Jay-z - This Life Forever (rare)

[daloudess]

BIG POPPA died Pac too that why they say they better thn HOV' so im guessin if Nas died they'd be sayin he'd b better than HOV' but nigga JAY-Z is still hot, ulbums er'yr nd a lot richer wat more do you want? thz fuckn haters disgust me.

[LookAtMyShitMan]

Yes, that '99 Jay is fire!

[MrCleanPolo]

Best rapper ever, period.

[Shillzdarealzshow]

Over my years I've seen (1. Rooks) get token by the (2. Knight) lose their (3.Crown) for trying to defend a (4.Queen) / Checkmate in four moves / The Bobby Fisher of rap with raw moves.

......A four move Checkmate is actually a chess trick that can catch even the most experienced player off guard. ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS? THIS MAN IS A BEAST!!

[nysmartx3]

IF YOU AINT A HUSTLER ......YOU JUST WOULDNT UNDERSTAND!!! REDD ARME!!!

[HeadOfTheStateMusic]

"I could do the time but what's really on my mind ain't no hoes in the pen."

[juanloko2]

I'm going on a mission here. I'm going to listen to 2pac and Jay-Z's top 100 songs. and I will list which one I liked the most and I will make my own list. from there, I shall decide

[weBLOWtrz]

@juanloko2 lol stfu troll

[misermania]

I'm the truest nigga to do this nigga anything else is foolish

[mickeyxXx11]

@wakesFTT No, he made his label so people with talet could get out there and showcase their what they got. Jay z is one of the worlds top rap talents and I don't care if you like that or not, shut the fuck up and keep it to yourself. Know that no one here wants to read your trolling comments. Oooh and btw he would make money with or without the label anyway...he's an artists.

[TheViviid]

"Leaving niggas leakin more than just information" SMFH, dats how u end a fuckin song

[TOOREDEYES]

¨I CAN DO THE TIME ...BUT WHATS REALLY ON MY MIND.... IS THERE´S NO HOES IN THE PEN¨

[MisterCee41510]

EMINEM'S NEW MUSIC SUCKS BALLS!

[menzrileymgenge]

eminem makes too much noise,H.O.V all day

[Reggi3x]

"N----s tryna subtract my life, my mathematics is precise/ I carry the nine, so f---ing with me just ain't the answer." wow

[passdayak]

"checkmate in 4 moves, the bobby fisher of rap" DAMN that was raw. shit probably went over a lot people's head

[jorgefonsie]

Its funny how I see comments about Jay-z being the best only on his old school hits..

[k0wm3n]

Jay better than pac and big? What a joke. That nigga hasn't put anything cold out since the black album

[murph277v]

@k0wm3n american gangster

[changez07]

jay is a BEAST

[spliffgame]

impeccable word-play....i know the lyrics going over mad hater's heads hahahaha

[MsKayrose]

not his best cause he has so many greats

[fumitoshisato]

not bad



[bboysince1971]

"...i can do the time, but whats really on mind, there aint no hoes in the pen"

[RyBreadisRyGuy]

I remember this joint from The Black Gangster soundtrack. X and Ja had tracks on there as well.

[850iStyle]

THIS IS 1 OF JAY's BEST TRACKS (FLOWS/BEAT/RHYMES)...IT IS ALSO CURIOUS THAT J-LOVE PRODUCED THIS BANGER.....

[ritesaidme]

"Niggas tryna subtract my life, my mathematics is precise I carried the 9 so fucking with me just aint the answer"

slick.

[ramalnosaj]

best overall rapper...hot metaphors, ridiculous flow, real life stories, business mogul....what else do you knucle heads want?

[SheaBudda1]

Im tired of the Eminem & Jay comparisions.....You cant compare they are two diffrent genres SMH

[obeymbs412]

all opinions!



[tyreesemj1]

I'm not impressed by this song.

[mrhorn2001]

Nigga Jigga the G.O.A.T. FTW

don't believe me ...listen to "Hot 97 Grammy Family Freestyle"

it's here on youtube in multiple versions. it leaves no futher doubt.

[kingflorents]

the best rapper alive

[Asgangsta12]

damny why aint Nas is anyones top..that dude is top 5 easily

[TheKhalipha]

non u silly kids got fiasco in ur top 10z... fools.

[datkidepik93]

@TheKhalipha what? For real! Fiasco is easily top 10, no one does what he does.

[THECOMMITTEEMG]

Anyone saying that Jay isnt #1 your crazy!!!! your right Big was hot but he only dropped a couple of albums in his lifetime so we never really got to see how much more he would have evolved. come on people numbers dont lie this man has surpassed ELVIS PRESLY as a single artists with most records sold!!!! until you can beat that track record then you'll always be number 2.

[MrSlik25]

Jay's nice...but...So is every nigga in my top ten...Pac was murdered...Big was murdered...Jay wasnt relevant enough to murder remember that...You cant front on noone in my top ten.

[bgblkb]

1Pac 2.Jay 3.Biggie 4.Em 5.Weezy 6.T.I. 7.Nas

[eblonde88]

yall stupid yall dont know anything aboit hip pop how jay z is on top of tupac?? are u crasy i can name three rappers better tham jay z period pun biggie how u have jay z number one oka he is a very succesful raper but not he best maybe top ten

tupac

biggie pun

rakim/easy e/

big l

method ma

[smokerface]

@eblonde88 how dare u say eazy e is better than jay, u fuckin idiot, in wat aspect plz inform me

[thedeanofmean1]

@eblonde88 eazy-e didnt even write his own shit

[SuperJayZFan1]

My Top 5 All-Time (Seriously):

1) Jay-Z

2) T.I. (I Bet Ya'll Surprised, But Don't Be)

3) 2Pac

4) Eminem

5) Biggie

[MrSlik25]

@SuperJayZFan1 1. Big Pun 2. Half-A-Mil 3. Prodigy 4. Jadakiss 5. Big L 6. Stack Bundles 7. Cormega 8. AZ 9. 50 Cent 10. Styles P...........Gotta mention Cam'ron, Lloyd Banks, Pusha T, & Eminem...I

[shastapunch]

@MrSlik25 maybe if you weren't retarded somebody would thumbs up this

jay is number 1

pac died biggie died

jay is still alive

"pound for pound I'm the best to ever come around here" respect dumbass

[wakesFTT]

@shastapunch

Gay-z is a wack ass swagga jacker stealin love from big and pac and nas... Fake ass gangsta.

I'm disappointed this song came up in a playlist called ' hip-hop'

[Reggi3x]

@wakesFTT why the fuck are you even on this upload? lame. gtfo of here. go listen to whatever the fuck you listen we don't care here

[wakesFTT]

@Reggi3x

I'm on this upload cause some retard put this garbage in a hip-hop playlist. He should have known. Jay is shit. Scrapin the bottom of the barrel for life. hey, he even made a label so he can find ppl with real talent and make money off them instead of releasing wack ass raps hisself

[murph277v]

@wakesFTT your a retard for believing that

[volcommerce]

@wakesFTT u obviously don't listen to rap, gtfoh

[MisterCee41510]

@wakesFTT Get the fuck outta here pussy

[WigTuts]

@shastapunch

Jay-Z was never the best, just because Tupac and Biggie died it doesn't mean shit. Plus, Jay-Z has turned to shit nowadays anyway so he doesn't come close to Tupac or Biggie.

[SuperJayZFan1]

@WigTuts Just Because 2Pac & Biggie Was Good Back Then Doesn't Mean They Would Be Good Now Either So What You're Saying About Jay-Z Being Shit Nowadays Could Have Been The Same For Biggie & 2Pac If They Were Still Alive.

[hitcloud9]

hova a beast!

[daboss88100]

"Im the truest nigga to do this nigga anything else is FOOLISH..." Who ILLER than Hov??

[magmaman116]

This beat... Classic Jigga Mah Nigga!

[Cdls628]

I'm one of the biggest Jay-Z fans and I never knew this song until I read his book

[killajac]

This beat..... its just so jigga. I have a hard time seeing any other rappers kill HOV on this. Its Da Roc!

[obrad79]

How did Jay-z went from this to that pop bullshit he is making today.Guess money is more important than anything.I used to buy every Jay-z album until he started to make comercial pop bulshit .What they considhering rap nowdays is pop not rap,if i wanted to listen to pop i would listen to Duran Duran.

[murph277v]

@obrad79 so you expect him to rap about husltin and gangster at 40????? fine but that would be fake as fuck

[obrad79]

@murph277v man u just dont get it do u rap music is started as revolt of poor and opressed black ppl,it should bring some mesage,rap music was started by black americans to turn atention of ppl to thers problems in everyday life,but considhering u have 20 years and u are growing up with lady gayga tipe of music i dont expect u to understand what is rap music all about.U are saying basicaly that rapping about those problems is not real but rapping about bling bling o yea bling i have bitches is

[murph277v]

@obrad79 no .... what im sayin is songs like american dreamin wouldn be fake cuz hov is talkin bout a hustler comin up cuz he lived through that .. waht im sayin is if ur expecting jay to do lets say come and get me type songs now would be fake cuz he is no longe in that enviorment anymore,he is 40 years old , has a wife n is probably preparing to have kids and being like reasonable doubt jay would be fake .. u mis read my comment .. i know about rap even if im 16 and irish ..

[obrad79]

@murph277v i hear u bro and completly agre with u and i personaly dont like those kind of get at me dog songs,but he should realy get to his roots if u know what i mean,personaly i think he was much bether rapper before and many of his songs was delivering a powerful mesage that his new songs seams to lack.We didnt completly understand each other in begining but am glad we did at the end and it was nice argument debate not that tipe of STFU shit,it is always nice to have healthy conversation.

[murph277v]

@obrad79 ya im not the only one sick of lil 12 year olds coming on hov vids and sayin he has no lyrical content or any of that ... i always reply sayin how could he have realesed decoded (best book iv ever read) .. but inno what you mean too .. the only song i felt had meaning to it on bp3 was so ambitious ...

[eduar7a]

gracias J. dude you good and save, eddie from dominical costa rica PAPI WHOUVA.

[Frankie3467]

eminem is very overrated . . . jay z is the GOAT . . . no question

[850iStyle]

@Frankie3467 lmao eminem being even mentioned as the GOAT it is obviously NAS RAKIM AZ OR BIG L GET YA FACTS STRAIGHT PLAYA

[zsivaz]

@850iStyle Big L??!!!!- GOAT?>! Eminem may not be be the goat but he is better than BIG L easily

[850iStyle]

@zsivaz bahahahahah you know nothing...L changed the game - FACT...L = nicest freestyler ever - FACT...1 L CD destroy Em's whole catalogue (minus Infinite) - FACT...u jus a student of the game playa im a masta - FACT

[nstoner111]

Jesus fuckin Christ my boy go HARD!!!!!

[BeaTzMan1]

Bigg ass lips

[gio1764]

Jay-Z is a better artist and lyricist than Eminem

Jay-Z,HOV is better than Eminem

[MrJadensDad]

@gio1764 Im frum the D, and I wholeheartedly.

[SacredSocietyAP]

@gio1764 Yes Sir, I puff green fumes, bumpin' that Jay ish, The only Renegade to do it without suckin' Dre in gay costumes.

[kyuubi40]

@gio1764 Please....... Shut the fuck up...... Cause I would admit that Jay-Z is an awesome rapper..... Smt Im not gonna even bother when I know eminem is better....

[Killazmusic]

don't sweat that



[KICKBUTTmooTwenT2]

what album is this from?

[24LakerGirl]

@KICKBUTTmooTwenT2 It's off of the Black Gangster Soundtrack.

[jerzy862]

@24LakerGirl you mean American Gangster?

[24LakerGirl]

@jerzy862 No, I mean the Black Gangster Soundtrack.

"...based on Donald Goines' blaxploitation novel (and commemorating the 25th anniversary of his tragic death), Black Gangster includes original tracks from a host of hip-hop superstars including Jay-Z, DMX, and Ghetto Mafia, as well as new names Ja Rule and Darcsyde. The spotlight track is "This Life Forever" by Jay-Z, a great rapping turn and, as it turns out, a production better than most heard on Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life album."

[gio1764]

Please send me a message if you can tell me who produced this song here

[killuminati]

@gio1764 ski beats i think

[mrhorn2001]

yeah that chess shit is sum of his illest shit eva,

that movie Fresh with Frankie Faison teachin that kid about life

playing chess in the park. and the bobby fischer reference. dude was the greatest chess player eva and could beat you in the minimum possible moves to a checkmate, which is four.

[mrhorn2001]

@mrhorn2001

sorry my bad not Faison it was Sam L. Jackson.

Samuel L. Jackson costars as Fresh's estranged father, a speed chess hustler in the city park whose philosophy--the chess board as life--becomes the film's central metaphor, as Fresh plots a brilliant, but coldly brutal plan to save himself and his junkie sister from his world of drug dealers and street violence.

[02Stratus]

@mrhorn2001 "Fresh" was a great movie.

[GOP17]

#BestRapperAlive

[okiebamaman]

is this the song that is supposed to be on the "Jay-Z Hits Collection Volume 1"??

[KHAW8608]

@okiebamaman no its not

[krh11301]

Jay z is hit or miss with me,, , theres alot of MCs who spit very nicer. but this shit is not to bad. 

[gabiarepere]

wow , jay has some big ass lips

[ManishBoy86]

"Niggas tryna subtract my life, my mathematics is precise

I carry the nine, so fucking with me just aint the answer"

beat is ridicuuuulous also

[cmtgforever]

If you h8 jigga why u on this video these boys love J " Get ya cds out lets go song 4 song I'm the illest one doing it till ya prove me wrong".

[numba1stunna201]

The name of the song is "The Black Gangster" its off the black gangster soundtrack which was based off a Donald Goines novel of the same title

[OBEDKHAOS]

This song is dope,

I like the remix with Eminem.

Coming out Swinging.

[cibida1]

How come I never heard this til now? This shit is sick! What tape was this on?

[stickiest1]

its still hot

[stickiest1]

he spit this against dmx in backstage

[Hubbard35]

@stickiest1 these niggas don't even know what the Backstage DVD is, these haters are like 14yrs old

[Bloodsport1]

@Hubbard35 LOL TRUE HA HA HA HA These little kids dont even know what a dope mc is. One fact, in today music world there is no mc's.

[reppntime]

@Bloodsport1 I agree but this cut is a hip-hop classic

[odog121]

@stickiest1 Yep!! Its weird though which came 1st him spitting this or the freestyle?!

[Leadman1978]

Black Gangster soundtrack. The first 3 tracks are fire. Jay, Ja Rule, and DMX. This track is the truth though, "My lyrics is like the Bible, made to save lives", that shit is ill.

[HeedfulGibbon]

HOVA 4 LYFE!

[dizzodagreat]

This boy killin it on this 1

[vocabularyspills]

"What ya'll niggas afraid of; my mind or the metal?"

Mmm..Too real. Look where Jay is at now. Dude has one foot in the white house. Big things, big things

[rdotpatterson]

@SuperJayZFan or how about when they say ''what happened to this jay z''

[skyesthelimit2010]

Dont Sweat that/ My songs Pump from Marcy to Lefrack/

To that Project in D.C. where my man caught his Death At/

DC. PG..DMV ALLDAY!

[FLYBOY9157]

THE REALEST SHIT J EVER SPIT..

[dpark41gbtripog]

this beat needs a fuckin str8 jacket!!! gotdaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!!!

[Specktakool]

this aint rare its on 'black hands (chaz williams) - black gangster' album

[joshkhamesha]

@Specktakool i seen that in the used section of my local record store. I don't remember it when it was released tho

[HipHopIsDeadMohsin]

grey skies my lyrics like the bible made to save lives.

[HipHopIsDeadMohsin]

dp2 is the best song of all time this is somewhere around 18th top 25 rap songs are Jay-z's.

[cjzuhlke8988]

@HipHopIsDeadMohsin i also like can i live from the reasonable doubt but dp2 is fucking sick

[HipHopIsDeadMohsin]

@cjzuhlke8988 I love Can I live, I mean metaphor after metaphor, perfect flow, and actually telling a story to, it really is the perfect song.

[carteryng28]

I was there when he recorded this...jay does this without tryin its scary real talk

[rdotpatterson]

@carteryng28 what do u mean u were there ?? u gotta explain what u mean

[AFCA09100]

maybe Im not the 1st who asks, but where do you got all these songs? they're great!

[Specktakool]

@AFCA09100 this aint rare its on 'black hands (chaz williams) - black gangster' album

[purdue2009]

over my years I've seen rooks/rookies get taken by the knight/night lose they crown/head by tryin defend the queen/bitch also the third layer is that when a beginning chess players starts playing chess they overly value the queen because it's so powerful that they end up getting into a knight fork and get their rook taken or checkmated(crown taken)

[chiladin]

My FAVORITE Jay-Z song! This is epic!

[blast5000]

i never get tired of this track. i feel the honesty in the lyrics.

[TheNewJIDoubleGA]

@SuperJayZFan Man I couldn't have agreed with this comment anymore! Its about time someone says it! He's being compared to people who WRITE & He DOESN'T...there's nobody better in the game. NOBODY

[xNYRAPx]

@TheNewJIDoubleGA you stupid if you think he freestyles all this shit off the top

[rdotpatterson]

@xNYRAPx he doesnt freestyle but he doesnt write either

[him01natl]

SICK!!!!

[tywilson64]

old heads knows this well....

[kristina381489]

none of you understand... Especially ghetto black folks.. and white kids from the city.... Adept!

Illumination, and beyond

we have no race

no beginning,, no end

this is OUR thing...

[19CASSELLS91]

haha wats this kingspop296 gimper all about? demons raped u nd ur mither biy. away nd take ur face 4 a shite. hova's gonna beast u.

[kingspop296]

foking demonn lover demonn focks jay z mom

[dillonvreid]

niggas cant sop em wit rumours, hes too strong

[TheCwill92]

100% wit' em

[Jmsabin80]

Fuck y'all Jay's haters...

He's a genius no pen rapping anyway!

The Greatest Of All Times

[ssaleem92]

@Jmsabin80 Jay is overrated, best albums were Reasonable Doubt and Blueprint 1

[toneone16]

@ssaleem92 u talkin outta yo ass.2pac is overated

[ssaleem92]

@toneone16 ? I never mentioned Pac, but he's a bit better than Jay.

[MakaveliWillReturn]

@toneone16 Jay is great ! but pac is a different story bro. Class = Pac

[cjmcmasters]

@MakaveliWillReturn

yo pac is a actor, he thinking he was bishop

[toneone16]

@ssaleem92 according 2 u...who the greatest?

[ssaleem92]

@toneone16 hmm well it'll be different for everyone because we all have our own opinions, but I'd go with either Nas or Common. Both are consistent, but for me, I love Common a bit more. Probably because of "I Used to Love H.E.R."

[odog121]

@ssaleem92 My dude ~ for you to say all that in the same sentence!? I don't get it those 2 albums were PERFECT..

So how is he overratted?

[ssaleem92]

@odog121 pretty much because of all of the other albums I didn't mention.

[odog121]

@ssaleem92 Geez, not even Life and Times, Vol. 1, 2. Roc La Familia?!

[ChequeWriter]

@Jmsabin80 I try to school ppl on Jay Z all the time. I really appreciated your comment on this video. He's a fuckin' genius.

"My mathematics is precise, I carry the 9(mm) so fuckin wit' me just ain't the answer."

[sunj5976]

stop hating on jay because of the illuminati stuff,

because if its true, then at least he knows the deal his made,

whereas everyone else is just as dark without knowing it,

so dont preech about it unless ur walking the path.

[db271295]

jay-z sounds like an asshole now. this shit was straight fire tho, when his voice and flow reigned supreme

[JayHovaDaGod]

look if jay-z is illuminati, i might just have to join.

[shaun2nice732]

son....lets get real.....do u really care who he prays to??....shit i dont dis nigga is still hard body

[veercide101]

THANK U

[kaci2484]

look at the demonic shit taking over our society smh

[James8107]

that mason goes hard!

[ThEstanBy]

@James8107 haha

[SIDMuzik]

I suggest you two stop talking about if white people run Jay-Z or whatever. Go out and ask Jay-Z himself, why's everyone talking like they know these big rappers? LOL!

I've had enough of people arguing about knowing Tupac and stuff, just stfu and listen to their music, that's all they want, not some debate on their personal lives.

[ether150]

i agree.

[songassassin]

EXACTLY!!!!

[mrdbrown100]

@SIDMuzik yeah ill calleem up tomoro lol

[SIDMuzik]

@mrdbrown100 yo wtf give me their numbers! lol!

[spideymayne]

@SIDMuzik ROFL. I think Jay has made a point of making sure nobody "owns" him. If anybody in hip-hop has quietly pointed out the importance of ownership of one's company, property, and art, it's Jay-Z.

[rich5248]

I don't like Jay-Z but this song was nice.

[Sonicsin08]

i remember i had this song on a green latern mixtape..when i 1st started buying mixtapes..it was on cass

[xelpitpo6554]

Damn Jay went in on this song

GOAT

[Brady2k10]

this fuck is where he is cos he joined up whith rich record producers at that record company and made him one of the top cos hes the face of that company but its those rich white man that made him.

[jimmyb800]

quit hating. jay made himself. how are white men responsible for him being the highest paid entertainer in the world? he made it because he's an extremely talented artist and a smart business man.

[Brady2k10]

yea thats what u see and hear but its rich white men that made him trust me. They're the ones that got him his record deals n shit, made him a CO

[rocafella17]

jay started his old label, DEF Jam signed them, Russell Simmons, was the CEO at the time, hes not white, Jay-z made his own money, Russell made him CEO, dont start saying shit thats not true

[SacaXuxa]

ok, rocafella is under def jam, def jam is under island def jam music group, a merger between def jam and island music group, which both who's company stocks are mainly owned by Universal Music Group, CEO's are Key people Doug Morris: Chairman and CEO

Lucian Grainge: Chairman and CEO, both are white, believe what you want but universal owns almost everything in the music biz. do your homework before you talk.

[gheemunniept2]

HOV owns his publishing..thats why he has the half billion dollar net worth

[attic2basement]

i know that, i said that comment as a general, and its true for most artists...it is an exception for most rappers to own their publishing, thats y most rappers arent worth a half a billion, but big up to hov, im not on this video cause i dont like jay, it wa a comment about the industry, not him

[chuckbooms]

he still fighting for all his publishing!

[cinnabin]

you are a moron to say rich white men made jay, that would imply that someone out there makes more off jay then jay does. =\

im telli