(MP3 Format) Reacting to "The Black Album" by Jay Z
Pulling from the vault today, video posting right after this
Enjoy!
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Look up the DOC. He was going to be a rap star under Dr. Dre. His album, No One Can Do It Better, was very good. Got in a car accident, damged his voice (sounds kinda like RFK Jr), did a lot a ghost writing on The Chronic albums and NWA. He was a "could've been".
lets goooo
this was a mount rushmore unreviewed album
encourage you to look into the grey album (2004) by danger mouse after this. Arguably initiated the mash-up wave of my youth (~2007~2013) that never produced anything as forward thinking, and directly led to Collision Course, the live mash-up collab between Jay and Linkin Park (and the apex of the campy rap/rock wave imo). Also caused a lot of controversy re-sampling rights as it was composed of unauthorized remixes of acapellas from this album with chopped up beats made entirely from samples of the beatles white album. the danger mouse versions of what more can i say, justify my thug, and december 4th are still among my favorite/most listened jay z songs
“Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did 5 mill' – I ain't been rhyming like Common since”
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while, looking forward to relistening to this. If you’re looking for more great classic rap albums, Moment of Truth by Gang Starr will blow you away.
I can die peacefully now :’)