1. Bring It On 2. Dead Presidents (OG Version) 3. D'evils 4. Dynasty Intro 5. NYMP 6. Only A Customer 7. Allure 8. There's Been A Murder 9. It's Like That 10. Renegade 11. P.S.A. 12. Where I'm From 13. Izzo 14. Change Clothes 15. Guilty Until Proven Innocent
I am certainly probably a nas stan..I say that to say that this is not a passive aggressive rebuttal to the great nas post by a jigga stan...I was just piggybacking in order to recognize jay as well as my second favorite emcee... hell, i'll do one of these for Ghost, Common and a few others..
1. "RE: List your favorite 15 Jay-Z songs" In response to Reply # 0
Dead Presidents (OG Version) Feelin' It Can I Live Imaginary Player Where I'm From Paper Chase w/Foxy Brown NYMP This Can't Be Life w/Beanie & Scarface Takeover Girls, Girls, Girls Part II Excuse Me Miss Meet The Parents Allure Ignorant Shit Thank You
****************************************** Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks
1. A Million and One Questions 2. PSA 3. Politics As Usual 4. A Week Ago 5. Streets Is Watching 6. Can I Live 7. Renegade 8. Fallin 9. Success 10. Hate 11. U Don't Know Remix 12. Jigga My Nigga 13. Big Pimpin 14. Brooklyn's Finest 15. Heart of the City
JAESCOTT777 Member since Feb 18th 2006 28487 posts
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6. "in order " In response to Reply # 0 Wed Apr-10-13 11:05 AM by JAESCOTT777
1.D'Evils 2.you dont know 3.Dead Presidents II 4.so gangsta 5.Party Life 6.where im from 7.Million and one questions 8.Guess Who's Back 9.I cant stop 10.Where's the love 11.thank you 12.minority report 13.sweet 14.shoot first 15.watch me
8. "Quick list. No order." In response to Reply # 0
Regrets Meet the Parents Feelin' It You Don't Know Minority Report Roc Boys PSA Allure Heart of the City Lost One D'evils Dope Man It's Hot Dynasty Intro A Million and One Questions
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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."
9. "This was easier than Nas but still not easy." In response to Reply # 0
1. Politics As Usual 2. Feelin' It 3. Rhyme No More 4. So Ghetto 5. The Ruler's Back 6. Girls Girls Girls 7. U Don't Know 8. Heart of the City 9. Excuse Me Miss 10. All Around the World 11. December 4th 12. Encore 13. What More Can I Say? 14. Allure 15. Success
Several honorable mentions that I'm sure I'll comment on as this post goes forward.
12. "Vol. 1/Streets is Watching Sdtrk is my favorite period of his..." In response to Reply # 0
So I have 6 songs combined from those albums on my (random) list:
1. Politics as Usual 2. D'Evils 3. A Million & One Questions/Rhyme No More 4. Imaginary Player 5. Streets Is Watching 6. Where I’m From 7. It's Alright 8. Murdergram 9. Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator ’99) 10. Come and Get Me 11. Hovi Baby 12. Show You How 13. Public Service Announcement 14. Threat 15. Success
17. "Just as tough...and made me realize" In response to Reply # 0
I don't know his catelog as well as Nas, which I wouldn't have guessed.
I'm not as big on the Sean Carter Volumes as most seem to be...especially 2 and 3. Could never get into those.
1 Can I live 2 Feelin It 3 D Evils 4 You Must Love Me 5 A million 6 U Don’t Know 7 Takeover 8 Heart of the City 9 PSA 10 Dirt Off Your Shoulder 11 What More Can I Say 12 Allure 13 American Dreamin 14 No Hook 15 The BluePrint
If we could include collabos???
New Day and Never Let Me Down.
Hard to leave off-
Politics as Usual Imaginary Player Dynasty Intro Soon You’ll Understand This Can’t Be Life Renegade Rulers Back Song Cry Meet the Parents Some People Hate Lucifer Do U Wanna Ride The Prelude Say Hello
18. "hold up, does Pre-Game count????" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Apr-10-13 01:20 PM by MISTA MONOTONE
if not here's my list. again, in no particular order...
Friend or Foe Friend or Foe 98 Who You Wit? Ain't No Nigga D'Evils Imaginary Player A Week Ago I Just Wanna Love You (Give It To Me) Takeover U Don't Know P.S.A. Show You How Hard Knock Life What More Can I Say Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originators '99)
auragin_boi Member since Aug 01st 2003 20939 posts
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19. "Damn...this is tough:" In response to Reply # 0
No particular order:
1-So Ghetto 2-Can I live 3-Imaginary Player 4-PSA 5-You Don't Know 6-Party Life 7-Encore 8-All I Need 9-Heart of the City 10-Meet The Parents 11-So Ambitious 12-Who You Wit II 13-30 Something 14-There's Been Murder/Come and Get me 15-Reservoir Dogs
21. "With Nas, I had to think hard to limit myself to 15 songs" In response to Reply # 0
With Jay, I had to think hard about 15 songs liked.
1. Streets is Watching 2. Dead Presidents (Original) 3. A Million at One Questions (remix) 4. So Ghetto 5. Izzo 6. PSA 7. Brooklyn’s Finest 8. Rhyme no More 9. Change Clothes 10. D’Evils 11. In My Lifetime 12. Who You Wit’ 13. Imaginary Player 14. Roc Boys
There is no 15.
You're such pests...now, what is it you want? In your depths of your ignorance, what is it you want? Well, whatever it is you want, I can't deliver because I just don't see it. - Orson Welles
22. "No particular order" In response to Reply # 0
Brooklyn's Finest D'Evils This Can't Be Life Heart of the City Izzo Excuse Me Miss remix P.S.A. Can't Knock The Hustle D.O.A. Fallin Where I'm From Reservoir Dogs Money Ain't A Thing It's Hot Ignorant Shit
___________________________ OL' DIRTY BASTARD on himself: "I may curse, I may have a bad mouth, whatever whatever. I'm not that bad, yaknow'mean. Bad to y'all, I dunno how y'all... I don't give a fuck. Um, I'm a good person at heart, for real and shit.
25. "it was tough to leave Money Ain't A Thing off my list." In response to Reply # 22
i can't say i'm a big Jermaine Dupri fan at all, but i love that song forever. i just watched the video of them performing that at the So So Def reunion recently.
28. "Yeah it's his best "jiggy" song I think" In response to Reply # 25
A lot of the other songs in that vein from that era don't hold up as well.
___________________________ OL' DIRTY BASTARD on himself: "I may curse, I may have a bad mouth, whatever whatever. I'm not that bad, yaknow'mean. Bad to y'all, I dunno how y'all... I don't give a fuck. Um, I'm a good person at heart, for real and shit.
23. "No order:" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Apr-10-13 02:39 PM by mrhood75
Where I'm From Friend or Foe '98 Streets is Watching Heart of the City U Don't Know So Ghetto PSA Squeze First Come and Get Me It's Hot (Some Like it Hot) 99 Problems No Hook Imaginary Player Reservoir Dogs Dirt Off My Shoulder
Tough one cutting this one short. Surprised about how many tracks from Vol. 1 is on there.
24. "RE: List your favorite 15 Jay-Z songs" In response to Reply # 0
Where I'm From Feelin' it Hola Hovito Orginators '99 lucky me renegade allure Party life Love for free Renegade this can't be life Lucifer million questions girls, girls, girls Toss up...heart of the city/song cry
It takes all kinds to make up a world, son. -My pops
BrooklynWHAT Member since Jun 15th 2007 85056 posts
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26. "15 songs for Hov? this is gonna be rough to narrow down" In response to Reply # 0
no order 1. Dope Man 2. PSA 3. Girls Girls Girls 4. U Don't Know 5. Poppin Tags 6. 1-900-Hustler 7. Dead Presidents 2 8. D'Evils 9. Can I Live 10. Coming of Age (Da Sequel) 11. Is That Yo Chick (The Lost Verses) 12. Hovi Baby 13. December 4th 14. Dig A Hole (Original) - the Fabolous beat 15. Never Let Me Down - it was supposed to be on his album anyway
but i remember reading it somewhere. i think it was for the Blueprint 2, but Kanye just had to have it for his album so he held onto it for College Dropout.
1. Can I Live 2. U Dont Know 3. Dynasty Intro 4. Heart of the City 5. PSA 6. No Hook 7. Izzo - 3rd verse is best he's ever spit 7. Encore 8. Niggas in Paris 9. Lucifer 10.Blueprint (Momma Loves Me) 11.Ignorant Shit 12.Gotta Have It 13.Dirt Off Your Shoulder 14.Fallin 15.What More Can I Say?
30. "Sticking to songs on Jay solo albums" In response to Reply # 0
1. Heart of the City (Ain't No Love) 2. D'Evils 3. Public Service Announcement 4. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) 5. Renegade 6. American Dreamin' 7. Fallin' 8. Big Pimpin' 9. Dirt of Your Shoulder 10. Lucifer 11. Roc Boys (And The Winner Is) 12. 99 Problems 13. Soon You'll Understand <--- most underrated song in his catalog, IMO 14. Never Change 15. Meet The Parents
33. "in no particular order" In response to Reply # 0
So Ghetto It's Hot Song Cry People talking Brooklyn's Finest D'Evils I Made It Streets Is Watching 1-900-Hustler Soon You'll Understand All Around The World Hovi Baby Some How Some Way U Don't Know (both versions but the remix is killer) PSA Lucifer
35. "RE: List your favorite 15 Jay-Z songs" In response to Reply # 0
My 15 Favorite Jay-Z Songs: This is so tough, he's got so many.
1.Dead Presidents (Part 1) 2.Politics As Usual 3.D'Evils 4. A Million And One Questions / Rhyme No More 5.Streets Is Watching 6.Hard Knock Life 7.Big Pimpin' 8.Roc Boys 9.Do It Again 10.Dear Summer (technically not his song, but it's just him on it) 11.U Don't Know 12.Show Me What You Got 13.Hovi Baby 14.Threat 15.PSA
1. PSA 2. American Dreamin 3. Can I Live 4. U Don't Know 5. Come And Get Me 6. Dead Presidents 7. Lost Ones 8. Dynasty Intro 9. Where I'm From 10. Song Cry 11. Imaginary Players 12. Feelin' It 13. Heart Of The City 14. So Ghetto 15. Allure
Can't Knock The Hustle Dead Presidents II D'Evils A Millon and One Questions/Rhyme No More In My Lifetime (original) Where I'm From You Must Love Me N*gg* What N*gg* Who Come and Get Me This Can't Be Life U Don't Know Heart of the City Encore American Dreamin' Fallin'
40. "RE: List your favorite 15 Jay-Z songs" In response to Reply # 0
Can't Knock The Hustle Politics As Usual Reservoir Dogs (posse cut...whatever) Dynasty Intro This Can't Be Life The Ruler's Back Girls Girls Girls Heart of the City Blueprint (Momma Loves Me) Encore Justify My Thug Roc Boys Ignorant Shit (original verison!) This Life Forever That Freestyle he did over Grammy Family
41. "hmmm... tough, but not considering his features, here's what i've got" In response to Reply # 0
In no particular order except Dead Presidents II - easily my favorite.. and one of my favorite songs, period.
- Dead Presidents II - Feelin' It - Girls Girls Girls - PSA - U Don't Know - So Ambitious - I Just Wanna Love U (Give It To Me) - Hard Knock Life - Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) - Freestyle to "Grammy Family" on Hot 97 (if that counts... and no, i don't mean the studio version) - Who Gon Stop Me - Can I Live - Jigga My Nigga - Money Ain't A Thang - Allure
I didn't do Nas in order (yet) because I'm lazy....but with Hov I just can't choose man.
Hard Knock Life Hovi Baby Lucifer On To The Next One Heart Of The City Intro (from the Dynasty album) American Dreamin' Dead Presidents I Where I'm From You Must Love Me It's Hot Beach Chair PSA 22 Two's Lyrical Exercise
45. "In No Particular Order or Rank" In response to Reply # 0
Public Service Announcement Can I Live Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) Dead Presidents II Heart of the City (Ain't No Love) Change The Game (feat. Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek) Girls, Girls, Girls Hey Papi (feat. Memphis Bleek and Amil) The Watcher 2 (feat. Rakim) Song Cry Guilty Until Proven Innocent (feat. R. Kelly) Takeover The Bounce (feat. Kanye West) Lucifer On To The Next One
I had to cut a lot of songs to get it to 15. Been a Jay fan since the late '90s. I got A LOT of favorites from him. It was tough for me to cut the American Gangster tracks too.
46. "1. You're A Customer" In response to Reply # 0
2. Takeover (Nas Lost) 3. D'Evils 4. Where Im From 5. Dead Presidents (OG) 6. U Dont Know 7. Jigga What 8. PSA 9. Never Change 10. Already Home 11. Pray 12. You Must Love Me 13. Do You Wanna Ride 14. Can I Live 15. Why I Love You
No particular order. & this is off the top of my head so I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
Can I Live? Dead Presidents 2 Bring It On A Million and One Questions Where Im From It's Alright Snoopy Track Come and Get Me Big Pimpin Anything Takeover Ain't No Love Blueprint PSA 99 Problems
where i'm from can i live this life forever takeover u don't know PSA heart of the city lucifer i just wanna love u come and get me so ghetto hard knock life million and one questions streets is watching d'evils
50. "Tough but i'll bite" In response to Reply # 0
1. Heart of the City 2. Dead Presidents Pt. 1 3. Can I Live 4. A Million and One Questions 5. City is Mine 6. Come and Get Me 7. Song Cry 8. Dope Man 9. Roc Boys 10. DOA 11. PSA 12. Big Pimpin 13. D'Evils 14. 99 Problems 15. What More Can I Say
If you ask me over the weekend...some would change...but that's what i'll roll with for now...
54. "It's not even jiggy rap though" In response to Reply # 53 Fri Apr-12-13 07:50 PM by Anonymous
>Hard Knock Life
Liked it when it dropped but it quickly got played the hell out
>If I Should Die
Whatever >Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)
I do like this joint and I listed it on my top 15
>Reservoir Dogs
It's cool but nothing special to me
>It's Alright
Had played this out on the Streets Is Watching soundtrack so I don't really relate it to vol 2 but even with that said its still alright no pun intended. > >All great songs. There's filler on there for sure but the >quality stuff saves it.
Great is a stretch for me. When we just had a post listing Nas leftovers like Doo Rag as great songs, it reall shows the difference in quality when you are considering If I Should Die to be a great Jay song.
But as I said in my reply, it's not that they're jiggy song, it's that that albums represented the height of those paper thin Swizz keyboard bullshit ass beats. Never liked them and never will. That album was a turning point in hip-hop to me. It ushered in a lot of the watered down keyboard beats that just had no edge to them.
57. "RE: Yeah. You're still mad at jiggy rap" In response to Reply # 55
Nah, no problems with jiggy rap...listed Sunshine & I Just Wanna Love U as a top 15s. Volume 2 is trash...worst Jay album by far. Unlistenable. I agree with you bout Vol. 1 though. Who shits on it?
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