Reasonable Doubt (Album)
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Publication |
June 25, 1996 |
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Late 1995 - spring 1996 |
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| Label (s) | Roc-A-Fella Records , Priority Records | |||
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Title (number) |
16 |
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running time |
59 min 24 sec |
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Studio (s) |
D&D Studio |
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Reasonable Doubt is the debut album by rapper Jay-Z from Brooklyn , New York City . To date, 1.5 million copies have been sold in the United States . In the year of its release, 420,000 copies were sold, and Reasonable Doubt made it to number 23 on the US Billboard chart . The hip-hop magazine The Source awarded 4 mics for the album (an award for particularly good hip-hop and rap albums). Reasonable Doubt is traded as a classic and is held in the Mafioso rap style of the late 1990s. The Rolling Stoneled the album to number 250 on its list of the 500 best albums of all time in 2012 .
Overview
The album is often compared to Nas ' debut album Illmatic , which was released two years earlier, but never achieved the same status. Jay-Z was so enthusiastic about Illmatic that he sampled Nas' voice on the track Dead Presidents II with the pun " I'm out for dead presidents to represent me " from the song The World Is Yours .
Reasonable Doubt was released at a time when the "mafia image" was a big part of the hip-hop scene. Jay-Z was then inspired by other Mafia-inspired albums like Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... and AZ's Doe or Die , as he said in later interviews. There are also connections with The Notorious BIG , who for a while carried the gangster pseudonym Frank White , who is also represented on Reasonable Doubt . The songs Dead Presidents II , Ain't No Nigga , Can't Knock The Hustle (featuring Mary J. Blige ) and Feelin 'It (featuring Mecca) were selected as single releases . Videos were shot for all four songs.
Track list
- Can't Knock the Hustle f / Mary J. Blige (produced by Knobody, Dahoud Darien, Sean Cane)
- Politics As Usual (produced by Ski)
- Brooklyn's Finest f / The Notorious BIG (produced by Clark Kent, Damon Dash)
- Dead Presidents II (produced by Ski)
- Feelin 'It f / Mecca (produced by Ski)
- D'evils (produced by DJ Premier)
- 22 Two's (produced by Ski)
- Can I Live (produced by DJ Irv)
- Ain't No Nigga f / Foxy Brown (produced by Big Jaz)
- Friend or Foe (produced by DJ Premier)
- Coming of Age f / Memphis Bleek (produced by Clark Kent)
- Cashmere Thoughts (produced by Clark Kent)
- Bring It On f / Big Jaz & Sauce Money (produced by DJ Premier)
- Regrets (produced by Peter Panic)
- Can I Live II f / Memphis Bleek (produced by K-Rob)
- Can't Knock The Hustle (Fool's Paradise Remix) f / Meli'sa Morgan (bonus track) (produced by DJ Irv)
Web links
- Reasonable doubt at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ask Billboard: Steve Vai, Jay-Z, Radiohead. Billboard, accessed November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt By the Numbers. XXL, accessed November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Reasonable Doubt at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Kyle Eustice, Charlie Brexton: Read the 1996 Source Review of Jay-Z's 'Reasonable Doubt,' Dropped 20 Years Ago Today. In: The Source . June 25, 2016, accessed December 11, 2016 .
- ^ Rolling Stone: Reasonable Doubt # 250
- ↑ Comparison ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from Liveagl , accessed November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Sample from Nas “The World Is Yours” in Jay-Z “Dead Presidents” WhoSampled.com
