This was a New York anthem for a while. Ironically, the year it came out and became a hit, he performed it live at a Yankees 2009 playoff game, and again at the Yankees World Series celebration that year. This year, LA native Kendrick Lamar had a big hit that became a LA anthem, and the LA Dodgers win the World Series the same year! Alicia Keys does have a standalone version of this song, slower with no rapping. I think her version came first, and then someone had the idea to put her with Jay Z. Jay Z is from the Marcy public housing projects in Brooklyn, which borders Bed Stuy, but close to a mile from the block that Biggie grew up on. Marcy is also where comedian Tracy Morgan is from.
I was tired of that song too at the time 😂. It was playing way too much on the radio but I am happy to rediscover it with you today ☺️. Also I don’t know why I was pretty sure that you both watched the video of “If I ruled the world” already. Maybe I am dreaming 👀.
I’m sure someone said it but the reason he wanted her in the song so bad is because she is a Harlem girl making her perfect for the chorus as she reps NYC just as hard.
Since your DAD likes ALICIA KEYS so much, you guys should watch her concert on MTV unplugged which is really great!! She tells the backstory on this song & many others that she is well known for…before she sings it. It is REALLY GOOD!! You will not be disappointed, these concerts are longer & more intimate than tiny desk (she’s in conversation w/ the audience…it’s great!!!) GNX in the house!!👍🏽 By the way, some of the best concerts are JILL SCOTT on MTV Unplugged, MAXWELL on MTV Unplugged, JAY-Z on MTV Unplugged & and SO MANY MORE. It was the precursor to TINY DESK, but sooo much better!!!!!!!
Damn, I never paid attention to Jay-z's third verse, deep stuff! Being a New Yorker that worked for some years in nightlife I almost teared up with flashbacks of girls I'd met through the years that followed the exact trajectory he lays down.
Fun Fact on November 2009 WWE Monday Night RAW used this song as a Tribute to highlight all of the WWE Matches and moment that took place inside Madison Square Garden
The Marcy projects where Jay-Z grew up are located in Bed Stuy. At the time of the song, Lebron and D. Wade were both set to be free agents. Jay and Jeezy both had minority ownership stakes in NBA teams, so that line was a boast/slick recruiting trick. Not sure if it was intended or not, but on that album - The Blueprint 3 - Jay seems to have a pattern of going in a little deeper on the third verses of songs.
Jay-Z has a million Odes to New York, this got him his first #1 on Billboard 200. However, Brooklyns Finest, Welcome To NYC, Where I'm From...those are the Jay songs on NY we homegrown Brooklynites cherish.
Hey gus. To answer your question about the Lebron / Dwayne Wade line. It is regarding the the drug game referencing to the cost of a Kilo of cocain. Lebron wore #8 ($8,000 a Kilo) and Dwayne wade wore #3 ($3,000 a Kilo)
Your father mentioned they should make it a anthem for the tourist association and I believe they did if you look it up, I believe they did use this song and one of their promotions
Dwayne Wade used to wear the jersey #3 and LeBron wore #23 at the time ~2009. So it means if Young Jeezy (see his song 24-23)was paying his plug $23K for a kilo of ❄️ back in his ☃️ days, Jay Z was paying only $3K. So Jay could flip the 🕊️ for a bigger profit most likely.
After 15 years, it’s still an amazing song❤…. But tbh…. I’m waiting for GNX from y’all. 😁 Honestly, you make me understand the lyrics and the meaning.👍🏾
dafuq? no comparison lmao. And Jay-z is speaking to the broader city and the lives that travel through, heart and soul is some small-minded ghetto sh*t.
Hey guys, I def think you should do more J. Cole reaction videos but some of his older work as that was his rawest work Songs like Breakdown, Lost Ones, Hold It Down, 2 Face, Show Me Something, Too deep for the intro, I Get Up, Can I Live, Farewell, Song For The Ville Great place to start Based on your Dads reaction to 2pacs songs and those being your highest viewed videos he’d definitely love these songs
As someone born and raised NYC, I like the song, but a lot of NY’ers don’t b/c it’s associated with tourists in Times Square. And if you don’t know, NY’ers do not like Times Square at all 😂
I don't know if you and your dad ever reacted to the song "Welcome To Atlanta" by Jermaine Dupri ft Ludacris that right there is Atlanta's National Anthem for GA 😀
I would like to see you guys to react to “be without you” by Mary J Blige such an amazing song and her vocals in the song awesome. I think your dad would love her voice and like the lyrics also. Hope yall can get around it 🙏
Alcia Keys does have her own version of this song thats a bit more slowed down and i believe without Jay-Z. Both tracks are nice, but this is the anthem version.
Dwayne Wade used to wear the jersey #3 and LeBron wore #23. So it means if Young Jeezy was paying the plug 23K for a kilo of ❄️ back in the day, Jay Z was paying $3K.
The paying Dwayne Wade line is about the Rucker Tournament in Harlem. It's a huge Pro Am basketball tournament and people w money and influence put teams together to try to win it. One year Jay Z and Fat Joe were set to face off in the championship but a huge blackout hit the East Coast..
Incorrect. Dwayne Wade used to wear the jersey #3 and LeBron wore #23. So it means if Jeezy was paying the plug 23K for a kilo of ❄️ back in the day, Jay Z was paying $3K.
@@nerdlarge4691 Almost… at the time of this song LeBron and Wade were both in Miami. LeBron wore 6, Wade wore 3 so Jeezy was paying $23K from the song 24-23 (Kobe-LeBron jersey numbers at the time) So even if Jeezy was paying LeBron at the time of the this song (LeBron jersey 6= $6K) Jay Z bragged he was still paying less than Jeezy for his drugs so even if Jeezy’s paying LeBron ($6K), Jay Z is paying Dwayne Wade ($3K).
Hi The Front Room, I'm so Happy That Your Dad Love This Song. It's My All Time Favorite Jay- Z and Alicia Keys Song. Another Great Jay- Z Song you and your Dad React to Hard Knock Life For Us from the movie "Annie". Alicia Keys Song you should React to called Superwoman.😊😍🥰
The most overrated song from Jay. It's for these type of songs that people think Jay z is a mid rapper while he's actually one of the greatest writer of this century.
Nah cmon bro. This song is so good, timeless. But real ball knowers know this ain’t near Jay’s best work lyrically but it’s definitely one of his best songs idgaf
Yall please do Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain. It’s a popular concept album and it tells a haunting story. It has a huge fanbase of mentally unstable girls and boys
I just love how dad perked up when saw Alicia and now loves this song! Too cute!!! Thanks guys and Happy Holidays! ❤
Big Facts!! 🎄🙏🏽
Made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can. Is the line. Classic lol
Son got bad ears
@@TwistYourDreamsears got bad son
This was a New York anthem for a while. Ironically, the year it came out and became a hit, he performed it live at a Yankees 2009 playoff game, and again at the Yankees World Series celebration that year. This year, LA native Kendrick Lamar had a big hit that became a LA anthem, and the LA Dodgers win the World Series the same year!
Alicia Keys does have a standalone version of this song, slower with no rapping. I think her version came first, and then someone had the idea to put her with Jay Z.
Jay Z is from the Marcy public housing projects in Brooklyn, which borders Bed Stuy, but close to a mile from the block that Biggie grew up on. Marcy is also where comedian Tracy Morgan is from.
The City Never Sleeps, Better Slip You an Ambien
Still get goosebumps listening to this …every time even after all these years❤
I was tired of that song too at the time 😂. It was playing way too much on the radio but I am happy to rediscover it with you today ☺️. Also I don’t know why I was pretty sure that you both watched the video of “If I ruled the world” already. Maybe I am dreaming 👀.
I’m sure someone said it but the reason he wanted her in the song so bad is because she is a Harlem girl making her perfect for the chorus as she reps NYC just as hard.
Not Harlem, Hell's Kitchen.
I hope they react to the Lil Mama stage performance 😂 CLASSIC
YES! Can you imagine Dad being like, “Who is this kid?” Lol
That would be hilarious.
😂 Cringe Moment
5:16 it actually is plays at every tourist attraction and all over times square mostly where the tourists all are
This song, Party in the USA, and Frank Sinatra’s New York song play on endless loop on any tourist bus in the city lol
Since your DAD likes ALICIA KEYS so much, you guys should watch her concert on MTV unplugged which is really great!! She tells the backstory on this song & many others that she is well known for…before she sings it. It is REALLY GOOD!! You will not be disappointed, these concerts are longer & more intimate than tiny desk (she’s in conversation w/ the audience…it’s great!!!)
GNX in the house!!👍🏽
By the way, some of the best concerts are JILL SCOTT on MTV Unplugged, MAXWELL on MTV Unplugged, JAY-Z on MTV Unplugged & and SO MANY MORE. It was the precursor to TINY DESK, but sooo much better!!!!!!!
This is a love letter to nyc! I love this song so much
WE NEED A GNX REACTION
Absolutely!!!
This song is still fire!!🔥 GNX in the house👍🏽
I keep hoping he drops every time he drops lol
Nah we good
@@universalask you're* good
Yall need to react to some Tiny Desk Concerts. I actually just went back and re watched the Alecia Keys one. Phenomenal.
We've done a few Tiny Desks - Mac Miller, Scarface, Jazmine Sullivan, Maxwell, Anderson Paak, etc.
@@frontroom you guys need to checkout "the Marias" !
@@frontroomCheck out Doechii’s TD!
Pops the GOAT fr love from N.Y
Perfect timing!! Happy Holidays Guys!! 🎄❤🙏🏽
This song makes me proud as hell to be from New York. You have to know New York to understand everything Jay Z was talking about. IYKYK.
Damn, I never paid attention to Jay-z's third verse, deep stuff! Being a New Yorker that worked for some years in nightlife I almost teared up with flashbacks of girls I'd met through the years that followed the exact trajectory he lays down.
On the 10 year memorial for 9/11 I believe a version of this song was played. ❤
Fun Fact on November 2009 WWE Monday Night RAW used this song as a Tribute to highlight all of the WWE Matches and moment that took place inside Madison Square Garden
The Marcy projects where Jay-Z grew up are located in Bed Stuy. At the time of the song, Lebron and D. Wade were both set to be free agents. Jay and Jeezy both had minority ownership stakes in NBA teams, so that line was a boast/slick recruiting trick.
Not sure if it was intended or not, but on that album - The Blueprint 3 - Jay seems to have a pattern of going in a little deeper on the third verses of songs.
That last verse on Reminder🔥🔥
I never understood that line.lol Thank you for the explanation.
Alisha did rerecord.. she stated she heard his verse and felt she needed to come harder
Jay-Z has a million Odes to New York, this got him his first #1 on Billboard 200. However, Brooklyns Finest, Welcome To NYC, Where I'm From...those are the Jay songs on NY we homegrown Brooklynites cherish.
Hey gus. To answer your question about the Lebron / Dwayne Wade line. It is regarding the the drug game referencing to the cost of a Kilo of cocain. Lebron wore #8 ($8,000 a Kilo) and Dwayne wade wore #3 ($3,000 a Kilo)
Thanks for that. - Kai's dad
Lebron wore Number 6. It still may be a possibility though.
And he wasn’t on the Heat yet so he wore #23
Your father mentioned they should make it a anthem for the tourist association and I believe they did if you look it up, I believe they did use this song and one of their promotions
Not sure if you have done this already but T-pains live performance of Tennessee Whiskey is amazing. Really any of the performances from the Sun Rose.
Dwayne Wade used to wear the jersey #3 and LeBron wore #23 at the time ~2009. So it means if Young Jeezy (see his song 24-23)was paying his plug $23K for a kilo of ❄️ back in his ☃️ days, Jay Z was paying only $3K. So Jay could flip the 🕊️ for a bigger profit most likely.
Interesting!
Play Common's song testify for him PLEASE 😊😊😊
They actually replaced Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York with this record. This is now The New NY anthem officially
The lebron/wade bar is about coke prices
The Lebron/wade bar is actually k2 prices
I love your reviews and your relationship with your dad! Are you an actor or a model? Because you are soo handsome, you absolutely should be!
Also maybe listen to Alicia's solo version/remix. Its really good too.
After 15 years, it’s still an amazing song❤…. But tbh…. I’m waiting for GNX from y’all. 😁 Honestly, you make me understand the lyrics and the meaning.👍🏾
No jay z fan, but this song gets me because my husband grew up in NYC and my (at the time) two-year-old adore this song. ❤
definitely one the best NY rap anthems but Red cafe -heart and soul produced by pete rock is my favorite one
dafuq? no comparison lmao. And Jay-z is speaking to the broader city and the lives that travel through, heart and soul is some small-minded ghetto sh*t.
@trackmasters65
you do understand the difference between best and favorite or do I have to dumb it down for you?
Hey guys,
I def think you should do more J. Cole reaction videos but some of his older work as that was his rawest work
Songs like Breakdown, Lost Ones, Hold It Down, 2 Face, Show Me Something, Too deep for the intro, I Get Up, Can I Live, Farewell, Song For The Ville
Great place to start
Based on your Dads reaction to 2pacs songs and those being your highest viewed videos he’d definitely love these songs
Good video I love your dads reactions
Happy Holidays guys
Same to you!
It's definitely a classy song as far as they go
As someone born and raised NYC, I like the song, but a lot of NY’ers don’t b/c it’s associated with tourists in Times Square.
And if you don’t know, NY’ers do not like Times Square at all 😂
Exactly, give me Welcome to NYC with Cam, Brooklyn's Finest with B.I.G. or even Where I'm From.
I don't know if you and your dad ever reacted to the song "Welcome To Atlanta" by Jermaine Dupri ft Ludacris that right there is Atlanta's National Anthem for GA 😀
Jay Z is from Bed Stuy too, Marcy Projects.
Have you guys ever did yebba "my mind" I would love to see that reaction.
Have you seen the live New Year's Eve version? That video is my FAVORITE ❤
WE NEED A CARDI B INVASION OF PRIVACY REACTIONNNN
I would like to see you guys to react to “be without you” by Mary J Blige such an amazing song and her vocals in the song awesome. I think your dad would love her voice and like the lyrics also. Hope yall can get around it 🙏
My whole life I thought it was “If Jesus payin’ LeBron” vs “If Jeezys payin’ LeBron” lol 😂
Snoop and Dre new album Missionary is🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love this watch the New Years Eve Times Square version.
you have to do cam'ron welcome to new york now!
Alcia Keys does have her own version of this song thats a bit more slowed down and i believe without Jay-Z. Both tracks are nice, but this is the anthem version.
We need a Raye and Joy Denalane reaction!!!!
Great song
I've never understood that LeBron line either. Unless wade was signed to roc a fella?
Dwayne Wade used to wear the jersey #3 and LeBron wore #23. So it means if Young Jeezy was paying the plug 23K for a kilo of ❄️ back in the day, Jay Z was paying $3K.
@nerdlarge4691 oh wow. Never would've put that together. He's getting a great price or his kilo is getting stepped on. 😆
2014 Forest Hills Drive Plz!!!
Jay said Afrika Bambata shit...
Father in a Bible jonnas connor !
More Tame Impala ❤❤❤
The paying Dwayne Wade line is about the Rucker Tournament in Harlem. It's a huge Pro Am basketball tournament and people w money and influence put teams together to try to win it. One year Jay Z and Fat Joe were set to face off in the championship but a huge blackout hit the East Coast..
Incorrect. Dwayne Wade used to wear the jersey #3 and LeBron wore #23. So it means if Jeezy was paying the plug 23K for a kilo of ❄️ back in the day, Jay Z was paying $3K.
@@nerdlarge4691 Almost… at the time of this song LeBron and Wade were both in Miami. LeBron wore 6, Wade wore 3 so Jeezy was paying $23K from the song 24-23 (Kobe-LeBron jersey numbers at the time) So even if Jeezy was paying LeBron at the time of the this song (LeBron jersey 6= $6K) Jay Z bragged he was still paying less than Jeezy for his drugs so even if Jeezy’s paying LeBron ($6K), Jay Z is paying Dwayne Wade ($3K).
Concrete jungle wet dream tomato 🎶
Hi The Front Room, I'm so Happy That Your Dad Love This Song. It's My All Time Favorite Jay- Z and Alicia Keys Song. Another Great Jay- Z Song you and your Dad React to Hard Knock Life For Us from the movie "Annie". Alicia Keys Song you should React to called Superwoman.😊😍🥰
I’m a lifelong New Yorker and even though it’s a great song I’m beyond tired of it LOL it’s so played out 😅
That and Frank Sinatra’s, “New york, New York”. 😂
Never understood jayz fans he is an amalgamation of every rapper he came across
We understand the jay z hate tho,it’s human nature to be bitter envious 🦀, hating is a hobby for a lot of y’all
Alicia Keys - If I Ain’t Got You Next!!
Durand bernarr tiny desk next plz
You should have him check out (the explicit edit of the music video in particular) Like Toy Soldiers by Eminemw ith you!
Id love to see your Dad react to Donda :)
Hey you should react to Warrior Song by Nas feat Alicia Keys
Much better song. So is N.Y State of Mind.
I GOT A 🔥 IDEA!!! Bc he likes em and 50 react to patiently waiting
React to OJ da juiceman- Kush got me faded
this is a play on Billy Joel's New York state of mind. the hip hop version. as big as Jay Z is world wide Billy is still the king of New York.
Jay z > Billy Joel
@mo2k638 worldwide yes. But not in New York. When Jay z sells out Madison square garden once a month for 104 straight months let me know.
@@dwood21851 jay can do that if he wanted to, he sold out madison square garden in a matter of minutes
I absolutely HATE this song from the depths of my soul 😂😂😂😂. Love the reaction though. Lol
React to rihanna songs
WE NEED A DUA LIPA REACTION !!!!!
Get into Sade like
The most overrated song from Jay. It's for these type of songs that people think Jay z is a mid rapper while he's actually one of the greatest writer of this century.
Nah cmon bro. This song is so good, timeless. But real ball knowers know this ain’t near Jay’s best work lyrically but it’s definitely one of his best songs idgaf
Yall need to react to some more Alicia Keys
Hey! Have you reacted to Ren yet? If you havent, may I suggest "Hi Ren" as a starting point?
TAKE CARE BY DRAKE PLEASE
Need some aesop rock or atmosphere... Or eyedea and abilities
Juice wrld reaction;))
React to Chris brown songs
😎✌🏼
Yikes. Interesting timing.
Please react to Alicia Keys. Either one of her first few albums or mtv unplugged.
Yall please do Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain. It’s a popular concept album and it tells a haunting story. It has a huge fanbase of mentally unstable girls and boys
Can you please react to jungkook standing next to you, he is such a great vocalist 💜
React to Hard Knock Life Jay Z!
Can y’all react to raye ? :)
Can you do All I Need by Method Man ft Mary J Blige
Show dad Subiibabii 😭😭
Adele i drik wine reacción please
React to Ed sheeran songs
React to Doechii's new album plsss
Why!
Pls do Gnx reaction
Pls listen to N.W.A F the police pls
please react to ROSIE ALBUM BY ROSÉ it's amazing!!!
Doin any tourist shit in New York this song is played nonstop….made me hate the song
😂
Your dad should react to Durand Bernarr's Tiny Desk. Musically and live performance wise so superior to other Tiny Desks.
Please react to SOUND OF SILENCE BY DISTURBED you will not regret it 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸