected Nas' rhyme skills. It's funny because I remember that was a legitimate argument back then!! Shoot, depending on what day & what song I'm listening too, you can make a valid debate for each of them!! I love ALL three MC's!!

[jpg1583]

jgaaaaaaaaa one of his best!!! all you faggots knockin jay-z can barely spell your own names, i been throughg marcy son, u try it geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnneeee­eee

[Travino]

so what makes u real?

[lalaman288]

Once you body a pig

[Travino]

word so how many jakes u laid down

[lalaman288]

Man I wet like 3 pigs

I dont even need the 9, I always carry a 1 - 2 I lay pigs with my bare hands

[bontahpin]

fuck you taliking bout shit ill wet you just for braggin faggot, leave ya tree branch hangin

[lalaman288]

You're a bitch ass nigga, thats real talk you dont know shit about the street you point you're toes in and jive when you have to face jakes watch you're tongue when you're talking to god punk ass fake egangster I'd push you're fucking shit in boy

[osei23ej]

yo, check (africa by superosei)...

tell me what you think it might be harder-

if im lying im flying

[ditkaq]

seriously i just turned on... this guy is the shit

[SherRoyal]

How real is dis? Visionary!

[Bang371]

Back when J was Gully

[SIXstDEVIL]

"cats catch cases hopin the judge R&R

but most times they find themselves behind barz"

i think the hardest line i can relate 2 tha 1 niggas need 2 understand wut da fuckk he sayin