Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt track # 4.Dead Presidents

[Dabznidas]

You made it a hot line i made it a hott song..

[CHILDOFHARLEM]

This is jay best song to date

[himovadere]

This album is so hot that he could promote it again.

[passionatelyrics]

Crazy how Nas is on the hook though.

[ariues]

you made it a hot line i made it a hot song

[godofthisshit]

@ariues

Crazy how few people fucked with this album back in the days.

[norcaliSavior]

@ariues nas made thee hotest album and jay z was on his nuts

[ariues]

@norcaliSavior i know. jay z is smart but he aint the visionary nasir is

[Dan464646]

The real HOVA ! Reasonable doubt is a continuos cumming !

[YOYOdaMOOSE]

damn this is one helluva good beat

[DanteBTV]

Great New Hip Hop/Rap Tracks CB - GameTime & H-Dub - Yea Produced By: Dante' B Check Em Out

[COMPUTEWEST760]

all eyez on me

[MrGrandmastersexy]

i think illmatic by nas can compete with this album. both nas and hov are dope afff tho

[FamousChris14]

@MrGrandmastersexy Illmatic was the number 1 hip hop album, but this i can say is right next to it. jigga did his fucking thing and ripppppped this album, he went all out just like Nas did. Two of the best MC's to tough the mic!

[MrGrandmastersexy]

@FamousChris14 indeed bro indeed. theyre on a whole other level when it comes to concepts metaphors and wordplay

[SuperBayboy925]

aye i know ppl post a million of these a day but plz gimme a chance..stop by and check out my page ima SICK RAPPER JUST GIMME CHANE!!

[hamlinfann]

this reminds me of better times when life was easy, every day is a strugle just too survive makes me wonder when it all gonna end..hurricanes, earthquakes,wild fires..whats next..

[eperry26]

One of the greastest albums of all times



[hiphopisknowledge]

CLASSIC ALBUM ..OUT WHEN HIPHOP WAS AT ITS PEAK !!!!!!!!!!!!

[chuckwest28]

that's just the shit

[HDizaDestiny]

1990'S

West Coast Had: The Chronic, Doggystyle, Murder Was The Case,Me Against The World, Dogg Food, and All Eyez on Me

East Coast Had: Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers), Illmatic, Ready to Die, The Infamous, Reasonable Doubt and It Was Written

90's Definetly = Golden Age of Rap, If Not, The Best Decade of Rap Music Ever Period!.

[topdog90U]

@HDizaDestiny This album wasn't as good as people are pumping it up to be. It didn't get no espect in the era of albums you just mentioned because it wasn't no where near them albums. This is a good album but all that greatest shit is over hyping this album it didn't get the respect because it couldn't hold it's own in it's era. for people to say 10 years later this album was a classic is retarded. It had all the backing as every other album people just wasn't feeling it.

[doubleddirtyd]

maybe this is the best album ever written. not the best rap album, or hip hop album, but the best ALBUM, PERIOD

[topdog90U]

@doubleddirtyd again Like I replied to the guy ahead of you stop calling this album a classic. This album is not better than all eyes on me which still get play. this album is not better than amerikkka's most wanted. this album is not better than both of biggies albums. the low end theory is a classic this album is not because it couldn't get respect in it's era get rich or die trying is a classic no this album. you can't listen to a album 10 years later and say oh that album is great no.

[trey695]

@topdog90U yo you must be A. outta ya mind, or B don't know shit about hip hop!! this album definitely a classic....this shiit was hot when it came out and its still hot. niggas can speculate about what pac and big would have done but to keep it real if they didnt die they probably still wouldnt have been able to fuck with jay z....whos even lastred this long in the spot light???? and still get talked about?? besides LL?? and that nigga homo now

[topdog90U]

@trey695 I think I know to much about hip hop thats why I can't ride this nigga dick and give him credit for a album that didn't get no credit when it first came out. This album wasn't consider a classic until 01 or 02 if you don't agree then you don't know shit and talking to you is pointless. Not until he was the only artist around in hip hop with DMX did people start saying this above average album was a classic which it wasn't because it couldn't hold its own against albums of its time.

[trey695]

@topdog90U yo I don't know how old you are, or where you from....but i'm 34 this is my generation of hip hop...this shit was played like crazy in chicago when it first came out... you can't knock the hustle was on every radio station and that wasnt even the fire off the album. you must be another one of them niccas who didnt listen to hip hop back then cuz if you did you know that shit top ten on the bill board immediately. you just wasnt upon it. it was before your time

[bryanoh33]

@topdog90U Illmatic is betterthan anything by Jay z I like a few of his songs off his first two albums but his shit went soft after that

[wiltvideos]

@bryanoh33 ow is roc boys from american gangster soft?

[450Flamezz]

@topdog90U Im a young nigga and even I know that Reasonable Doubt Is One Of The Best Hip Hop Albulms Ever Its The More Positive Side Of The Hip Hop Genre So Wtf Are You Talking About Cuz Damn Near Anyone In Hip Hop Has Agreed To This Albulm Being A Classic. It Was On The Radio, He Had Videos, He Had Singles On The Billboard And He Wasnt Even Signed To A Major Label, He Jus Had An Ill Ass Fanbase And Mad People Copped The Albulm.

[CreationsOfBoredom]

Jay Z did a great job with this track. There is a remake on my page by this incredible artist name AMC. Please watch it & provide feedback. It's the first video.

/watch?v=3iZdWJYVsTY

[FlyAllure1]

I listen to this song every morning and in 1996 I was 9yrs old,,,,#JaytheGreat

[Lucifsam]

You want his old shit buy his old album

[188dollar]

@Lucifsam I think I'll take that advice

[coffeenirvana]

@themagicmanzev and now these new kids are trying to keep talking about smoking weed everyday, every other line, i mean i feel it but not in every verse

[nathaliagriff]

fuck em!!!! they hate a nigga loving his life.........

[im4rmapple]

thank you @iDuffdabestweed I been tryin to tell people that for the last 3 albums...

[NiHall08]

i aint fan of jay i dont like jay but i cant lie i'm a fan of this album and i love this song both da shit!!

[speedsense13]

That made him smile, though his eyes said "pray for me", I'll do you one better and slay these niggas faithfully.

[EdwinJ92]

This song started the Jay-z Nas beef.

[zsivaz]

I prefered the original version of this song and I was dissappointed he decided to put this version of the song on the album. Still a great version tho

[sippindrank214]

Jay has NOT fallen off is anything he has gotten bigger and smarter. Look at it from a Gangster standpoint not "gangsta".

[0885330924]

"I'm still spending money from '88"

[sebslop]

beautiful song, beautiful album. I wish he would go back to his roots but thats not gonna happen.

[aidinharper]

i remember when this album was fresh, when he had talent, and didn't think he was the king of the universe, i like this album alot, he turned out to be the worst rapper of all-time, musta sold his soul to the devil cuz i swear he just hynotizes people now into thinkin he's good

[naijaboy22]

@aidinharper not even gonna lie a little of that is true

[700PoundsofOregano]

@aidinharper I don't necessarily agree, because I still think he's a talented MC. But if he has fallen off, the fact that he's maintained his popularity is a testament to his business savvy. He gives the public a likeable, funny rap icon that appeals to all races...the fact that he's so accessible will keep his popularity level high long after his skills don't match his reputation anymore.

[dae15irt]

out 4 presidents 2 represent me

[gshumo]

Classic!!!!

[EBshitbird]

This record charted weak when it came out. Crazy!! People wouldn't know good music if it raped them at dinner

[surewhatever1172705]

you feel me

[KH32009]

I prefer nas version over jay's

[SmackLykeHi5]

Jay= True Rapper/MC

Anyother Rapper out Now= Shitty Artist !

[Flamboyantization]

Jay-Z the best Rapper Alive.

[gcucolo11]

hes an amazing lyricist

[kickk42]

up coming artist kick5000 look him up

[luisescalera12]

one of the best songs ever a classic wether you like it or not

[Fyek2010]

Reasonable doubt= the end of Jay-z' s hip-hop career.then he went commercial

[fsujci]

@Fyek2010 black album?

[Fyek2010]

@fsujci yea yea true

[classicor]

@Fyek2010 yeah but he's got over 500 million reasons to have gone commercial. not too many people can top reasonable doubt and he can always say that

[coolmusicforyou1]

his best album hands down.

[12emir]

if you like nas, youll like jay.

[Lyingaboutmyage]

You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song.

[owneroflimbo]

this song is soo nasty son this nigga changed hip hop.. stay up jazzy

[zoke13]

this foo said "still spendin money from 88" jay z still holdin shit down no matter wut music he makes all the beats from this album go hard as well

[ReggieD313]

I love this song. It's 1 of the best

[qddaartform]

why do people hate on Jay and say he stole everything from other people

Jay-Z changed hip hop he took over Jay is the Micheal Jordan of hip hop

like MJ there was other great players before him but he evolved the game soo much

[Blackjesus3]

damm this is sickkkkkkkkk

[AceHova79]

he said "ice that will offend you" hahaha....this nicca was bullets 4 real.

stop the hate on Jay 4 real. He nice and if BIG was walking the southern movement would of never happened.

[kennedie75]

I dabbled in crazy weight...without rap I was crazy straight potna .....Im still spending money from 88'.....whaaaaat! wow....!!!

nuff said....no one today can fuck with that line....

[JCostilCapo1]

If u fuk wit that REAL HIP HOP then youtube "Costa aka Capo" N listen to "Gov'z Greazy", "Freedom", N "Listen".

Peep Philly'z Hottest Emcee.

[hennylo68]

All he did is switch up his style, he sounded like das exf and that didn't work so he heard the success of big , nas, the wu, mobb deep and started rapping like them.

[Blackjesus3]

@hennylo68 exactlyyyyy finally sum1 admitting he was like das efx when he came out thats were he got the flow from

[terej05]

"what we talking bout real shit or we talking about ryhmes" lol

[TheMagicmanZev]

I lotta kids these days don't realize how much this album changed hip hop. No longer was hip hop about doin' drugs on da corner. It was about being a "black gambino" if you will. You wear nice clothes, drive a hella nice lexus, beating extortion charges.

[Braindamage351]

@TheMagicmanZev

lmao, never heard of Cuban Linx? It came out a full year before Reasonable Doubt.

[TheMagicmanZev]

@Braindamage351

Yeah, lol I own Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. I my opinion that only touched on, what Reasonable Doubt took to the next level.

[starscream4282]

@TheMagicmanZev Great, teach our young black people to worship money!

[starscream4282]

@TheMagicmanZev Great, teach our young black people to worship money!

[rdotpatterson]

@TheMagicmanZev jay z is my favorite rapper of all time and this is my favorite album ever but i think ob4c started that trend but thats just my opinion

[TheMagicmanZev]

@rdotpatterson

I agree, I just think that Reasonable Doubt took it further to full fruition as a lifestyle

[rdotpatterson]

@TheMagicmanZev yea i wanted to grow up to be a don after listening to this album lol

[JoeMackThaDon]

@TheMagicmanZev kool g rap did that way b4 jay ever got on

[skaterrob182]

@TheMagicmanZev finally someone talks sense, jay-z pretty much created the baller lifestyle!

[DaGenius99]

@TheMagicmanZev Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Linx" kinda already touched on the whole "Mafioso" hip-hop genre & Kool G Rap as well.

[thorgriego]

@DaGenius99 absolutely correct, kool g rap- underrated he stated the whole mafia shit in hip hop as well as the multi syllable flows, and he perfected the whole street narratives i think.

[MAG1CMAN69]

@DaGenius99 dont forget the firm!

[DaGenius99]

@MAG1CMAN69 Them too.

[NaturalBornKillahs]

@TheMagicmanZev and imma poor nigga n i want wanna hear that shyt grew up poor n later in lyfe i got attached to a demon got hit a couple mental illnesses ova stand im on that psychopathic wiccid shyt, like Twiztid or Esham Tech N9ne ya feel

[Smokeherbs718215]

@NaturalBornKillahs lol niggah get ya weight up! lol loser

[NaturalBornKillahs]

@Smokeherbs718215 fuck you on

[FozzytheRyan]

@TheMagicmanZev i think this is a grimy street album, the only one jay z has. but he changed that like you said, but on later albums, this is classic hip hop

[SamFisheristheshit]

@TheMagicmanZev No it was Only built for cuban linx then this and more importantly Life After Death.

[MrWARBUCKS24]

this is when jay was jay his new shit is trash and I'm tierd of people saying he grew up the nigga was 27 when this came out he was already grown he switched his style and went pop it's a shame but that goes to show people jay was never real as we thought

[JCostilCapo1]

wow he was 27? shit i guess u rite... i didn even realize it till i thought about it.

[StrongIslandKid]

Jay aint going back to his old rap shit.... stop complaining haters if you appreciate this just listen chill

[stillkitty]

i wished we had more rappers like jay but hey all the youth wanna do is dance to stupid shit and im 15 but i appreciate true lyrics.. i swear real rap is coming bACK THIS YR.. kanye jay-z and j.cole takin it and ludacris can when he wants to. qits more rappers than that but im not gonna name everybody

[TheBullDancer18]

He bit a little Big L in this song but not too much so I'll leave that alone.

Big L:In a year I killed 88.

So I made about... umm... fuck it I was crazy straight.

Jay Z: 1:13

[iDuffdabestweed]

no nigga, they talkin bout totaly diff shit, relax haha

[jAySoN7272]

don't leave it alone...he stole his whole flow from Big L...he just slowed it up a bit..real shit

[jammmmie009]

@jAySoN7272 That is exactly what Jay did, he use to roll with Big L back when they were late teens early 20's before L went. Jay stole his style.. not many people know that.

[eljeffrey2010]

@jammmmie009 nas was the king so jay and big l copied nas

[rrh199018]

Bam wana hear facts, Jay Z is a dumbass cause he refuses to rap like he used to back then when biggie was alive, now that both biggie n tupac are gone its like he dont give a fuck, he just wants to rap about bright emotions, no dark emotions what so ever, thats where all the money was in. Jay Z would get so much shit talk if biggie was alive still and hearin how he is now compaired to this. this shit is dope, i love it!

[DarkHermit212]

he cant rap like this anymore cuz he aint livin that life anymore he made it big at rap and gave up hustlin at least you cant say he dont rap about what he really lived

[Phillystar215]

naw jay-z smart hes keepin up wit da generation n if he raps like he use 2 its over ppl dnt want to hear now a days well i would n these words are coming from a 15 yr old

[iDuffdabestweed]

niggas grow up, hes 40 now, wat u want him to talk about chillin on the corner smokin weed?

[Blackjesus3]

@iDuffdabestweed exactly

[d0zi7]

@iDuffdabestweed you could spit 'bout puttin' in ya denchers, and rockin' Febu diapers bruh

[Fredfiness]

@rrh199018 Why should he rap like this? The people don't want this, otherwise it would be on the radio like back in the 80s-90s. He's a businessman first, then a rapper.

[trey695]

@Fredfiness hes not a businessman...he is a business,,,,,,man!

[Fredfiness]

@trey695 So let him handle his business, DAMN!

[jammmmie009]

This beat is magical.

[QtimeisinfiniteA]

illmatic is cool but this is a hustlers album understand

[45bandit]

who cares nothing is original. This track still jams

[ZBones23]

Those who dont think this genius is better than Nas...wow you're ... (-_-)

[ZBones23]

I certainty have done so sir before you even could tie your shoes =P Jay-Z is better thats that...no argument

[ankyismybitch]

no reason to use my lower age as an argument here...while i agree that jay's pre-album stuff is amazing, there's no way you can convince me that reasonable doubt is better than illmatic

[isaadiq]

@ZBones23 Amen brotha. Amen

[jxwhee]

you made it a hot line, I made it a hot song

[DRWRITER08]

dats why he better than nas

[Pesticle]

This was his best album, he fell off after this. And this doesn't even touch Illmatic.

[illmatic129]

what about The Blueprint and The Black album two classic albums

[ckondiah]

Better than Nas? Nigga you don't know hip hop do you? You must be real young, Jay lyrics are not close or deep as Nas, people like Jay Z because this society are all dreamers and hate the truth. Nasir Jones lyrics are too complex for most to understand

[t3ddygramz24]

i disagree ....i mean both of these guys are lyrical but you sayin dat Jay lyrics are not close or deep as Nas? i guess you had cocks between your ears when you was listening to reasonable doubt dont get me wrong illmatic is good but i dont its better than reasonable doubt

[t3ddygramz24]

....i think "it was written" cud match up with reasonable doubt but idc they both my favorite rappers and yes nas is better than jay but reasonable doubt is an album most ppl cant relate to or "too complex for most to understand"

[tigersleafspats]

how the fuck can u say that, this songs only good cause jay z adopted the mentality "the world is yours" FROM NAS. fuck sakes its a nas sample for the title. open your eyes.

[docesjr]

better than nas?!?!?! BUahahahahahhahahah WOW ok!

[lawlwtfcakes0605]

nigga sold his soul and wants it back

[ohilikeyou]

when you put a price on it, it becomes worthless. Some cultures you have to find or earn one. I agree and disagree I'm not solid on whether its gone forever I have to hope something comes from this.

[changalang760]

stack cheddaz forevas live treacherous all the exceteras

[iceg274]

well we all kno nas kudnt nevaa make 6etta songs then thisman...jus 7isten...nd nas gotta spit facts 7ik my son....lol 7eft kondoms in ya 6a6yy sitt??? how u do u do dat 2 anny man dats a rap in my eyes no matter how u put...6ut i 7ik nas dnt get me wrong...6ut jay suppa sikk smfh...on hiz shyt lol...u kall dat..na na naaa naaaa gud 6yee!!!

[WhiteTeeTaliban]

murder is a tough thing to digest, it's a slow process...and I aint got nothin but time ......... who can see jay?

[Ndugga]

Mr. Nasir Jones

[WhiteTeeTaliban]

The same Mr. Nasir Jones that was willing to name his album Nigger just to get some sales?

[Ndugga]

does this have anything to do with Mr. Jones' lyrical ability?

[shamberlynn]

I wanna speed on the expressway bangin this shit while burnin one

[AdThaDon2k8]

its more like a vibrant sleepy lay down and chill song think about life and your finances ha

[sl4yar]

yeah i hear ya its kinda dark, listen to, blackalicous - shallow days

[iFiEND4HiPHOP]

...Lol, doesn't make me want to cry...

[willbabyboi1988]

yeah i sampled your voice, you was using it wrong.. you made it a hot line, i made it a hot song lol

[JW2K3]

" i roc hoes , yall roc fellas "

Nas killed him

[yunglinq]

To: JW2K3

1 HOT ALBUM EVERY 10 YEARS AVERAGE AND THAT SO LAMEEEEEEE!

[JW2K3]

lol y r u talking to me ?

[yunglinq]

lol..yea u quoted a Either line so i just hit cha wit a Takeover line ..jus fukn witcha..lol

[howaboutusukout]

Both versions r sik

[Chubachus]

nah, dis one murders the otha one

[howaboutusukout]

yea standadly bredgin but i like the flow he comes wid one the other one too...its that wonder rhyming shit, me and my condamerits , shall remian anonymous

[radu333]

wtf is a condamerit? lol no such thing it's me and my conglomerates

[shmayy]

@radu333 hahahahahah thank you

[beast2k6]

i think this is the best song Jay ever did

[beast2k6]

Well the first one was better lol

[ReaSzon]

first version of dead presidents is better

[tommy60812]

MY SHIT

[415BAY415]

you talk about sellin out, but a man gotta do what a man gotta do to make money remember that.

[Cappachino100]

Not if it's selling your soul. Nothing is promised,everything is replacable, n****** ain't real, a world gone mad an you say. A man gotta do what, thats why we in this mess,cause a man gotta do. Look around you, what do you see. Stop.Listen to your inner self. Not beyond his means and thats is the problem. A man doesn't gotta do. But he does an the rest of us suffer.

[rutgersfan14]

hey, dont get on jay shit, he better than wayne man. keep that in mind. matter fact he on a whole nother level than waytne.

[sdotkk]

If we all be honest with ourselves... We could name every Jay album and know deep down that they're still great albums.

For someone of Jays stature blueprint 2, kingdom come etc were somewhat poor... However if you listen to the lyrics and the content he is still the same... The only thing thats changed is the beats - so in hindsight they're all great lol

[KTHARLEM125TH]

check out my songs pplz n download my free mixtape im tryna get 1000 views in one fuckin week support kt"

[gwlielnlrioayms]

this was the most popular song from reasonable doubt, but it was probably the 5th best song on there. aint nobody making albums like this no more.

[chrisBMF12]

jay man itz nothing more 2 say

[Hooovercat]

sort of sad, since blueprint 1 his albums are getting more and more mainstream. blueprint2 wasn't too bad... black album wasn't too good, and then kingdom come... now american gangster, bit better at least. Hope he is getting up again and produces straight shit like this.

[nick2uch]

he has passion but you gotta remember that its ultimately a buisness and at least hes not totally mainstream right..

[SoOffTheDome]

Jay has been successful, even though he did sell out and go commercial, he still makes introspective songs and remains at a decent level. But we all know how deep of a emcee he is based off Reasonable Doubt.

If skills sold

Truth be told

I'd probably be

Lyrically, Talib Kweli

Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense

But I sold 5 mill

And aint been rhyming like Common since

lol this nigga ill

[bigMike0421]

Moment of Clarity was without a doubt the best song off the Black Album.

[LAVALLEE1991]

My 1st Song was a good one off the Black Album

[brooklynkid412]

I think they should put illmatic and reasonable doubt and a double cd for like a 25 aniversity ot sumthing. i would it pass it down to my children

[SkysReply]

Jay's just changing with that times.