The Making of Reasonable Doubt: Dead Presidents

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025

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  • @205whiteboy
    @205whiteboy 13 лет назад +129

    Dude said it best...the beat almost has somewhat of a sad vibe yet with a touch of inspiration. I've thought that ever since I first heard the track.

  • @makerKID5
    @makerKID5 9 лет назад +257

    Still goes hard as hell, his lyrics were on another level in this song.

  • @kuraudo9700
    @kuraudo9700 6 лет назад +436

    Dead Presidents is Jay-z’s Manifesto. It’s his cover letter to the world. It sets the tone for what he embodies and would soon become as an hip hop artist and business Man in my opinion. A classic piece of music.

    • @KTKZon58
      @KTKZon58 5 лет назад +18

      That's a dope way of putting it

    • @elsolo1
      @elsolo1 5 лет назад +9

      I find it funny how jay used Nas’s sample for his manifesto

    • @kuraudo9700
      @kuraudo9700 5 лет назад +5

      Favio Delgado Me too

    • @MKG1977.
      @MKG1977. 5 лет назад +2

      Very well said 👏🏼 👏🏼

    • @drone1028
      @drone1028 5 лет назад +22

      @@elsolo1 Nas made it a hot line, Jay made it a hot song.

  • @SampleZombie
    @SampleZombie 4 года назад +98

    I remember the day Reasonable Doubt dropped. I was 16 yrs old in my hometown of Brooklyn. I remember waiting on the line to get into BeatStreet records on Fulton St. It was humid as all hell. I copped that CD, went home, carefully unwrapped it, and paused between each track to process what I heard. That sh1t was straight up transformational.

    • @georgethompson8196
      @georgethompson8196 4 года назад +1

      Downtown Brooklyn

    • @SampleZombie
      @SampleZombie 4 года назад +1

      @@georgethompson8196 correct!

    • @kyleh6173
      @kyleh6173 4 года назад +8

      That's amazing. Would have been incredible hearing this at that time

    • @utsavbhullar
      @utsavbhullar 2 года назад +1

      I was born in 1998, but the way you described it made me feel like I was there with you.

    • @basharatahmad306
      @basharatahmad306 Год назад

      U didnt buy resonable doubt on its release date. Joker

  • @vikramchandragupta4414
    @vikramchandragupta4414 3 года назад +22

    I was born in 2000 but whenever I hear this beat...it feels like am on 96...This was the power of old school beats, you can feel the vibe on it..nowadays the trick beats are useless to Listen......
    No matter how much people diss Jay-Z but for me he will always be in my Top 10 Song Writters !

  • @philliprhinehardt6268
    @philliprhinehardt6268 6 лет назад +102

    Reasonable Doubt is a classic.

  • @Ho11is2Ho11ywood
    @Ho11is2Ho11ywood 13 лет назад +40

    This was THE best album ever. Paid in Full a close second but this album was perfect top to bottom.This album was was literally like a poetic script for an award winning movie.What makes it even better is that it's based on his true story.To ppl saying J fell off,listen carefully to his music. He still is lyrically phenomenal.His subject matter just changed...as it should. He's wealthy now,why rap only about what you strived to get out?Besides,he still has double entendres that go over ppls head

    • @josephkanu2778
      @josephkanu2778 3 года назад +1

      Coke is still my sponsor…. That line has a street meaning and a corporate meaning.
      That’s what makes him the GOAT to me

  • @dejoe.e2764
    @dejoe.e2764 5 лет назад +34

    SKI's production here is the epitome of a riveting masterpiece
    both bewitching and inthralling the soundbeds cinematography
    is awe inspiring, while Jay tapped in to a lyrical location few have
    ever accomplished, the album is timeless in every since of the word

  • @mr.abijah
    @mr.abijah 6 лет назад +202

    We don't shine we illuminate the whole show!

    • @TheBsheep
      @TheBsheep 6 лет назад +12

      You feel me?

    • @williamcanyon1685
      @williamcanyon1685 5 лет назад +10

      To the death of us me and my cofidance (codefendant's) we shine you feel the ambience y'all niggas just rhyme, WHAT. Factz.

    • @CS-sf1rz
      @CS-sf1rz 5 лет назад +2

      Luminati yo 👌🔆🔦💡

    • @TravestyJunction
      @TravestyJunction 4 года назад +2

      Throw up the rock... oh

    • @wanilimbe
      @wanilimbe 4 года назад +5

      Factions from the other side would love to kill me, spill 3 quarts of my blood into the street, let alone the heat

  • @aerialpenn8849
    @aerialpenn8849 4 года назад +21

    Jay Z Reasonable Doubt = Masterpiece. Don't judge Jay without speaking on that album. A real gem.

    • @salladiallo9766
      @salladiallo9766 Год назад

      Reasonable Doubt , blueprint and Black Album are masterpieces

  • @khalilshakur3402
    @khalilshakur3402 6 лет назад +22

    This song is perfect. The beat hugs the lyrics so perfectly 🔥🔥🔥

  • @TrazshMan
    @TrazshMan 12 лет назад +15

    one of the greatest beats ive ever heard and j laced that thing with perfection... no matter what i feel bout jay now he won me in my youth with that song... s/o ta SKI for that powerful beat.

  • @Vamanaswastika
    @Vamanaswastika 4 года назад +9

    When Dead Presidents first released on MTV we had to rush to the music store and buy the single or album. Yes the days you'd line up to get an album. The first time I heard that track for some reason I started shedding tears, I was only 23. But something overcame me, a sense of wanting to succeed and leave all the haters behind and just focus. The amount of times we played Dead Presidents is substantial. I'm now 49 and I still play that track. Toronto Canada loved Jay Z during that era. Straight fire album.

    • @OMOREDE13
      @OMOREDE13 4 года назад +1

      I just turned 24 a month ago. And this song means the world to me. It’s been nights I cried listening to this song on repeat. Always been the underdog, this song made me what to ascend to a higher level, proving all of my doubters and enemies wrong.

    • @Vamanaswastika
      @Vamanaswastika 4 года назад +1

      @@OMOREDE13 How have you been doing through life my friend? Is everything good? And by the way happy belated birthday.

  • @FroopieLoopies
    @FroopieLoopies 12 лет назад +19

    Jay has grown as an artist but his style (the core of it) has remained consistent! A true legend!

  • @Pirate7X
    @Pirate7X 12 лет назад +9

    SKI...one of the best & underrated producers ever.

  • @plugdn1917
    @plugdn1917 6 лет назад +25

    Ski Beats is soooo underrated

  • @trueservant9718
    @trueservant9718 6 лет назад +24

    Reasonable doubt is jays best work...

  • @skatinwhenican
    @skatinwhenican 2 года назад +4

    Jay-Z is forever engraved as a legend. I’m glad I got to experience his art in this lifetime.

  • @Allaboutdatps3
    @Allaboutdatps3 12 лет назад +6

    Im glad I found this. Throughout high school I was literally listening to the Dead Presidents1 instrumental all day everyday, its just a classic beat.

  • @leehugheshughes2254
    @leehugheshughes2254 7 лет назад +169

    Jay z is Defo in anybody's top 5 rappers dead or alive imo .. 🎧

    • @jamesshaw6110
      @jamesshaw6110 6 лет назад +2

      You can't speak for other people though lmao you can say top 5 dead or alive but you can't put him in other peoples top 5. He's probably in my top 5 though.

    • @williamcanyon1685
      @williamcanyon1685 5 лет назад +6

      @Jay Seth I hear you fam but I want you to separate the difference between your favorite MCs from the greatest MCs that way there's no bias opinion, for instance Nas, Rakim,AZ, Andre 3000, Beans and Scarface are my favorite but honestly I don't think lyrically they can't fool with Jay z and fam I'm cringing saying this factz.

    • @rodgermacklin4344
      @rodgermacklin4344 5 лет назад +1

      Lee Hughes Hughes Top Dog. Bar none!

    • @rodgermacklin4344
      @rodgermacklin4344 5 лет назад +1

      Jay Seth fucc outta here

    • @chandlerscaringia5260
      @chandlerscaringia5260 5 лет назад +3

      William Canyon Your crazy Nas is all day nicer than Jay. He’s 3 in my top 5.

  • @illusiveman3752
    @illusiveman3752 9 лет назад +28

    One of his best tracks

  • @tim3198
    @tim3198 9 лет назад +102

    It's funny how complex it can be for one to make a successful beat but then in retrospect, see how simple it was to construct that beat

    • @audioplugg5310
      @audioplugg5310 9 лет назад +5

      +™ ™
      I feel you on that one being that I started producing 3yrs ago. I finally understand what it takes to construct a beat, especially arranging it too.

  • @youngw.a.r2709
    @youngw.a.r2709 3 года назад +9

    I used to wonder why Wayne and Jay Z didn't write lyrics anymore, as I grow into my own artist I fully understand now. Once you master the art of writing you no longer need to write anything before hand. The writing process starts when they hear the beat and the beat tells them what needs to be said. They are in the studio while hearing it so they can put their thoughts straight on wax instead of being at home writing to a beat and putting it down on paper first which ultimately makes their words sound even more authentic. It's straight from the brain to the tongue to the microphone instead of from the brain to your hand onto paper then read back later once you are in the studio and regurgitated on the spot. You capture that emotion right when you feel it instead of reading it off your notebook and having to pretend to feel what you felt when you wrote it a couple days prior. They do write its just directly to the Mic instead of being written down on paper first.

    • @VinceBond-ky2zt
      @VinceBond-ky2zt Год назад

      Wayne punches in. He doesnt do what Jay does

  • @ninjachannel007
    @ninjachannel007 Год назад +2

    The greatest rap album of all time. It still bangs RIGHT NOW (in 2023).

  • @KingNez89
    @KingNez89 3 года назад +1

    I listen to the orginal dead presidents every night before I go to bed....dead presidents is still my anthem in 2021

  • @davidjean-louis8885
    @davidjean-louis8885 6 лет назад +36

    That's jay z will always be my favorite rapper

  • @FruitloopLeviathan
    @FruitloopLeviathan 5 лет назад +8

    Reasonable doubt is such a beautiful album. When I first came to NYC I could feel Jay Z's reasonable doubt,

  • @Goatchild90
    @Goatchild90 4 года назад +4

    I remember when I saw this DVD in the store I bought it at. I was very excited.

  • @EmmanuelStalling
    @EmmanuelStalling 11 лет назад +95

    Not only is it not overrated, but its the greatest hip-hop album ever. EVER.

    • @JEFFMAN90
      @JEFFMAN90 6 лет назад +31

      Emmanuel Stalling illmatic says hi.

    • @BarackOsama69420
      @BarackOsama69420 6 лет назад +17

      JEFFMAN90 better than illmatic imo even tho I love nas too but I guess its all about taste.

    • @290TheEmpireRecords
      @290TheEmpireRecords 6 лет назад +7

      RD > ill

    • @frankwhite7109
      @frankwhite7109 6 лет назад +9

      Stop! It wasnt even better than It Was Written

    • @ch.illmatic
      @ch.illmatic 5 лет назад +5

      Emmanuel Stalling reasonable doubt top ten but not number 1

  • @philhenderson5748
    @philhenderson5748 4 года назад +5

    I'VE BEEN A FAN FROM DAY 1#. HIS 🎵 MUSIC HAS A MESSAGE TO IT THAT MOTIVATES ME BIG TIME.👊👊👍👍

  • @kiyanahsaraiyah8745
    @kiyanahsaraiyah8745 4 года назад +15

    hov’s pen is crazy. he really knighted asf

    • @ForzaMilan-07
      @ForzaMilan-07 3 года назад

      You right but he did it without a pen. Freestyled everything

  • @soundsandwords
    @soundsandwords 12 лет назад +42

    "feelin' it" get reasonable doubt. it's a great album.

  • @gigolo25
    @gigolo25 11 лет назад +37

    Oh man how could you forget D Evils, 22 two's, Regrets and Bring it On, shit this album is the shit. Between Reasonable Doubt and Illmatic, I stay buying those CD's again. I still have the leopard pattern Reasonable Doubt lol.

  • @iamaaliyah_4468
    @iamaaliyah_4468 6 лет назад +12

    One of my favorite Jay-Z songs of all time 🙌🏽💯. I swear this is one of the sickest beats ever made 🤧 nobody has a Wordplay like Jay man nobody can even compare to him 🙅🏽‍♀️

    • @jayant1314
      @jayant1314 5 лет назад

      Nobody has word play like Jay-z you clearly haven't listened to big L or Big Pun

    • @iamaaliyah_4468
      @iamaaliyah_4468 5 лет назад +1

      Jay Ant umm I definitely listen to big pun 😐 he is a legend and was lyrically nice but still his wordplay don’t compare to Jay 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @umbrellaredfield123
    @umbrellaredfield123 10 лет назад +48

    Ahhh. Mpc60,sp1200,s950' vinyl records, that's all a real hip hop producer need right there

  • @xmuscularghandix
    @xmuscularghandix 14 лет назад +2

    CLASSIC song off a CLASSIC lp

  • @j.t.9935
    @j.t.9935 6 лет назад +17

    Lonnie Liston Smith was a monster musician.

    • @soulnspired888
      @soulnspired888 3 года назад

      Is a monster musician he's still with us in Richmond Virginia 🙏🏽

  • @samdoggtheinfamous253
    @samdoggtheinfamous253 Год назад

    Dead presidents has always been a New York banger. Played that song every time I went to New York.

  • @heather-vs9qe
    @heather-vs9qe 5 лет назад +1

    I just cryed here...conversational so real...l just cryed...the words.
    Obsession..overtly political..
    So many dead Presidents, on a global scale. Real back drop...real movies....now one Billion...Go one Billionaire....all his experiences from the street. Now on paper...to real paper...money..

  • @Brynny211
    @Brynny211 14 лет назад +6

    best rapper of all time

  • @tshepolekote6843
    @tshepolekote6843 3 года назад +2

    Your paper fall slow like confetti..... Mine is a steady rolling 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @mikejones-si6no
    @mikejones-si6no 4 года назад +4

    Goat longevity money flows n da booth live how u want it walking legend 4 real

  • @Jazzomite1
    @Jazzomite1 14 лет назад +3

    such a focused, serious rapper man.

  • @bighomie6909
    @bighomie6909 6 лет назад +9

    His best album

  • @mrp4235
    @mrp4235 5 лет назад +5

    That 1st Dead Prez....smh. Man...I am 42...when I saw that...I never saw anything like that before. That’s was a crazy moment.

  • @9hunnitonthabeat690
    @9hunnitonthabeat690 3 года назад +1

    Son this nigga flow in pocket so effortlessly it’s crazy

  • @mroliverkc
    @mroliverkc 12 лет назад +5

    Dead presidents 1 would have been icing on this classic album. Should've put both songs at opposite side of the album. Part 1 is better and a lot of people. Will never know because it didn't make the album

  • @marcy-brooklyn161
    @marcy-brooklyn161 2 года назад +2

    When Son dropped Reasonable Doubt everyone in Marcy knew Jigga was coming for the game I remember when Son would be at the park just rhyming for everyone it was like his word play was impeccable..Word Up son is definitely top 5 and I'm not just saying that because he's from my hood but because it can't be denied

  • @Nemarr
    @Nemarr 5 лет назад +3

    This was on my suggestion at the perfect time.
    I needed this game before I start the climb to the top

  • @gichukiirandu997
    @gichukiirandu997 2 года назад +1

    One of the best jay songs. Growing up in Africa in the 90s was all about death row and the west. Big and Jay brought it full circle. Reasonable doubt and especially this song just hit different.

  • @renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300
    @renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300 2 года назад

    I was too young. Man I was kid God I wish I could have been around that gettin records from ski. Just that time period I’m always in a daze thinkin about it. It was perfect. The best music was made during then.

  • @charlesjackson4732
    @charlesjackson4732 4 года назад +2

    Hov!! My guy! The best to ever do it

  • @FlyhighAlways14
    @FlyhighAlways14 Год назад

    Greatest hip hop song ever. And the beat. Incredible. The lyrics, indescribable.

  • @tghetto5
    @tghetto5 14 лет назад +2

    RD is my favorite album ever. Every beat, every song, every line is just sick.

  • @ferdinandocampbelljr8945
    @ferdinandocampbelljr8945 4 года назад +6

    A perfectionist. One of the few masters of hip hop.

  • @dillestjamz8713
    @dillestjamz8713 12 лет назад +2

    Dead presidents is my all time Fav Rap record

  • @mhc12k
    @mhc12k 4 года назад

    Ski Beats. One of my favorites of all time

  • @ZeLuJ
    @ZeLuJ 2 года назад +1

    Nice. 👍

  • @victorcobane6644
    @victorcobane6644 2 года назад

    Reasonable Doubt is such a cracked album, I love it so much. Thank you HOV

  • @TheDiggersUnion
    @TheDiggersUnion  14 лет назад +2

    @3WadeD3 Yes. The DVD breaks down the entire album. They interview the guest MC's on the album, as well as the producers for each track.

  • @gabos7892
    @gabos7892 6 лет назад +13

    *INSTANT CLASSIC*

  • @MrBLawson85
    @MrBLawson85 11 лет назад +290

    Am I the only one who likes the original version of Dead Presidents over Dead Presidents 2?

    • @JAUSHTHEBAUSS
      @JAUSHTHEBAUSS 11 лет назад +28

      FINALLY someone agrees with me. I think Dead Presidents is better than the 2nd

    • @MrBLawson85
      @MrBLawson85 11 лет назад +7

      yeah absolutely dude.

    • @drazenvlahovic662
      @drazenvlahovic662 11 лет назад +9

      no you are the only one to question it.

    • @MrBLawson85
      @MrBLawson85 11 лет назад +8

      Drazen Vlahovic that question wasnt for people with your level of stupidity.

    • @JohnIsYoDaddy
      @JohnIsYoDaddy 11 лет назад +18

      I like both equally

  • @bighomie6909
    @bighomie6909 6 лет назад +5

    Brooklyn finest was a classic as well

  • @kippi06
    @kippi06 12 лет назад +3

    I'm not for presidents to represent me.
    So classic that i'll remeber that even when i'll be in my grave !

  • @MelShibson
    @MelShibson 5 лет назад +2

    One of the hardest beats ever

  • @Trendsetter5420
    @Trendsetter5420 5 лет назад +1

    My favorite Jay Z song... All of them

  • @kelvin88keyes
    @kelvin88keyes 12 лет назад +1

    Man Jay needs to work wit Ski Beatz again on his next project, Ski is supa sick on production right now!!

  • @Goatchild90
    @Goatchild90 11 лет назад +15

    Everyone should watch this episode: Jay-Z fans, Hip-Hop fans

  • @mcgallop
    @mcgallop 5 лет назад +1

    thank you ski!

  • @fabolousninenine30
    @fabolousninenine30 6 лет назад +27

    If I had to pick one eastcoast beat to pick, it would be either this instrumental or The Message

    • @REGALITY4LIFE
      @REGALITY4LIFE 6 лет назад +4

      Fabolous NineNine no disrespect, shook ones is superior to both...

    • @miskapellinen7920
      @miskapellinen7920 6 лет назад +1

      The message, if you mean Nas, not Grandmaster, is my favorite instrumental ever

  • @DC-8-8-8-
    @DC-8-8-8- Год назад +1

    I don't know how or why Jay Z would need to feel intimidated by Biggie. Jay Z had his own sound. It's crazy how guys will want to take each other out and they're both at the top level. There's room for everyone at the top. That reasonable doubt was Jay Z best album.

  • @charlessingletonjr6294
    @charlessingletonjr6294 4 года назад +3

    One of the best instrumental ever made 💯 SO

  • @Short17
    @Short17 6 лет назад +1

    The first is one of my favorite songs EVER

  • @toneotone4813
    @toneotone4813 5 лет назад +2

    Though JayZ brought a cinematic flow with heavy visuals to the Era..he changed the game when he became the first billionaire..artist/(CEO)..

  • @heatholderinc4961
    @heatholderinc4961 6 лет назад +4

    You see Angie illing out to Dead Presidents? Black Albums Fade to Black at the garden .. Epic. Angie looked good

  • @Yuuurp75
    @Yuuurp75 4 года назад +1

    Ski beats underrated thank you for camp Lo

  • @theMasch1na
    @theMasch1na 2 года назад

    This is just some legendary stuff

  • @giftedbeatsnumber1513
    @giftedbeatsnumber1513 3 года назад

    My Virgo bro SKI

  • @rabbitxrose94rabbit52
    @rabbitxrose94rabbit52 5 лет назад +1

    it was sad and inspirational...

  • @bruceperez1634
    @bruceperez1634 2 года назад

    When Jay-z does, people will recite dead presidents verses ..
    GOAT and Best MC Alive.

  • @gustavofranco3825
    @gustavofranco3825 2 года назад

    The best Rap ever, Dead Presidents!

  • @fdenerville8888
    @fdenerville8888 4 года назад +1

    Jay is Peace

  • @khw71471
    @khw71471 4 года назад +1

    Ski. I know you. You are an insane MC & PRODUCER...
    I use to do sound for Chubb... Insane. The tightest.

  • @calvinjohnson05
    @calvinjohnson05 12 лет назад

    MANNNN THATS THE GREATEST TILL THIS DAY. REAL TALK, I NEVER KNEW WHO MADE THAT TRACK, NOW I KNOW. X-TRA SHOUT OUT TO SKI!

  • @bxofficial5413
    @bxofficial5413 3 года назад +1

    Grand master flash and 2pac were the first ones to be bare naked about the reality of the streets

  • @khalifau-s5597
    @khalifau-s5597 3 года назад +1

    instant classic

  • @Topearner11
    @Topearner11 4 года назад +1

    I’m surprised by how lil views this has, this generation don’t have gem droppers like before

  • @TheDiggersUnion
    @TheDiggersUnion  14 лет назад +1

    @jseays24 The DVD is titled "Classic Albums: Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt" You can purchase it on Amazon.com

  • @illpalo
    @illpalo 13 лет назад

    If you every feel like you want to give up on something... whatever it is... just listen to Reasonable Doubt, it might just help you out.

  • @mikesincere2763
    @mikesincere2763 4 года назад +1

    This is literally the next video after bumping Dead Presidents

  • @djefardeur7958
    @djefardeur7958 3 года назад +1

    The philosopher

  • @game382
    @game382 5 лет назад +1

    Still one of my favorite hov song

  • @OgBlkSayn03
    @OgBlkSayn03 6 лет назад +7

    Legend 4:44, 2019

  • @keeseagainsttheworld2106
    @keeseagainsttheworld2106 4 года назад +1

    Lookin for inspiration / samples 5:30 am 2020💪🏿

  • @nikopriest6762
    @nikopriest6762 2 года назад

    Not downplaying his gift, but it was really just a matter of him doing mental exercise consistently that got him to this "I don't write rhymes" stage. He put the work in first and that's how he's able to do it, it ain't magic.

  • @JAY-FOOTBALL-LOCKER-ROOM
    @JAY-FOOTBALL-LOCKER-ROOM 3 года назад

    What so amazing about that bar jay z
    Did ....its avi

  • @Realamericanfan7279
    @Realamericanfan7279 4 года назад +2

    💙He said he used to go out just to get knowledge writing words on a paper bags I'm thinking the generation that I'm in where we just have the access to put everything down in Google crazy🤔

  • @ph10silva39
    @ph10silva39 Год назад

    Pure Art

  • @johno513
    @johno513 9 лет назад +9

    Yo where's a full version of the D'Evils with that Snoop blend on it? Someone please tell me if they know. That live version was SICK but you only hear a little of it smh

  • @KTKZon58
    @KTKZon58 5 лет назад +3

    Ski is super underrated as a producer. Oan: Jay was on his West Indian Archie shit with the memorization 😂😂😂