Jay-Z - History

[KwMinecraft]

thumbs up if your still listening to this in 2012<3

[jeremynelson1000]

idk in that video there is a picture of him with a bottle and a cigar lookin like the ultimate playboy, and I just feel bad for Beyonce that he just appears to be into his own glorification and reckless behavior when he clearly has a good woman who depends on him. I wish more guys made their women their world, because an image ain't going to help your soul on heaven's gates...just some food for thought. I love what Jay Z did for all of us with his music, but 99% of guys' problems come from that

[jeremynelson1000]

great song...HOVA

[jeremynelson1000]

he's not stupid, sorryno disrespect but don't kno if dude be in love with her or just clownin cuz looks like just clownin to me in that pic...I have true love so question his. that's all.

[thedradvocate]

@jeremynelson1000 What? wat does dat even mean

[SaturdAyyAfternoon]

I just threw on my hoodie, and headed to the street.

[jeremynelson1000]

ok, honestly, this nigga is stupid. Look at Beyonce standing there and him with a fucking cigar posing for the camera???????

[31MillerTime31]

@jeremynelson1000

Why does that make him stupid? just shut up

[Blaccmamba1]

This song has class

[Mike5366]

epic

[MrDumplin11]

like if you listen in 2011.:D

[92hsc]

This song is historical! Yeahhh Jigga!!!!

[kingjoser818]

Love this song! LONG LIVE KING JAMES!!

[keithfaceification]

he murders this track. describes the dope game to a T

[liarsucker]

Astonishingly, such a good song is underrated

[9swisstech]

@liarsucker true

[44standaman]

HOVA another classic

[TheJADatsyuk]

Unreal Hov song. Can't believe he didn't put it on an album. underrated fo sho

[IronGiant16]

Great beat. Kanye is amazing.

[AriannaBxl]

@IronGiant16 jayz > kanye

[2BR00KLyNCkAT5]

GOOD*



[2BR00KLyNCkAT5]

I Think Wait Matter Of Fact I Know Jay-Z Would Always Be Rememeberd. His The Most Lryical Rapper And Has Been For A LONNNGGG Time. His So Could He Would Even Right Write Shit For Other Ppl To Rap, He Would Literally Right As If He Was Gonna Rap It Him Self But Hand It Off To Other Rappers. His Flow Is Too RAWW

[mytube20011]

dat nigga ugly as shit

[balogs1]

@mytube20011 yea but he is most likely more talented than you will ever be.....and richer

[mehtabsingh1]

@mytube20011 Really cuz beyonce doesnt think that

[jmr5498]

@mytube20011 why do u care how he looks? lol u gay or sumthin?

[camgreendotcom]

I need 18 bullets

[fortgreene87alumni]

HOVE IS GREAT!!!!! STOP HATING!!!

[hippy6730]

awesoooom jay zzzzzzzz

[Fannette66]

It's a recovery, Véronique Sanson - Une nuit sur son épaule.

Listen by yourself... /watch?v=7TXH19Iy5fw

[92kalisha]

@Free411 lol jus ignore immaturity

[Free411]

@92kalisha haha yea I don't know what dude is on

[nico3686]

by the way this is a veronique sanson beat ( veronique sanson - une nuit sur son epaule)...just saying

[TheAceKannon]

"aint in it for the fame, that dies within weeks....aint in it for the money, can't take it when we leave"

jay z is nowhere near my favorite rapper, a true great but not my personal fave. However, you HAVE TO respect that line

[bhinesfan09]

his son is gonna be history

[boywonder0550]

JAY Z THE GREATEST RAPPER 

[BlkBoysMagic]

Jay mean with the lyrics

"thats where i met success, we lived together shortly. now success is like lust, she's good to the touch. she's good for the moment but she's never enough. everybody has had her, she's nothin like V."

[31MillerTime31]

Mos def should've been on BP3.

[44standaman]

kanye sampled Veronique Sanson- Une Nuit Sur Ton Epaule. how he found out about that song, is another story..........genius is the only answer

[viscabarca35]

@44standaman It's all about diggin but she's a great french composer believe me cause i'm french and she's my favourite french singer !

[buddubify]

THIS IS MY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT! I BEEN SLAPPIN THIS SINCE '06

[TheAceKannon]

@buddubify u mean 09 rite?

[BlakassassiN66]

"Now that all the smoke is gone... and the battles finally won..."

I love this

[MsKayrose]

much more than ah song lighters up

[MrTheJoeyb]

come here let me coach you........

[abrandnewman]

great great track, lighter UP

[MrLoic2011]

oui damootmoot c veronqiue sanson

[gsingh271]

I'll forever be in debt of the person who showed me this song. its so damn raw.

[damootmoot]

C'est Véronique Sanson derrière là ? non ?

[denzil547]

Gimmie a Lighter!!

[SnMxiinsaNiTy]

More views people!!! Awesome song but no one knows about it!!!!!

[veezy124]

lighters up!

[BackInEffect101]

History, we need you desperately. Their are moments in life were we find it hard to breath. The need is relentless, we all see struggles. But it is through these struggles we overcome that one shown their own way, instead of being swept away.

[originaindiangangsta]

@BackInEffect101 I used to need history as well, but then I took an arrow to the textbook

[charlita25]

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!" HISTORY IS MINE SHE TASTE SO SWEET"

[jesseclifton]

what fuckin album is this off of!?!?!

[BanginYoMama1]

@jesseclifton more than a game...on itunes

[44standaman]

I heard this song first at one of balls when obama won, it was beautiful

[DocOckgotFLAVA]

Is that CeeLo singing the hook?

[BreezyDaSwagMan]

@DocOckgotFLAVA No, it's Tony Williams.

[BigBoyRandel123]

Whos Jesus ?

[demarkee]

@BigBoyRandel123 thats not funny



[BUCKSHOTBLACK00]

@demarkee YES IT IS

[BUCKSHOTBLACK00]

@BigBoyRandel123 WOW!!!

[yrret876]

@BigBoyRandel123 The biggest hoax of all time.

[indianabasketballfan]

Most underrated song I have ever heard.

[44standaman]

@indianabasketballfan word

[adoney2009]

true!!!!!!!!

[LiLCme09]

I HATE WHEN I DISCOVER GOOD MUSIC LATE!!! >:[

[kuliet4life]

Deepest lyrics I've ever heard..., props when due, true king of rap/hip hop

[BUCKSHOTBLACK00]

Barack. H Obama. thank u

[demarkee]

@BUCKSHOTBLACK00 fuck you

[BUCKSHOTBLACK00]

@demarkee AND YOUR MOTHER

[demarkee]

and your father. obamas a nigger@BUCKSHOTBLACK00

[BUCKSHOTBLACK00]

@demarkee his mom is a white jew his dad is kenyan

[demarkee]

@BUCKSHOTBLACK00 gross

[Olyverse]

jay-z is a true artist

[1staffpro]

This got to be the REALEST $hit ever said. Please listen to the lyrics if you not living for this you not living for nothing. Sorry....

[prankz32818]

fuck all u haters this song is bad as fuck ... WE GOT OSAMA BITCHESSSS .... USA USA USA 818 CA

[robinsonm166]

like if your happy that osama died

[KevinTheVillian]

You don't need to use difficult words to be considered a great lyricist. He is a great lyricist cuz of the poetic aspect of his lyrics

[CazK88]

Man when Obama won the election in '08..I couldn't stop playing this!

Whoo!!

[lowrycyyoung]

@dom12345 any1 who says this is weak is outa their mind. this is right up there with all his good shit off the black album, reasonable doubt, and blueprint 1

[dom123435]

im a big jay fan but this is weak he has lost his way a bit

[NYCplaya90]

Who ever put Jay-z's name in a bad way... What do you think now?

[MrSunday28]

Jigga ma Nigga...this is the best i ever heard.

[yashasvi000pratap]

These lyrics....they hit so hard in the head...I'm speechless...

[pompa09]

what this sampel ?

[dadounet91]

@pompa09 Une nuit sur son épaule - Veronique Sanson

[princethepoet2010]

you ppl on youtube kill me....i go to a jay-z video & when i read feedback ppl are talkin about nas....i go to a j.cole song ppl are talkin about drake....i go to eminem & someone is talking about weezy....i go to any sonng & ppl are talkin about beiber...if you gone talk about a artist go comment THEIR SONGS!!!!! fuck....

[tonydelz]

@princethepoet2010 lol

[3WadeD3]

"Ain't in it for the fame that dies in within weeks

Ain't in it for the money, can't take me when you leave

I wanna be remembered long after you breathe

Long after I'm gone, long after I breathe" - JayZ

if jay isnt a lyrical genius then what...haters argue all the time about how nas or pac or some one else was better than jay. respect to nas and biggie they were fantastic but you cant say these rhymes arent some of the best you ever heard. if you dont believe listen to reasonable doubt.

[cillian7064]

@3WadeD3 best rapper alive

[Dannysaur21]

@3WadeD3 the first breathe you put is actually grieve, but you're right it's insane... He's the G.O.A.T.

[mayor187]

@3WadeD3 i wanna be remembered long after you grieve...not knockin you, just puttin the lyrics in their proper perspective cause words like these need to be 100% right and exact..peace!

[StackDummy]

success is like lust she's good to the touch. She's good for the moment but she's never enough.

[liljigga215]

@StackDummy fav line. this dude is carzy

[SimpliDopeOfficial]

dude jay is so much better than nas!

[wywywoodward]

"ain't in it for the fame, that dies within weeks, ain't in it for the money, can't take it when you leave, i wanna be remembered, long after you grieve, long after im gone, long after i breathe."

all i can say is wow, incredible words

[christon14]

this song is real deep, would love love to see a new artist put down work like this!!!

[SuperBIGSTEELE]

i hate this wasnt on blueprint 3 but jay-z is the best ever great lyrics,great albums and these so called hot rappers could learn some things from the BEST EVER TO DO IT

[imSOrawx3]

what happend to this jay z this song is beyond amazing

[pinkiegal18]

As a teenage boy before acne

Before I got proactive I couldn’t face she

ahh i love him

[Free411]

By the way this is a Kanye West beat....just saying

[jpdesp]

@Free411 it is a french sample from Veronique Sanson watch?v=7TXH19Iy5fw

1972 !

[SimpliDopeOfficial]

@Free411 i swear every beat i listen to and im like damn i wonder who produced it, it's kanye..he's just the most original while keeping the hip hop vibe, he to me is the best producer ever.

[Gettingfitt09]

@Free411 jayz made kayne west dumbass.....

[Free411]

@Gettingfitt09 uhhh I'm just announcing that it is a Kanye West beat? never said anything about anyone making anyone..............

[Sillerobain]

@Free411 thought the beat was from her??

/watch?v=7TXH19Iy5fw&feature=r­elated

[Free411]

@Sillerobain Yea it is Kanye West sampled that song

[ipapi23]

danm jay z is a fuckin ugly ass nigga... he got sum fish lips 2 but he still nasty tho nd yo Taylor gang or die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AndreRedd1Empire]

@ipapi23 fuck that taylor gang shit lil nigga this grown ass man music you got some growing to do nigga

[zacheyp]

11 people are going to be history, when i find em

[NoHaterz101]

@zacheyp try 2 find 16 now

[yesiamfrombkny]

Don't even want to know or meet the people who disliked this song, with all the water downed and whack shit that comes out of hip hop these days, it is always great to listen to this song, and every time you will like a different line in this song because it is so powerful

[shozalicous]

I love this song and i listen to it everyday it will never get old to me because it actually has meaning

[pklawman]

The battle's finnaly won =]

[KillaHeadGame]

Jay goes so hard!

[beatmakerjr]

@Elsas14 me 2!!!!!!!!!!

[Elsas14]

i am going to tell my grand children about jay man, real talk!

[44tremillion]

This is My legacy...i shall be victorious ...to be in historic memories !!!!

[dannydsd]

(His ) Story

[KingTonijames]

This is real inspiring... I dont care much about wat ppl say about Jay's personal life, cudnt care less wat he does behind closed doors but songs like this, "Beach Chair" and that tribute to Haiti is why I respect him as an Artiste. He's the only rapper i know can rap about a maybach on 1 track and stuff like dis on the following track and not sound phony

[SpriteNightRd1]

@KingTonijames thats real talk homie...

[dianehutch22]

another all time favorite! history makes you great the future makes you astronomic so make the present worthwhile ....

[funkysoulhiphopblues]

Original Sample by "Veronique Sanson - Une Nuit Sur Son Epaule" !

[frankymush]

love it

[1josh69]

best rappers alive:

1.eminem

2.jay-z

3.tech n9ne

[kushandorangejuice]

@1josh69 noooo its wiz khalifa jay-z and curren$y eminem iz not dat good

[1josh69]

@kushandorangejuice i guess u just gotta pay attention to what eminem does like his word play, and rhyme scheme and all that. im a rapper and i really respect eminem for what he does

[JIHOJIJO]

@1josh69

AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[knyzzy]

Fuck all this devil worshippin bullshit..jay is the biggest hip hop act there is not coz of sum super powers, coz most of his songs talk to people..He is not the greatest lyricist out ther bt u gotta admit whn u listen to a song like History-it dnt matter wot the situation u filled wit hope n u inspired to win woteva battle..

[01anto010]

@knyzzy wish a cud like it twice



[Legend194]

whos tht singing

[dollarbillz1193]

@Legend194 tony williams... works with kanye west alot he also sung on the song "we major" with kanye and nas

[SowfLondonBoi]

Jay-z One Of the Best Rappers Of All Time Despite What Everyone Else Says

[jokkeeeinlikaneskar]

nei faan for ei fitte, english:pussyshit, go fuck yourself..........ononono

[rujackrussel]

this isnt on blueprint 3 eclipse

[toptrixer00]

So much misery like missing your last shot

And falling to your knees as the crowd screams

For the other team

Best line ever

[mattsparrow91]

@toptrixer00 i agree! you have no idea...

[BrentSexy]

What album is this from?

[Eclipse14091]

@BrentSexy Blueprint 3 i think

[KingRTK]

@BrentSexy It's from the More Than A Game soundtrack. Its orginal intention was for the movie about Lebron James. It's a pretty sick soundtrack.

[kymheartschris]

jay z wants a kid that stutters, okay lol im just playin i knew what he ment this is a nice song real shit

[crckspot]

We gotta make it!

[MrAnangfio]

... to make history ....

[xxleandraxx1]

i love this song its great, its like the only jay z song i like ( : anyone kno what album this song is on?

[hiimcaseythompson]

@xxleandraxx1 its on the "its more than just a game" soundtrack from the lebron james movie

[crazy071080]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[musiq24]

Unknow yet...people thought it would be on the Blueprint 3 album...maybe later as bonus track???

[TufanProductionz]

Smoke nr 4 life <33

[outnightbig]

Great lyrics. Jay is hard...

[gandhihernandez]

@deagla2 what a weirdo

[deagla2]

@gandhihernandez Bluepring comin out on 9/11 is weird too eh?

[lockinhill]

man eminem would loose for one freestyle man jayz whole fuckin blue print 3 album is freestyle all his shit is freestyle he is a vet and you can compare him to lil wayne drizzy he is him and he is the greatest thats just like tryin to compare kobe to jordan not happenin!!!!

[flippincalls]

are you comparing drake to jay-z? i might have read ur comment wrong but jay-z is on a another level than drake. and im from toronto

[Daanswah]

@lockinhill Okay seriously.. you are the dumbest fuck if you're saying that the whole Blueprint 3 was freestyle, idiot.

[94MarcMaxwell]

Eminem would win on freestyle, his freestyles are crazy...but they're both on a very high level.

[Highlander1191]

jay z saids himself that he isn't as good as eminem in freestyles

[gaineen]

eminem might win but jay-z is a way better rapper then eminem cuz rap isnt just about freestyling

[flippincalls]

who do you think would win in a freestyle battle Eminem or Jigga? I think eminem would murder Jay-z in a freestyle. Jay-z still good tho, im just sayin...

[yeah147852]

this is the best remix instrumental version of this song....

watch?v=j4bvqayfgQI