It's May 28, 2024, 08:33:06 AM
I just listened to it again for old times sake because I love 1996, and the only track that I think is dope is the opening track with Mary J. Blige, and that's probably only because it brings back memories of 96 since it was the radio single.Seriously.. this shit is trash.. I mean, people shit on Puffy but if you listen to No Way Out or Life After Death or most of those Bad Boy Records of that era he had amazing attention to detail. I mean, even his skits were fuckin dope, like the little prayers he did for before one of the last joints on BIG's album and all that shit was way CINEMATIC. But Jay-Z's idea of a skit is some radio personality telling guys to put out their refer... yet strangely she was serious and it was supposed to be some pro-black message or something when most the album is talking about selling drugs... lol, but the thing is it wasn't humor, it was just like a lack of focus and creativity that I think plagues the whole album and this is just one example.Then he has a track where he is supposedly freestylin and doing the Tribe Called Quest "Can I Kick It" thing.. so your expecting that he's really gonna drop some mind blowing punchlines or something.. and then your still left waiting at the end of the track looking stupid waiting for him to finally bring it....How did this album serve as the foundation for a billion dollar career... damn, this dude must owe his life to Dame Dash and his own marketing skills because if he had to rely on talent this dude would've been finished long ago.
^22 2's was on of my favorite joints off that. That was just dope spittin' with a classy Jay flow.How can anybody shit on this album? Dead Presidents II is one of the greatest songs. D'Evils is sick. Brooklyn's Finest. The list goes on.Like I said, Top 10-15 ever? Maybe not even Top 20. But a Hip Hop classic for sure.
lmao, you're taking No Way Out or Life After Death over Reasonable Doubt?
lmao, you're taking No Way Out or Life After Death over Reasonable Doubt? Credibility gone.