Jay-z, Beanie Sigel and Scarface - This Can't Be Life

[reggieziet]

I have been hearing Micheal Jordan talking in the intro for so long now on this youtube version, I

find it strange when I dont hear it in the normal version. FML

[BF33210]

@reggieziet It wouldn't be up here without it. Copyright claims suck.

[cesarfranco83]

All that bullshit in the beginning for nothing, just put the god damn fuckin track by itself dumb ass

[BF33210]

@cesarfranco83 For starters, calm down with the tough talk. It's the internet. Secondly, the only reason i put the snippet at the beginning was because it wouldn't have gotten past the copyright otherwise.

[cesarfranco83]

@BF33210 Respect my gangsta!

[cjewelz]

Undisputed heavyweight of hip hop? To me he's gay rapper with a decent flow. This is just performance. There's no sincerity in these verses. Scarface and Sigel are different.

[SwaggaLeo]

this song literally changed my life...

[zsivaz]

Man I love the way Jay spits the hook- u can really hear the pain in his voice

[westside159]

scarface 

[qwaycee]

lol mj wasnt on this album.....the beginning of this video has nothing to do with this album

[holiehoodlum84]

@qwaycee That is Truth, but it set the video itself up beautifully.

[BF33210]

@qwaycee Ain't do it for that. Did it cause that(at the time) beat copyrights

[gonlaura]

kanye west said that this was a bite from XXplosive by Dr. Dre ummmmm i dont see how this is bite its wack if he wanted to do something like a DRE BEAT!

dr. dre will for always be the best producer!!!!

[LWebb1000]

@gonlaura Dre fell off years ago.

[cjohns299]

@gonlaura I can list 7 producers better than Dre. J DIlla, DJ Premier, Kanye West, RZA, Neptunes, Pete Rock, Large Professor.

[holiehoodlum84]

@cjohns299 Its not fair to say better because they all have and had their own phenomenal twist to production, but I'm with you, those are all outstanding mentions there.

[DjcHuCkNiCe1]

@gonlaura Kanye chopped the DRUMS from Dre's shit and used them on this plus several others...that's all.

[juanjl13]

Jay-Z, Scarface, and Beanie need to do rap songs together again, they're the best rap trio.

[Prophet1121]

@juanjl13 tribe called quest...hands down

[scottburns90]

whats that beat in the intro?

[IHaveHeart]

Ye's legendary production, mmm

[eyanvenom]

tf is tha deal with that obnoxious intro???

[bronxpimpfalife]

dam jayz is ugly as fuck

[daniey0007]

nadine williams love j-z music

[coolchick526]

And one day you gon be wit your son realest shit ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[doggieGZ]

stole the beat from Dre

Jay's never been original.

[eli7222]

@doggieGZ This track was done by Kanye West

[soptamer]

@doggieGZ actually it's Kanye West was the producer of this song!! he is the one who sped up Dre's beat !

[MellaMique]

scarfaces verse was to ill



[MrYoungscrilla]

One of my fav's classic scarface jay beanie tracks were alway's fire specilly wit kanye on his thing love it

[SuccessIsMyDestiny]

Kanye officially brought back the soulful sound with this beat

[djCurie]

jay has a special way of making the listener feels what he feels. thats reat art rite there. thats how u paint pictures. these young whack rappers need to learn from jay

[rocksteady1097]

Bra, this shit is tight

[flydotcom]

the n*gga Brad it tha truth on this one!

[Carmanie]

Hov and beans back in the day. That shit dont make no sense how they actin now. Them niggaz need to squash that bullshit.

[booza713]

jay and beans did they thing but scarface took over this song with that verse

[jonesbunny]

This my fuckin song right here!!!!

[JazznBlues85]

They just don't make rap songs this deep anymore. Not any i've heard on the radio lately.

[ECG01]

"i flow tight like a jewish"<----LOOOOL

[brickscity77]

my flows tight like i'm jewish

[KgK0]

last call

[Mr1985timmy]

i aint a jayz fan but listen to his lyrics...shit is complex but simple at the same time...

[dariusut3]

i remember listening to this when i when was younger with my pops

[7e77e17]

kanye did amazing on this

[34santino]

FUCK MICHEAL JORDAN!!!

[jemoeder35]

fck you 2

[34santino]

keep on sucking his dick

[34santino]

fuck micheal jordan

[34santino]

GET OFF HIS DICK

FUCK DAT NIGGA AND U

[cguter]

damn scarface's verse is so crazy, short and sweet.

[chrisnjustin1]

this song is amazing .. but then again so is everythin j spits

[mookster2020]

Negative i remember wen Jay rapped fast back den. He stole his flow from Young Chris

[ladylickkerr]

no he stole it from biggie and big l

[excaliba360]

@ladylickkerr Maybe you never herd the songs with Jay and Big......

[excaliba360]

@mookster2020 That don't even make since dumb nuts...have you herd Reasonable doubt

[mookster2020]

Im talkin before Reasonable doubt and before he met big he wus ass. ASSHOLE

[excaliba360]

His flow was ass....perhaps but his lyrics were not....his flow was damn near like all the new artist of that time...learning his craft

[russo256]

amazing

[malcolmsnigga]

every time they on a track 2gether it's a classic they should make an album 2gether

[PharoeThaGreat]

Once again Jay, Face and Beans. Cant go wrong with that combo. I'm still salty Jay didn't come with the combo on blueprint 3. I was waiting for it.

[ank327]

"Aint no bright side in losing life, i cud da rapped bout ma problems but heaven knows it cant be right, this cant be life" Mad props to Face mobb

[ChristianVincent]

he used the drums from Dre's "Xxplosive" on this one.

[Faguar1]

@ChristianVincent

Yes, you know that from Kanye - Last Call?

[ChristianVincent]

yeah but didn't notice until now.

"Home" as well

great tracks tho.

Used to like him

[raoulhery]

what's happening with beanie and jay, those guyz make an incredible combination, this can't be life, guess who's back, do it again, ignorant shit and so on!! Like dame said, this beef is stupid

[Eon210]

Beautiful...Its jus so real....shyts fake now...swagg surf....lil' wayne...niggas gay fam...what happened 2 tha streets???

[TheDev2g]

Face and Beans destroyed the track yo

[jerellem]

that boy said he done touched hell twice. beans gettin deep.

[Lauryn0808]

love this song it gets me through my struggles evrytime!!!

{BOOTY}

[therat36]

Beans and Scarface sick track..

Best Ever from the ROC

[SoulCalJazz]

kanye's 1st joint. bravo

[kingD10inches]

soulcaljazz thats not kanye 1st joint. the 2 damn fools that agreed with you dont know shit either.

[mars4524]

DAMN...HE HAD MJ ON THIS SHIT....WOW

[zeapmar]

i did not know that ,

now i do ..

i got much more respect to this song

[TerraRyzinglives]

that's a Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes sample.

[tluv83]

damn homie they gave you dumb thumbs down for telling the truth/ I gues joe budden is right / "real is the new fake and fake is the new real

[barksdale85]

Sigel killed it

[sheltonlabitue]

You cant go wrong when you sample a classic like "I miss you" with TEDDY P!!!

[WonderBoy1516]

isn't that a sample of david ruffin?

[battybwoy905]

man id have to say 1 of jay-z best verses.. and scarfacee is murderr on this track.. he kills it.. str8 from da soul

[01342663563]

WOW! Scarface's verse was soo heartfelt. How sad, but so real. One of the best.

Also, I have to say this is the best beat Kanye ever did IMO. Man, he sold out for the money hard lool.

[Childrenguild]

I lik scarface don't get me wrong but I wish Jay Z had decided to attack this track by himself.

[dabestanimemaster]

agreed!

[zeapmar]

your right

i give u a +1 for that but , its good like this too :)

[royalsteven]

But you see, he didn't have enough armour. Scarface and Beanie Sigel brought the extra guns and bulletproofs with them!

[KennyObiWanKenobi]

This is one my favourite Jay-Z verses at the start.

[amazingM]

check out charles hamilton in a jam

[dino73112]

Scarface poured everything onto this track. Held it down for the H and people all over! Already!

[KillaKanga]

he found out one of his family members died moments before he went on the track...that's where the emotion came from

[qufinest14]

straight hood classic!!!!!

[WiSpERLoCc313]

niccaz slept on diz tracc...

[carlosyouSOB]

I heard kanye say this was his direct copy of dre's xxxplosive

[rodjilius]

yea i had just read that a few mins ago so im checkin out both the tracks

[dino73112]

Yea. At the beginning of the track he bit the beginning of xplosive . Maybe used the baseline.

[bubbadhaahedgehOg]

jay had huge lips lmfao thats y he raps good

[BRUCEWAYNEDK]

at the beginning of this song,does anyone know the name of that song? before the main tune starts i mean??

TDK

[jayserge89]

yeah. its ''hovi baby'' 2nd track offa the blueprint 2; the gift.

[Igotcha05]

I wish these 3 would do a cd together. Been wanting that to happen for years.

[jayserge89]

worddd

[BRUCEWAYNEDK]

thanks dawg...i got the hovi baby song..the track is on fire

absolutely sublime

tdk

[cpetcow]

Every track Kanye touches seems to turn to gold.

[kingsworld30]

scareface is tha truth

[DizastaMusic]

scarface verse so emotional.

[RayMontemayorSucks]

@DizastaMusic Yeah in my vision and my opinion he's the King Of The South all my friends turn to lil wayne,drake,soulja boy,and all mainstream wanting attention bitches im from the south and live in the South but im a big fan of all hip hop i dont represent a West Coast,East Coast,South,or Midwest i represent Hip-Hop i like all of em

[DoomCity202]

@DizastaMusic Face wrote the verse right after a bad news phone call while they were setting up to record..his friends kid died in a car fire..so his verse is hot off the press.

[CxZILLA]

Listen to "Last Call" on Kanye's "The College Dropout" he explains what he did on the beat of this track.

[HS32153]

I think this track was the Blueprint to the Blueprint. It made Jay wanna go in this soulful route. I'll go with Face for the best verse BTW.

[battybwoy905]

beaniee kills dis songg

[hotpancakesandribs]

supposably the beat is dr dres xplosive sped up kanye

[kilocopter]

just the drums

[SirEricmicheal]

I made A Video To This Song Check It Out This One Of My Favorite Songs

[OpurumD]

I just found out this was a Kanye beat.

[frankajacied]

me2, its crazy!

[Gasto876]

scarface i feel what u saying. He spit his heart out and this shit what he was saying was real

[Eon210]

this is tha shhyt...

[WhatsReallyGood08]

how can i get this instrumental?

[swangardian]

In Rolling Stonen Kanye West talked of how the Dr. Dre track "Xxplosive" inspired him: "'Xxplosive', off 2001, that's [where] I got my entire sound from—if you listen to the track, it's got a soul beat, but it's done with those heavy Dre drums. Listen to "This Can't Be Life," a track I did for Jay-Z's Dynasty album, and then listen to "Xxplosive". It's a direct bite." They're just sped up...

[BF33210]

Yup. He also mentioned it on "Last Call" as well.

[Shadapaga]

this is nothing knew its been mentioned pretty hard on here. Everybody bites drums and alot of people bite samples.

[unseen1985]

this was kanye's first released production!!! amazing

[kedordu]

it was the truth with beanie

[BF33210]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Kanye do "Poppa Was A Playa" but wasn't credited for it though?

[Jamesc210]

@BF33210 yeah i believe your correct.

[OG0716]

This was a great album.

[krisss137]

soulfull! kanye at his best

[mosesarzola]

jay!! this is the best album by him, i live in cali, i bought it 2 time!!! but his last albums, he trying to b sumone , who he is not!

[theHipHopHead]

this beat is also on test drive unlimited, but is performed by someone else. can someone tell me the name of that song pls and the artist

[fsgkid]

if your talking about the sample its david ruffen i miss you

[rokeebeezy]

harold melvin - "i miss you"

[Shadapaga]

Its harold melvins voice i dont know which version was recorded first but you can tell he sample harold melvin.

[jmc04]

The song is a sped up version of "I Miss You" by Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes.

But that isn't Harold Melvin singing, It's Teddy Pendergrass. He started off as a drummer in that group, then moved up to lead singer.

[kvizzle321]

amazing song