New Jay-Z DVD Out This October
Classic Albums Series Presents The Making of Jay-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt”
The Origins Of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Mogul - October 30 DVD Release
2 questions:
Is Reasonable Doubt a classic?
Is it Jay-z best album?
New York-Entrepreneur. Innovator. Businessman. Hip Hop Royalty. But first, Jay-Z was a hustler from the streets of New York City, with hard learned life lessons that he wanted the world to hear. Thus, Reasonable Doubt was born. On October 30 Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the next installment of its Classic Album series, taking a dive into Jay-Z’s historic 1996 debut.
Featuring commentary by Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Irv Gotti and Foxy Brown, Classic Albums: Reasonable Doubt is an in-depth look at the making of Jigga’s first album. Priced at $14.98, is a look at the creation of these legendary tracks, the man behind them and their culture, interviews with Kanye West, Mary J. Blige , Foxy Brown and Irv Gotti, along with classic footage of Hova performing with the Notorious B-I-G .
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Jay-Z was a storyteller from the streets, bringing the accounts of hustle and hard-knock life to the masses. His intricate and ornate tracks, coupled with his smooth, conversational delivery made him an artist like no other. The use of jazz, gospel and soul in his sampling gives his music an intense urban sophistication, iced with creative lyrics that made Jay-Z the Shakespearean MC. Reasonable Doubt is the root of a signature sound that rappers continue to mimic.
Def Jam president, Roc-a-Fella Records founder, music/business/style icon, Jay-Z shows no signs of slowing down. Before The Blueprint , before The Black Album , bouncing back from retirement, there was Reasonable Doubt - the sound of a man not afraid to turn his struggles into art. This is the embodiment of hip-hop - raw, restless and real.
46 Comments so far
its the roc baby hovaaaaaaaaa is bak!! first bicthes
damn jay-z really coming hard real soon be on the look out the roc is bac people….
Its the ROC……………..Yea its a classic………His best yes………….
Reasonable Doubt…NO DOUBT a classic and NO DOUBT his best LP to date…
The ROC…
Classic!
yes
Best album
idk..
Im feeling blueprint more
CLASSIC…OF COURSE…..IT’S HIS BEST ALBUM…WORDPLAY, FLOW, SUBJECT MATTER, EVERYTHING….BLUEPRINT IS A CLOSE SECOND……OH YEAH!!!, DON’T ASK STUPID QUESTIONS AGAIN!!!!
Jay-Z is one the greatest of all time, I going to get that DVD and the American Gangster CD (November 6, 2007)
That was good writing whoever wrote the synopsis. Lol makes me wanna buy the dvd. RD was a classic but nobody labeled it that until well after its release. Me personally I was feelin blueprint more than any album.
lol was that a serious question?? I doubt it! of course it’s a damn classic! even if you don’t like the person for whateva reason u gotta admit that this album has got everything that makes a classic. see I hate 1 cent with a passion but I must admit that GRODT had pretty damn good club bangers.
Anways, I couldn’t decide wether Reasonable Doubt or The Blueprint is better I like em both.
REASONABLE DOUBT IZ JAY-Z BEST ALBUM 2 DATE #2 BLUEPRINT
THESE BLINGED OUT CHAINS THAT THESE “NIGGERS” ROCK IS WHACK BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER FORM OF A NOOSE!!!! YOU NEVER SEE ANY OF THESE WHITE PEOPLE OUT THERE BUYING DUMB SHIT LIKE THAT. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE THE ONES THAT OWE THE IRS AND ARE BANKRUPT. NOT THEM. SO FOCUS ON MAKING OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE BETTER!!! WHEN WE BLACK PEOPLE STAND FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN “BEEF, AND WHO GOT WHAT CAR, AND WHOSE A HOE.” OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE DYING OUT HERE AND WE AIN’T DOING SHIT ABOUT IT. WAIT I FORGOT EVERYONE IS LEARNING HOW TO “SUPERMAN”. IT’S SAD…..
is da fuCCin roC brooklyn east new york bust ur gun
classic ? YES
Jay’s best album ? YES
is this album a classic? is that even a serious question. the only albums on par with reasonable doubt are illmatic and ready 2 die.
the blueprint was a great album but reasonable doubt was THE album. by far hov’s best work.
like nas said, “they look at me and they say make another illmatic, they say the same bout jay and if biggie were still around im sure he would’ve gotten that same flack. they dont seem to realize that those are damn near ‘perfect’ albums. to top that kind of an album is damn near impossible.”
WHAT THE FUCK!! WHAT KINDA QUESTION IS THAT IS REASONABLE DOUBT A CLASSIC DID HIP HOP START IN THE SOUTH BRONX C’MON REALTALK ARE U SERIOUS VERY DUMB MOVE
Reasonable doubt is a classic. Jay has had an incredible rap career that is why I think he is the G.O.A.T. Blueprint is close and IMO so is The Black album.
His other albums ain’t bad either but them above albums are in a league of there own.
BTW I am gonna get this dvd I think this dvd will be dope. Fade To Black was dope aswell it felt like I was at Madison Square garden when I watched it.
Of course its a classic. And yeah, i think its one of his bests next to the Black Album. The Black Album is flawless, like Makaveli or Illmatic. Don’t get me wrong I love the Reasonable Doubt, I can just relate to the Black ALbum more. But I definetely understand how others would say Reasonable Doubt is better. Both Great albums.
Classic-Yes
Best Album -No(Blueprint-1)
new york niggas dick get hard when jay z makes his moves
CLASSIC !!! BEST ALBUM . Isnt it weird that most classics dont go platinum . Everybody going to front like they bought it when it came out but the numbers dont lie . Jay aint go platinum till Vol. 2 . So all these people that be screaming they was day one fans is lying . I copped the tape when it came out haha ( couldnt afford the cd ) Everybody in brooklyn had it . Jay need to work with PREEMO , EASY MOE BEE & CLARK KENT Again and bring that authentic NEW YORK Soundback . I did always want to hear HOV Over rza or a havoc track too .
its classic, but i digging blueprint as his best.
THE ROC IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
I THINK PEOPLE SAYING THAT JAY’Z'S BEST ALBUM WAS REASONALBE DOUBT IS JUST A CLICHE THING TO SAY…HIS BEST ALBUM IS ACTUALLY THE BLACK ALBUM BECAUSE ITS SO REAL…
FOR EXAMPLE
I GAURANTEE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAY HIS FIRST ALBUM WAS HIS BEST LISTEN TO HIS MORE RECENT SONGS MORE THAN THEY LISTEN TO THE FIRST ALBUM…OR PROBABLY DONT EVEN LISTEN TO THE FIRST ALBUM AT ALL ANYMORE
AND BY NO MEANS AM I SAYING IT WAS WACK…BECAUSE REASONABLE DOUBT WAS DEFF. A CLASSIC…BUT…ITS NOT HIS BEST!!!!
NO!! lyrically the first blueprint and production wise vol.3 and blueprint 2 this album was not as hot as ppl say. yall just sayin that cuz it wuz his first album u prolly never even listened to it.
Reasonable Doubt is definitely a classic and Jay’s best.
“Like short sleaves I bare arms”
Nigga is Water wet??
Nigga is Grass Green??
What type of question is Reasonable Doubt a classic??
Realtalkny u trippin bro. I mean I kno u tryna start a topic and all but anyone who says Reasonable Doubt aint a classic only gets half a bar, fuck yall niggas
CLASSIC YESS.. BUT I GOT 3 OF HIS CDS TIED @ NUMBA 1.. N YEA I LISTEND TO ALL OF EM ALOT..
(REASONABLE DOUBT, BLUEPRINT, BLACK ALBUM)
yall sleepin on da black album .. wow.. dat was his “going away” gift.. n IF he woulda left DAT WOULDA BEEN A HELL OF A FINISH CZ HE WOULDA LEFT ON TOP N STAYD DER.. DAT CD IS FLAMES N ANY1 WHO DISAGREES .. NO COMMENT..
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LMAO off #21. U a faggot. This is was an always will be Hovs best album. Shit was classic start 2 finish. Fuck blue print 1, 2, vol 3. if ur gonna compare nething 2 nething other then Reasonable Doubt. VOL 2 wuz his next best album. dont hate bitches. I only speak the truth..
its a classic.. reasonable doubt, illmatic, ready to die.. shit is real.
i’m going with the Blueprint. shit you guys are sleeping on Vol2 that was a hard album
illimatic shit on verybody album of this camel period
hova is no damn king of NY…….
some brooklyn niggas want to kill this fool these niggas want money…….and jay better gonna pay
@29 wtf u talkin bout. blueprint was without a doubt his BEST album reasonable doubt had HORRIBLE production if u listened to it instead of just sayin it cuz everybody else sayin it u would kno that nigga. itz not a everyday album like vol.3 or blueprint 2 itz one of those once every 5 year listens i could pop those 3 in ANYDAY.
RTNY “Is Reasonable Doubt a classic?”
are you serious on this one?
doesn’ t RTNY means REAL TALK NEW YORK??!
u buggin or maybe u weren’t in NY in 96
of course it was a classic there is not an album that comes close to it and he still spitting fire the growth is crazy yall just not up on it cause he mainly talking about big money nowadays
first off RD is a fuckin super classic if there is a such thing! Along with Illmatic, blue print, ready 2 die, ALL of tupacs shit, and cuban linx!(and im from tha south bitch what!!!) and vol 1 did go plat though RD did later! And please dont sleep on vol 2, shit was fuckin crazy start 2 finish!
Jay is the best of all time! No doubt. Reasonable Doubt is the most fucking classic album there is, kinda question is that?! It’s also his best, Blueprint close second.
Yes:Reasonable Doubt is a classic n in my opinon his best work!!! N da other hand..i luv ya’ll site, biggups to da rawkus deal, Joyce is a hottie..but keep it simple man, sometimes ya’ll be sounding real stupid…keep it “realtalk” aiight, 1.
joy*..pardon me. 2thumbs wayy up luv..jus one suggestion to..those lil realtalknet lil black & white cards?? that ya’ll be having established artists and professionals hold up?? looks kinda corny G..upgrade or sumtin, 1.
lol jay-z is so overrated his best album was blueprint da gift and curse reasonable doubt was coo but da production was weak on that album illmatic,ready to die, all eyes on me,makaveli da don the 7 day theory,me against the world,strictly 4 my niggaz,and tupaclypse now,and get rich or die tryin,da chronin,da marshal mathers lp was all better then reasonable doubt so stop suckin dis niggaz nuts this album didnt even go platinum until 2002 thats a damn shame to be such a classic…
co signin 40 straight up …someone please tell me y he’s regarded to be so great.. personally i think he lacks somthin… pac had it, biggie had it ..snoop had it in doggystyle 50 had it in get rich , eminem has it… its called charisma…personally jay-z jus doesnt have that energy and style that would make him not boring to listen to.. I don kno man ..but dis dude is jus way too overated.. n i heard reasonable doubt n blueprint so i don wanna hear that bullshit.. they were good albums .. but i dont see nobody bumpin that shyt now so they cant be classics
The only thing that keeps “Reasonable” from being a “classic”, in my opinion, is that it’s not original. The mafioso theme had been recycled so many times by other rappers that it almost became a common theme for East Coast gangster rap. Remember “Cuban Linx” that was released in 1995? That album was saturated with Mob ambitions. Anyway, Reasonable had top notch production and def lyrics which makes it one of the best albums of the 1990’s.
LMAO.nigga said carlton banks..niggaz iz crazy
on here
43.. wut tha fuk u takin bout?…lol any wayz fuk gay-z ..tha nigga ain sayin shyt
Reasonable Dodut is classic but I felt Blue Print more but Jay-Z Is mad overrated .
32 u needs to shut ur mouth u have no clue of what u speak, if it wasnt for HOV and BIG New York Rap and East Coas rap would not be able to stand on its own feet, so please just hush like the child u are.