He explains this in his book "decoded" You see it like a entirely different track along with a lot of others.... his quotes, meanings and definitions in the book are the missing pieces of puzzles.(being his real tracks)
Without some of the shit he says about certain track's, you wouldn't have understood them completely ..if you're a real J fan...Get that book !!
I'm pretty young but I find myself wit the old-heads lookin down in disgust that kids think Hov is some shit and niggas like Flocka and Soulja boy are good. Tragic.
A , everybody please come check out my page. It's me rapping, usually over original beats that I made. You shouldnt be disappointed and we will be making new raps soon. Thanks.
why lie he used to rap like the fu schnickens lol watch the big daddy kane video show and prove lol one dude is as old as big daddy kane and rakim and he dropped in 96 they dropped in 86 and 89 respectively???
This is one of my favorite Jay-z songs. For anybody who comments on this page. Lets leave the debates somewhere else. This shyt is too mello for that.
MY faviorte track...yall know JZ produced this.?..the real JZ (Jazzo) before he gave Hov his name...LYrical hip hop...this what i telling them young niggas yo this is hip hop
dis niga is not bein touched by no one in da rap game son..but i thnk talib kweli mite b a lil more lyrical den dis nigga but jay still number one doe.
pac sold about 80 milion,eminem i dont know exactly but look up the list of the most succesful pop artists of our time.i couldnt believe it but thats wat i read there
What race doesnt have a derogatory ethic term for there people!? Its just all ignorant but I know for this album it heavly has methaphors so I doubt really if mean that in that since that why I said chink is a dude's name!
i don't think he was tryin to insult anyone i'm jus sayin chink probably wasn't a dudes nick name. Jigga is a deep rapper but right there I BELIEVE tht he was jus callin the one who has "eyes like a Korean", Chink
Dude trust me I have a family member that we call chink and second Eye's "like" a korean mean that he wasnt of asian descent so therefore he was probably black more than likely............
the reason hip hop is dead is one word.MONEY. No longer can a album like resonable doubt take u to the top as proved by lupe fiasco you need hits and even then people dont buy your music it has to be simple for the dumbass priks who are the majority of hip hop buyers today. when tupac biggie and early Jay were on top it was bout lyrical word play now its bout beats, hooks and Cash.One producer even sed i can make a mill of a track even wit out a rapper jus a hook.i blame ringtones.fuck Soula boy
yea dawg i feel....but when reasonable doubt came out...it wasnt commercially successful...people didnt realize how dope it was until awhile after.....the source gave it 3 mics...but 6 years later gave it 5 mics....ppl where still on that east coast/west coast shit..back when this came out.
i don't think its racist... it may seem i'm jus defending jigga but think of it, a physical feature of asains is the slanted eye. thts not degraded Asians nor is it belittling them under anyone else. I'm from the bahamas and if he said "eat conch like a bahamian" or "rake and scrape like a bahamian" i won't call him racst untill he say tht its bad tht we have tht in our past
take lil wayne and cassidy off that list and then we can start talking, u dumb ass lil wayne is one rookie pussy, and cass is just some guy with punch lines that thinks hes so GREEZY
Real talk. I got a Lil Wayne diss song coming out soon, gonna end that. Anyone wanna hear it earl hit me up. 770-870-7608. This is Johnny Hip Hop. I'm not nobody yet. But I will be. Get 2 know me before it happens. A real MC got more than just punch lines. They got flow, lyrics, concepts, etc
Some of my favorite artists. No particular order 6. Jay-Z 6. Big L 6. Big Pun 6. Notorious B.I.G. 6. Eminem 6. Wu-Tang Clan 6. Redman 6. Canibus 6. 2PAc 6. Lauryn Hill
This is one of the best songs of all time!!!! my top 5 is JAY-Z JADAKISS BIG L LUPE COMMON and if I were to put 6 it would be ludacris but BIG AN 2PAC were good 2 me but overated and as far as the word nigga it wont go away its to deeply rooted in the culture an is very close to the spanish word negro so it will be hard 2 get rid of it
'My hand got this pistol shaking, cos I sense danger like Camp Crystal Lake and, don't wanna shoot him but I got him, trapped within this infrared dot bout to hot him, and hit rock bottom' Jay-Z's the truth, one of my favourite lines ever.
Gotta bump this track twice.... and I call for a boycott against the word "nigga"... I heard this white kid use it and didn't get offended.... but anytime white people start to overuse one of our words we have to drop it
if rappers had the smarts 2 come up wit lyrics like this, i might still like hip hop. now a days i only like certain artists. Papoose, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Lil Wayne is okay Jae Millz, Saigon. thats all we have left. think of 10 years down the road... hip his is steadliy dying.
This whole albums on youtube, i would've thought that more true rap fans would've started to view it and yet ppl are still bumpin lil scrappy and shit.
This reminds me of my dad, YOU USE TO HOLD ME, TOLD ME THAT I WAS THE BEST, ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD I WANT, I COULD POSSES!! R.I.P DAD!!!
walt78able 3 months ago 2
He explains this in his book "decoded" You see it like a entirely different track along with a lot of others.... his quotes, meanings and definitions in the book are the missing pieces of puzzles.(being his real tracks)
Without some of the shit he says about certain track's, you wouldn't have understood them completely ..if you're a real J fan...Get that book !!
djCsyck 4 months ago
if you dont respect THAT, you're whole perspective is whack..
ballersmurf 4 months ago
I HAVE LEARNED 2 LIVE WITH REGRETS....... TIME WAITS 4 NO MAN, CANT TURN BACK THE HAND ONCE ITS 2 LATE.
toketellajokechoke 5 months ago
I am emotionally connected everything 2 do with this song. The Words, the song, the beat, the instruments, that frickn guitar........ WOOOOW JAY.
toketellajokechoke 5 months ago
2nd weakest song on the album
69GUNOT 5 months ago
I'm pretty young but I find myself wit the old-heads lookin down in disgust that kids think Hov is some shit and niggas like Flocka and Soulja boy are good. Tragic.
MyDogBrownie 8 months ago
i love how its got that record ''crackle'' ridin through the track along side the beat. so smooth..
marcumty 11 months ago 2
This is the official street blues
zxcvbnm9874123 1 year ago
thi beat is so smooth anyone who disliked this is a fucking lame thumbs up!
quiso231 1 year ago 4
Smoke some kush and listen to this track
KushKingTV 1 year ago 5
One of jay's best songs in his career..deep, insightful, introspective, ect...classic
Westernavekid18 1 year ago 4
this that 94-2000 theme song, cant shade these vivid memories
townsendk1 1 year ago
I sold it all from crack to opium (but never meth I could just not bring myself to do it).
sippindrank214 1 year ago
jay-z was too raw!
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tghetto5 1 year ago
This is the G @ his finest!!!
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king chyldz dontplay spreading love its the brooklyn way reality reach open that book
drugsfx 1 year ago
This my favorite song of all times. This is Jay at his REALIST!!!!
mrknowledge79 1 year ago
in order to survive gotta learn to live with regrets !!!! no punchline just real
qddaartform 1 year ago 2
U forgot 1 major regret and that is selling your soul, Damn u would`ve been dope if u didnt sell ur soul
daud111 1 year ago
never heard this song til now mind you im white and i was born in '90 lol but definitly a new fav this shits hard
yaweedman 1 year ago
why lie he used to rap like the fu schnickens lol watch the big daddy kane video show and prove lol one dude is as old as big daddy kane and rakim and he dropped in 96 they dropped in 86 and 89 respectively???
lukeslonergan 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite Jay-z songs. For anybody who comments on this page. Lets leave the debates somewhere else. This shyt is too mello for that.
PREMODOGMATIC 2 years ago 7
@PREMODOGMATIC not my fav but this shit is mello and real
shellrdkid 2 years ago
this nigga iz timeless he droped this cd when i was 5 or 6 i came up as a man playin dis shit hot bottom line
rellieg20 2 years ago 4
wen i hear tis song i gotta smoke&then reminisce!
RexGdubb 2 years ago
dis beat is bre relaxing! i luv it
modizzle4shizzle 2 years ago 2
nas
wademikeclyde 2 years ago
this that shit
MyMatthew13 2 years ago 2
MY faviorte track...yall know JZ produced this.?..the real JZ (Jazzo) before he gave Hov his name...LYrical hip hop...this what i telling them young niggas yo this is hip hop
TheDev2g 2 years ago 3
scoping the whole situation like damn metamorphic as the dope turns into CRE -AM. Hov went in
kdiggz415 2 years ago 3
illest lyricly jayz finest
egokilla732 2 years ago
my next tat is going to be a quote from the hook that way I can always look down at my arm when shit gets tough
TwoCommaKid 2 years ago
when you streesed the fuck out put this song on repeat and just fall asleep this song is so calming
brandon0614 2 years ago 3
Can't stop listenin to this track, this has gotta be Jay Z's best song.
Africanslick 2 years ago 2
ya, this and d'evils
31MillerTime31 2 years ago
"as sure as this earth is turning, souls burning in search of higher learner, turning in every direction seeking direction"
gwlielnlrioayms 2 years ago 3
dis niga is not bein touched by no one in da rap game son..but i thnk talib kweli mite b a lil more lyrical den dis nigga but jay still number one doe.
TuTaFo204 2 years ago
eminem nigga sold more records than jay-z
flowflurry 2 years ago
hes right eminem really sold more records than jay-z.only pac got more
2tzu 2 years ago
how ?? if jay sold like 11 albums n all of them r muti platinum....lol n.m jus went 2 wikipedia n seen em's albums selling
t3ddygramz24 2 years ago
pac sold about 80 milion,eminem i dont know exactly but look up the list of the most succesful pop artists of our time.i couldnt believe it but thats wat i read there
2tzu 2 years ago
well the list i went to it said pac and em both sold 75 million and jay sold 50 million
t3ddygramz24 2 years ago
em never sold as much records as pac.hes in the guiness book of world records as most sold rap artist
2tzu 2 years ago
Record sales don't mean shit. Weezy sold more than Reef THe Lost Cause for example. Whos the better rapper?
MemetronDaBboy 2 years ago
if jay-z sold more records u wouldnt say that
2tzu 2 years ago
my hustle goin to good to hit em!!!!!
trey695 2 years ago
i want instrumental for this song and put it on my cell phone
sebastian824 2 years ago
laidback
EntaDetroit 2 years ago
I love this song, it makes me think about my life, and all the things I've been through.
dvhufucvhivhxf 2 years ago
like dayummmmm!!
tfand23 2 years ago
KAAAAANKERRRRR
tonbong0 2 years ago
im about to send u a roomate no bullshitting
AMANINUS 2 years ago
yea it wasnt
extremeTimes 2 years ago
i listen to this song everytime before ya momsz and ya sis have a threesome wit me
SicJordan 2 years ago
i must listen 2 dis song everydey atleast 3 times b4 dewing anything
natedamadvillan1 3 years ago 31
classiiiiiiiiic!!!
DJFelix777 3 years ago
no order
can i live
brooklyns finest
dead presidents
politics as usual
can't knock the hustle
zukuris 3 years ago
this song needs some medical aid. because its sick ass hell.
Miamizoe15 3 years ago 37
best jay z song
masterdeez8 3 years ago 2
fuck i love this album got to listen to it all day everyday
Sensarmy300 3 years ago 3
Top 5 on Reasonable Doubt
1.Regrets
2.Can I Live
3.Dead Presidents
4.Can't Knock The Hustle
5.Bring It On
crackkyadome 3 years ago 7
no brooklyns finest?
hotrod2c 3 years ago 2
Yo the whole Cd is fire.
GfromNyc 3 years ago 4
I honestly dont think I can pick my favourite jay-z songs,, tooo hard to pick,
s1tngu 3 years ago 4
Cashmere thoughts is mean kid
Elusive25 2 years ago
Political As Usual..?
TuTaFo204 2 years ago
biggie jay-z nas wow what can i say bout regrets top 5 rap songs ever
Quaido88 3 years ago
"stress....givin this shit up..fuck"-regrets
Chasenbww 3 years ago 2
he's the best, no homo
Aphasia17 3 years ago 3
"or in hell..keepin it cozy ill be comin soon"
everytime i hear this song..it reminds me of some one talkin to the "spirit" as he says...of someone he killed lol
whether its true or not who knows...i know im not the only feelin that from way back when they heard this shit the first time..
badLuckrap 3 years ago
this is real jigga
shavanga 3 years ago 3
"I sold it all from crack to opium, in 3rd person, I dont wanna see em"
That line is crazy, he is regretful about moving that shit.
YoungMoment21 3 years ago 5
I know, it sick how he keeps it real!
Hes honest about it! Unlike other f'kn wack niggas!
richter3456 3 years ago 4
You do know that CHINK is a dudes nickname right :o) its deeper than what you think.
-StoicOne!
StoicTwo 3 years ago
Actually Chink is a derogatory ethic term for people of Chinese descent
jduggie 3 years ago
What race doesnt have a derogatory ethic term for there people!? Its just all ignorant but I know for this album it heavly has methaphors so I doubt really if mean that in that since that why I said chink is a dude's name!
-StoicTwo!
StoicTwo 3 years ago
i don't think he was tryin to insult anyone i'm jus sayin chink probably wasn't a dudes nick name. Jigga is a deep rapper but right there I BELIEVE tht he was jus callin the one who has "eyes like a Korean", Chink
jduggie 3 years ago
Dude trust me I have a family member that we call chink and second Eye's "like" a korean mean that he wasnt of asian descent so therefore he was probably black more than likely............
-StoicTwo!
StoicTwo 3 years ago
"My hand got this pistol shakin', cause I sense danger like Camp Crystal Lake and....."
Jigga multies is ridiculous.........
outforpresidents 3 years ago 4
Yes the fuck sir I remember when this first came out and he said that a nigga was like damn........................
-StoicOne!
StoicTwo 3 years ago
the reason hip hop is dead is one word.MONEY. No longer can a album like resonable doubt take u to the top as proved by lupe fiasco you need hits and even then people dont buy your music it has to be simple for the dumbass priks who are the majority of hip hop buyers today. when tupac biggie and early Jay were on top it was bout lyrical word play now its bout beats, hooks and Cash.One producer even sed i can make a mill of a track even wit out a rapper jus a hook.i blame ringtones.fuck Soula boy
mattbingley181992 3 years ago 10
yea dawg i feel....but when reasonable doubt came out...it wasnt commercially successful...people didnt realize how dope it was until awhile after.....the source gave it 3 mics...but 6 years later gave it 5 mics....ppl where still on that east coast/west coast shit..back when this came out.
antuane88 3 years ago 2
reasonable doubt album is hot
but i jus tdont think..he kicked it like nas's illmatic..album
escopac123 3 years ago
i do. illmatic was only 9 songs
deadfresh10 3 years ago 3
true
nomatic99 3 years ago
mosalias iz rite i mite call b
iAMChrisBrownswife 3 years ago
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Racist ass song
"one of these buyers got eyes like a Korean
It's difficult to read em"
"C"""k tried to knock the only link that tied me in"
Allegiances903 3 years ago
sorry jay z said that dude...1 luv from u.s.a.
hueston82 3 years ago
You're right.
But if it's any consolation I teach ESL in Korea. Korea and Koreans are super cool!
Iandheishere 3 years ago
i don't think its racist... it may seem i'm jus defending jigga but think of it, a physical feature of asains is the slanted eye. thts not degraded Asians nor is it belittling them under anyone else. I'm from the bahamas and if he said "eat conch like a bahamian" or "rake and scrape like a bahamian" i won't call him racst untill he say tht its bad tht we have tht in our past
jduggie 3 years ago
My list but not in specific order except the first 2 rappers.
1.Big L
2.Nas
3.Rakim
4.Andre 3000
5.Common
6.Jay-z
7.Lupe Fiasco (dude he's up there)
tjmack010 3 years ago
ill give u them all but andree he USED 2 b fire but he fell off jay is 1 also but ur rite on lupe
eminor813 3 years ago
You crazy? Andre ain't fall off. He's got verses harder than most peoples entire album.
mosalias 3 years ago
i feel like this if u put wayne in yo top 5 or ten then yor not hip hop lil wayne is not hip hop
ajordan19 3 years ago 3
preach
eminor813 3 years ago
dont forget nas in those lists
bloms6 4 years ago
how come hiphop became so fucked up is is because of the southside or are brothers in the west and east become lazy???? we need shit like this
90klop 4 years ago 2
Very nice... This is one of those classics that can touch the spirit...
UNVRSLGRTNZ 4 years ago 3
best jayz album
MSTRKRFT420 4 years ago
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My top 6
1. Jay-z
2. 2pac
3. kanye & weezy
4. Biggie
5. cassidy
jlhr0c07 4 years ago
take lil wayne and cassidy off that list and then we can start talking, u dumb ass lil wayne is one rookie pussy, and cass is just some guy with punch lines that thinks hes so GREEZY
shabab 4 years ago
Real talk. I got a Lil Wayne diss song coming out soon, gonna end that. Anyone wanna hear it earl hit me up. 770-870-7608. This is Johnny Hip Hop. I'm not nobody yet. But I will be. Get 2 know me before it happens. A real MC got more than just punch lines. They got flow, lyrics, concepts, etc
mosalias 3 years ago
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NIGGA SHUTUP you suck. GO GET AIDS, it's nice this time of year.
franklyn003 3 years ago
patchsmurf 4 years ago 2
you satan or some shit??
deadfresh10 4 years ago
All numbers were typing 6 for some reason on this computer I was typing on. None of them even worked
patchsmurf 4 years ago
And Nas of course
patchsmurf 4 years ago 2
im like woah where is Rakim?
in every list the same thing but no rakim man Rakim change hip hop
nobodyhouston187 3 years ago 3
My Top 5 MC's=
1. Jay-Z/Notorious BIG
2. NaS/Tupac
3. Rakim
4. Wu-Tang Clan (GZA, Ghost, Method, etc.)
5. Q-Tip/Kanye/Andre 3000
kraider106 4 years ago 4
..you mean top 10 MCs? lol
meatspinnage 4 years ago
PAC, BIG, PUN, L, GURU
specialded 4 years ago
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my top five
1. of course jay
2. weezy
3.nas
4. kayne,common,lupe tied 4 4th
5.pac,and big
finestniggainwv 4 years ago
lyrcally big over all except lupe and jay
deadfresh10 4 years ago
JAy-z is the god mc,, man i love this song,,
my top 5 is
1 Jay-z
2 Nas
3 Biggie
4 Papoose
5 Talib Kweli tied with Common
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jstreets21 4 years ago
name someone besides nas who can do a song like that
cdmango1 4 years ago
DMX cud but thts about it.
jduggie 4 years ago
Talib Kweli
TuTaFo204 2 years ago
jay is number 1, cause he got the stats...lyrically we could argue whos the best for the rest of our lives..." aint no best" (nas)
bobdacreepable 2 years ago 2
whaaaa
brandon0614 2 years ago
This is one of the best songs of all time!!!! my top 5 is JAY-Z JADAKISS BIG L LUPE COMMON and if I were to put 6 it would be ludacris but BIG AN 2PAC were good 2 me but overated and as far as the word nigga it wont go away its to deeply rooted in the culture an is very close to the spanish word negro so it will be hard 2 get rid of it
FarmerZEmoney 4 years ago
Shut up caine. Hot song.
silkmoney 4 years ago
nah dog.. you should mind your own business.
Caine2089 4 years ago
'My hand got this pistol shaking, cos I sense danger like Camp Crystal Lake and, don't wanna shoot him but I got him, trapped within this infrared dot bout to hot him, and hit rock bottom' Jay-Z's the truth, one of my favourite lines ever.
SiegeMC 4 years ago 6
this one dead prezz level
jduggie 4 years ago
Gotta bump this track twice.... and I call for a boycott against the word "nigga"... I heard this white kid use it and didn't get offended.... but anytime white people start to overuse one of our words we have to drop it
cihmounp 4 years ago 2
one of OUR words?
"nigga" was coined by White people to diss you (if you're Black). So it's not YOUR word.
I'm not White, but it's known that words or a word isn't owned by one person or people.
The only way to stop the word "nigger" or "nigga" is for everyone to STOP USING IT.
Caine2089 4 years ago
i agree 100 percent
dodge1991 4 years ago 3
SHUT UP NiGGA .
Fresh2Deff08 2 years ago 2
i wish someone would throw the live version up... its the best one
Aphasia17 4 years ago
Great song
lovinlife909 4 years ago 2
Classic song
nyplaya4ever 4 years ago
if rappers had the smarts 2 come up wit lyrics like this, i might still like hip hop. now a days i only like certain artists. Papoose, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Lil Wayne is okay Jae Millz, Saigon. thats all we have left. think of 10 years down the road... hip his is steadliy dying.
aceboogey202 4 years ago
You named a lot of good rapper but Lil Wayne? Lmao
NThomp26 4 years ago
yea nthomp26 is correct...LIL WAYNE????
man
im feeling
common
lupe
jay-z
nas
kanye
joe10394 4 years ago 2
lupe and kanye not worth mentionig
justnerd 4 years ago
agree wayne dont belong
hiphopisknowledge 4 years ago 3
or we try hope its cycle lol and shit like this comeback the front line
jduggie 4 years ago
real hip hop..
vkap 4 years ago
This song made me believe jay used to hustle.
You cant fake an emotion like this it sounds too real.
Markbeats 4 years ago 5
Classic song you could here the emotion in his voice
Blackstar222 4 years ago 3
This the best song to chill with ya female friends at night in the city. Hip hop forever,it never die
DA1MC 4 years ago
hiphop in the 90s...definately a classic era for the genre
kniehk 4 years ago
yo ma sis use to bump diz shit in 97 when we will drive out of new york in da night to go back to jerz..i became jayz's biggest fan from there on man
maxso08 4 years ago 3
true dat.. true hip hop from the best days
idunno1ting 4 years ago
reasonable doubt!! definetly in my top 3 albums ...... this was my golden era of hip hop the 90s
seanwilliams4 4 years ago
i like that jazz rift. its nice and eazy
nintendodsdark 4 years ago
This whole albums on youtube, i would've thought that more true rap fans would've started to view it and yet ppl are still bumpin lil scrappy and shit.
Nasfighterfire 4 years ago 6
great beat classic track.
nyplaya4ever 4 years ago
but one of these buyer got eyez like a corean
AlexInfa 4 years ago
where all the comments at lolz
the1andonlymimi 4 years ago
i know right...
Zazlimel 4 years ago