+++OFFICIAL JAY Z THREAD+++

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In his bottom 5

joint was originally a compliation album that jigga took for himself.
 
That stage was cold right? :smokin

Yeah man. I was nervous the 4 giant screens (at least those were at Barclay's) weren't gonna rotate, but they lifted so I had a great view, even from an upper section.

Set list was a great mix of old and new, mostly older tracks.

Numb Encore to finish :blush: :pimp:
 
More receipts on Shawn Cater the hustler from Quan (when day comes and nights faaaalllss)

AllHipHop.com: Let's start from the beginning. Before you went to jail, were you heavy into rapping and making music?

Quan: Yeah, I was rhyming before jail, like on the block. I'd write verses, and I was considered as one of the illest n***as in my hood. People talk about Rap music, but the music wasn't putting any money into my pockets like the crack was. I wanted it, but I didn't know how to get it. There wasn't anybody from my hood in the hip-hop industry, at that time at least. Jay-Z used to come around my way in Virginia a lot back then, and he didn't even get his deal until after I got locked up.

AllHipHop.com: Really? So you were cool with Jay-Z back then?

Quan: Let me break it down for you. When I moved to Bad News, Virginia, I met a friend of mine who became my best friend. Jay used to come to Virginia and f**k with him and my n***as, 'cause they were dudes from New York. That's how I met him. His name was ringing bells, but he hadn't popped yet. People were in the hood doing what they were doing, and I end up getting locked up. People were trying to tell me to chill, but I was on that young s**t, not trying to hear anybody. I was trying to get that money. That sent me to prison, and this is right after Jay released "In My Lifetime". I get locked up, and a couple of months later, he and Foxy Brown drop "Ain't No N***a." At that age back then, I knew I could have ran with anybody, including Jay. My n***as in the hood were mad at me for that, for messing up and not taking advantage of my connection to Jay. To see him succeed, it let me know that this Rap thing is for real.
You knew Jay-Z back when Jay was selling drugs. How did you meet him? My friend Rel, we called him Relly, [he was] Panamanian, he was my childhood friend. His older cousin had custody of him. And his older cousin is Tone Capone, and if you’re familiar with Jay Z, then you know about Tone Capone or you’ve heard of him. His real name Enrique [Pascal], he’s like a big brother to me. And I met Jay-Z through them. The song that Jay Z made, “Song Cry,” was about Capone’s sister.
40 Club and I told him that Nas was interested in me, and [asked him] what he thought about that. He told me, “Would you buy cars from a car salesman that has no car in the lot
 
jay z is top 3 all time I can’t put him ahead of pac and big those 2 were something special but he number 3
 
There was a graphic floating around that said Jay never ran rap
95-96 pac
97 big
98 DMX
99-01 Eminem
02 nelly
03-05 50 cent
06 kanye
07-09 Wayne
10-17 drake
That may not be it exactly, but that's the gist of it.
I've never been a huge Jay fan, but I always liked him, ever since I saw the 'ain't no nword' video for the first time. I was in 6th grade. I'm a 34 now and dude is still making hits. Whether he ever ran it or not, it's debatable and most of all subjective, but if he was even top 3 for over a decade, that's still commendable. The consistency is undeniable.
 
a better meme would've been "if Biggie Never Died Jay-Z would be where Fabolous is at now"
 
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