As sleek as the leather interior of a luxury Lexus sedan, Reasonable Doubt enacts the glamorous dreams of every young rapper with the cool demeanor and acumen of Don Corleone. Age 27 when his debut was released, Jay-Z was much older than most rappers releasing a debut album and the depth of his life experience brings a gravitas to Reasonable Doubt that few rappers could achieve in 1996. “Regrets” is a song of a man re-examining his past, not grabbing at the flash of the future. But unlike the wizened admonishments of a rapper like Scarface (whose influence looms large on Reasonable Doubt), Jay-Z would never sound younger than he does here. He had spent years honing his rhyme craft, and he moves through every song with swiftness and self-assurance. Listening to him is like watching a rookie point guard slip past veteran giants.
Reasonable Doubt is the one album Jay-Z created before having to contend with multi-platinum pressures and superstar responsibilities. It remains his most consistent album because it was the only time Jigga made no compromises.
The young rapper had been waiting 27 years to tell this story, and there isn’t a measure misplaced. As sleek as the leather interior of a luxury Lexus sedan, Reasonable Doubt enacts the glamorous dreams of every young rapper with the cool demeanor and acumen of Don Corleone. Age 27 when his debut was released, Jay-Z was much older than most rappers releasing a debut album and the depth of his life experience brings a gravitas to Reasonable Doubt that few rappers could achieve in 1996. “Regrets” is a song of a man re-examining his past, not grabbing at the flash of the future.
But unlike the wizened admonishments of a rapper like Scarface (whose influence looms large on Reasonable Doubt), Jay-Z would never sound younger than he does here. He had spent years honing his rhyme craft, and he moves through every song with swiftness and self-assurance. Listening to him is like watching a rookie point guard slip past veteran giants. Reasonable Doubt is the one album Jay-Z created before having to contend with multi-platinum pressures and superstar responsibilities. It remains his most consistent album because it was the only time Jigga made no compromises. The young rapper had been waiting 27 years to tell this story, and there isn’t a measure misplaced.
. ' Released: February 20, 1996. ' Released: March 26, 1996. ' Released: August 29, 1996. ' Released: April 15, 1997 Reasonable Doubt is the debut by American rapper. It was released on June 25, 1996, by and.
The album features production provided by, and, and also includes from, and, among others. The album features themes and gritty lyrics about the 'hustler' lifestyle and material obsessions. Reasonable Doubt debuted at number 23 on the US, on which it charted for 18 weeks. It was promoted with four singles; including ' and '. Reasonable Doubt was certified by the (RIAA) and, as of 2006, has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States. A critical success, it has been ranked on several publications' lists of the greatest rap albums ever, while many hip hop fans have viewed it as Jay-Z's best work. Contents.
Background In 1989, aspiring rapper Jay-Z was recruited by mentor Jaz-O to appear on his song 'Hawaiian Sophie'. He appeared on two more Jaz-O songs in the next year, but after Jaz-O was dropped from his record label, Jay-Z dealt drugs to support himself.
He continued to pursue a rap career and appeared on two songs from Original Flavor's 1993 album Beyond Flavor. Jay-Z then caught 's attention and toured with him; they collaborated on Kane's 1994 'Show & Prove' along with 's, Wu-Tang affiliate, and Scoob Lover.
Despite the exposure he received from Kane, Jay-Z was still without a record deal. He began selling tapes from his car with help from friend. The success of his street-level marketing led to a deal with Payday Records, which released his first solo single, ' and its 'I Can't Get wid Dat'. In an unconventional move, Jay-Z then spurned the record contract he had long sought and left Payday Records to form his own label, with Damon Dash and Kareem 'Biggs' Burke. Jay-Z later explained that he thought he could do a better job of marketing his records on his own: Payday eventually signed me to a deal, but were acting shady the whole time, like they didn't know how to work a record or something,' says Jay. 'The things that they were setting up for me I could have done myself.
They had me traveling places to do instores, and my product wasn't even available in the store. We shot one video, but when the time came for me to do the video for the second single, I had to be cut out. They gave me the money and I started my own company. There was a little arguing back and forth, but our conflict finally got resolved. The bottom line was they wasn't doing their job, so I had to get out of there. Jay-Z rented a small, cheap office for Roc-A-Fella Records on John Street in one of the 'dreariest parts of the busiest city in the world'. Jay-Z and his compatriots thought of their low-rent headquarters as a 'starting point' that would eventually lead them to Manhattan.
In 1995 and early 1996, Jay-Z appeared on records by and, further raising his profile. At this point, he was still considered an ' rapper with a 'new jack' style.
Roc-A-Fella released Reasonable Doubt with. Recording Reasonable Doubt was recorded at and at Platinum Island, however, its beats were formed elsewhere.
' was produced by at his mother's home in 1994, while the vocals were recorded on tour at a studio in Tampa Florida named Progressive Music with Mary J Blige. Produced ' and 'Politics as Usual' while recording with. The recording sessions were often competitive; Ski and created similar beats for 'Politics as Usual', but Ski submitted his to Jay-Z first causing his to appear on the album. 'Brooklyn's Finest' was a competitive, though friendly battle between Jay-Z and in which Jay-Z tried proving that he is of Biggie's caliber, while Biggie tried brushing his rhymes off as insignificant. Although the rappers had already met on the set for the ' music video, they discovered that neither wrote down their rhymes while recording. The recording of 'Brooklyn's Finest' spanned two months and moved from D&D Studios to Giant Studios where the Clark Kent-sung chorus was recorded.
Music and lyrics Reasonable Doubt has themes. David Drake from said the lyrics were characterized by 'gritty '. Believed that although rappers had alluded to hustling before, Jay-Z 'talks about what it can do to a person's inner peace, and what it can do to their mind'. Jay-Z later said, 'the studio was like a 's couch for me' while recording Reasonable Doubt. 's Steve Huey described him as 'a street hustler from the projects who rapped about what he knew—and he was very, very good at it.detailing his experiences on the streets with disarming honesty'. Huey summarizes the album's subject matter saying: He's cocky bordering on arrogant, but playful and witty, and exudes an effortless, unaffected cool throughout. And even if he's rapping about rising to the top instead of being there, his material obsessions are already apparent.
the album's defining cut might. be the brief '22 Two's,' which not only demonstrates Jay-Z's extraordinary talent as a pure freestyle rapper, but also preaches a subtle message through its club hostess: Bad behavior gets in the way of making money. Perhaps that's why Jay-Z waxes reflective, not enthusiastic, about the darker side of the streets. AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier writes that the album's production exhibits characteristics of 'the pre- era, a foregone era when samples fueled the beats and supplied the hooks', which 'sets Reasonable Doubt apart from Jay-Z's later work'. 'Can't Knock the Hustle' features a smooth beat. 'Politics as Usual' has an sound and a sample of 'Hurry Up This Way Again'. 'Dead Presidents' samples ' voice from ' in its chorus.
According to 's Spence D., 'Ski brings back the stripped down piano fill style lending the track a late night jazz vibe' on 'Feelin' It', and '22 Two's' has a 'mournful jazz inclined groove' that prominently features. 'Coming of Age' contains a Clark Kent-produced beat that samples the melody and drums from 'Inside You'. Reception and legacy Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating B+ 7.8/10 A− 9.4/10 4/5 5/5 The album received universal critical acclaim. According to 's Ryan Schreiber, Reasonable Doubt has often been 'considered one of hip-hop's landmark albums'. While Birchmeier said it was viewed like Nas' (1994) as a classic hip hop album by a young rapper about their street and criminal experiences.
Reasonable Doubt helped transfigure into, popularizing the subgenre and the imagery of high class, expensive lifestyles and tastes in hip hop, including drinking, driving automobiles, and living out the plots of films such as and. In the opinion of, Reasonable Doubt was a 'seminal' work that 'shocked the world.
A personal touchstone for fans then Jay's own age who were getting their own hustles on—hip hop's young, gifted, and black'. Jay-Z said that recreating Reasonable Doubt would be challenging, as he was living a different lifestyle with a completely different state of mind when he wrote the album.
Reasonable Doubt has often been considered by many fans to be Jay-Z's best record. He himself deemed it his best. According to Birchmeier, it differed from his subsequent albums by lacking ' songs and hits.
Shaheem Reid of explained, ' Reasonable Doubt might not have the radio hits or club bangers of many of his other albums, but it may be Jay at his most lyrical—and certainly at his most honest, according to him'. Huey said the lyrical appeal lied within Jay-Z's 'effortless, unaffected cool' flow, 'disarming honesty', and knack for 'writing some of the most acrobatic rhymes heard in quite some time'. According to Huey, this 'helped Reasonable Doubt rank as one of the finest albums of of the '90s'. Birchmeier, on the other hand, believed the superior quality of producers was more responsible for the album's reputation as a classic more so than Jay-Z.
In a retrospective review for, said the album was 'designed for the hip-hop and street aesthetes who still swear he never topped it,' finding it 'richer than any outsider could have known, and benefiting from everything we've since learned about the minor crack baron who put his money where his mouth was. You can hear him marshalling a discipline known to few rappers and many crack barons, and that asceticism undercuts the intrinsic delight of his rhymes'. Reasonable Doubt was named one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by in 1998, who ranked it seventh on their 2002 list, who ranked it sixth on their 2005 list, and 's Henry Adaso; Adaso ranked it as the 14th greatest hip hop album, the second best rap record of 1996, and the fifth most 'essential' hip hop album ever. Included Reasonable Doubt on the magazine's 2003 list of '500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die'.
That same year, ranked it number 248 on their list of. The magazine also named it the 17th best album of the 1990s. It was included in Vibe 's '51 Albums Representing a Generation, a Sound and a Movement' (2004), and 's 'The 100 Greatest Rap Albums 1995–2005'. In 2006, Jay-Z performed the songs from Reasonable Doubt at the to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The concert's band included ' drummer, the Illadelphonics, a 50-piece orchestra dubbed The Hustla's Symphony and, the performance's. On 'Can't Knock the Hustle', replaced Mary J.
Blige, who was preparing for her at the time. Jay-Z rapped The Notorious B.I.G.' S verses on 'Brooklyn's Finest', and Jaz-O's verse was left out of 'Bring It On'. Jay-Z added a verse to '22 Two's' in which he says variations of the words 'for/four' 44 times over the beat of '. Other alterations include Jay-Z changing a lyrical mention of to and Jay-Z's band 'sprucing up tracks like 'Regrets' to add more energy'. Celebrities such as, and attended the concert. 3,000 tickets were put on sale; all were sold within two minutes according to Roc-A-Fella Records' website.
Commercial performance Released on June 25, 1996, Reasonable Doubt peaked at number 23 on the. It spent 18 weeks on the chart, and 55 weeks on the, on which it reached number three. By the end of 1996, it had sold 420,000 copies in the United States. On February 7, 2002, Reasonable Doubt was certified by the (RIAA), for shipments of a million copies in the US. It remains the lowest charting album of Jay-Z's career. Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length 1.
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Malik Johnson. K-Rob 3:57 Notes. signifies a co-producer. 'Can't Knock the Hustle' features uncredited vocals by Pain in Da Ass. 'Brooklyn's Finest' features uncredited vocals by Pain in Da Ass and DJ Clark Kent. '22 Two's' features uncredited vocals by Mary Davis. 'Ain't No Nigga' features uncredited vocals by Khadijah Bass and Big Jaz.
Sample credits. 'Can't Knock the Hustle' contains of 'Much Too Much' by, 'I Know You Got Soul' by and of 'Fool's Paradise' by, and dialogue from the film. 'Politics as Usual' contains a sample of 'Hurry Up This Way Again'. 'Brooklyn's Finest' contains samples of 'Ecstasy' by, ' by and interpolates dialogue from the film. 'Dead Presidents II' contains samples of 'A Garden of Peace' by, ' by., and 'Oh My God (Remix)'. 'Feelin' It' contains a sample of 'Pastures'. 'D'Evils' contains samples of 'Go Back Home' by Allen Toussaint, ' (Remix)' by and '. News.
'22 Two's' contains an interpolation of '. 'Can I Live' contains a sample of '. 'Ain't No Nigga' contains a sample of 'Seven Minutes of Funk' by The Whole Darn Family and an interpolation of 'Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)'. 'Friend or Foe' contains a sample of 'Hey What's That You Say' by Brother to Brother. 'Coming of Age' contains a sample of 'Inside You'. 'Cashmere Thoughts' contains a sample of 'Save Their Souls'. 'Bring It On' contains a sample of ' by D&D All-Stars.
'Regrets' contains a sample of 'It's So Easy Loving You' by and. 'Can I Live II' contains a sample of 'Mother's Day' by 24 Carat Black.
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