Few debuts are bonafide classics. Jay-Z’s 1996 album, ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ is one of those classics. Take a ride with SOTB to celebrate the album during its 30th anniversary and find out why SOTB still finds inspiration in it today.
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SOTBMusic: Jay-Z’s 4:44 – A Brief Review
Jay-Z (he put the hyphen back in, so you know it’s business time) recently dropped 4:44, the album that was partly conceived as a response to Lemonade and (possibly) partly because we hadn’t heard much from Jay aside from rando appearances in the last four years and he needed an exclusive release to get people to […]
Read moreNew (To Me) SOTBMusic: @AfroWasiu – 44 Four’s
I like that Wasiu made a take on Jay-Z’s 22 Two’s and 44 Four’s. Lyrically, the Montreal native gave bar after bar over a laid-back instrumental provided by Jamvvis. While it’s not Jay’s version, this one is definitely no slouch and lets those unfamiliar with Wasiu to get introduced. Plus, for real? Not everyone and […]
Read moreSOTBMusic Retrospective: Watch The Throne
I wanted to do a retrospective on the 2011 JAY Z/Kanye West collaborative album Watch The Throne with an embed of the actual album. However, due to TIDAL having exclusive rights to streaming the album and my hesitancy to post just YouTube links of the songs, I won’t be able to do that. I will, however, […]
Read moreNew (To Me) SOTBMusic: Frank Ocean x @tylerthecreator x JAY Z – Biking
Tyler’s verse (H/T @tylerthecreator on Twitter) It looks like OF read my OF “versus” Dipset piece and decided to create some music with Hov. This one is fresh, mainly because of the smoothed-out and laid back instrumental. Each artist decides to rip it in their own unique way. Jay adopts a chopped flow for a bit, […]
Read moreBriefly Revisiting Jay Z’s The Black Album
Thirteen years ago today, we got Jay Z’s best album. Don’t @ me on Twitter to tell me about how you feel that Reasonable Doubt is his best or to say that Kingdom Come is an underrated classic. You’re entitled to your opinions. I celebrate that because you’ve got your’s and I’ve got mine. That’s what […]
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