Granted, most Jay-Z albums do, but this lineup - Ski, Clark Kent, and DJ Premier - is different. All listeners knew was what's on this autobiographical debut - tales of "extensive hoes with expensive clothes," warnings of "all d'evils that the game'll do," goals of "trying to live it to the limit and love it a lot," and, above all, one reoccuring maxim: "in order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets." Beyond Jay-Z's rhetorical wealth of insight and wisdom, Reasonable Doubt also boasts an amazing roster of producers. Nobody knew who he was when Reasonable Doubt dropped, keep in mind. Every song belongs here, from timeless hits like "Can't Knock the Hustle" to personal moments like "Regrets." Each song is like a separate chapter, revealing another aspect of Jay-Z's story, which, in 1996, was still untold. Unlike most of his subsequent albums, it's seamless. He’s amazing, and I thank him for his contributions, Reasonable Doubt included.Reasonable Doubt stands out among Jay-Z's many albums and not entirely because it's his debut album. There’s nothing negative that I could even say about him or anything he’s done. He’s one of the greatest to ever do it, period. A lot of stuff Jay talked about, I didn’t get it until later not just Reasonable Doubt, but period, because of the age difference. In the ’90s, I was the biggest Biggie fan ever, which allowed me to listen to Jay Z and understand more as a kid, who maybe didn’t know the difference between a 4.0 and a 4.6. “ Reasonable Doubt was so important to me because at the time, the more of that we could get, the better. Singer Meli’sa Morgan Reflects on Working With Jay Z on ‘Reasonable Doubt’ 20 Years Later I was like these are some smart motherf–kers.” Education takes a lot of different forms, but I come from an educated family so when I heard people like Jay and Nas, their style of writing sounded like poet laureates. “You draw better be Picasso, you know the best / Cause if this is not so, ah, God bless.’ from ‘Friend or Foe.’ I know most of the lines on that album but I just thought that Hov was so f–king clever, his wording was very effortless and also extremely smart. So when I went back to Reasonable Doubt, my whole brain was exploding ’cause I was like, ‘Yo this n-a can’t be rapping like this.’ My first impression of that album was just like this is someone of virtuoistic talent. I think I was really listening to The Blueprint first and I think I had the clean version of the CD so I’m just in my Walkman, listening to it. At that time, I was just soaking up rap music and just studying shit and when I came upon Reasonable Doubt, I was just like, ‘This is a different f–king level.’ Just being introduced to Jay’s music in general kind of like shattered shit for me like boundaries because the way he was able to use his words to tell these stories and paint pictures. I bought it from this record store called Coop’s on the Southside of Chicago.
“ Reasonable Doubt. Whew! I grew up on that album. I wouldn’t have ‘Money Ain’t a Thing’ without that album.” That’s all you can say. That’s the derivative of so many things. Jay Z’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Turns 20: Kareem ‘Biggs’ Burke Reflects On the Hip-Hop Classic I got every Hov album on my phone and I really be listening to that shit.” Hov represented the older business, money, life - what we should want real life to be like. My boy, Brandon Moore, he always a big Jay Z fan. Jay Z was always talking about big money shit, big business shit his whole career so really as a young dude who ain’t own none of that, got none of that going on, you only going to listen to Hov for the singles but when real life kick in and you really on some money shit and hustling, that Jay Z shit is gonna make you like, ‘Oh shit! He talk about all this shit? This n-a hard!’ That’s how that shit hit me. “My favorite joint off the album “Can’t Knock The Hustle.” The Jay Z album - I got up on all that shit when I was 19, 20, 21 ’cause I was always on my West Coast and Lil Wayne shit.
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