"In My Lifetime, Vol. 1" turns 20
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ClassicI think this has more replay value then reasonable doubt
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GoodJay has a dope catalog
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Around the time kingdom come was coming out, Jay was asked about this Album and he said "it wouldve been a classic if it wasn't for 3 songs and we all know what 3 songs I'm talking about"
The crowd laughed and agreed, Since then I don't know WTF he's talking about. Only song I can come up with is I know what girls like but what else? -
GoodBuilt 4 cuban linx wrote: »Around the time kingdom come was coming out, Jay was asked about this Album and he said "it wouldve been a classic if it wasn't for 3 songs and we all know what 3 songs I'm talking about"
The crowd laughed and agreed, Since then I don't know WTF he's talking about. Only song I can come up with is I know what girls like but what else?
Sunshine and The City Is Mine. I like these two songs. -
The city is mine is hated for no damn reason
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GoodJuttythe3rd wrote: »The city is mine is hated for no damn reason
Its a smoothed out R&B track on an otherwise Boom Bap Hip Hop album. -
GoodBuilt 4 cuban linx wrote: »Around the time kingdom come was coming out, Jay was asked about this Album and he said "it wouldve been a classic if it wasn't for 3 songs and we all know what 3 songs I'm talking about"
The crowd laughed and agreed, Since then I don't know WTF he's talking about. Only song I can come up with is I know what girls like but what else?
MY GUESSES WOULD BE...
SUNSHINE
I KNOW WHAT GIRLS LIKE
THE CITY IS MINE
CITY IS MINE HAS DOPE VERSES BUT THE PRODUCTION (ON THESE 3) ARE CLEARLY INSPIRED BY THE SHINY SUIT ERA.
SAMPLE THE BEAT FROM ONE RECORD & LIFT THE HOOK FROM ANOTHER.
ALSO I DON'T THINK JAY PERFORMS THESE JOINTS. -
ClassicFirst Jay album I ever bought..
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ClassicMy fav Jigga album.
Why? Because of "the streets is watching" movie. It gave me the visual. Then i was all like "ahh haaa. I get it now." -
GoodI ACTUALLY OWN THE STREETS IS WATCHING ON VHS & DVD
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GODDAMMITT!!!! THEN THIS ? TURNS INTO "Hi, My name is..."
Talk about Diggin In Da Crates! sheesh. -
GoodJuttythe3rd wrote: »The city is mine is hated for no damn reason
That first verse was a better eulogy for Big than what Lox and Puff did and a bonus is that everything he rapped to Biggie actually came true.
I never knew that song was hated though. I remember this dominican barber used to be like "I like dis video man issa jayz" then he would literally sing "U BELONG TO DA CITY". I ended up giving him a dub of reasonable doubt. -
GoodI don't get the standards for classic album. Vol 1 had a extremely bad track in I KNOW WHAT GIRLS LIKE, but so has many classic albums. Life After Death had Playa Hata and Another Man, All eyez on me had What's ya phone number, Stillmatic had Braveheart Party,etc.
Vol 1 had some of Jay-z best ? period. I mean classic tracks in Where i'm from, A million and one questions, Fried or Foe. The only wack track is IKWGL and sunshine isn't even a bad track either.
It's easily a 4.5 mic album. I probably listen to it more than some of Jays higher rated albums (American Gangster, Black Album) till this day. -
GoodI don't get the standards for classic album. Vol 1 had a extremely bad track in I KNOW WHAT GIRLS LIKE, but so has many classic albums. Life After Death had Playa Hata and Another Man, All eyez on me had What's ya phone number, Stillmatic had Braveheart Party,etc.
Vol 1 had some of Jay-z best ? period. I mean classic tracks in Where i'm from, A million and one questions, Fried or Foe. The only wack track is IKWGL and sunshine isn't even a bad track either.
It's easily a 4.5 mic album. I probably listen to it more than some of Jays higher rated albums (American Gangster, Black Album) till this day.
@ the bolded.
Without those 3 songs it would have been a 5 mic classic.
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Now that I think about it, without those 3 songs it would be as good as Illmatic. -
ClassicSunshine aint bad. Like, it wasnt a skipper track. Just Cause Jay maybe said something, people be riding against it. I rather listen to Sunshine than Aint No ? .
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I can't go a day without my sunshine
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GoodHov the gawd!
Imaginary Player had me on my down south Master P Bout It Bout It ?
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GoodJuttythe3rd wrote: »The city is mine is hated for no damn reason
That first verse was a better eulogy for Big than what Lox and Puff did and a bonus is that everything he rapped to Biggie actually came true.
C/S THAT VERSE WAS EVEN ON THE LINER NOTES. -
WackWeed plate status
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The jay album with the most classic songs
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Biggest failure for this album besides Sunshine video was not including the In My Lifetime (Remix) which proved so popular on the music video channels it really put enough people on to Jay-Z for Vol. 2 to actually stand a real chance saleswise.
Not enough people knew about that Streets is Watching soundtrack. That and not including Wishing On A Star which was still released as a Vol. 1 era single in foreign countries but including I Know What Girls Like.
This guy knows what he is talking about..
Imagine this album constructed as he just put it..It would be one of the best ever..
Its still a don album IMO 1 video and 1 BAD song can't change that in my book cause I can find atleast one song on almost every so called classic album I have ever heard that dont stand up to the rest of it..
And the highs of this album are serious..very serious.. -
Vol 1 is one of jays best albums period!!
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GoodDope album, near classic for me....Never understood the Sunshine hate....I think the video ruined the song for some people....I know What Girls Like is far worse and barely gets mentioned...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKISdd2mKzU
