Vintage Jay Z Footage

[ebony38ish]

Listening to JayZ earlier interviews, such has this one, it shows that he is a very smart man. He seems very down to earth, aware of the rap game and that you have to venture out into other investments in order to financially succeed.

[stretchadelic]

the industry's mathematics made simple...only the smart survive past 3 albums.

[standingabove]

10th anniversary of the blueprint, celebrate.

[nomibe2911]

Jay-Z was a smart businessman. He knew the ins and outs of the business. Thats why he had his company and partnered with other major labels.

[riteyedea]

gay z is not the g.o.a.t

[blackstersherron]

@riteyedea Agree but he is one of them the G.O.A.T is LL cool J for what he has done longer then any rapper.

[riteyedea]

@blackstersherron ll cool j hasnt been relevant for almost two decades.

[blackstersherron]

@riteyedea Who has done with he has? Who has been in the game more then he has? Who has more albums that went plat?

[HBKLDN]

This video came out early 1997 so he was 27 years old.

[Juceexposed]

This nigga have Scarface in the Background..lol

[MrSharkkky]

F#$#@ J Z , thats all the play amma givem

[ryant1993]

Jay-Z Is The Biggest Sell-Out In Rap History!

[tsigyn]

@ryant1993 bro you think people try to get money and stay doin the same shit they been doin all their life?

[Internationalwoods]

Great Interview! If someone asked me which is Jay more talented in, Business or Rapping,...I wouldn't be able to decide,...

watch?v=7byRQZu8Ehk

[TheMONEYME1]

you cant even hear this video you bum ass niggas

[tscassid]

It's funny how Jay says he always want's these ghetto kids to be screaming out about what's going on in these hard areas, then he takes over the airwaves with his million dollar songs for 16 and 17 year old white girls. That aspect of hip hop is def. dead. The pain and struggle of poor areas, adios. Shit ain't around no more.

[esco42085]

@tscassid rappers rap about what they feel, and whats going on with them. he cant rap about pain of poor areas because that would be fake. hes worth 100 million dollars now. just like a kid grows up you let go of certain areas of your life but youre still the same person.

[TSCSOUNDS]

@esco42085 I totally agree. He can't relate anymore, so there is no way for him to have these emotions. All I'm saying is he said he wants Hip Hop to be a cry from the ghetto. And I just don't hear it anymore. At least nowhere on television. And don't go, "there's all kinds of great underground rappers". I know, I listen to a lot of them. It's just, now these millionaires are hogging up the airwaves, there is no room for the life of the other 99% of the population.

[datpiff8910]

3:20 This is why Jay is the best, he was a visionary

[ThaWiseJester]

3%-5% are still around to this day as far as being on top ten years later so he was right..

[kymheartschris]

i was 3 years old when ths was done wow

[44joints]

@kymheartschris ,,,,,,and your pont?

[kymheartschris]

@44joints i dont know i was bored and i was commenting random stuff lol

[44joints]

@44joints  LOL.....Yeah to be honest i do the same thing!

[Blackjesus3]

jigga :D hes so fire

[123charlotte1]

wow i'm sure that he had no idea that in 12 years time he would be worth more than 650 million dollars, so well known, so influencial and breaking records with all his number 1 albums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love jay-z!

[jozrok]

what was he like 30 when this was made? cuz he's like 42 now. he came in the game old

[RichyJA]

yea he been doin this since the 80s b

[Blackjesus3]

he was in his 20s here hes only 40 not 42

[BPT7]

jay spittin knowledge in this video.

[sunntzu]

Educate these lames Jay...first cat in a minute I heard TALK REAL TALK, at least from the mainstream side of things....and this was 12 years ago....

Dude got a serious business head on him...I can't see jay going broke, period...90% of these rappers will be DONE in the next 4 years.

[MicWrek]

LMFAO at his Rolodex

[XXRevolveXX]

he should watch this video , even though hes still making good music his "off that" song sound like it contradicts young hov, i understand we all grow though

[BizeeNimble1]

Jay really lookin like Yong Hov...lol

That nigga had a rolodex...thars how old this is.

[Yungspliff]

i still use a Rolodex..where else are you gonna put all those business cards?

[BizeeNimble1]

(damn I couldn't spell when I wrote my comment) lol

...transfer the information into your iPhone!!! ...throw business cards away

[DamnHomey2]

talking some real shit at 3:15

[jhhjuuyytt]

utube nikky black this is a hot rapper my g

[GetThatMoneyKidd]

hahahahaha dis nikky black nigga suck

[yungezt]

and fuck u 2

[jupilk]

fuck jay z

[gikib0i]

Remember back when an average rapper career was 3 albums, now its a ringtone, sad

[Lildressabc]

and how da hell u kno he got it frm jews??? who told u dat BS? either way he has hella gwap now lame

[darkhaine]

man this guy is a bigass fraud thats so fucked up !!! just like rick ross nigga!! plus:he signed rick ross

[UPandB3YonD]

Haha, Old ROC office in the city!!

[xielanx1]

haha he look young as hell

[darkhaine]

this guy had his money from the jews to build roccafella records, not from drugs...

[Kongohh]

jews??

[badLuckrapp]

get your facts right.

brooklyn mafia helped jayz. not jews

[darkhaine]

man brooklyn mafia? lol how you know that he said that in a song? man right now i kan record a song and say what i want in that! the fact is tha NOBODY can use rockefeller name, even though u change leters and shit, unless they got the rights from the rocckefeller cie thats it

[utubeissoshit]

JAY-Z'S G'D UP 2 THE FEET UP, GET 2 KNO!

[BklynFlex]

Damn dis some exclusive footage, yo he been around reapin all da rewards and den won da Grand Prize !!!!!!!

[johnny2cold]

detroit rapper al nuke looks just like jay-z

[bry504]

he look soo young!!

[FatherLivez13]

realistically he might of came in the game 200,000 strong but betzta believe it ain't all frm come off the streetz and if it did it came frm hiz muzic movement which waz prolly already est. by the time he waz 21 - thanx in part 2 JAZZO.

[Navajustin]

jay z was still a boss 1997

[TehRealEveryName]

he talks about how he came into the rap game with 200,000 from selling drugs and stuff. So he started as, and has remained the boss for like 15 years

[Chanchowlee]

This nigga had his career planned out so he wont lose.

[dnjs626]

this is word coming from the richest man in hip hop and this was before he was the man he is today. hes wearing a damn denim button-up.. you know times was different. His accuracy in his words in relevance to the times of today reason why he became what he is.

[QuellKeith]

JAY-Z THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE!

[BrittanyDavis10]

You guys can believe that maybe jayz was just eliminating dead weight or getting rid of negative people in his life. That could be very true. Or, like all his friends say he could have changed & went hollywood. He could have really gotten greedy & took everything selfishly. We dont know Jayz, so we cant defend him as if hes innocent & your right... I cant attack him like hes guilty.But I do believe 1 thing. Everyone is NOT going 2 keep sayin the same thing about 1 person if it aint true...

[BrittanyDavis10]

The only 1's that are still with him that he came in the buisness with are TyTy & Bleek. They are on his payroll & hes feeding them. Why is it that every 1 he came in the buis with HATE him now & all say the same thing about how he uses ppl & what kind of person he is? Im not sayin that dame & them are innocent & YES people do grow apart. I have grown apart from friends 2, but they dont HATE ME now I havent given them a reason, & they shouldnt all hate Jay unless hes given them a reason.

[BrittanyDavis10]

Im not hating on Jayz but im looking at the situation with an objective eye & not like a fan like some of you are.And just cause hes rich & successful doesnt mean hes right & everyone else is jealous & wrong. Just because this man is rich & wealthy doesnt mean hes done everything the right way & that you would do it too if u were him. Jayz burned a lot of people 2 be who he is and some dont have the heart or lack of, 2 do people like that & those R the 1's who call him out.

[PYROofPNI]

good point,but then again, you can only make it so far b4 u step on some toes.thats y its lonely at the top.and thats not sayin he's right or bein a fan or n e thing,thats just bein real.

[PepGame4]

ITS BUSINESS! You don't get rich making sure that everyone you WERE involved with is always happy. They're not blood, so FUCK EM cuz at the end of the day they'll do YOU. Most successful businessmen and women are CUT THROAT which is how they get to the top. He cant keep feedin niggas. They say hes wrong cuz he dropped artists from his label, but people do that ALL THE TIME! It needed to be done or else it may have messed with his revenue.

[kuruptzZz]

honestly...jay's been carrying rocafella for longer than most rapper's careers! any other entrepreneur only about the money (diddy, fat joe, 50) would've dropped bleek, siegel, freeway ages ago

[tokinblckgie]

At the same time, they put a lot more money behind their own projects than they do their artist's. Most of the se cats are underhanded and two faced.

[PYROofPNI]

you'd be surprised how much money affects things.thats where the hate comes from

[Gmen0066]

ok i was reading your comments and i agree with yo to a point when you said that everyone grows apart from ppl and that you have to but they dont hate you now. well put millions of dollars into the equation and you get hate and blame. they feel like they helped jay get to where hes at today so they think he owes them somthing that there not getting not saying its wrong or right but money cant change someone it just amplifies whats already there.but money does couse hate even if it is undeserved.

[BrittanyDavis10]

I agree there is a difference. But what do you think??? Do you think ALL of these people are crazy broke and jealous or do you realize that Jayz maybe be what they are saying he is rather hes rich or not??? Everyone doesnt keep saying the same thing about one person for ten years if it isnt true or some truth in it. And these ppl didnt just start. They have been coming at Jay sense Dynasty and blueprint album before her was a a lister or even this rich...

[Gmen0066]

i dont think we will ever know and it isnt our buisness. As long as hes doing what his fans pay him to do (make good music) then we have no right to disrespect him thats all im saying.(im not talking as a fan ethier thats my point for all artist) thats why i think tabloids are rediculous.

[BrittanyDavis10]

Yes I agree and I LOVE Jayz as a rapper, just not to sure if I want to put more money in his pockets...

[mattbingley181992]

Watch the roccafella backstage party. Jay z has always been a perfesional from wen he was in the crack game to today. The other people in roccafella wen the money came they got lazy. That affected jay z up untill The dynasty wer afta that he realised he cant be lazy in the game and he pulled himslef bak out of his bootstraps and became the true artist he is. he wanted to work dame wanted to party. Jay z is just different to the other he has a proper work ethic.He lasts he is d cool 1 not dame

[ja5dalegend]

I love where i came from, doesn't mean if i had the money to build a mansion there i am goin to build there. i dont think anyone would

[ja5dalegend]

I can't take the fact that ppl are callin jay-z a sellout. Being a nigga from the hood, i was told to go to school and get a degree and never to live how ur parents did. So that would make me and any other nigga from the hood who did what their parents wanted a sellout.I highly doubt that jay-z forgot where he came from but i cant blame him for dropping dead weight. When you keep negative ppl in ur corner bad things will happen, so u distance ur yourself from that.

[njballers06]

you cant hate on a nigga that came up, made his money, and got out da hood and that aint bein a sell out, and if it is, hes a rich ass sellout. mad respect jay.

[dski1]

man if i was jay z i'd do the same thing. fuck hood shit. well not really but if he wanna dress different let him.

[KellyJam3]

money MAKES u sell out. No?? Ask 50 and Jay.

[avithemostill]

jayz is hard

[BrittanyDavis10]

Back when Jayz was a real, loyal nigga!!!! Before his COMPLETE SELLOUT!

[themostlyrikal]

Ha Ha! Haters exist every where.

[BrittanyDavis10]

YES!!! Before he started hanging with Gwenyth Paltrol and wearing open toe sandels and jeans and poka dot neck ties and silk shorts...

[YourGreatness]

hes on a whole nother level now

[BrianPsychicBabystar]

Merely serving as an external eye to this human being's progress, I feel for me to call him a sellout when he was merely fulfilling his destiny as a human being to be judgemental and shallow. However, if I really do want to correct the problems I see from the mainstream world, I guess the best thing for me to do is display a better alternative through my actions instead of my judgements. It's less hateful that way. Peace.

[go2class]

when you are poor you have to work hard ...when you are poor and black or brown you have to work extra hard

[stardagreat]

he reminds me of fabolous in this interview

[djdurag]

Dam...Big Upz 2 (Ray Industry Ave) for this upload!

This is golden!

[111111SLLLLLLLLLLL]

i got love 4 jay z buh iv lost a lot of respect 4 da nigga after hearin how he left heez niggaz behind and people da helped im wen he needed money or a place 2 stay an niggga didnt turn up 2 peoples funerals da dissapoints me a lot he needs 2 sort da shit out

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[holla221]

This is why Jay-z is where he is at now........Whats the diffence between a rich man and a poor man?....Its the way they think!

[Schneider763]

stupid...when you grow up poor, you have more walls to climb as opposed to a person who comes from a rich prosperous backround... if u grow up starving how can u function properly in class?

[holla221]

Friend, if you want a difference in your life, whether rich or poor, all you have to do is change the way you think. Lets say there were no such things as airplanes and I came to you and said, I'm going to make something that can fly. You would probably look at me like I was stupid. Just like people were looking at the Wright brothers when they were trying to make the first man controlled airplane, and they did it because they believed. "A man can never reach heights above his level of thought"

[themostlyrikal]

I think what holla221 was trying to say is that if you want something you have to work for it, reguardless of your circumstances. Just because your poor, doesnt mean that you are helpless.

[holla221]

That's basically what I was trying to say. I probably got a little to deep right there. (lol) However, I still do believe in order to achieve anything you want in life, you must first believe.

[lodiedodie]

cam and wayne were not as smart as jay-z when he was there age this guy whether you like his raps or not have to respect this man for his level of intellegence

[kangjangz]

that sense enough to know that street fame is a numbers game...how many they gave you and how many you did...peep knowledge kid...those same niggas hate on jay now cuz of who he is and what he did...think about it.

[kangjangz]

so cryin from da ghetto??? cry to who??? no one cares, we dont even care...i dig what he is saying but if most people in the hood took his intelligent and business minded approach to life and other aspects other than husslin and hip hop...mofos in the hood would be better off...but like he said 3-5%...thats the percentage of smart mofos in the hood...

[deadfresh10]

shut the fucc up.

[willmoss]

he said 3-5% of ARTISTS succeed..

maybe you need to improve your listening skills...

thats why no one hears those cries from the ghetto...cuz no ones smart enough to comprehend what theyre saying..oryoure right, maybe no one does care...either way..

someonee listening cuz he sole 22 million copies worth of crying buddy...

[poofacemure]

yeah yeah my nig jay

[Donkilluminati1]

JAY HOV!!!

[BALLINIZOVA]

dats real he still haven't changed keeping it forever honest

[LocaDiff]

Hip-Hop = Scream from the ghetto. I agree.