He was talking about Fat Joe at that time they didn't talk, they had beef that started in 98, then the Harlem Rucker Park, basketball Game beef‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Lol...that's crazy. I believe I was just turning 30... and HOV was pretty much if not number 1 on my top 5 list..he was somewhere lingering in the top 5 list.. I remember BEING SUPER HYPED ABOUT THIS SONG WHEN ALL THE BLOGS POSTED IT...and pulling up to my then girlfriend.. now wife's house ......going on about how dope it is.. and that ALL THE EMCEES WERE BACK. This that.... and asking her little brother if he heard the song . He was around 14 or 15 at the time He said NO. THEN I DID SOME MATH IN MY HEAD and then asked him..."DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO JAY Z IS???" As if I was in disgust at the notion that he might possibly not be familiar with him He then responded..."I think so" "Aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww MANNNNNNNNNNNN... cmon dawg. You serious?!?!?!...hova...jay z ... YOU KNOW BIG PIMPIN...HARD KNOCK LIFE???." he responds with a blank stare and I HAD AN EPIPHANY about how lucky I was that my evolution as a man has almost been synonymous with hip hops..and I've been around and been a fan of almost every era..except it's super infant state in the late late 70s. This song was definitely a Moment tho. As was/is most of jays singles when they first drop
2009. What a time to be alive. I was only 14. This record hurt T-Pain and others that were riding the Auto-Tune wave. Even though Pain did it better and can _actually_ sing.
This song is still a classic & it was back when Jay used to let his hair grow out when he was working on a new album. Once he was done recording it, he'd cut his hair.🤴🏽
Am so glad Jay Z is uploading his videos from a central place and making them more accessible. This is one of my favorite videos but before you really had to look hard for it on the internet ...I hope he does the same for the rest including his live performances... Hov has some of the best music Videos out there.
According to Rick Rubin this is also how jay z really does his rhymes, off the head, never writing anything down, as contrasted by for example Eminem’s artistic process which is constantly writing rhymes down in a notebook he keeps
One my favorite Jay songs " I don't be in the project hallways talking about how I be in the projects all day if you a gangsta this is how you prove it to me"
BP3 is seriously underrated imo. Only songs I didn't really like were On To The Bext One (thought the chorus was annoying lol) and Venus vs Mars. 2 outta of 15 tracks I'll take that
He cemented his this position on this same blue print 3 album on the track "already home". He said "I don't know who you racing with because I'm already at the finish line with the flag waving". He really is the greatest rapper but lots of people just hate to admit it.
@@samuelpinder1215no competition those guys all earned their rank being the goats like being top 10 nba all time multiple classic albums, long dominance even pac and biggie since they’ve been gone
This was my favorite Jay Z era, the elder statesmen, bringing back Sinatra drinking a glass of scotch on stage, theres no after party the stage is the party vibe.
If I bring up the autotune free UK scene americans still hate on it and then still argue when I say it better than lil cocaine mumbling about shit no one cares about
THIS. 3:23. this shit “gangsta”. this is fucking gangsta 🤦🏾♂️ I miss when music did the smallest shit that would inspire the tf outta you. now it depresses you. funny how a song almost 15yrs old feels like a breath of fresh air.
This track is just pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯 Timeless. Can't ever get bored of this shit. Why Jay uploading all these old tracks? Is it to hype up a new album release???
Remember this got the game standing up straight. Lil Wayne jumping in this track bc of that mixtape Weezy line. But HOV bodied it. Just nothing but straight fire for whoever spat on this thing
By a very wide margin. It's not even close. When I hear people say Wayne, Nas or Eminem is better than the man, I just laugh. Sometimes I just don't even understand people's hatred for him, some even say he's overrated and he wouldn't be in this position if biggie was alive.
The beat of this song is legendary
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That’s because JayZ had one of jazz music’s best young drum cats on the scene; in case you don’t know. Aka Tony Royster whose father was a jazz great.
@@emestea1898 %
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@@emestea1898 aaaaaaaaaaaaaq!
A!!!aaaa+aaaaa!aaa!aaaaaaaaaaaaaqaaaaa!aaa!a!aa!!!
"I don't be in the Project's hallway, talking about how I be in the Projects all day"....
Alot of NYC niggas living in the Projects needs to hear that
He was talking About the ones that made out it out coming back trying act hard because they still feel like they have be in the hood!
@@elijahashman9716for example, Jim Jones
He was talking about Fat Joe at that time they didn't talk, they had beef that started in 98, then the Harlem Rucker Park, basketball Game beef‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
There's vid of Santana going back to da projects to hang in da hallway
"No fives, no singles. This ain't a strip club" Get 'em Jay
First HOV song I heard! I was 10 years old! Went back and listened to his entire discography 🐐
Lol...that's crazy.
I believe I was just turning 30... and HOV was pretty much if not number 1 on my top 5 list..he was somewhere lingering in the top 5 list.. I remember BEING SUPER HYPED ABOUT THIS SONG WHEN ALL THE BLOGS POSTED IT...and pulling up to my then girlfriend.. now wife's house ......going on about how dope it is.. and that ALL THE EMCEES WERE BACK. This that.... and asking her little brother if he heard the song .
He was around 14 or 15 at the time
He said NO.
THEN I DID SOME MATH IN MY HEAD and then asked him..."DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO JAY Z IS???" As if I was in disgust at the notion that he might possibly not be familiar with him
He then responded..."I think so"
"Aaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww MANNNNNNNNNNNN... cmon dawg. You serious?!?!?!...hova...jay z ... YOU KNOW BIG PIMPIN...HARD KNOCK LIFE???."
he responds with a blank stare and I HAD AN EPIPHANY about how lucky I was that my evolution as a man has almost been synonymous with hip hops..and I've been around and been a fan of almost every era..except it's super infant state in the late late 70s.
This song was definitely a Moment tho. As was/is most of jays singles when they first drop
@@WelcomeToThe92503 put him on some classical Hov jaints fam lol 😆 btw. Loved your comment fam. Love n peace . n hbd the 🐐 Shawn Carter
Same here!
Should check out Nas Escobar aka Nas
You better go study since 93
Jay-Z - "this aint for sing-a-long"
Me - singing along
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“Wait, that’s illegal.”
😂
On lahd
2009. What a time to be alive. I was only 14. This record hurt T-Pain and others that were riding the Auto-Tune wave. Even though Pain did it better and can _actually_ sing.
Ended it tbh
a bit?
@@FastTransformer ended auto tune? Are you mad 😂
Well Jay did say it at the beginning of the song.
"Raw, this ain't politically correct.
This might offend my political connects."
He wasn't dissing t-pain he was dissing rappers trying to be t pain
This song is still a classic & it was back when Jay used to let his hair grow out when he was working on a new album. Once he was done recording it, he'd cut his hair.🤴🏽
J Cole too. I see you noted that!
Must be why his hair is so long right now
@@NPGLAMB Word
😂😂yeah right 😂
Now Jay Z really let his hair out 😂
Am so glad Jay Z is uploading his videos from a central place and making them more accessible. This is one of my favorite videos but before you really had to look hard for it on the internet ...I hope he does the same for the rest including his live performances... Hov has some of the best music Videos out there.
"Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen" I just got it now 2022... gift that keeps on giving. Jigga
The guitar riff used for this beat is sick af
killer sample
Re-writting history without a pen 🔥🔥
Yup
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That's how a lot of things actually happen
👀🤯❤️🙏
According to Rick Rubin this is also how jay z really does his rhymes, off the head, never writing anything down, as contrasted by for example Eminem’s artistic process which is constantly writing rhymes down in a notebook he keeps
A Classic Moment In Time👑
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The instrumentals, the lyrics, the attitude and the video are just EPIC. 🔥
Play this and Run This Town back to back!
WORD
Jay is a once in a lifetime talent. I'm glad I was here to see it 🐐
❤️🎯
Relax Matthew
Really? What's his talent exactly?
Yet he tryna do mass incarceration. Search up who he supporting . Definitely ain't our ppl
@Alms Delivery Solutions LLC what? You do know he supported Bill Clinton aka the man who created MASS INCARCERATION FOR BLACKS
That's a real jazzy song... Boss shit
One my favorite Jay songs " I don't be in the project hallways talking about how I be in the projects all day if you a gangsta this is how you prove it to me"
Catch myself saying rapping this all the time
This beat is nasty 🔥🔥🔥
Too nasty. No I.D. went in
KING OF RAP!!!
Emenim ya
@@Siboshium no king Hov… Nvm he a king to they both kings
Jay Z is a living legend we are a lucky generation to ever witness his artwork ❤ 2023 I'm still listening to this masterpiece
Absolutely. I'd love if he kissed me with his thick camel lips.
The big money drug dealer talker huh...🤔🤔🤔
Anyone noticed lyor Cohen opening the door for jay 👀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the details... impeccable
that rhythm section and guitar is so in pocket may'ne , pass the Modelo , salute 🕴🏽🍻
Old song sounding so new, what a GOAT he is rewriting history without a pen
Jay understood the assignment 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 still fire after all these years
Hi Nicole
2009 was a good year...loved this album
man this track is still fire
This song is straight fire. This album was one of my favorites too
BP3 is seriously underrated imo. Only songs I didn't really like were On To The Bext One (thought the chorus was annoying lol) and Venus vs Mars. 2 outta of 15 tracks I'll take that
Forgot just how hard that beat knock!!!!!
Jigga could flow freely on every beat.. Legend
Out of all his bangaz, i love this the most. Combining hard rock + rap was a genius move. Speakers bleed everytime this pops up. Hov a GOAT
He didnt combine hard rock in this one you tripping
@@misterj7351
Please elaborate.....what would you say then??
@@hueyfreeman2156 70s pop style
Also Huey I thought there were 2 shots in the dark now huey's dead. At least that's what Tupac said
A bit of blues, too. Plus jazz!
Saw the premiere of this music video on TV as a kid and became a fan instantly and went back to listen to all of his discography
Stop your bloodclot crying this line is killing me, I replay it over n over, that's the sweetest part of the song
That's a biggie smalls line he used..
he bit biggie... again
Now this is a essence of hip hop
This song…this song right here…is what made me realize that Jay Z was a legend when I was a kid 💯💯💯
VERY SYMBOLIC LYOR BEING THE “HELP”!
This is practically assault with a deadly weapon . One of my favorite Jay -Z videos
pity noone listened.. softer than ever nowadays.. what a tune!
One of my favorite Jay z songs💕🙏🏾
its still dope 💯👌💯🙏🙋💯💯
Mine too
How does this not at least have 100 million views
Jay killed the game with this
The drumbeat oh Lord!
The fucking guitar
1:11 only real musicians can appreciate how sweet those chords are! 🔥🔥🔥
This is actually a sample. Listen to the original ruclips.net/video/XcUt5UcZoeg/видео.html
@@Elkazshorts Thank you 😊
JAY = 🐐. PERIOD
He cemented his this position on this same blue print 3 album on the track "already home".
He said "I don't know who you racing with because I'm already at the finish line with the flag waving".
He really is the greatest rapper but lots of people just hate to admit it.
@@chineduonyeoziri7408 Word!!!!
@@chineduonyeoziri7408 hes top 5 definitely but I'd like to include eminem and pac as potential people to beat him
@@samuelpinder1215no competition those guys all earned their rank being the goats like being top 10 nba all time multiple classic albums, long dominance even pac and biggie since they’ve been gone
I always loved how classy this music video was
Ironically, what came after was the rebirth of autotune.
@@CoryPchajek A man doesn’t have that kind of power.
yup and thats a good thing,hiponly has to look at rock n roll to see what happens when a genre stays stagnant
@@funkymunky No one man should have all that power
@@YS-nr3by I’d like to see you try.
Travis Scott and Future must not have heard this song..
only rapper to rewrite history without a pen 🐐
Only person
Jay-Z is undeniably one of the baddest rappers to ever step in the rap game.
Before or after Big L
The beat is just legendary. Whoever produced made it to perfection 🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
THE GOAT
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Now more than ever we need this song
🎶I don't be in them project hallways talkin bout how I BE IN THEM PROJECTS ALL DAY!!🎶 ✍🏽👑🎙️👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I've been looking for this song for years. It's been on my mind until I spent an hour looking for it tonight
Literally best hip hop artist of decades ❤️❤️
This truly was one of Jay’s underrated works.
This was well known back then
This was my favorite Jay Z era, the elder statesmen, bringing back Sinatra drinking a glass of scotch on stage, theres no after party the stage is the party vibe.
he touched everything almost with this song he mentioned biggies words and he’s still in his BBBorough!
The best days of hip hop is either here or over I swear we need good music back 🙄
If I bring up the autotune free UK scene americans still hate on it and then still argue when I say it better than lil cocaine mumbling about shit no one cares about
Jay music should be a course in Universities.
Michael Eric Dyson teaches college courses centered around jay z lyrics i forget what college though
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Since they’re going to make Taylor Swift classes, now.
@@Imlikemelo Georgetown
2009 What a time to be alive I was 16 just tryna make varsity when this came out good times .
THIS. 3:23. this shit “gangsta”. this is fucking gangsta 🤦🏾♂️ I miss when music did the smallest shit that would inspire the tf outta you. now it depresses you. funny how a song almost 15yrs old feels like a breath of fresh air.
That Jazz vibes it's the cherry on the top of the cake.
Jay Z has mastered the art of the subliminal diss. Example: the 6 bottles of Cristal Champagne you see explode just after the 5 minute mark.
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Who is that a diss at?
@@seeyoucu cristal
And holding on to beef forever 😂
When this came out me n my man had it on repeat driving all through wildwood NJ, on vacation.....
Happy Birthday 🐐 💯
Love when Jay would do these super-New York style tracks
2024 and still dope
CURRENT GENERATION OF RAPPERS ARE LIKE "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS"!!!!!!!!
JAY Z: ALLOW ME TO RE INTRODUCE MYSELF!!!!!!💐💐💐💐🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 yessss..
Let me pull down my skirt 😔💅🏽
My name is HOV, H to the O V, I used to move snowflakes by the oz
@@divashangovindasamy132 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣
@@divashangovindasamy132🎵I guess even back then you could call me CEO of the R-O-C, HOV!🎵
I love this video,Wow!
I dont know why this was taken down a few years ago, i just know that im glad is back! Greatest beat of all time
This whole song/vid hit different and this was how many yrs ago...SHEESH!! Never see this again!!
This song aged like , very very well...like a barrell of great whiskey even...salute 🍻
th monalisa of songs...speechless when i heard it..
What a beautiful quote
That third verse was legendary
This track is just pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯 Timeless. Can't ever get bored of this shit.
Why Jay uploading all these old tracks? Is it to hype up a new album release???
His birthday's today.
@@DavidRichardson95 happy birthday to the 🐐
I heard Tidal was going to be free to use, would make sense for hi, for upload them on yt
He wanna shave off his dreadlocks.
#Jayz wanna make sure they don't got #amnesia #Frenchmontana😂😂😂
Deserves more views. Legendary Hip-Hop 🌴
Jay Z is a remarkable enigma.
Jay Blessing me on his Birthday 😭❤️❤️😭🐐🐐
This song was much needed!
"That sound stupid me "If you a gangsta this is how you prove it to me""("That") -Jay-Z 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 He a legend. #MusicIsLife #TheGameOfLife #Top100
Best Hip Hop Beat ever made in the history of humankind
Shout out to No I.D for lacing this beat, typical No I.D kind of style with Jazz beats on hip hop songs.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
This track did exactly what it was supposed to do!!!!
But autotune is even more alive today than it was back then😞
@@damobbmusiq464 auto tune isn’t even bad because it’s used a lot better now
nothing
Niggas forgot he won a grammy off this song lol
@@Imlikemelo it didnt kill AutoTune, top leading artist use autotune! Pop hip hop is still relevant as ever. It didnt kill shit
Crazy how this won over best i ever had but looking back it makes sense
Years later auto tune and melody rap is still going
Gen z dont have ears
Classic Record's
Don't care where the direction is going today but this was the 'trend" music side of Jay and I most definitely liked this song and album.
yeah this might be one of the most gangsta songs ever, the real way
another Jay gem hidden from us
"Only rapper to rewrite history without a pen".... Mic drop
anyone listening to this song in 2024
Here!
Just us olds.
yeah we here
2025 widdit
On my workout playlist for this year
I used to freestyle to this beat so much what a classics
Timeless Classic 🔥💣👊☝️🔝🎤
It ist back.. YES!!!
I'm a multimillionaire so how is it I'm still the hottest nigga here...
That shit hits...🔥 🔥
I think he said "hardest" meaning the realest.
Real talk
Remember this got the game standing up straight. Lil Wayne jumping in this track bc of that mixtape Weezy line. But HOV bodied it. Just nothing but straight fire for whoever spat on this thing
This shit hard
July 2023, and this joint still banging!!!!
Best rapper alive.
By a very wide margin. It's not even close. When I hear people say Wayne, Nas or Eminem is better than the man, I just laugh.
Sometimes I just don't even understand people's hatred for him, some even say he's overrated and he wouldn't be in this position if biggie was alive.
Jay z is the Denzel of Hip Hop
Fair take
Perfect comparison
Yes that's why these crap charge they try put against the man is nothing but crap
Ain't no mumble rap here!!
Ya don’t understand how underrated this shit be.