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One of hip-hops biggest superstars, Brooklyns Jay Z is among the few artists who have garnered praise from underground heads and fans of the pop charts alike. ![]() Jigga (one of his many nicknames) is practically synonymous with success, releasing back to back multiplatinum albums and flashing more diamonds than Liberace. His ability to move a crowd and get them singing along is uncanny, and his popularity shows no signs of waning. If you dig iced-out street stories you can dance to, it doesnt get any better than Jay Hova. Following up his classic LP The Blueprint, Hova returns with this ambitious and extensive collection of streetwise but commercial-friendly jams. Balancing deeply personal lyrics with soulful production from Kanye West, Just Blaze and others, this LP includes mega-hits like Excuse Me Miss and 03 Bonnie Clyde. Age 27 when his debut was released, Jay-Z was much older than most rappers releasing a debut album and the depth of his life experience brings a gravitas to Reasonable Doubt that few rappers could achieve in 1996. Regrets is a song of a man re-examining his past, not grabbing at the flash of the future. But unlike the wizened admonishments of a rapper like Scarface (whose influence looms large on Reasonable Doubt ), Jay-Z would never sound younger than he does here. He had spent years honing his rhyme craft, and he moves through every song with swiftness and self-assurance. Listening to him is like watching a rookie point guard slip past veteran giants. Reasonable Doubt is the one album Jay-Z created before having to contend with multi-platinum pressures and superstar responsibilities. It remains his most consistent album because it was the only time Jigga made no compromises. The young rapper had been waiting 27 years to tell this story, and there isnt a measure misplaced.
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