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I'm surprised they picked that Kurupt verse instead of his verse on Ain't No Fun.
“U Don’t Know”-Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001) 1st Verse[/u]No more admiring the Jiggaman “from 4 fiends away,” The Blueprint represented Jay-Z’ s first real attempt to let us in. Even in an attempt to be more soulful, Marcy’s finest showed he’s at his best when he’s bringing the grit and the game at the same time. “U Don’t Know” is almost “Where I’m From” part 2, but with more passion and more force. Just Blaze on the boards gives Jay just enough fuel to blast off about the place where the hood’s swallowing (pause) and there’s so much coke that you can run slalom. Even when talking on the hood, Jigga throws in something like skiing to show he wasn’t your average hustler. Now you know.
Quote from: smegma on November 08, 2007, 12:32:16 PMI'm surprised they picked that Kurupt verse instead of his verse on Ain't No Fun.or Stranded on death row
I remember when "Renegade" first came out. I was a huge Eminem fan at the time but now that I'm older and have better taste - I think Jay-Z's 2nd verse was the best verse on the song..."I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knucklesPockets filled with a lot of lint, not a centGotta vent, lot of innocent lives lost on the project benchWhatchu hollerin? Gotta pay rent, bring dollars inBy the bodega, iron under my coat, feelin braverDoo-rag wrappin my waves up, pockets full of hopeDo not step to me - I'm awkward, I box leftier oftenMy pops left me an orphan, my momma wasn't homeCould not stress to me I wasn't grown; 'specially on nightsI brought somethin home to quiet the stomach rumblingsMy demeanor - thirty years my seniorMy childhood didn't mean much, only raisin green upRaisin my fingers to critics; raisin my head to the skyBig I did it - multi before I die (nigga)No lie, just know I chose my own fateI drove by the fork in the road and went straight"Eminem had good wordplay but really didn't say much.