dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Fri Dec-27-13 01:28 PM
"in my lifetime v1"
take off the 4 weak songs
add 3 songs from "streets is watching" sdtrk (in my lifetime rmx, only a customer, murdergram ft dmx and ja) + wishing on a star (his most underrated song from that era imo)
and you have an album that's arguably as good as his debut. that's his lost classic.
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6. "that would be dope. Contain outtakes ..." In response to Reply # 1
... a trilogy collectors edition. I can see that being a lucrative idea. But the fucks at Def Jam don't hear me though. I'm sure Jigga would sign off on it too.
Than next year do the same treatment with the BluePrints. I know they did the Blueprint 1&2 thing but Sean has control of all of that and I'm sure would give a discount for them to package it. Anywho who am I?
hova intro so ghetto do it again dope man jigga my nigga i'll do anything watch me hova interlude snoopy track big pimpin' is that yo bitch there's been a murder come and get me NYMP hova outro
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2. "Yes...I made this post before" In response to Reply # 0
It really is his 3rd best album.
My version on iTunes plays like this;
Intro A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No more Rap Game/Crack Game Where I'm From City Is Mine Imaginary Players Lucky Me Who You Wit Streets Is Watching Friend Or Foe 98 Real N*gg*s Wishing Upon A Star You Must Love Me In My Lifetime (Original)
I didn't add anything from the soundtrack but that would be fine as well.
3. "there aren't four weak songs on there. only two" In response to Reply # 0
"The City Is Mine" and "I Know What Girls Like". "Sunshine" was dope but the video was so bad that it made people dislike the song. I guess "Face Off" could count as three.
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8. "RE: there aren't four weak songs on there. only two" In response to Reply # 3
I'd much rather have city is mine than sunshine..
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i used to love jay back then. dude is coasting like shit these days.
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dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Wed Dec-18-13 07:16 PM
16. "yeah, i hate all of those, bro. sorry." In response to Reply # 3 Wed Dec-18-13 07:19 PM by dula dibiasi
i prolly do hate "sunshine" the least out of the 4 (ROCKIN' IT!!!) but it's undeniably inferior to the 4 replacements i suggested.
IML and WoaS are absolutely phenomenal songs, either would've fit seamlessly on reasonable doubt. OaC isn't too far behind those 2. and murdergram is just quintessential grimy hardbody late-90s NY street shit.
the addition of those 4 put v1 over the top.
>"The City Is Mine" and "I Know What Girls Like". "Sunshine" >was dope but the video was so bad that it made people dislike >the song. I guess "Face Off" could count as three.
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dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Wed Dec-18-13 07:09 PM
15. "i mean... i can give you a tracklist lol" In response to Reply # 4
intro a million and one / rhyme no more rap game / crack game where i'm from imaginary player streets is watching friend or foe 98 lucky me only a customer who u wit murdergram real niggaz wishing on a star you must love me in my lifetime rmx
i'd assume vol 1 and streets are readily available thru the usual channels.
here's a link to "wishing on a star" (RWQ)
>travelling and dont have access to the library
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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Wed Dec-18-13 09:09 PM
24. "i listen to RD and black album more too, but yeah..." In response to Reply # 5
>Word. this album gets the most replay from me after BP and AG.
a lot of songs on v1 that i revisit often.
>Where I'm From is a top 3 jay song IMO.
it's my #1.
>I feel like niggas give it the 'It Was Written' treatment. >Just so tough to meet expectations after a classic.
true
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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
14. "every artist is gonna think their most recent is amongst their best work" In response to Reply # 10
with it having been the last thing they've done while still in the midst of releasing, promoting, performing it.
It isn't until they get a bit of distance between themselves & that period where they can put it in some kind of perspective.
David Bowie might think or say The Next Day is better than Station to Station right now, I wouldn't really consider it a shame either way even if it's not true.
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Wed Dec-18-13 09:05 PM
22. "yeah, i've got a "best of the volumes" spotify playlist." In response to Reply # 13
which basically consists of those 3 albums minus all the puffyisms.
and the irony is that a lot of jay's best material from that era is already in the "soulful, melodic, 80s r&b sample / interpolation / sung hook" vein, he didn't even need to go for the over-the-top blatant overtures.
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17. "I'm probably the only person in the world who isn't mad at Sunshine..." In response to Reply # 0
but it could have something to do with Vol 1 being the first full album of Jay's I heard I heard "Ain't No Nigga" when it dropped but never played Reasonable Doubt in its entirety until the 1998 reissue
27. "It's the wack video" In response to Reply # 17
It gets more hate than it deserves because of the video, IMO. I never minded the song. Only really wack song was I know what Girls Like.
Sunshine and City is Mine don't make any best of Jay playlists, but they weren't wack songs at all. On most of his recent albums, they'd be highlights.
29. "City Is Mine dripped of wackness" In response to Reply # 27
we both agree on the repulsiveness of I Know What Girls Like. when songs like that make the cut you know you ain't got real friends in the studio with you.
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23. "no classic but a damn good album" In response to Reply # 0
the sequencing was fucked up on that album, but that's the case with a lot of Jay albums
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