There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. I wish it weren’t the case but, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Reasonable Doubt simply put is one of Jay-Z’s best CDs to date. While it’s certainly possible a misrepresentation of Jay’s “freestyle” method of writing has contributed to some severely half-assed bars over the past couple decades, c'mon now.Not sure what’s happening with me on this one, but it seems like the more I listen to it, the better Reasonable Doubt gets. Yo, this is brutal! In what reads like the written form of Meth & Red’s “get ‘emmm” shtick from How High, username qitozex both creates beef between Raekwon and Jay out of thin air AND blames Hov for the downfall of hip-hop in one fell swoop. This guy, without a doubt in my mind, opened the door for all of the bullshit rappers of today that turn so many people away from hip hop, and he's still standing there, holding the door open and collecting tips. You know how in "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'", when Raekwon rips on "commercial-ass niggas with gold teef, lampin' in a Lexus eatin' beef"?Jay-Z is exactly who Rae's got beef with. See what I mean about the awkward thing? Considering this review was only a sentence long, I’m starting to get the feeling that blackholegrip is just sleepy. Jay-Z either sounds boring, awkward, or the beats manage to put me to sleep. Apropos of nothing, this was written by a user with the name Flamboyant4life96, so you think they’d be a little more understanding of the flossery Hov exhibited on Reasonable Doubt. I would love to sit whoever wrote this down and play “ Versace” for them and just watch their eyelids begin to twitch as they clung tighter to their copy of Midnight Marauders. I sure hope this person hasn’t listened to any popular hip-hop over the last, I don’t know, thirty years. Jay-Z's braggadocios style, unoriginality, and complete rejection of his own roots are representative of all that is wrong with much of the modern hip-hop scene. It's undeniable that Jay-Z is an incredibly influential MC, but considering the state of rap music today, that is in no way a good thing. He mentions Lexus six times just on this album, and Cristal and Mercedes aren't far behind. The number of times Jay references celebrities is only topped by the number of times Jay name-drops brands, from BMW to Rolex. This review is a lot like enjoying a delicious Jimmy John’s sandwich, walking back up to the counter and saying, “Hey, as far as way too much shredded lettuce and a thin bed of meat on French bread goes, this is pretty good.” You clearly were never a fan of, nor understood, Jimmy’s greatness, and you need to get the hell out (alright, GIVE ME MY COIN, JJ’s). This person, who goes by the username Sheogorath, just won backhanded compliment of the century with that opening line.
That guy presented a complex picture of life and couldn't give a fuck about impressing the listener but engaging them. I also don’t know how much I trust a review from someone who describes anything as “not-complex ‘n’ overdone.” Are you saying it’s not complex, but somehow also overdone? Is it not complex and also not overdone? Might just be the ‘n’ throwing me off, but you’ve lost me.Īs far as smooth bullshit Rap goes, this is actually pretty good.
I don’t know that I’ve ever heard Jay sound “awkward,” in fact, his lyrical finesse is one of his most frequently given praises. The one descriptor that really stuck out to me was “awkward,” which was hurled at Hov multiple times throughout my research. Gangsta rappers can be tolerated over a dope break 'n' fascinating samples (see Compton's Most Wanted), but all told, Reasonable Doubt simply has nothing but sub-standards.įirst off, this person has clearly never heard of an ampersand (&), which would have saved a whole lot of ‘n’ typing, but back to this relentless review. It takes a special kind of hip-hop purist to think that JAY-Z’s lyrics were sub-par, and in many ways, this review reminds me of how the majority of listeners over 30 would review Teenage Emotions or Culture. Not surprisingly, thee most tolerable beat is a DJ Premiere joint, "Bring it On".
Musically it is not-complex 'n' overdone, really awkward 'n' quite poor. Hip hop 'n' pop fans alike dug this 'n' it seems that thee only difference between this 'n' an early 90's gangsta rap album is that it's not just thee lyrics that make no statement on Reasonable Doubt. But he did somehow manage to couple horrendous lyrics with even worse production 'n' give birth to a mainstream crossover hit. These lyrics have been plaguing hip hop for years, it's not as if Jay-Z was thee origin of all I hate in hip hop idiocy.
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