@@maxrowlatt2633 camron wasn't even the man till like 2002-2003 dmx and jay z were the biggest artist in 98. Jay droped hardknock life vol 2 which is his biggest selling album to date it went 5× platinum and dmx dropped two number one albums
Both young and old Hov are unstoppable. This song, and all his others have quotes, lines, and phrases for EVERY life situation. Now he’s the first Hip Hop billionaire! Way ahead of his time. He knew his blueprint 💙
More flavor than you can imagine having, graphic like Sega Saturn, traffic like a bodega, just so happens you caught me at the tail end of my life, my brain isn't right from inhaling the work of my life Jeeeeez
That's where the cream is riiight , that's where ya dream is , WELL AIN'T IT ?... LOL Jay done dropped enough jewels at this point to lace every man , woman and child's neck with VVS diamonds !!!
Jess Wilson U MAKING IT SOUND EASY! Bruh chill & stop believing the internet that people are investing in stocks & drop shipping! GO IN DETAIL IF ITS SO EASY NIGGA
Been a huge Jay Z fan from I was in year ten in upper school I remember him when he was in original flavor still a massive fan to this day can't touch this track classic still fire
This song is over 20 years old but it's by far one my all time favorite songs because of these 2 verses "to make a n*gga die bleeding is nothing, it's when you make a n*gga die breathing is when you're saying something", and "my ✋ writing's so personal my 💓 is leaking through the pen". If those verses don't move you then I don't know what to tell you! That's what authentic lyricism and poetry is all about. Jay is on my top 5 DOA!
I used to love this song, I'm 30 and appreciate this track much more now. This is some Rich Alpo Azie shit. Being from DC, the DC line hit home. NY dudes flooded my city in the late 80s early 90s in the prime Crack era.
"My youth had a nigga too aggressive, ah, I used to speed excessive - both eyes closed No thoughts invested hittin pot holes Capos will snatch away what you deem most precious Had to re-think things; is pinky rings worth life on the run or time served in Sing-sing?" AYOOOOOO HOVA THE GOD !!
@thefirsthead Dude u cant just lose it...he adapted to the game man..lotta rap cats become irrelevant after an album or two...that's why he stayed consistent...why think he murders in people's remixes or mixtapes...black album was a classic...Blueprint as well..American gangster was a sick time piece...dude was sill sick after vol 1...waiting on his album this year
1Million Eyes that’s where I remember it because it came out in like 96 or 97 not when streets is watching dropped, thanks I wuz bout to go crazy couldn’t think of what soundtrack
You are right the song incorporate bits of vocals of the songs you mention but the music bass line is based on Rick James "Moonchild" and Mary J used the same music bass line sample in "Love is all we need" Just listen to Rick James version and you will see.
@thefirsthead Exactly...him switching it doesnt mean he lost anthing...dude, you gotta get with the times..that's why he is so great...you cant keep rapping like 1996 when you are in 2011...u gotta grow and show somn different...if he wanted to keep it 96, he couulda but like hov said, if u want 96, go buy his old shit...lol...Look at Nas, he never went anywhere cos he stayed stagnant...never grew...same as Rakim....Mobb Deep..JadaKiss...im a NYker and these are my fave rappers...Jay-Z #1 EVER!
Is it just me but this song takes you on a ride like a movie or something like I see pictures with his words videos even it feels like it takes me away
@Freshhhhh1982 Up there? The dude is the greatest of all time..he always had the best flow...his style is on another level...funny cos Biggy was my fave until I actually watched Jay...somn different..Nas is one of the heavies but he isnt top 3..possibly top 5...at least top 10...People keep saying Biggy and Pac mostly cos they died in their prime...I certainly will not crown them king..I always thought Jay would be special...if those other guys lived, they would not be as big as Jay-Z.
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young Jay is untouchable. this song had qouteables for days
setondriveable My Ig captions about to be lit...lol
@Jarrel Ely No
@Jarrel Ely Them together but not individually
setondriveable absolutely 💯💯💯💯
@@maxrowlatt2633 camron wasn't even the man till like 2002-2003 dmx and jay z were the biggest artist in 98. Jay droped hardknock life vol 2 which is his biggest selling album to date it went 5× platinum and dmx dropped two number one albums
0:30 jay said hell be top 5 in the forbes.
21 years later he would be no. one in the hip-hop forbes list
Kelvin Nzioki Muema THE DEVIL GRANTED HIS WISH
Shaquille Dorman Tell em jay winning bruh and Rihanna too that’s what we need as ppl
Super tight
Alot of those early lyrics were prophetic in nature
@@michaelbarrow3277 bunch of ignorance, all that spooky nonsense is why some people never succeed in life.
Obviously years ahead of his time this track alone proved that
No disrespect
Kevin Jeanty verses on I love the dough too
Absolute Faxtz
Both young and old Hov are unstoppable. This song, and all his others have quotes, lines, and phrases for EVERY life situation. Now he’s the first Hip Hop billionaire! Way ahead of his time. He knew his blueprint 💙
Heat
I vividly remember bagging up work to this track
You knooooow
“My writin so personal; my heart’s bleeding through the pen.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"brain ain't right from inhaling the work all my life" 🔥
I felt that lol
More flavor than you can imagine having, graphic like Sega Saturn, traffic like a bodega, just so happens you caught me at the tail end of my life, my brain isn't right from inhaling the work of my life
Jeeeeez
Thank you mr. Carter for allowing RUclips to play this
That's where the cream is riiight , that's where ya dream is , WELL AIN'T IT ?... LOL Jay done dropped enough jewels at this point to lace every man , woman and child's neck with VVS diamonds !!!
Its in your head nigga i was like yeah jay i hear you....no nigga thats where the money is go find the head NIGGAS...ok jay
Top 5 in the Forbes, You'll see💯💪🏾
Congratulations you are icon you are one of the people and things that people think about when they think of hip Hop
This song used to have me charged! Doing extra hours at the job and I still ain't get nowhere!!!😭😭😭
Make more money then. So many ways to make your money work for you instead of you working for money. Who's the boss? You or money?
Jess Wilson real talk
Jess Wilson agree. I’m studying those lessons. I need to make it happen.
Damn dawg😔
Jess Wilson U MAKING IT SOUND EASY! Bruh chill & stop believing the internet that people are investing in stocks & drop shipping! GO IN DETAIL IF ITS SO EASY NIGGA
Jay-z is a living legend no matter what the critics say. The sample from Mary J and LL is so smooth on this track!!
Lindizwe Dlamini yeah they sampled it from Rick James Moonchild
Moon child...love that tune
This song bumps in the whip.
Observe
Vintage Jay-Z. Classic.
Heat
Now I understand how the old heads use to bop to the Ojay's, Earth Wind, etc.. and reminisce... This is the essence of late 90's NY Hip Hop.
Joe Johnson thank you for this comment
I remember this track as a kid but it's now my favorite Jay-Z track.
Still hot in 2017, timeless!
2018
2019
2020
Shid 2024
Top 10 Jay-Z best tracks right here!
Been a huge Jay Z fan from I was in year ten in upper school I remember him when he was in original flavor still a massive fan to this day can't touch this track classic still fire
Sometimes I need to remind myself why Jay is a GOAT and this shit brings me right back. Shit I be buggin sometimes. 🐐
This song is over 20 years old but it's by far one my all time favorite songs because of these 2 verses "to make a n*gga die bleeding is nothing, it's when you make a n*gga die breathing is when you're saying something", and "my ✋ writing's so personal my 💓 is leaking through the pen". If those verses don't move you then I don't know what to tell you! That's what authentic lyricism and poetry is all about. Jay is on my top 5 DOA!
The fist quote is just savage
Jay-Z said is futuristic that truly was he lived it
I used to love this song, I'm 30 and appreciate this track much more now. This is some Rich Alpo Azie shit.
Being from DC, the DC line hit home. NY dudes flooded my city in the late 80s early 90s in the prime Crack era.
yes around this era he was smooth who you wit politiacs usal i love the dough man i miss the old jigga even though i love all his new music
Jay-Z is the Mike Jordan of recordin'
Even did a fake retirement like MJ
He is definitely that cause he’s been Jordan on the wizards since the rocafella break up
@@mikee3261Jordan on the Wizards still averaged 22 points.
The fact he was who he was then and never fell off and is who he is now is truly a feat in itself. Unquestionably the GOAT.
Heat
Chorus is insane
"Used to make coke stretch like a sample in a 950"
Only real mafuckas know
Step up your connect and you wont have to step on it.
That 3rd verse was straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥
God I love that line.
a 950 was a old sampler machine from the 80's
This is Top 5 Jay song. Just cause its so deep. "Had to rethink things, is pinky rings worth life on the run and time served at Sing Sing?"
RDoubt96 100
Can you or someone else explain this line to me i don't get it. What is pinky rings and what is Sing Sing?
Delerisk ding sing is a harsh over seas prison n he ment is chasing fame doin dirt worth possibly ending up there
@@Delerisk pinky rings are rings for ur little finger in his case diamond rings, and sing sing is a prison.
At work thinking bout the old days this poped in my head good memories dope track
This is the golden age flow that I know
Great song to party on New Years with
CLASSIC Irv Gotti is a Genius for sampling Rick James Moon child
John Wilson mary janegirl song
@@younghefner1546 Moonchild he just slowed it down from the original version
still 🔥 in 2019 and forever Brooklyn
This join here straight hustler talk!!!
Memories 😌
The music sample is from Rick James 'moonchild" which Mary sampled
Fortune 5 top 5 on the Forbes you’ll see…laws of attraction this man called it and it came to be.
"Used to make coke stretch like a sample on the S950"
Akai's commercial sampler before the MPC came out looool
Jayz been trolling ll cool j
I was raise to live, lord I hope you forgive. If not I'll handle it like Jason kidd
Keith Dixon fire
Damn near my most favorite line on this track and he had dope quotes 4 days on this....
last verse is SICK!!!
This track brings back some good memories; I had the same sweater he's wearing on the cover! Futuristic Shit!
It just so happens, you caught me at the tail end of my dirt.. my brain aint right from inhaling the work all my life ..fuck it ..! .. so real !
"My youth had a nigga too aggressive, ah,
I used to speed excessive - both eyes closed
No thoughts invested hittin pot holes
Capos will snatch away what you deem most precious
Had to re-think things; is pinky rings
worth life on the run or time served in Sing-sing?"
AYOOOOOO HOVA THE GOD !!
The Jay Z I remember, CLASSIC
A lot of people say these very same words to so many of jay's songs.
That shows how great the man is.
@thefirsthead Dude u cant just lose it...he adapted to the game man..lotta rap cats become irrelevant after an album or two...that's why he stayed consistent...why think he murders in people's remixes or mixtapes...black album was a classic...Blueprint as well..American gangster was a sick time piece...dude was sill sick after vol 1...waiting on his album this year
Early Jay in his prime is the goat
Tytyeieiwue Ausobsie *70:(50*+(4 2️⃣🈚🈷️🈸 IT TO ASESE💶💷💵
I remember they played this at the ending when jay,dame,and big was in roc-a-fella office
Rainy day word of Jim Dandy.Enjoy your 5388 bus ride. Sundae miss u 2
This song was also on the Dangerous Ground soundtrack.
1Million Eyes that’s where I remember it because it came out in like 96 or 97 not when streets is watching dropped, thanks I wuz bout to go crazy couldn’t think of what soundtrack
2 make a niqqa die bleedin iz nuffin... yawl make a niqqa die breathin den u sayin something.... (FIRE)
Just ask dame dash"
Beans,
Classic 🏆
top 5, maybe top 3, Jay songs
2019 RNS
The 54 people must be customers😂
68 now lol
that's fucking hilarious lol
Shoot through ya city like a rumor.
the sample is moon child by rick james
j was always tough...clever and cool
When he say "What the fuck" at the end of the 2nd verse
CLASSIC.
are we listening carefully? i know who the best is. do u?
🔥🔥🔥east Trenton/ Brooklyn 🔥🔥🔥🔥 2019
True classic 🔥 L.L sample says it all #WhatATimeToBeAlive #YouHadToBeThere
He foretold what was to come. BARS....
Premium Hov
Motion Picture ISH
NO,ASL...the correct sample song is Rick James' Moonchild.....the very same track from the Mary J.Blige/Nas track Love Is All We Need
By far, Jay's coldest track!!!!!!!!!
Shit had me high plus the joint made me here it better on a Sunday morning clean riding.....shinin
You are right the song incorporate bits of vocals of the songs you mention but the music bass line is based on Rick James "Moonchild" and Mary J used the same music bass line sample in "Love is all we need" Just listen to Rick James version and you will see.
On top of the flow
how could some1 dislike this? smh 3 people really were customers
2018 still dope now wow JAY Z legend of rap to BK FINEST
luckylefty914 They like Tekashi 69 that's why.
luckylefty914 👌👍😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
FIRE
@thefirsthead
Exactly...him switching it doesnt mean he lost anthing...dude, you gotta get with the times..that's why he is so great...you cant keep rapping like 1996 when you are in 2011...u gotta grow and show somn different...if he wanted to keep it 96, he couulda but like hov said, if u want 96, go buy his old shit...lol...Look at Nas, he never went anywhere cos he stayed stagnant...never grew...same as Rakim....Mobb Deep..JadaKiss...im a NYker and these are my fave rappers...Jay-Z #1 EVER!
Love this song !
Man...........these cats need to quit hatin' and keep it 100. Jay is NICE!
No ? This is Jay Z that Politics as Usual type vibe where he aint even concerned with wether or not you understand he just drop game
LL And Jay Going At It Or Collabing Would Revive Hip Hop To A New Height
Motivation Music! #Classic
@Freshhhhh1982 Up there? Dude has surpassed dem cats...easily
This my shit!
"Rocafella, y'all!
...
Say woo"
Heads got to roll!!!!:)
Right back at cha
Jayz was trolling ll cool j once he got in the game lol
Jay z is that nigga one of my favorite rappers of all times
ain't nothing like 90s rap frfr
Self explanatory
Is it just me but this song takes you on a ride like a movie or something like I see pictures with his words videos even it feels like it takes me away
You got it
Sounds like something from Mary j bilge like that song ft Nas love is all we need
kadiray dukureh Same Sample
It's from Rick james song Moonchild
21stcenturyenigma This song was made before Mary and Nas Love is all we need. Get the facts right bro! Jigga been futuristic.
Been cool way before rap these words can be real I pray your life is heavenly with no hits I want to godly
Jay z is the man;)
Of course i was doing my homework now look its sampled
Haven't heard this since I was kid
A right many of us tend to lean toward “this” Jay
neva stops
2019
"We be fresh at the party, go ahead play yourself"
@Freshhhhh1982
Up there? The dude is the greatest of all time..he always had the best flow...his style is on another level...funny cos Biggy was my fave until I actually watched Jay...somn different..Nas is one of the heavies but he isnt top 3..possibly top 5...at least top 10...People keep saying Biggy and Pac mostly cos they died in their prime...I certainly will not crown them king..I always thought Jay would be special...if those other guys lived, they would not be as big as Jay-Z.