jay-z - can i live - Reasonable Doubt

[Jbiff011]

Wat tha fuck, these six nuts that dislike dis is in the way!

[bs4e]

females are never mentioned jean grea was awesome

[Oitsmebtchs]

this man said "My crew and me commit atrocities like we got immunity"... I dont think you listeners know the definition of the word atrocity...

[DBMunplugged]

Beating a dead horse here, but what has happened to stuff like this? I'd rather not even think about it.

[aaronschainm]

an extremely good album

[WeTeamBosses]

1. JayZ

2. Jigga

3. Hova

4. Jay

5. sean carter

[pharenzix]

Aesop Rock, Immortal Technique, El-P, GZA, Canibus, Chino XL, Big L, Jay Z, Mobb Deep, Dead Prez...real emcees.

[hiphopislife100]

@pharenzix don't forget Nas, and the hip hop gods Rakim and KRS

[younghati]

Currently I like

Jay z

Kanye West

J - Cole

Big sean

Childish Gambino

[jpimmy69]

@younghati Im feelin the exact rappers. Kendrick Lamar would be there for me though lol

[CharlyXlopez]

U forgot gza

[DymondQueen]

The best rappers Dead or Alive: Jay-Z Biggie Tupac Big L Big Pun Beanie Sigel Memphis Bleek Lil Kim Mc Lyte just to name a few this so called hip-hop now is wack lets talk about some real ish seems like everyone is rapping about the same stuff....doing the dougie...Dougie fresh been doing that for like 20yrs now so stop its not new...LMMFAO at these candy rappers..

[Twinkee131]

@DymondQueen SPEAK THE TRUTH and I'm only 17

[TARBENBOYQP]

This cd had no organization, but i got to say its the best album

[consideredaboss]

Jay-Z is a rap legend, but Nas is better no matter what.

[ayeeitsdrizzy]

If You Listen To Jay-Z In One Of His Songs He Said He Dumbed Down His Lyrics To Double His Dollars. He Was Crazy Lyrical On This Album But He Wanted The Money So He Dumbed His Lyrics Down To Be More Successful

[sansdeity420]

@ayeeitsdrizzy do you know how to write in english? capitalizing every letter of every word is only for when you're writing the title of something. people like you are so fucking annoying

[ayeeitsdrizzy]

@sansdeity420 That was funny especially considering you didn't capitalize the first letter of your sentence or use a period. Hypocrite.

[Yungsoprano81]

Top 5

Eminem

Nas

Jay z

Prodigy

Royce da 5'9

[liltunechi4eva]

@Yungsoprano81 stupid list

[Yungsoprano81]

J Cole will never murder anything Jay-z has done or will ever do.. fuck outta here!!

[SacredSocietyAP]

@Yungsoprano81 LOL! That's funny kid.

[yangster982000]

alright eminem #1 mc is a joke, the only people who say Eminem is #1 is white people, straight up

[bobbbyyyyy1]

@yangster982000 fuckin racist

[yangster982000]

@bobbbyyyyy1 lemme guess you must be white

[bobbbyyyyy1]

@yangster982000 once again fucking racist

[yangster982000]

@bobbbyyyyy1 hahah yup white

[yangster982000]

@bobbbyyyyy1 and please you calling me a racist marginalizes the whole struggle that is racism/prejudice/segregation

[bobbbyyyyy1]

@yangster982000 stop being so racist

[parags3]

j cole's "can i live" murders this

[SuperbowlVikes28]

@parags3 lol ok j cole? who the hell is that

[Afr0dizzy]

Jay-z used to be dope and now he Sucks so bad! So sad when you get money you must forget how to rap!

[yangster982000]

@Afr0dizzy his rapping is still supreme and #1, just the content of his rap has changed

[jarrelmartin]

I still have this album on repeat. And to think he did this in 96 when hip hop was really the talk of the nation.

[justkickit100]

CAN I LIVE!!! jay-z is the best rapper walking this earth as we speak

[XoriginalXBOXguidesX]

@justkickit100 no actually Nasir Jones is.

[mbgaju]

don't you hate hip hop 'classics' that aren't classics at all, hard knock life such a whack beat abd verse, Eazy E good person, top 5 rapper? (dats madness), Eminem is a top5? dats crazy, soon they're gonna say dr.dre are the best producer of all time. please follow hip hop because you love the music,and not the 'cool' factor,it's far more rewarding that way

[emceeSini]

@mbgaju Eazy E is shit, but here's my top 5:

1. Eminem

2. Nas

3. Rakim

4. Royce

5. Kool G

[yomman123]

@emceeSini what is eminem doing on there?

[emceeSini]

@yomman123 Eminem is very lyrical in his own way, just the way he extends his lines casts him out from the majority of rappers, not to mention even when he didn't, he hit hard with his Slim Shady persona. IMO Eminem has one of the most versatile styles, because he can write seriously or just go hard on a track.. He's not limited like Common or Canibus etc.

[yomman123]

@emceeSini how is common limited he's one of the greatest rappers out there at the moment

[emceeSini]

@yomman123 No doubt, common writes great songs, but IMO he's kind of just like tupac to me. An important figure, of course, but if you look into his lyrics, the multis internals and such really aren't that complicated. He's an emotional rapper. In my top 20, my top 5? Nope.

[TheViviid]

@emceeSini Did u just listen to this song?? Where is jay on ur list? U have eminem number 1 AND u have royce n ur top 5 of all time?? Wowww, no biggie, no pac, no jay?

[emceeSini]

@TheViviid Sorry, I guess I just prefer more technical emcees

[freak666ist]

this is still the best album ever made but never got enough credit. this is what made jay z

[dougmac1001]

@freak666ist illmatic is better

[freak666ist]

this is still the best album ever made but never got enough credit

[TheHecticCabage]

whats nunmber 14 on the album?

[nomibe2911]

@lilK5352 True. Jay-Z was out in the late eighties and Wayne started rapping in 1993.

[frenchebee]

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[nomibe2911]

@MrChazo23 Lil' Wayne dropped an album before Jay-Z came out with Reasonable Doubt. B.G.'z true story which was a group album with Wayne and B.G. came out before Reasonable Doubt dropped. I get the point you were trying to make that Lil' Wayne wasn't known or relevant when Jay-Z came out but Wayne dropped before he did and shows you how long he's been in the game.

[lilK5352]

@nomibe2911 but jay has still been out longer since he paired up wit jaz o for his first track

[nomibe2911]

I always felt that this song was inspired by AZ ft. Nas Mo Money, Mo Murder. I always felt the same time of vibe from this song with the slow tempo beat that forced you to listen to the lyrics.

[djsizz5]

NEW JAY<OLD JAY

[TheScAnNeR10001]

@djsizz5 Word up old Jay is nice, new Jay sucks

[audisport]

@TheScAnNeR10001 new jay is so wack. song cry is shit too i dont know why people like the h to the izzo faggot after his first few albums

[wab2113]

what happened to this hov... he hasn't sold out as hard as lil' wayne or ice cube, but damn

[PurpleHaze1824]

Classic album, after Nas "Illmatic", "Reasonable Doubt" and The Chef's "OB4CL" became the new corner stones of hip hop.

Everything today was built from Jigga and Raekwon s classic albums (and pac and big obv), real talk.

At this point Jay was so ahead of his time, you can bump this shit today and it's still current to niggas, plus every song on this joint was body bag.

Search Eddie Pesos "Maria's Scarf" and "Hayley" Puerto Rock kid from PA droppin' ill joints on the mic.

[OriginalNallege]

whos the 3 cats disliking? this is a gem.. thats coming from a dude dont even like Jay Z

[arnoldprodigy]

@OriginalNallege well said even if you dont like jay-z you have to appreciate this song too slick to ignore

[labmadejewelry]

Jay-Z: "With sick thoughts that circle like a Lexus, if driven wrong its sure to hurt you."

Did anyone notice Kanye's accident was in a Lexus in 2002? Hmmmm....

#justsayin

[nhwhiteboy12]

so many aspiring artists on youtube. more bad than good. but if youre looking for an artist that is lyrically talented check this dude out. came across him a few weeks ago and have been following him ever since. just type in Available in HD Week 10- My Zone

[KebbyTheProphet]

confidentially speaking in code since i sense u peekin'

[iDuffdabestweed]

love this album, too sick for most people to contemplate

[joezbackwith2gatz]

@iDuffdabestweed Indeed... Later he had to dumb down to double his dollars...

[ih8urVideo]

@iDuffdabestweed I couldnt have said it better man. Most people cant fathom the complexity of his early lyrics.

[jayride89]

yo jay got sick on this old school Issac Hayes song walk on by...This son is a banger!!!!!!Some ole dirty gutter gangsta heavy shit !!!WORD!!!!

[ssw89]

Classic, 4real

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[JustinBieberisGOD1]

ladies love me like cool J

[thegame52291]

a freestyle is any verse pre-written thats spit but not intended for what its spit on..

[lenealw30]

3 people can't live

[MrChazo23]

'lil wayne was a fucking fetus when J was puttin it down. Listen to song all you wayne dick riders. Not hatin on wayne but just cant compare jv to the pros. You just cant

[RAIZEDBYWOLVEZ]

best rapper ever, lyrics..swagger..money...dude did it...im happy for the guy.

[thegame52291]

@RAIZEDBYWOLVEZ thumbs up!

[AZBINION]

@RAIZEDBYWOLVEZ you damn right,

[mrszmuhneyy]

such a classic....so epic

[mada235]

u no this is the last song jay z ever wrote the rest was pretty much freestyles

[theicemannigga]

jay z was on his shyt when the G.O.A.T aka biggie was alive. R.I.P Frank White.

[april0293]

i cant understand what he is talking about is that a bad thing?

[sixthrees333333]

@april0293 u'll never get it my man....

[spideymayne]

This is definitive Jay right here. I wish he still made joints like this. 

[LUmartunedude]

Legendary... If Hip Hop was a class in schools this would definitely be in the textbooks

[dirtyrussians666]

hes cool.i trip out how ppl down wayne like hes part of this new gay hop dance fuck shit.....uh ...em he was a hot boy ....a long time ago. wayne isnt new bitches he been around....now t pain.... fuck em .thats gay az fuck.

[FIntyMAcC10]

this was when jay z cud rip shit up

[Frankie3467]

this is lyricly one of the best rap songs of all time . . .

[angryyf5v5r]

j did his thing ill make sure ill cum hard on dis beat look out!!!

[MrOfficialification]

@angryyf5v5r i think u should take a look at how u spelled come

[IG2212]

Really nice man the best hip hop of world

[xnickx29]

this is true rap. illmatic + reasonable doubt=sex on the beach

fuck that beef jay z nd nas are rap legends

[jhink357]

easily explans why we adapt to crime, id rather die enormous than live dormant....

so many dope lines

[gh0st0824]

@jhink357 no more big Willy, my game is grown - prefer you call me William... seriously, how the fuck, this man was way ahead of his time, forreal too many people don't realize that this man uses similes and metaphors way better than fools like lil wayne and he did it wayyyy before them

[VRQwerty]

0:15 press here if you wanna skip dat bullshit in the beginning

[InfsWorld]

@VRQwerty THANK YOU!

[Auragirl86]

Loves this song. Loves this album.

[realballer2008]

greatest of all time.  Yea even bigger than biggie

[mattbreezy08]

@realballer2008

pac? nah bruh.

[xnickx29]

resonable doubt and illmatic r probly one of the best rap albums ever... fuck that beef

[TheeGreenKnight]

@xnickx29 my two favourite albums, instant classics

[xnickx29]

@TheeGreenKnight word man

[vietmto]

anyone know where i can get the acapella for this song?

[ladymonroe06]

I stepped it another level/ mediated like a buddist/ recruited leuitenants with ludricous dreams of getting cream let's do this/ it gets tedious so i keep one eye open like CVS you see me stressed right?

[TheeGreenKnight]

@ladymonroe06 he says CBS, not cvs. The logo for television station is a single eye, genius isnt it

[Spyder8561]

@ladymonroe06 ...CVS????

[chicagobboy88]

Jay-Z is very consistent. This song specifically, I agree with the many that is a classic..

[illmatic2011]

I got a tatto with can i Live . People who havnt listened to the song WHATS A EASY WAY OF TELLING THEM WHAT THE SONG MEAN'S

[drgreenthumb2222]

conviting amnesia, i suggest u call my lawyer i know the precedure, lock my body cant trap my mind, easily explain y we adapt to crime, id rather live enormouse than live dormant thats how we on it

[NextWorldApparel]

@drgreenthumb2222 you should leave the big words alone.you hacked that whole verse

[drgreenthumb2222]

@NextWorldApparel haha i guess so thats pretty bad

[BrillyBrillz]

The insturmentals in the beginning is fire. Someone needs to make a song to it.

[Bl1stson]

my confederation....dead a nation. explode on detonation. overload the mind of the said patient.

[xWiredTx]

14th track is titled Regrets produced by Peter Panic

[drummerpants]

Oh, but there's no do doubt that I "DO" miss being a kid though.  The carelessness and the innocence. Being revealed the coldness of The World is one hell of a fuckin' eye-opener. Still fuckin' scared of livin' this shit out without breakin' boundaries and pushin' myself to the limit. Livin' life to the fullest is something I want to not be so fuckin' intimidated.

[drummerpants]

@ma0ma0ma0 I heard this late in life. So, not likely.

[rashid730]

man got dam , hoes a get u side tracked a clapped from close feet i don't sleep

[sagehiphop]

i rather die enormous, then live dormit

[AceHova79]

smoking blunts drinking 40s hanging with the crew under the bridge. I miss the fucking 90s. God dam anyone got a time machine.

[ih8urVideo]

@AceHova79 No doubt man. I miss the 90s too. Damn I fucking miss em' :( You get that time machine holla at me.

[drummerpants]

@AceHova79 Damn, I feel you, homie. *Sighs* And I'm only 20.

[ma0ma0ma0]

@drummerpants then you probly miss being a kid

[Htips]

this like the soundtrack to my days of me been hustler in streets

[1d1i1]

yall need to check out this dude named B

Dude is staight nasty you can hear the some of his music by searching doityourselfrecords in the youtube search bar

[jgordon102]

You dumb fucks ask why he doesn't do this anymore? Must not have heard "Moment of Clarity" bc he explains it perfect. Can't sell records when it's this complex. It's just too much knowledge and intelligence for the average radio listener.

[bakahead14]

@jgordon102 Sorry but your wrong yourself moment of clarity is about something way more complex so he dumbed it down in on to the next 1 watch the video

[chrisferreira00]

my shit is butter for the bread, they wanna toast me.

[jubaful]

don't get me wrong da new j still hot!!but i on't think he got anymore of these left n um!!!!!!!

[rjlewers]

one of the best hip hop albums of all time!

[Damon31345]

2010 can i live

[bearburgh]

when did jay-z the jaz-o dick rider switch to the god mc hustler of the year?

real shit as good as this music is he is switch sider

[phenomenalx34x]

hey guys i spit a written rap to this beat it might not be no jay lol but check me out plz let me know wat yall think

[BABiJS23]

CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tylertac]

damn if only jay can make his new albums to this standard...

[potorico1]

lock my body ....CAN"T..trap my mind.....easily explains howeadaptocrime!

Laffin hard...happy to be escapin' poverty.....however brief!...i know this game got valleys and peaks,expectation for dips........................

[Mister5th]

"Presidential suite my residential for the weekend." I don't understand how someone could NOT feel this.

"illin for revenues, rayful edmonds like"

Can I live?

grab any bar from this track!!!!

[24OhSoButtaBaby2009]

This song should have a whole lot more views that 19,000+.Love this song,true classic.

[shy2authentik]

This whole album is dope.

[Yessir516]

@shy2authentik His whole life was "Dope" Literally, he's a true hustla

[shy2authentik]

@Yessir516 lol yuu got that right

[mrimboutmybusiness]

"I keep my head, both of them where they supposed to be, Hoe's will get you side tracked and clapped from close feet"

Knowledge is power

[Andres247ish]

if this beat was in class it would get extra credit 105% A+

[Shapoopy88]

funny thing to say i wrote this for my music class

[MARICHIYA]

Listening to this song on acid in 96 changed my life. I used to live in a ghetto apartment.

[northregent]

my confederation dead a nation, explode on detonation

[briannloo]

jay went hard on dis shit

[spaceman785]

1 of the best jay z songs

[trks8]

check out the remix.. 1LYFE - Hottest In Da Hood (Red Cafe Cover) also check out 1LYFE - DOA

[Conceptdadappa93]

dis is dat real real hip hop. 1 of da bes hip hop albums eva n jays bes song eva

[dicuss1567]

ura fag

[Conceptdadappa93]

y dats dat fam?

[dicuss1567]

wat

[Conceptdadappa93]

wat do u mean wat u prick. u said ima fag ys dat fool?

[dakidballin]

dis is sum sick shit u should out gage da grinder if u like real hiphop he aint no jay but he iight

[0000Catherina0000]

killa track

[BIGDO13]

illest jay joint eva

[vesterdon]

CAN I LIVEEEEEE...

[dadonofdachi74]

I'm like Amer-icaz scapegoat, Negativity neva seems 2 even shake hope, I'm from a hood where ev'ry body go and take dope, and even da lil kids is knowin how 2 make dope, I see u eatin, but aint no food up on my plate tho, besides da residue i'm tryna scrape yo, i'm still untouchable, and even harda 2 break yo, My bitches neva argue. she just do it cuz I say so, I only want da euros or da pounds , u can keep da peso's.this shit is like an open and close ...so lets say case closed!

[toneone16]

@dadonofdachi74 boooooo