Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'




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Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
by Jordan Hoffman

published 1/17/00

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Jordan Hoffman is LeisureSuit.net's Queens-based Senior Editor.

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There are few things I'm less informed about than gangsta rap. I find it an altogether unappealing artform, if for no other reason that is it the unwelcomed descendant of such a virtuous one: the "protest soul" of James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Gil Scott-Heron and Stevie Wonder. I find it artless on a strictly musical level, and I also find it foolish on a lyrical level, as so much of it seems to date itself nearly three weeks after it first appears on the marketplace. The latter is obviously of no consequence, as many of these rap artists produce what feels like ten new records a year, always branching out into other projects on their label. Indeed, many new gangsta rap CD's come with the music industry equivalent of "coming attractions" in the CD case. Even the best rap of all time, Public Enemy, has moments of irrelevancy, either from just saying the year over and over again, or referencing recent columns in the New York tabloids.

But now that I've gotten all this off of my chest, I must come to, what they say, is the "exception that proves the rule." For some time, I've been fascinated by Jay-Z. If for no other reason than the sheer magnitude of his balls. I first became aware or Mr. Z. last summer, when his "Hard Knock Life" single took over New York. The first time I heard it, I was downtown somewhere, and I thought for sure it was some goofy DJ having fun, or else being "meta-textual." There's no way a hard-ass ghetto rapper would even sample (excuse me, interpolate) something from the God damned Annie soundtrack! Bizarre samples abound in modern music, but I expect them from Beck, the Beastie Boys or Soul Coughing . . . you know, the white groups who are making a mocker (and a mint) off of the black man's music. Just what was Jay-Z up to?

The new album, The Life and Times of S. Carter, seems just another of the modern gangsta raps albums. By this, I mean that the beats are simplistic and the rapping is lazy (Notorious B.I.G. was the most soporific rapper, I found.) There are the occasional clever rhymes, though when you check the credits and learn that it takes four men to come up with the junk, it isn't all that impressive.

Then there are these occasional glimpses of brilliance, these winks to the listeners who are looking for something more than a sports team in their MC. Most striking, like last year's Annie sample, is the tune "S. Carter." It's chorus goes, "S dot Carter, ya must try harder, your competition is nada." Over and over again. And it is sung by what sounds like a chorus of . . . um . . . let me put it this way? Remember that record Gilbert Gottfried brought on the Stern show of retarded school children singing nursery rhymes? It's like that. I swear. So, in addition to reminding me of the old Python "S. Frog" bit, we've somehow pushed gangsta rap to a point of genuine absurdity. It is with a wide smile that I dub Jay-Z the Marcel Duchamp of gangsta rap.

This is a process that's was inevitable. Here is a group of entertainers trading on their danger, yet they rename themselves with happy, hoppy, kiddie names like Snoop Doggie Dog and Puff Daddy. The regressive properties of urban patios have been chronicled before (e.g., when the kids say bad, they mean good) but a chorus of children singing off key is taking this to a whole new level. Gangsta rap is a musical form that trades so much on its looks, the fashion and the branding (one can order Jay-Z gear direct with info from the CD booklet,) that once an MC reaches a point of acceptance I find he can just coast on rehashing tales of shootouts and clubbing to new beats. But Jay-Z keeps pushing the envelope of erstwhile-tough. Many of the numbers on the new Jay-Z disc are straight, but it is the audacity of many of the background noises, certainly the least important element to the core audience, that prove that Jay-Z is trying to make some sort of statement.

As it stands, I have no idea what that statement is, but I stand in awe of it as the CD tracks along.

The disc opens with the blight that so much gangsta rap suffers from. It dates itself. Jay-Z raps how you (the listener) are now putting on the new Jay-Z disc, you've just ripped off the wrapping, you're reading the credits, etc. It is amusing the first time, dull the second, unlistenable the third. However, the rap is over a sample of the horribly white cover version of Jimi Hendrix' "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" by Rotary Connection. Just what are we to make of this collision of texts? There's no way anyone "street" could find virtue in the lily-white zum-zum-zum cover version.

Jay-Z goes further, describing a thugs night out ("makin' time at the waffle house,") spelling out the qualities he likes in women, how he's avoided cops, the courts, has no bodyguard . . . you know, all the usual bullshit trying to prove that despite the success, he'll always be "street." It's also chock full of hidden reference to those he finds virtuous, and those he finds whack. I can't decipher any of it; undoubtedly it's the pro-wrestling feuding that's half the fun. But beneath all this, are odd little Chinese whistles, Japanese guitar plinks, and low Moog whirrs in addition to the usual 70s funk excerpts. The hiden track has a synthesizer-led sing-song chorus of "Ji-gga, my ni-gga" that sounds like a street "March of the Wooden Soldiers." It all seems so gloriously unnecessary.

I've given other gangsta rappers thorough listenings. DMX, who is top of the charts right now, is a drop dead bore peppering his album with lengthy street-700 Club diatribes. I think Jay-Z is an inadvertent genius. He's created a useless and unacceptable mass commodity, and it is only his current standing as a pop icon that sneaks it past the radar. When his star has waned, people will ultimately recognize his unique voice. He will then either be lauded as a marvel ahead of his time, or we will all collectively slap our heads and ask, "Just what the hell were we thinking?"

Name: yesahh
Subject: omfggg
-- May 17, 2007 at 8:04PM
what are you talkinq about? rap is AWESOME people thatt think its nott really have some issues and needa get over themselves...its one of the most popular types of music in the world and maybe you should try listeninq to somethinq NEW for a chanqe.. kayy pce_

Name: Alexis Rose
Subject: WTF!!
-- Apr 20, 2007 at 12:33PM
this music is the bomb baby

Name: Alexis Rose
Subject: WTF
-- Apr 20, 2007 at 12:31PM
WTF peeps... this is wack yo... u peeps need 2 get a grip on reality homie...

Name: CROW
Subject: WAT THE F**K
-- Apr 14, 2007 at 8:57PM
YOU JUST HAVE TO FIRST UNDERSTAND WATS HIPHOP BEFORE YOU CAN JUDGE IT.HIPHOP IS THE FUTURE OF THIS PLANT,FO SHO

Name: THAPEDI
Subject: WAT I THINK OF U
-- Apr 14, 2007 at 8:51PM
KEEP ON BREGGING JUST THE REST DOES.JIGGA IS THE HIPHOP DOG,GODFATHER,KIND & ANYTHING THAT EXPLAINS GOOD

Name: Filip Panjevic
Subject: Dear Mr. Hoffman...
-- Nov 24, 2006 at 7:20PM
...try being a little less subjective in your reviews and a bit more professional, and you might get a job in a real magazine.

Name: Richard Enbalz
Subject: what the....?
-- Sep 8, 2006 at 5:52PM
who the fuck is Jordan Hoffman, and why is someone who so vociferously hates our music doing reviewing it?

Name: yce
Subject: hahaha
-- Jun 30, 2006 at 3:29AM
u bitches really thing that any1 gives a fuck that ur comenting ur ass of here?

Name: IJEL
Subject: WRITER
-- Jun 13, 2006 at 12:43AM
Yo Hoffman, the reason why you hate "gangsta rap" and think it is slow and boring is because you for 1) are inherently a racist and would not put yourself up to liking any music produced by blacks other than the prescribed stuff that the dominant white ideology said is "OK" to like. AKA - the shit that the fucking the Payola Pop charts tell you is great stuff. 2) You wouldn't know how to see good lyrics in different genres of music if your life depended on it and 3) You are just a dumb fuck with bad taste in music, so go fuck ya gay ass self bitch

Name: your mother
Subject: Fuck You
-- May 2, 2006 at 2:57AM
Do something else cock sucka beat it!

Name: Stillmatic
Subject: GAY-Z
-- Mar 19, 2006 at 7:09PM
Jay..I mean Gay-z aint got shit on Nas....Nas the best rapper alive, then comes Jay....I mean Gay.

Name: J-HOOD
Subject: JAY-Z
-- Feb 18, 2006 at 6:04PM
First off Jay-Z right now, not five or ten years ago, but now is the king of this rap shit no matta what any of you hatas or critics say, secondly everyone here has their own opinions and their entitled to them, so call people ignorant and white boys, doesn't exactly get your point across, just makes you look like the "IGNANT" ONE...

Name: Key
Subject: Jay
-- Dec 20, 2005 at 5:49PM
Hey what's up, Im a huge Jay-Z fan but Im not hanging on his dick like a herpe like most of these niggas and bitches be...THE NIGGA DON'T WANT YA GROUPIE HOES...And they sit there and get all mad cause he mess wit Beyonce good for him before he was saying fuck a bitch so for him to find a real bitch is good for him ya bitches should be happy if ya was real ass fans..Anyway the nigga is a genius and I give him nothing but respect for coming up in the game and building an empire, not all rappers can accomplish that...
So to all ya haters STOP IT AND GETCHA GAME UP!!!

Name: andrew bach
Subject: hiphop
-- Oct 22, 2005 at 10:25PM
jayz is a lil bitch.

Name: An LS.n Reader
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Oct 21, 2005 at 5:10PM
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Name: tarone
Subject: jigga's da boss
-- Oct 18, 2005 at 6:09AM
J-hova runs dis rap shit,ain't no need 4 mouf runnin,he's da realest,illest n of course da titest of all battle MC's.ROC-A-FELLA...R OC LA FAMILIA RULES. Yo "Quik" quit sayin dat bullshit dat Em mudered J in da Renagade Track,Em uses PUN to Rap,while J is strictly a Ghost writer,he memorizes n spits out...get? am talkin 2 bouf'all n all'yall.

Name: tarone
Subject: jigga's da boss
-- Oct 18, 2005 at 6:05AM
J-hova runs dis rap shit,ain't no need 4 mouf runnin,he's da realest,illest n of course da titest of all battle MC's.ROC-A-FELLA...R OC LA FAMILIA RULES. Yo "Quik" quit sayin dat bullshit dat Em mudered J in da Renagade Track,Em uses PUN to Rap,while J is strictly a Ghost writer,he memorizes n spits out...get?

Name: young .j
Subject: hey
-- Oct 15, 2005 at 4:53PM
jay-z run the rap game his the man i dont care what nobady say i want to be like jay and fuck everybody that dont like jay and the roca fella

Name: stbabson
Subject: stop that>>>
-- Aug 12, 2005 at 1:56PM
hey niggas,stop this battle and play real game,no doubt you are kings.ain't no need for battle of supremacy...

Name: quik
Subject: jigga
-- Aug 4, 2005 at 3:32PM
whoeva has just read this it is the truth. Jigga is the only nigga to be out for ten years make 8 albums retire at 31 and still be on top. This nigga is the only one that goes into the booth no lyrics and drops a song that can be on the charts in a matter of weeks. eminem might of killed him on that renegade but thers a difference between them see jigga doesn't only speak from expierience but he speaks the truth eminem writes but hova is pure knowledge n wisdom he's basicly a smart mutha fuka and he's the realist.

Name: daSwift
Subject: wut up
-- Jul 18, 2005 at 12:57PM
no disrespect to jay z but how yall going to say he is the best of all time when eminem a white boy murdered him on his own shit cmon he is one of the best but he is not the best who knows who is the best in my opinion i think biggie has always been the best yo

Name: justice
Subject: jay-z
-- Jul 6, 2005 at 12:10PM
yo'''
hovaaaa..
ni99a i giv ya ma trust' yr UP' kip et real.. ai

Name: justice
Subject: jay-z
-- Jul 6, 2005 at 12:08PM
yo'''
hovaaaa..
ni99a i giv ya ma trust' yr UP' kip et real.. ai

Name: Mike
Subject: Debate
-- Jul 3, 2005 at 10:02PM
Whoa whoa so much negitivity and debate about which artist is better. I just came on here looking to download a song, but here's my 2 cents. Maybe we should be looking up to strong, moral leaders instead of people who are here to merely entertain. I don't show much loyalty to any peformer- if the song is good, i'll listen. I think there are more important issues to deal with. I'll leave you all with a quote: "The only trimph for evil is that good men do nothing."

Name: Big Pat
Subject: Best Rapper?
-- Jun 25, 2005 at 1:01PM
Now Jay-Z is a hell of a buisness man and a damn good rapper. But you can't tell me he is better than Slick Rick or Big L.

Name: Djneymix
Subject: he's jus goo' no Worries!!!
-- Jun 21, 2005 at 9:12AM
But doesn't mean he the bomb fo' me...dat's ma personal opinion.I still got Cassidy..Dat's sum Real Boy.at the time j was young like Cass he didn't do wut Youg Cass is doin Now...But It's All Goo' jus Keep it Gangnsta!!! Djneymix A.k.A Sidney

Name: david bentley
Subject: jay my dawg
-- Jun 2, 2005 at 11:51PM
hey boy what up just wanted to let you know that you are the best and dont worry about nes he p....y you gat money stacks bigger than them.

Name: JACK CHIPLE
Subject: CONGRATULATION
-- May 20, 2005 at 12:58PM
YOUNG HOV I THINK YOU THE BEST RAPPER OF ALL TIMES. I AM A BIG FAN O F YOU . I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY CAUSE THEIR'S TO MANY TO HOLLA ABOUT .PEACE DOG YOUR BOI JACK

Name: KeShawna
Subject: Jay-Z
-- May 9, 2005 at 5:48PM
FIRST JAY IS THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME SO ALL YALL BITCHES THATS SAY HE'S NOT KISS HIS ASS AND MINES TOO.

Name: Alex
Subject: Jay-Z
-- Apr 19, 2005 at 3:34PM
You must be not doing anything with yourself to sit and dismember another mans work. You don't know Hip Hop either. That's not Gangsta Rap. Get your weight up.

Name: Xavier Bernard
Subject: tata
-- Mar 26, 2005 at 3:49PM
every 1 tata is my second cuzin

Name: Double8
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Feb 16, 2005 at 5:42PM
nas and jay-z. they both good fuck beef.

Name: lil ice
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Feb 7, 2005 at 3:45PM
son niggas need 2 stop hatin on jay z tha kid is on fire hes worth of 100 million dollars hes doin his thing hes puttin his money 2 good causes truthfully this review aint given hova enough props when hes officialy gone who u gonna find 2 replace him hes a lyrical king he dosnt need a pen he rights of hizz head he rembers everything yall cant hold dadt nigga down. HALLA @ YA BOI

Name: thomas boy
Subject: about time 1-3-05 7:20
-- Feb 3, 2005 at 8:40PM
jay z it's me, 5-28-78 born in racine wi. from racine i left da scene like wit nocontouis somebody tell me why i functions like i function, da tender boy can he conquer all he can conquer r get conquered by his unknown thoughts of wonders

Name: Rocky
Subject: Im coming for da CROWN!!!!
-- Jan 29, 2005 at 12:17AM
jay z you hot dertty but im here ta tell you dat that spot you got or had im comin for it so you might as well get ya best free stylas you got nigga cause i aint no damn joke i love da roc but im comin fo ya spot when i was young i had rhyme books stashed near my cot........... and by the way i say da battle was a tie between you and NASsty and dats straight up i aint cakin for no body................ shout out to mac mittens do yo thang nigga

Name: GODSON
Subject: GAY-Z IS WACK
-- Jan 27, 2005 at 7:52AM
GAY-Z IS WACK! YOUR BLIND I CANT BELIEVE YOU CANT SEE HOW WACK HE IS! I DONT EVEN CLASS HIM AS HIP HOP, HE IS POP! THERES ONLY ONE REAL RAPPER LEFT WHO IS THE KING OF NEW YORK AND THATS NAS WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: Randa
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Jan 4, 2005 at 9:55AM
All Ya'll wack go sign a track with Outkast or somebody cause if u think that Jay-Z ain't the best then you must be stupid. All ya'll mad cause u ain't got him or because you ain't got a track with him. Holla back at cha girl!!!!!!
*1*

Name: Eranda A.K.A Groove City's Finest
Subject: Hometown
-- Jan 4, 2005 at 9:46AM
Yo.. Jay-Z when you rap I feel that you are doing that for us since you used to live here in Cambridge. You are doing it big so keep ya head up and stay strong.
******BABY GIRL*******

Name: killa
Subject: papoose
-- Oct 25, 2004 at 9:04PM
jay is the greatest of all time.
the new nagga out write now is popoose from
Brooklyn

Name: diamond banger
Subject: jay-z
-- Oct 15, 2004 at 9:22AM
jay is not the greatest of all time he also have been the best of freaking the bussiness side of every thing.Imean from reasonable doubt to the black album he always show great style of raps. And who ever said the only reason 50 aint better that jay is because he did'nt want to blaze jay.Are you crazy the only reason 50 is so big is because joays leting him eat.Think and "00" jay put that kid on the shelve for 3 years.50 don't want no problems with jay,nas ,face,andre(outcast) ,jada,styles,beans,e m

Name: Jasmine a
Subject: Jay-z
-- Sep 29, 2004 at 7:23PM
Look im about the realist mohter fucker on here right now, cause no body is as lyrical as me right now but really tell the truth jay-z is the hottest and best rapper of all time or real even thoght i'm from down south i know a little bit about the up toen flavore and the taste of the music that they like really cause you can't sit here and tell me that he aint the shit cause literally he is no disrespect to Nas and the rest of the rap he is the best and the greatest of all time and in my term of knowlege he is the King of New York and every other city too. And if any one respond to me and tell me that aint true their whole respective is whack and they have no taste in Hip Hop.

Name: Chachi
Subject: Jay-Z
-- Jul 21, 2004 at 11:27PM
Yo is Jay aint the greatest then he's close to it... i got all his cd's and i bump all of them in full rotation...go get them if u aint got them...

Name: Billy goat
Subject: Who r u?
-- Jul 4, 2004 at 3:05PM
Wot ave u got against rap? Did you know you are being racist when u call it black mans music? I am white but i am a hip hop fan. If you are going to try to review music you need to do it with an un biosed ear. I think you need to review yourself. punk

Name: young
Subject: Jay-Z aka Iceberg aka s.carter aka young hova
-- Jun 26, 2004 at 3:20AM
ah ma yo tripin too hard jay-z album vol 3 was too hard you need to go home and think before you write because you were comparing some lame ass albums to his never in yo life do dat again cause i'm down with the R.O.C. catch my album comin in the Fall! ah evocal keep trying ma ya did yo thing 1

Name: Joanna
Subject: Question about a lyric
-- Feb 9, 2004 at 3:41PM
In the beginning of one of his songs he says something like... "i'm just J everyday" anyone know the name of the song?

Name: Infamous
Subject: Hova
-- Feb 5, 2004 at 4:04PM
I don't know why dumb faggots are comin on this site and writin bullshit about an artist who is arguably one the greatest ever. I'm speakin of that retard named tyshaad, you must be on another planet man cuz Jay-Z is untouchable......... PEACE

Name: Nana
Subject: beszt rappa alive
-- Jan 23, 2004 at 12:08AM
jay-z da best rappa alive nd no1 betta he aint g0d but he da best i think even betta den biggie nd hiz rocawear clothin line is hot shyt and any yall hataz r juz fuckin stupid yall jelous cant flow as ill asz jigga man ROCAFELLA 4 LYFEE no matta wut 1luvin..itz da ROC

Name: lil rob
Subject: jigga
-- Oct 29, 2003 at 12:28PM
does anyone know the name of the song that was playin in the episode of cribs where terrel owens was in his backyard on his beach, i know it was one of jigga mans songs but i dont know the name of it and i would like to know it

Name: lilpennie
Subject: 50cent
-- Sep 18, 2003 at 12:12PM
he is the best but i'm not feeling his clothing line.

Name: minniemouse
Subject: jayz&50cent
-- Sep 1, 2003 at 6:56PM
both rappers is code face it can't nobody get up with g unit or rocafella at all both of them is the best of the best i lik both so it don't matter at all jigga aint wak neither is 50 i'm a fan fo both alwayz go like they music too well just keep yall head up

MinnieMouse
A.K.A
MyrongirlD
N.K.A
Mrs.Ryce

Name: hottie
Subject: sex
-- Jul 24, 2003 at 4:08PM
If you want to see pictures of Beyonce Knowles naked go to
www.google.com then say naked pictures of Beyonce K nowles or Ashanti Douglas

Name: King of NY
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Jul 23, 2003 at 2:44PM
Iiight, first off, Jigga is wak, I don't care. But to call Biggie Smalls soporific? You must be out yo mind, he's the greatest lyricist of all time, show some respect. If you can't understand the music because you don't live the life, let it go, you rich ass ignorant white boy

Name: bad boy
Subject: the best of the best
-- Jul 18, 2003 at 2:11PM
all the way dog keep doing wat u doing.

Name: Smokey
Subject: The Best Of The Best
-- Jun 9, 2003 at 10:01AM
Man Keep Doin What U do
Fuck I'm Other niggas focus on your self Roc Fan For Life Man

Name: holla2ken
Subject: da real man (J)
-- May 21, 2003 at 2:39PM
this is ken, hey what's beef, what' gosipping? for me jay-z is da real dog and i hold me smoke just the way he does, u know something, i am gonna be a rapper and i wanna rap just like jay-z so if you got beef with that, screw your ass, jay-z i've got all ya cd's (albums) with me. i am waiting to see u go higher dog,b4 i jump out of da window>> i wanna be like you JAY-Z staying tuned 2 more of ya. sign. ken4puff

Name: Scoobie
Subject: Jay-z and 50cents
-- May 16, 2003 at 11:38AM
The only reason jay-z is tight is bcuz of 50 50 put it down for that nigga

Name: GT13
Subject: Jay-Z 4 LIFE
-- May 10, 2003 at 4:03PM
Jay-Z is the best and you're just a hatter cuz you can't rap as well as him.

HATER

Name: wack
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- May 1, 2003 at 10:58PM
worst cd ever...listen to country u shitheads

Name: Picante
Subject: song name
-- Apr 29, 2003 at 10:08AM
does anyone know the name of that new song that came out? I think it is a hidden track or something..the one with the indian type beat. If someone knows it, please lemme know.

Name: mrs carter
Subject: dipset cd
-- Apr 6, 2003 at 4:42PM
i just wanna say that i love that dipset cd and plus the video da dipsetathem that shit was tight and i'm ready to pop out all these hoes n niggaz that been dogging yall just keep it real fa sho holla at yo girl

Name: Diplomats SquaD
Subject: album
-- Apr 6, 2003 at 8:58AM
yo, i check the new album it was tight, all i gotta say is keep doin it, aiight.

*The Diplomats SquaD*

Name: Justin
Subject: name of song
-- Mar 23, 2003 at 11:03PM
Does anyone know the name of the new song with the India beat with the one Jay-Z verse

Name: Thr real Misses C.
Subject: fake fans
-- Mar 20, 2003 at 10:18PM
Ya'll don't have to come on this website and pretend to be madly in love w/rocafella, save it for the real fans.

Name: mrs bleek
Subject: roc a fella
-- Mar 17, 2003 at 1:56PM
yeah this mrs bleek my name o here was antoniogirl but shit i had to change my name to somthing else well i just wanna say that i love memphis bleek reallll bad and i can't leave jayz out either and i wanna say wuzzup to my baby mr furgeson he know who he is so ill holla forward

Name: mrs carter
Subject: my baby
-- Mar 17, 2003 at 1:49PM
wuzzup this mrs carter yall should know me as myrogirld but i had to change my name well i just wanna say i love camron thats my favorite rapper next to jayz and memphis bleek i also love jayz niggaz be crazy when they be saying that jayz and camron ugly but ysll know ysll not ugly cause me i know i look gooddd my self

Name: ashley
Subject: relationships
-- Mar 14, 2003 at 2:33PM
my cousin wanted to know
why every time u are in a relationship u break up with the

Name: kim
Subject: jay z/beyonce
-- Mar 12, 2003 at 5:49PM
is beyonce and jayz and
get marrire

Name: yunghova1
Subject: jiggaman
-- Mar 6, 2003 at 10:58AM
Hey jay-z is truly the king of New York. The Blueprint2 is one of his hottest albums. I love Jay-Z wit my heart kid and its no stoppin tha ROC. WE R THA CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!!!!

Name: evocal/b m p
Subject: jiggas style
-- Feb 16, 2003 at 11:14AM
yo jigga this is evocal
of brick/ mill /park
productions im a singer/
song writter i hope you
some day here some real
hip hop r/b singer like
EVOCAL REMEMBER THAT NAME
im knot kidding yo you
could really vibe off me
for real ask kid cappri
i was at the appollo
allso ask atlanta records they have my cd
BIHIND THE GATES LOOK
INTO IT JIGGA SHOW ME
HOW REAL YOU ARE here me
out im your 1 fan allso
an artist i can sing my
ass off it will put chills down your spine
yo MY EMAIL IS ERICCLAY66@hotmail.c om
for real im real and can
back it up with edon/
illdiz/mr banks/dirty redd/lb /pamento/yours
the real evocal pease.

Name: young b
Subject: jigga
-- Feb 14, 2003 at 8:53AM
yo jigga im am diggin blueprint2 i give my number 1 luv.guess what im the only one in school who thinks your cute well them bitches stupid huh

Name: myrongirlD
Subject: rocafella
-- Jan 23, 2003 at 11:01PM
wuzzup rocafella yall are the champions my friends and yall go keep fighting till the end yall are the champions no time for losers cause yall is the champions shit is off da chain and plus let me get a shout out to shenella,n epiphany yall some bustdowns and chi town fo life shit i already got rocafella on my pinky ring heyyyy babydaddy myron

Name: Daneisha Hill
Subject: Roc
-- Jan 15, 2003 at 11:11AM
JAn 13,2003 at 10:59

I love the Roc so much that i was even calling my self the Roc when I went to Pennwood High. I used to get beat up so much in school for haveing sex with other peoples boyfreinds. I was such a slut in high school but every time I felt like I had to be with some one else boyFreind, because I couldnt get my own I turn on the Roc. Jz I live in dirty Darby thats what we call it if you ever want to stop through. Love ya

Name: myrongirlD
Subject: Roc
-- Jan 13, 2003 at 2:14PM
sup to all rocafella and camron and that fine ass boy tata plus i can't leave out jeulz santanna and jayz boy i swear plus i love yall song we are the champions that song is off the mutherfucking chain so kepp yall heads up and nas you need to stop pimp quit it And wuzzup to spongebobgurl and antoniogurl holla back at me pimps !

Name: spongebobgurl
Subject: da roc
-- Jan 13, 2003 at 2:10PM
sup this spongebobgirl i just wanna say that i love rocafella and they songs plus that main nigga tata jayz fuck nas that nigga garbage so if that nigga come at you again you can send freeway and beanie at him so holla plus i wanna say wuzzup with antonio_gurl and myrongirlD chi town 4 life pimps holla back

Name: antonio_gurl
Subject: rocafella
-- Jan 13, 2003 at 2:06PM
Jay z wuz up i love yo songs and i wanna say wuz up to everybody in rocafella and also to my baby antonio and to my girl myrongirlD

Name: India
Subject: da Roca
-- Jan 12, 2003 at 12:51PM
Sup this is Tequila I think rocafella is best know for Jay Z. He is the best he don't take know shit from any one. I love the clothes, I think it has come a long way.

its Tequila holla

Name: myrongirlD
Subject: For da roc
-- Jan 9, 2003 at 8:47PM
Sup this myrongirl again i forgot to say that i also love that boy juelz santanna i swear but i'm myrongirl soo i'm still go be loving it so holla back at me jayz 1!!
Demica
AkA
Gangstamickey
BkA
Myrongirl Its Da Roc!!!

Name: myrongirl
Subject: for da roc
-- Jan 9, 2003 at 8:28PM
sup this myron girl i just wanna let rocafella know that yall the best and jay z don't worry about nas he GARBAGE so stay up also camron you my future baby daddy boo i love you i'm yo #0 fan i love yall ITS DA ROC!!!!!!! MyrongirlD

Name: Jassy
Subject: Luv 4 S. Carter
-- Jan 9, 2003 at 7:38PM
Hi my name is Jassy and I just want to say I am a big fan of the whole rocafella camp, but I have a special love for the Jigga man himself.I ove his style, his flow, and his laid back persona. My nigga puts his shit out there and don't give a damn about his haters. He makes his money and keeps it moving. 4 those of you who don;t like him you don;t have to just pay him know mind it cost you nothing. You don't have to buy his albums read about him or nothing all u have to do is keep it moving. And for every body that really feels him and loves him & I thank you. And he will keep making records for you and me. one love S.Carter and his wife Jassy.

Name: Jamie
Subject: For Jay-Z
-- Jan 9, 2003 at 5:38PM
I am doing a report on you in school since im such a huge fan of you and your clothes but i cant seem to find anything on your life every thing that comes up is about your music career. Is there anyway that you could send me any information on your life? i know it may be hard because you have such a busy life but it would mean sooo much to me if you could. It would also help my grade alot. Thank you

Name: Jasmine
Subject: for jay-z
-- Dec 27, 2002 at 6:20PM
Hi my name is jasmine and i am an big fan of you and rocafella. i am an carter too we might be kin well ill hit you later.

Name: Jessica Gonzalez
Subject: for jay-z
-- Dec 11, 2002 at 11:10PM
Hi My name is Jessica Gonzalez and I am having a very big problem. Jay-z has a site for his cloths called rocawear and I had ordered some cloths but because my sister knew someone who worked the site called Rayana Quinones but my order wait through but I never got my order and that person took my credit card information and handed it out to another person and I do have it on type and written letters from other people that were there and hear this person admit to taking the information and handed it out. I have been doing my best to workout this issue and nothing is being done. I would just like something to get done about this matter without having to stress myself anymore. I never gave that person permission to hand out my information to no one and I am really trying to deal with this matter. Please e-mail be back as soon as possible this is very important to me. I have bought stuff from Jay-z and I am a very big fan and all of this is really bothering me. I was just trying to order stuff for my sister who is very sick and is also a very big fan of Jay-z. Please something really needs to be done about this. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this e-mail. This is my last hope for something to get done about this. I am very reasonable person and I just want something to get done about this. Thank you so much and please enjoy the rest of your day. If you would like more information and my phone number I would be more then happy to give it to you. Please this is very important to me not because of the money but because my information was taken without permission and being handed out. Thank you once again. Bye Jessica

Name: Juddo -holla ata playa!!
Subject: Jigga Da Ngga!!
-- Dec 2, 2002 at 10:47AM
Jay-Z is da man and nobody can stop that!!
ITS Da ROC!!!!!

Name: young escober
Subject: The realest in hi hop
-- Nov 29, 2002 at 8:51AM
The beef between Jigga and nas is viewed by many rap lovers like me here back in Namibia as avery entertaining one.
what i would say is that there are many good rappers in N.Y city apart from nas and jigga.
SO to avoid being subjective i wouldnt point who the king is asthe two rappers fighting for the crown are not the only people to consider when talkin about that issue.

But when we talk of rap as a whole i would point out Mr makavelli the don as the king of rap music and as the inspire of many rappers like Jigga,nas and many more.

Name: eight_figga_dime(Cle veland Street Chick)
Subject: Rap period
-- Nov 11, 2002 at 1:36PM
2pac was the best that ever did it the best that ever done it the best that ever lived. Biggie was neck to neck with pac but 2pac was on a whole nother page. Jay-z was in the back round rapping aint no nigga like the one I got wit foxy featuring. Jay-z was wearing hawain shirts with white tees waiting to get his shot at the pot of gold. Biggie and pac was doing it up. 2pac called out everybody from Mob-Deep to Jay-z, Nas and whoever else. Go check when he say please bomb first when we ride. Please reconsider before you die when aint even come to fight tonight but it's my life or your life and Im a bomb first. He said f... jay-z, nas and mob deep and aint nobody respond back. Then Biggie tried to give him some competition but he got ate up and through away. I love Biggie and I love pac but I feel like Nas when it come to Jigga man(listen to Ether). Jay-z time came to shine so I aint gone hate let em do his thang but Nas is a go getter and he has skills. Jay-z would always loose messing with Nas. For all you jigga man fans I have to tell you I really dont have any love for Jay-z. So let him and that destiny foul chick do they thing. I love the Lox they know they hot out here. But Jada did get ripped by Bennie go check it out. Half of yall like rap but yall dont know what nas meant at the end of ether. He said you cock suckers need to apologize just ask kiss.what was meant by that was that russel simins was in the middle of things when bennie called Jada and ask him to squash the beef. ROC get gun up and clapped quick. Jay Jay Evans get gun up and clapped quick. I aint no Jay-z fan I cant wait to he leave the rap game(I guess he addicted to the game the streetz keep calling his name-whatever). REST IN PEACE 2PAC AND BIGGIE CANT NOBODY DO IT LIKE YALL DID IT OR BETTA....YALL KNOW THE REAL. WE ONLY HAVE COMMERCIAL RAPPERS OUT HERE NOW SO LET IT GO. I DONT FEEL THAT JORDAN FELLA EITHER HALF OF THE THINGS YOU WERE SAYING WERE WORTHLESS SO SAVE YA COMMENTS.

Name: An LS.n Reader
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Nov 11, 2002 at 1:16PM
forget Jay-z because he could never be good as pac or biggie. Nas is still better then him to me. I just think he is okay but he is stubborn in his ways.-but that is life

Name: DJ M&M
Subject: FUCK JORDAN
-- Nov 1, 2002 at 12:22PM

hey JORDAN, GET of jz's dick man...it seems as though you no nothing about rap music...first of all, there is no such thing as gangster rap....we (black people) never started calling it that....that is a term the white media uses to divide and conquer black music as they have done for decades.....RAP IS RAP....theres no such thing as gangster rap....jz is only talking about experinces that are common....if you know anyone really ballin out , you would understand...so get of jz's dick....he is the mike jordan of rap right now.....

dj m&m
boston mass
www.djmmbeats.co m

Name: Laibabe
Subject: HATERZ
-- Oct 15, 2002 at 11:52AM
I don't know why peeps are always hatin' on jigga. Like he says "(He) can't leave rap alone the game needs me(him)". If you don't like rap in the first place who the hell are you to criticise? And where the hell do you get off Chariz talkin 'bout Nas is beta than HOVA? Bull S***! Jigga is one of the best rappers out there if not the best and if you aint in the game and you don't know where he's comin from, don't run your damn mouth! OUTTY!

Name: Jones
Subject: Real
-- Oct 10, 2002 at 10:06AM
I believe Jay-z Is a good rapper but as far as lyrical Jay-z is getting lazyer.Ever since Vol 3 the cd is not like him.Jay-z Lyrical dosen't have anything on Notorious Big. Notorious Lyrical is the best.Vol 3 sound like he freestyle the hole CD.but I like the free style he did on Nas the was good,but Jay-z is doing his thing, and he make lot of money.

Name: April
Subject: Speak what you know
-- Oct 2, 2002 at 3:42PM
I agree with Chris B if you don't like rap or "GANGSTA RAP" as you so delicatly put it, why critique it? Your disgust for the music makes you biast right from the very start. "Dissin" somebody or something (rap) you know nothing about makes you look ignorant. Your so- called review is riddled with pointless ramblings and no real facts. That fact is that Jay-z MUST be doing something right, hes making MILLIONS thats right MILLIONS. Hes a rose in the concrete.He did what he could to get him and his mother out of the projects. He was a poor black kid from the Marcy projects. He did what he had to do to survive. Thats part of being poor. So in the future speak on what you know because you DO NOT know Sean Carter

Name: CHARIZ
Subject: JUST LISTEN
-- Sep 15, 2002 at 12:23PM
I FROM CAMBRIDGE , MD WHERE THAT NI66A MADE MARYLAND A GOLD MIND, BUT JAYZ IS MY SECOND FAVORITE RAPPER, HE KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANNA HEAR. I THINK HE MAKE BETTER MUSIC BUT HE NOT A BETTER RAPPER THEN NAS( COME ON PEOPLE, DAMN NEAR EVERY RAPPER BIT NAS, NAS NEVER TOUNGE TWIST OR NONE OF THAT SHIT, HE STARTED THEM TOUGH PUNCHLINES IN SHIT(" NEVER PUT ME IN YA BOX IF YA SHIT EATS TAPES" IN ALL OF JAY'Z ALBUMS U HEAR A QUEENSBRIDGE SAMPLE. OR HE FEATURE SOMEBODY THAT GONNA MAKE HIM BLOW LIKE FOXXY AND MARY AND BIG/ AND LOOK WHO BIT NAS ALBUM COVER ? BIGGIE( WHO DID VIDEO'S IN JACUZZIES NAS DID FIRST THEN THEY BE BITIN( SHARK BITERS) RAEKWON ALBUM TELL IT ALL YO! HOW MANY PLATUIM ARTIST NAS HAVE ON HIS ALBUMS , AND COUNT HOW MANY JAY GOT ON HIS SHIT'S ANYWAYS IM OUT WIT THE TRUTH AND U NI66AZ FEEL IF NOT PROVE ME WRONG

Name: jiggaboo
Subject: dont hate
-- Sep 9, 2002 at 2:16PM
look ny sister nicole told yeall like it is jay-z is the hottest thing around, you know we from philly and all that bull**** that people be talking about him yaell just dont know what good music is and my sister will fight over jay-z she did before and she will do it again with no problem and time you talk about jigga and you not from philly holla .

Name: nicole
Subject: what i no
-- Sep 9, 2002 at 2:09PM
what i no is that jay-z is one of the best that ever don it in the music business, and all that hating that people be doing on him is only making him batter you know and i also no that he is one of the sexest man on this face of earth and i'll tell you that and tell him that with no problem.

Name: Ezekiel
Subject: luv in Nassau
-- Sep 6, 2002 at 7:56AM
JayZ i like every thing that u do i live in nassau bahamas an u have much love over here just keep your nose clean and we will always buy your albums keep it real

Name: P
Subject: dumb white folks
-- Sep 5, 2002 at 6:35PM
This is what happens when dumb ignorant white folks try to touch anything colored.

Name: ASHANTI
Subject: LETTIN NIGGAS KNOW
-- Aug 27, 2002 at 3:04PM
YOU DUDES GET YA MIND RIGHT CAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DUDES AINT WASHING YOUR FACES OR SOMETHING OR ELSE YOU WOULD KNOW JAYZ TRULY HAS TALENT ANY NIGGA THAT CAN TAKE HIS MOMMA OUT OF THE PROJECTS CAN HAVE MY CREDIT YOU CATS WAKE OUT THER BEFORE YOU TALK JUST CAUSE YOU GOT LIPS IT'S MURDA HOLLA THE FUCK BACK TRULY VITA

Name: BABYBOY
Subject: JAY HOT YOU AINT HEARD
-- Aug 27, 2002 at 2:57PM
YOU NIGGAS IS REALLY KILLING ME WITH THOSE PHONEY ASS NAMES YOURE' MAKING UP SUCH AS LIL ZEE OR SOMESHIT LIKE BABY GANGSTA ALL THAT FUCKIN STUPID ANY WAY LETS TOTAL UP THE CREDITS 6 ALBUMS ALL WENT PLATINUM GRAMMY AWARD WINNER HIGHLIGHTS IN SPORTSCENTER REPEAT AFTER ME NIGGAS HE WILL NOT LOOSE DUH YOU NIGGAS HERARD HIS MUSIC TURN THE MUSIC UP.YALL MUST NOT BE READY GET MY RIGHT NIGGAS WASH YA FACES OR SOMETHING YOU CATS ARE ILL.

Name: BABYGIRL
Subject: SEAN CARTER
-- Aug 27, 2002 at 2:46PM
I NEED EVERY ONE TO STOP HATIN' ALL OF YALL SOUND TIRED AND CHILDISH TO ME I DON'T CARE IF YOU SAID SOMETHING GOOD OR BAD NAS NOR JIGGA IS REALLY GIVING A DAMN WHAT ANYONE IS SAYING YOU HEARD JIGGA LET'S KEEP IT REAL WHAT YALL EAT ANIT MAKING MY BABY SHIT BUT TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THIER GOING TO BOTH BE RICH REGUARDLESS SO IT'S LIKE WHO GIVES A DAMN UNLESS THEY GIVING ME SOME MONEY YA UNDERSTAND. BUT I GUESS YOU NIGGAS DON'T HAVE YA OWN PROBLEMS CAUSE YA TO WORRIED ABOUT DAMN CELEBRITIES HELLO GET A LIFE KIDS.NIGGAS SHOULDN'T BE JEALOUS THAT A FEMALE TRAIT WHAT YALL MAD CAUSE HE MAKE MILLIONS AND YALL CAN'T SELL WEIGHT YA GAME AINT STRONG ENOGH FUCKA ROCAFELLA IS THE ARMY BETTER YET THE NAVY.YOU NIGGAS THROWIN' SHOTS AT JIGGA YOU ONLY GET HALF A BALL FUCK YALL NIGGAS 4REAL RECORDS IN THIS BITCH.OH I GOT LOVE FOR THE BOY NAS TO BUT JIGGAS GANGSTA!!!!! ROCAFELLA YALL HOW YOU LOVE DAT!!!!!!!!!!

Name: NDNcat
Subject: Gay-z
-- Aug 17, 2002 at 10:27AM
Rakim could easily rip Gay-z a new asshole without breaking a sweat.These young cats never met hip-hop.

Name: Chris B
Subject: Jay-Z Review
-- Aug 15, 2002 at 9:24AM
Mr Hoffman, the first lines of your review read "There are few things I'm less informed about than gangsta rap. I find it an altogether unappealing artform". Why the hell would someone who hates hip hop be reviewing a hip hop album? Surely someone who is a fan of rap should review a rap record so he/she can cast an acute critical eye over the record instead of just dissing it & every other like it. Your review was pointless, long-winded and of no relevance, just like Public Enemy apparantly. Do us all a favour and don't review any more rap albums.

Name: miss_shae
Subject: juelz santanna
-- Aug 13, 2002 at 12:30PM
when is jay-z and juelz gonna make a song . i love that nigga juelz

Name: Ty
Subject: Nas negro please
-- Aug 11, 2002 at 9:09PM
nas came personally when he dissed jigga that can be a lie.jay-z didn't start this shit nas did being cocky.in nostrdamus he was saying he was better than memphis bleek saying he can help him with balling saying he weak.memphis bleek dissed him but nas continued.Jay-Z took the spot for memphis bleek.Takeover dissed nas his career was exposed into an embarrassment exposure.Nas come back with ether he said too many things that could of been a lie and did it the whole song.took Jay-Z one verse to diss his ass.Nas could be lying but Jay-Z stated the fact cuz you could see it in the media.i think nas should be N-Oz cuz the whole song he was talking about dickriding and sucking dick i mean how you think he had his tooth chipped?

Name: Dat nigga mick
Subject: fake fuck
-- Jul 26, 2002 at 11:08PM
jordan hoffman is a fake fuck, i mean this in a nice way though, the reason he disses jay z is because jordan has no penis, he also is the worst reviewer i have ever read...better luck next review you cock suckin jigga hater, (bad beats-how the fuck can you say that), jordans fav musician is "COCK RAG" and Jordan is the lead singer of his own band "the bearded axe wounds" FUCK YOU JORDAN I HATE YOU

Name: annoyed professional
Subject: Yje Jay z life and times III review and your intellect.
-- Jul 21, 2002 at 1:20PM
They are both questionable at best. and your choice to review an album in a genre in which you are admittedly ignorant was a foolish one at best. your ignorance shows and make your "review" (more like mindless rant) nigh unreadable. You are an idiot.

Name: Baby-G
Subject: Beats
-- Jul 6, 2002 at 8:15PM
I make beats.I go by the name of "Baby-G. I'm 19 years old
This beat was made just for beanie.This beat that I made for this nigga is the truth.
I was Born and raised in philly. Home # 235-2949/ Cell # 267-259-4120 You need to hear this "BEAT"

Name: Isosceles
Subject: S. dot. Carter...........
-- Jun 23, 2002 at 6:01AM
This is word from the street - like Bell, Atlantic Express - Jay-Z
is Phenom.... his Vernacular Arm is more danger than VietNam, while all the rest be straying, Roclafamila is staying.. Spitting lyrics
like training course fire/high from Roc La Famila Tower/Jay Hova command with all power.

drichardson@fuse .net

Name: Isosceles
Subject: S. dot. Carter...........
-- Jun 23, 2002 at 5:30AM
This is word from the street - like Bell, Atlantic Express - Jay-Z
is Phenom.... his Vernacular Arm is more danger than VietNam, while all the rest be straying, Roclafamila is staying.. Spitting lyrics
like training course fire/high from Roc La Famila Tower/Jay Hova command with all power.

drichardson@fuse .net

Name: Jigga
Subject: Breath Easy
-- Jun 10, 2002 at 2:12AM
i run suicide drills ova and ova / wit da weight of da world on my shouldas / thas why they call me HOVA /im far from bein god / but i work goddamn hard /

Name: Hova
Subject: Jigga is tight
-- Jun 10, 2002 at 2:09AM
Yo jigga man has hot albums."Reasona ble Doubt" is a classic and gets 5mics."Vol.1.&q uot; is tight but he coulda done betta 3in a half mics."Vol.2.&qu ot; was aiight.to much AMIL,4mics."Vol .3." was dope and so was da track "So Ghetto",it gets 4mics."Dynasty: Roc La Familia" was of da hook and Freeway killed "1-900-Hustler& quot; and "Squeeze 1st" was tight.my books 4 in a half mics."Blueprint " is a classic wit tracks like "You Dont Know","Izz o","Aint No Love","Bre athe Easy","Tak eover","Bl ueprint (momma loves me)","All I Need",and "The Rulers Back".Jigga cant stop.he gone make about 10 mo albums and they gone be off da hook jus like his otha ones.Ima Jigga fan til i die.ya herd.I aint hatin on Nas though.Ima Nas Fab two but i like Jigga betta.Cormega and Prodigy is tight two.

Name: Kek2003
Subject: Jay-z is da bomb!!!
-- May 21, 2002 at 12:16AM
Jay-Z is the best, one of my favorite songs by Hov is "Make the song cry", he keep it real on the song.Finally a man can admit that he regrets breaking up with a good woman!!!!

Name: Jigga Man
Subject: Jigga is da best !!!!!!
-- May 20, 2002 at 11:13AM
Ho Jay-Z is the best rapper out 2 day and everything that he drops be tripple platinum and more so u can nat hate the brother first of all his flow is arsnic and Mack and Bleek has good delivery so that is don e It is all about R.O.C baby!

Name: JayDee
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- May 20, 2002 at 10:16AM
Monique cuz u sound like u a stunna 4 sho

Name: Jay Dee
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- May 20, 2002 at 10:14AM
wuz up boo holla back

Name: Monique
Subject: Holla at J-Z
-- May 17, 2002 at 2:28PM
J-Z's off da hook!!

Name: Ke-Ke
Subject: Holla at me ROC.
-- May 15, 2002 at 4:24PM
May 2002
yo holla at the girl from
SOUTHPHILLY all day EARLY.
NI mean Roc, I know damb
wellya better always represent
SOUTHPHILLY.I love Bleek
he is so sexy like me.
JZ's flow is the shit and
so is benie's. the whole
ROC need to holla at keke

Name: young moses
Subject: i got skills
-- May 14, 2002 at 7:39PM
a i got flow skills and i'm looking for a record deal hopefully but a lot of people will not give me a chance because i'm only 15

Name: Dj Cleverly
Subject: Get it straight
-- May 13, 2002 at 1:11AM
Yo I think that Nas is a little kid compared to Jay Z, Jay Z about getting money and being a successful rapper, not Nas make a little something herea and there Jigga keep it consistent

Name: ugle
Subject: stop
-- May 10, 2002 at 11:20PM
please stop, if you dont know your musac, please stop now. do not try to speak about a topic that you do not know about.

Name: Young Chris Lady
Subject: He is FINE
-- Apr 25, 2002 at 8:50PM
Young Chris is a hottie he needs to holla at this bicth from BK!!!

Name: Tiyana purcell
Subject: roca fella
-- Apr 25, 2002 at 2:21PM
I think that you are truly blessed, I give you your props because you made it so far, when you rap you rap about the things that's around you and what your feelin, and when I heard your song I got to make this song cry, that was a deep son I loved it.

Name: Bea
Subject: Roca-Fella
-- Apr 24, 2002 at 3:59PM
Man do yor thang dog fo'sho b/c if that was me, i would be doing the same thang just stacking ends my nigga fo'sho. Jay-Z, i wonder if i could role with you man fo'sho i will not let the R.O.C down at all fo'sho, I'm coming from Nebraska fo'sho putting it down fo the 2002.

Name: TK
Subject: 2: JAY-Z HIMSELF
-- Apr 22, 2002 at 8:17PM
Shawn baby, Do ya Thug thang and don't worry about them haters! -TK

Name: TK
Subject: Shawn C.
-- Apr 22, 2002 at 8:13PM
For all ya'll that's hattin" on my Boo, just give it up because no matter what ya'll say Jay-Z is still gon' make his MILLIONS and he still gon have haters like ya'll! And for the ones that is supporting my baby, Thank You dearly! He needs the support of his fans! Thak You - His future wife, TK

Name: HATTRICKS
Subject: R.O.C. FELLA
-- Apr 17, 2002 at 9:57PM
ONE DAY MY WISH WOULD COME TRUE I WILL ROC WITH ROCAFELLA AND BE LYRICALLY DROPPING HITS FROM DA DIRTY SOUTH

Name: leigh
Subject: ?
-- Apr 11, 2002 at 11:58PM
Tell me why youre reviewing rap anyway? If youd be more suited at lilith fair...then go there...im a 28 year old female..wife and mother...and i love rap...at least all these dudes are 4 real...if they make a million...they want you to know it..unlike those ol cheesy new folk singers...i hate how rock videos look the clothes are horrible the hair..and most are either referring to dsome kind of satanism or homosexuality...oh god if i see another psuedo shag hairdo im gonna scream!Rap does like its money and jewelry, sex..and frankly it quite refreshing to me...light and fun..believe me..even white people dont want to hear some white 20 year old rich kid sing about how theyre college loan didnt pass or some bullshit like that...lol...probabl y described you just now! haha...if you want serious philisophical music...im sure theres plenty of it out there...but dont try to make rappers look stupid...really...st ick to your own genre...peace

Name: SUGAR
Subject: DAMON DASH LOVER
-- Apr 11, 2002 at 12:40PM
DAMON I want you so bad I can taste you fuck every body elese what about us HOLLA them bitches cant love you like I can

Name: RENELL
Subject: ROCA FELLA LOVER
-- Apr 11, 2002 at 12:36PM
I love the whole damm crew especially Damon Dash I want him so bsd guess what I'm legal and from Philly HOlla

Name: mc speech
Subject: death of escobar
-- Apr 3, 2002 at 2:11PM
"i showed u your first gun on tour at large professor" who's the iller thug and who's the wannabe? ask urself.

Name: lil fame
Subject: Roc's on top
-- Apr 3, 2002 at 1:59PM
jigga the shit every ryme got some sick shit in there somewhere. like he listen to music and don't skim through it. Rocafella #1 crew with the new signed killa cam jigga signed real nigga's, nigga's can't fuck with them. Them nigga's real killa's. Holla

Name: Dipset
Subject: Hova the god
-- Apr 3, 2002 at 1:48PM
First of all jigga has the tightest rymes he does not stop. Nas one of my favourites but he is not consistant that why jigga's ahead of him.
Jigga the born husler he did it by him self u got to respect that.
The beef jigga won he expose other rappers and diss nas in one song thats classic record, nas was ill but he concentrated on one thing oviously it must be ill.

Name: set2
Subject: im a rapper
-- Apr 2, 2002 at 9:05PM
ya haters/rocafella born players/shyt gets major/sharp a razor/set2 dont play/dimes and twenties/no nicks or treys/better listen to what ya momz say/im a survivor but do i look like beyonce/shorties holla if ya swalla/set2 stay reppin the brook/get shook when istep foot/coke cookin/only 16 seen the book-ins/nigga stop lookin for u get ya shyt tooken/set2 holla.....rae illest@aol.com

Name: QB
Subject: Fuck a JAy-Z
-- Mar 31, 2002 at 10:55AM
First of all yall mother fuckers are trippin.. Nas murdered hova's ass, and Hova can't even flow. The man's wack as hell and face it, the bitch is fallin off just like the rest of yall wack asses if yall keep suckin his dick.The bitch ain't gaster either He just a big liped punk bitch that ain't bout shit

Name: Jai b
Subject: Jordan Hoffman knows nothin bout rap
-- Mar 27, 2002 at 12:34PM
First Jigga isn't a gangster rapper you just don't understand the message. There is a message in every bar.Learn to listen and undertanding to guitar riffs, odd sounds and manners to dileverance will come. To get through to a people you have to speak the language. Jay-Z speaks the language to get the point across and those who know the language get the point

Name: MasterAV
Subject: Jigga that Nigga
-- Mar 27, 2002 at 10:49AM
No doubt about it!I mean he is the King,he is the hustla,he is lyrically,he is gansta and he kill those mothafuckin escobar niggaz.He's just that nigga!

Name: Sultannah
Subject: Jigga tha Shyt even when he rhyme in third person
-- Mar 26, 2002 at 1:42PM
yo ... i have been listening to jayz since he first started and the only thing i realize is that he gets hotter and hotter ... if u doubt jayz's lyrical status you should holla at a lyric page and read the lyrics ... nothin but flames ... holla at cha girl peace .....

Name: 10th & olney
Subject: who ever
-- Mar 23, 2002 at 6:34PM
let the truth be told that the real best rapper is beans he would eat nas and hova up oh yeah hova killed corney ass nas

Name: Switch
Subject: Jay flows lyrically than Nas
-- Mar 19, 2002 at 9:23AM
To all my gangsatrs out there, Jay-z has converted nas's life history into lyrics and he started from the point where he wasnt on the street to the time a got a label deal. I might say Jay-z is on the wrong side cos he started it but he flows better than Nas. No doubt, Nas is coming back but it aint sure he can be as hot as Jay. Stay tight

Name: Owolabi Opeolu
Subject: Jay-z is off the plat
-- Mar 19, 2002 at 9:16AM
I personally have alot of respect for rappers cos it is alot of work but in the case of Jay and Nas i find a bit crazy. Despite the fact that Jay started this s***, i think he has killed nas. Jay is off the wrist. Holla

Name: tash
Subject: wassup
-- Mar 16, 2002 at 12:01PM
jay-z is the bomb

Name: DON
Subject: JIGGA da shit even when he rhyme in third person
-- Mar 15, 2002 at 12:27PM
Look yall are entitiled to ur opinion but i feel jayz is better. When it comes to their lyrics jayz speaks the truth about what happened with nas manager, girlfriend etc. But all nas talks about is his physical apperance and him being gay whaic we all know are lies so yall ponder that peace.

Name: THAFLY1
Subject: NAS ALL THE WAY
-- Mar 15, 2002 at 10:49AM
NAS IS THA SHIT!!!!!!!! HE IS BETTER THAN WACK ASS JIGGA!!!!!!! NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS HE IS THA BEST!!!!!! I AGREE WITH U ICELADY! U SPEAKING THE TRUTH FUCK ALL THIS COCKAFELLA followers! nas is at the top and he will stay there , jay is just a hater b/c of him all this beef started this wouldnt be hapening if he didnt start but he had to and now he aint shit . i personally use to like jay but, u know what that nigga is just a hater i mean damn why hate on the best?

Name: nico aka Benz
Subject: Rapping
-- Mar 10, 2002 at 12:24AM

Could you get a lil one like me 12 half years of age and turn me into a superstar like you.

Name: icelady
Subject: nas v.s. jay-z
-- Mar 8, 2002 at 4:14PM
i think that gay-z and the whole cock-a-fella crew will be clapped quick if they think that they can keep talkin fly to REAL niggas. Also,I would like to comment on the fact that i think NaS is a way better writer than stank ass,cock suckin,bitch ass sean cockferbrains or whatever his damn name is. NaS will be victorious and kick his fuckin flat ass.jay-z think about what you say before you say it and you might not chew on so many toenails you dick-riddin faggot.

Name: "JAY "
Subject: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
-- Feb 27, 2002 at 1:13PM
"REAL".YOU THINK MOBB DEEP SHOULD KILL JAY-Z BECAUSE HE IS DISSING THEM? WHAT? YOU THINK THEY ARE SOME KIND OF KILLERS AND DRUG DEALERS HUH?! THEY!ARE!RAPPERS!THE Y WILL NEVER HAVE A CONFRENTATION CAUSE IT AINT BOUT DAT. IT'S BOUT RESPECT AND WHO'S TO SAY SOME KID ON THE STREET THAT AINT HAD THE BREAKS OR THE TIME IN THE GAME (LIKE MOBB & JAY) DOESNT HAVE 10 TIMES MORE FLOW THEN EITHER OF THEM.SO TO ME ITS ALL A WASTE.THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE BETTER.ALWAYS! MAN IS THAT ALL THE SPACE? FUC IT IM OUT!ONE!!!

Name: REAL
Subject: MOBB DEEP SHOULD KILL JAY Z
-- Feb 26, 2002 at 8:24PM
MOBB FAN. JAY Z DISGUSS ME HE THROWS A SONG THAT IS FIVE MINUTES LONG, HIS GOT ONE HOT LINE OF DISS. THE BABY PICTURES RHYME. THEN HE SEEMS TO BE NEGOTIOTING THE WHOLE REST OF THE SONG, PLEASE DO NOT NEGOTIOTE WITH GAY Z BLAST THAT NIGG'A OF THE ATLAS

Name: DP
Subject: NAS AND JAY Z
-- Feb 26, 2002 at 8:17PM
WHO IS BETTER I SAY NONE. I RESPECT JAY Z MORE KNOW DOUBT. DAM TO MUCH KNOWLEDGE COULD GO TO HELL. SPEAKING ABOUT NAS. BUT I GUESS LYRICALLY NAS FLOW IS BETTER AND ALSO MORE CREATIVE. BUT THIS NIGG..AS ARE NOT FUCK/NG GANGSTERS.

Name: nelly boo
Subject: Jay-Z vol 3
-- Feb 22, 2002 at 8:06PM
I think the whole battle is a bunch of childess suff so what that jay-z was mess around with your baby momma it all done and over with. Anyway Jay-z is better then nas anyway this is nelly boo holla

Name: Lah
Subject: Jay-Z's vol3, The life and times of S. Carter
-- Feb 20, 2002 at 3:22PM
It's really not worth taking it to the streets.If it can't be settled over the mic, it should be detted completely.The game is one thing,but tha streets is another, and i'ts not even that serious

Name: jasper
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Feb 20, 2002 at 11:53AM
i think the batlle is okay as long as they just keep it on the tracks and dont make like the 2 pac and biggie thang..

Name: j. j.
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Feb 20, 2002 at 11:48AM
I think people are taking this battle way 2 serius. I think it�s a'ight with a little beef like this cuz it makes em' more focused. Like prodigy from mobb deep says "all fans love a war" and i think people should keep that in mind becouse without this beef the take over maybe wouldn' have been done and i know that yall� have been bumbin' heads to that track cuz that is 1 of hovaz best track ever i think...

Name: smoothbrothanyc@aol. com
Subject: nas
-- Feb 20, 2002 at 10:28AM
Reality , my brother you hit on the nail. The only objection that i have is that we can't deny the fact that while Jay has spewed venom on the mic, he still has helped out countless people in his short but successful career. It' kind of a double edge sword. Istill agree with u though we have to think about the effects of the music on seeds.

Name: SMOOTHBROTHANYCBI
Subject: NAS
-- Feb 20, 2002 at 10:19AM
NAS has once again proven that hip hop isn't just about beats. It's about lyrical creativity and content. It's about not doing the same old " i dealt keys from nyc to Italy rah rah.
For a long time, Nas seemed to lay in obscurity. He seemed scared of success. While true hip hop fans had settled for Playa Playa bullshit, the prodigal son returned to rescue us from the poison with a cd full of classics.
When it comes down to it rhyming, MC'ing is about skills, creativity daring to be different from the rest.Yes Jay has held down the Hip Hop sound for summers past. Someof the rhymes were a bit questionable to sya the least. We cannot deny the brilliance of the Blueprint album or the classic Reasonable Doubt. After a while, we must ask ourselves as Hip Hop fans when is enough enough already.
True talent will always outshine and stand above others. This album may actually awaken the sleeping minds of hip hop fans everywhere. I hope we as a people stay awake this time.

Name: THAFLY1
Subject: NAS ALL THE WAY
-- Feb 19, 2002 at 8:20AM
"Reality" i defenetly agree with you. Even though i am a NAS fan but people are taking this weigh to serious there is no need for people to be fighting over stupid things like these. we should all just love each other instead of fighting about whos is tha best .

Name: T.O.N.Y. / jenkinsantn@domain.c om
Subject: Hoo!!!
-- Feb 18, 2002 at 3:41PM
di da di da da da da did Hova is talented he makes classics esspecially S.Carter ya must try harda compatition is nada ladies scream papa Jigga dey can't stop ya. I kinda did a remix cause I didn't feel like cussin today and I'm fellin him cause he uotta Marcy's but there are betta and for one fact Nas isn't ,dont get me whut what cause NaS is raw but sometimes there are betta and in that case its Jigga.

Name: T.O.N.Y. /jenkinsantndomain@c om
Subject: H to the Izzo
-- Feb 18, 2002 at 3:18PM
the rawest love hw he put it down and spit it I had Jay-Z vol. 3 Life and Times of Shawn Carter it was bonkers and Jay-Z spit wif finesse and as for the other like Reasonable Dought and Vol.2 I had dat until I got locked up but all his music is spit wif fenese and I like dat

Name: candis
Subject: ps.
-- Feb 14, 2002 at 1:07PM
not only that yall know that was kinda hot i mean ether is that shit that make your soul burn slow but like i was saying that knockout fight went scraight to nas he proved you lost already

Name: b.p
Subject: dissed and dismissed
-- Feb 14, 2002 at 1:02PM
it was brutal of nas to come back with an awesom no gruesom ass song ether to me that just blue my mind and i mean both of yall are good fellas but he just blew that joint up i like that part about what you said with the chipped tooth but his hit the dirt hard core just speaking from my point if answers or questions candis333@hotmail.co m

Name: JESSICA
Subject: JIGGA #1
-- Feb 13, 2002 at 6:35PM
JIGGA YOU #1, DONT WORRY
ABOUT NAS YOU THE REALEST I'm YOUR NIGGA DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS HATERS IF YOU MESS WITH JIGGA YOU MESS WITH ME YOU HOLLA YOU COULD SHUT UP WITH THIS BULL ABOUT NAS. I HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH NAS YOU COOL AND ALL BUT YOU ..... SUCK JIGGA IS THE BEST.

PS: JIGGA YOU ARE #1 I LOVE YOU

Name: KISHA
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Feb 13, 2002 at 2:15PM
JAY-Z ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK I WOULD NOT SAY YOUR MUSIC IS THE BEST BUT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.I LOVE YOU I HEARD THAT YOU WERE IN MY LITTE TOWN TRINIDADI JUST WANT TO SAY I AM FROM TRINIDAD AND I LIVE IN CHICAGO, ILLINIOS.

Name: Reality
Subject: Wake up
-- Feb 13, 2002 at 3:56AM
First of all I can tell that ya'll new to hip hop. Second of all I can tell that ya'll yongsters. Do you really know what keeping it real is? Degrading another man, disrespecting women, and boasting about money and platinum chains keeping it real? Or is keeping it real about mind elevation, self education, and cultural salvation? You all seem to fogot about the Tupac, and Biggie situation and the outcome. This battle between these two brillant brothers got you spending your last dime, instead of investing or saving that last dime to someday become successful as they are. I am not saying this out of hate for the two rappers for I am a fan of both, see they're at a point in they life where they can freak the industry like they are doing and become even richer. Meanwhile you caught up in the drama or soap opera, never getting the real picture of these brothers reality. In other words ya'll ain't even on they level to even speak on, or criticize either one of these brothers. Wake up my Black Family we have stomped eachother in the groud wall to long now. It's alright to have a little fun and humor with eachother sometime, but let's get more in tume with eachother also. Who's to say these two brother did'nt plan this whole thing for record sells? Elevate your minds. Peace be upon you all

Name: Sean
Subject: Jay-Z
-- Feb 12, 2002 at 6:50PM
Jordan Hoffman,

your opinion isn't even worth of being posted on the web. You obviously don't know much about hip-hop or rap-all I want to know is who is paying you to be a critic? Also, if Jay-Z isn't hot, who is? For the people that have no clue about life in the gutter or in the projects or in the streets....don't comment-for most of your article is b.s. and the world could use one less critic! Let's see how bout' you?

Name: emmanuel
Subject: jigga
-- Feb 11, 2002 at 5:00PM
jay-z is the greatest of all time. nas is just a hater.

Name: Tamicca Hill
Subject: JIGGA MY NIGGA
-- Feb 11, 2002 at 12:22PM
I love Jay Z i think that he is the hardest. I also think that nas snap hard on his come back song but to be "crown the best lyricist" as nas say he is. Then you would have to tell the truth and nas was lying so whose the best JIGGA.

Name: Iya
Subject: Jigga and Hip-Hop
-- Feb 11, 2002 at 11:46AM
OK. Some people are taking this way too serious. I'm upset that someone would hate another individual over art. Is Jay Z the best? The best what? Lyricist? Hell, no! And he knows this, but what he says is true. He is selling more records than many other MC's out there now. And he gets more play. You have to give the brotha props for doing what he does well. While I wish he would keep his lyrics a little more real and actually talk about some deep s--t, he's still alright with me. However, none of them are Gods! Be for real!
On the other hand, it's dissappointing for someone who knows nothing about the origins of hip-hop and why it is so important to a culture to attempt to critique it or its artists. In other words, HOW DARE YOU?!!! If you haven't grown up with it, listening to it, or living it, who are you to say what's good and what's not? Boring? Gangsta Rap? You probably voted for Ronald Reagan, huh? You're outdated! Do not travel on ground that you are not familiar with! Can someone please fire this guy?!!!!

Name: JERSEYS FINEST
Subject: NAS ALL THA WAY
-- Feb 9, 2002 at 5:05PM
u wack jay z i hate u you wack ! u swear u better than nas u aint sh*t!

Name: NAS tha god!!
Subject: DONT HATE ON THE BEST!
-- Feb 9, 2002 at 5:00PM
To all yall haters!!! dont hate on NAS is is #1 and he will stay like that!! JAYZ dont know what he ryming about all he does is did women he is a scumbag !! camel looking muthafu*ker!!
NAS will stay at tha top!! he is tha king of NY!

Name: Nickatnite Baby
Subject: Jigga #1
-- Feb 5, 2002 at 8:05PM
Jigga man is number one always...Even before he came out.....holla back Cambridge Maryland We still love you.....Mr. Carter

Name: Jasper
Subject: ROC # 1
-- Feb 5, 2002 at 10:01AM
Was up wit all dat Nas shit! He aint nothin' compared to Jay z, Benie Sigel and most defently Memphis bleek... U haters better shut up cuz ROC is here to stay.

Name: maeniac
Subject: Jigga # 1
-- Feb 4, 2002 at 10:48PM
Jay- Z is #1. Don't let anyone tell u diffently. And as for Nas.......he can really o back where he came from.
And for all u haters out there this one is for u..........
"Haters wanna war
war wit me
Fuck wit me crew you end in a cemetary........&quo t;
So bewhere
Its not good to hate somebody and u cant do any better.

Name: realmatic
Subject: realmatic
-- Feb 3, 2002 at 4:38PM
all this talk about nas is some bullshit.before ether ain't nobody gaved a shit about him. so why now? you can't be gone for 3 years and then come back thinking you the greatest.he really needs to quit sucking 2pac's dick.oh,and him the king of hip hop?oh pleeeeeeeeaaaaase!

Name: TRUE HIP HOP
Subject: JAY Z
-- Feb 1, 2002 at 9:52PM
First I want to give Jay his props. Still, he's not in my top five. He sells records but does not keep it real. Top five mc of all time. Rakim, KRS ONE, LL, BIG, and Nas then Jay. I know people doubt my choices, but remember this. If big was still in the game RIP, there would be no J to Izzo. Jay knew that. He was even going to retire. Holla!

Name: Nini
Subject: Jigga man
-- Feb 1, 2002 at 4:15PM
Jay all I have to say is just keep doing yo thing, and don't worry about none of these haters.Keep holding it down for all your fans.No matter what Nas says your still #1 in my book.With love I'm out!!!

Name: johnny c.
Subject: i rule`
-- Jan 27, 2002 at 4:26PM
i don't care what ya'll think of jigga and bleek and seagel 2 desert eagle hit you niggas up quick tired of getting burnt from hits from the fifth.i holla while you holla in an ambulance. Stop. it's the roc nigga roc with dog's no stems no trees no sticks just breeze. butt crack mcgoo is ill. and then comes me . my lil niggas i am the second coming of dolamite in the flesh carnation intelligence.
yeah son. represent for the nine deuce later son.

Name: jasper
Subject: freeway
-- Jan 26, 2002 at 12:18PM
is freeway on r.o.c?

Jay z, beanie sigel and memphis bleek are some of tha illest mc's ever...

Name: Daisha
Subject: Whose side is Mary J. Blidge on?
-- Jan 26, 2002 at 9:34AM
Is Mary J. on ya'll side cause I know I heard her on Nas bump album.And she on Blueprint.But then MTV said she wanted to get off of Nas album cause she didn't want to take sides in ya'll beef, but she all ready did cause she on Blueprint. So who side is she on?

Name: Daisha
Subject: Whose side is Mary J. Blidge on?
-- Jan 26, 2002 at 9:31AM
Is Mary J. on ya'll side cause I know I heard her on Nas bump album.And she on Blueprint.But then MTV said she wanted to get of of Nas album cause she didn't want to take sides in ya'll beef, but she all ready did cause she on Blueprint. So who side id she on?

Name: chardae
Subject: aaliyah
-- Jan 25, 2002 at 10:18AM
can you tell me when aaliyah started dating damen dash

Name: styles
Subject: end the roc
-- Jan 24, 2002 at 3:36PM
when you are in the spot light you are easy to find p.s. david de block styles

Name: JIM
Subject: H.O.V.A.
-- Jan 15, 2002 at 6:32AM
Jigga's new unplugged album is quality, using old and new tracks. Shame no Guilty Till Proven Innocent though.

Name: stacy
Subject: jigga
-- Jan 9, 2002 at 7:07PM
jay-z is the best rapper.he really be putting shit down with his illest flows

Name: X-TASY@19111.COM
Subject: GOD MC WHO ELSE BUT J-HOVA
-- Jan 7, 2002 at 5:49PM
I'M LIKE THIS ROC-A-FELLA IS THE BEST.JAY-Z IS THE BEST.ANI'T NO GOING AROUND THAT.MY MAIN CONCERN IS GETTING SIGNED WITH ROC-A-FELLA RECORDS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A FEMALE YET,SO WHY NOT SIGN THE BET BITCH IN PHILLY.IF YOU DON'T BELIVE ME,HOLLA AT THE BROAD!(215)725-8421 OR WWW.XTASY@19111.COM( THAT AT YAHOO)HOLLA!

Name: Tessa
Subject: Jigga
-- Jan 7, 2002 at 11:18AM
I'm from brooklyn,and

Jigga is the no.1 rapper
out there his flow is
scientific the man is straight from hell,his lyrics spits fire. Do your thing Mr.Platnum

Name: Trevon
Subject: Jigga
-- Dec 27, 2001 at 5:37PM
I'm from Wilmington Delaware. I flow and do production...

Here's what I think of the jigga man....

You'll never see another like him in your lifetime.

He's the only rapper out right now who has tracks that are made of fire with lyrics to match perfectly...

That muthaf'er's a legend...

Name: Trevon
Subject: Jigga
-- Dec 27, 2001 at 5:35PM
I'm from Wilmington Delaware. I flow and do production...

Here's what I think of the jigga man....

You'll never see another like him in your lifetime.

He's the only rapper out right now who has tracks that are made of fire with lyrics to match perfectly...

That's muthaf'er's a legend...

Name: Carla
Subject: What's up my nigga
-- Dec 25, 2001 at 1:28PM
Hi yall,

What's up? not much jsut chillin. I think that Jay-z is good cuz he is hot and da bomb. Holla at me....

Name: karen
Subject: damen dash
-- Dec 25, 2001 at 11:17AM
Damen every sice AAliyah died your girlfriend what have you been doing every since then. I know you took it very hard.

Name: Danielle
Subject: mephis Bleek
-- Dec 24, 2001 at 5:29PM
I was just wondering if Mephis Bleek has a tattoo on his left arm that says, "Dealth before dishonesty" ?

Name: FARRAH
Subject: OVERRATED
-- Dec 24, 2001 at 2:24PM
I THINK THE BEEF BETWEEN NAS & JAY-Z IS OVERRATED! THEY ARE SO QUICK TO DIS ONE ANOTHER, BUT AS SOON AS THE DOGG POUND OR ANY OTHER WEST COAST RAPPER DIS ONE OF THEM, THEY GET QUIET!

Name: Unplugged
Subject: Rhyme
-- Dec 16, 2001 at 10:08AM
Fuck nas he can't fuck wit the roc and the lox come to they hood they all get shot all get robed for their rocks we got them glocks break in to nas crib pop his locks nas you puss bullets be in your tissue so you better solve the issue niggar R.O.C

Name: James
Subject: Response
-- Dec 14, 2001 at 11:45AM
YOUR A STRAIGHT FAGGET
J WITH BIG LIPS YOUR BATTLES
AIN'T' SHIT I CAN SPIT WAY
BETTER THAN YOU .

Name: smokey reppin JERZZE
Subject: o boy another dude who dont understand
-- Dec 13, 2001 at 6:39PM
all i can say this statement is jay isnt a "gangsta rappa" that went out of commision with NWA this person doesnt understand about jay-z, biggie, and the other great MC's if u want to be his professon i adivse to be familar with all musics not critize the ones u dont understand
P.S. Jay-z is my fav MC but Nas is betta so i will not be getting that unplugged garbage neither should anyone else it comes out on Dec 18 the same day as nas's album i advise u to get that instead

Name: Tone Dog''
Subject: I CAN SEE IT COMING DOWN MY EYES JAY' DOG
-- Dec 11, 2001 at 7:54PM
TO YALL HATING ASS NIGGA'S,JIGGA IS MY NIGGA,A JIGGA,NEVER TRUST NO HOE,OR A BITCH ASS NIGGA,BECAUSE THEY ALL SNAKES-N-FAKES,AND IT HURTED THESE NIGGA'S HEART WHEN THEY SAID 2-PAC WAS NO.1,YOU WAS NO.2,AND BIG WAS NO.3,ON THE DOPEST M.C's.BUT JAY YOU KNOW THAT THEY JUST KEEPING IT REAL!AND IT'S THE TRUTH.A I SEE WHY YOU CANT SEE IT COMING DOWN YOUR EYES, BECAUSE WHEN THE STREETS WERE WATCHING,NO-ONE WERE LOOKING,AND NOW YOU GOT TO MAKE THAT SONG CRY! (STAY-UP,)AND FUCK THE REST OF THEM NIGGA'S,OH' AND I ALMOST FORGOT,JAY YOU KNOW NAS CANT FUCK WITH YOU,I THINK HE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO, BECAUSE I DONT BELIEVE HIM NEITHER! #1#1#1#1! TONE DOG!

Name: rap sucks
Subject: Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
-- Dec 11, 2001 at 6:31PM
Rap sucks itis no talent sell out music

Name: Marcy
Subject: JIGGA MA NIGGA
-- Dec 9, 2001 at 7:15PM
To all ya jigga haters fuck all yall.Big Jay be the man to rock the industry.Take his lyrics, that reality, a nigga rising from the hood, hustling, and made it coz of his brains.Travel form coast to coast but ain't no man on earth with his flows.He's a doctor in music.Jigga one love live long stay strong you're the reason l listen to music man.
OOooh i'm straight from ZIMBABWE in a hood called Greenside.

Name: Stewart Foroma
Subject: JIGGA MA NIGGA
-- Dec 9, 2001 at 4:44PM
You are the best there is and the best there ever will be. Keep on keepin' on man for real man you the 8th wonder of the world.

Name: Cionia
Subject: Shawns wifey
-- Dec 6, 2001 at 8:41PM
Shawn I think you are the finest man ever. You need a women for all that hard work you do. Some times I wonder if women were on you like this before. I wish I would of met you before your fame so I could lay it down with you.

Name: Chocolate
Subject: Roc A Fella
-- Dec 6, 2001 at 1:04PM
Do yall thing and Memph Bleek make dat dough cause we gone need dat Holla

Name: Its Mak Bitch again for dat bitch Princess
Subject: Get off that coke bitch
-- Nov 26, 2001 at 8:33PM
YO PRINCESS YOU SMUT ASS BITCH GO DA FUCK AHEAD WITH THAT LAME SHIT. EVERYBODY KNOWS JIGGA CAN AND WILL ALWAYS GET WITH DMX SO GO DA FUCK ASLEEP WITH THAT CORNEY ASS BULLSHIT. IF U HAVE A PROBLEM U CAN CATCH ME IN DA CUT (MARCY),JUST ASK FOR THAT GIRL AND DA 1ST LADY IN ROCAFELLA THEY CALL MAK AND I'LL HOLLA UNTIL THEN ON GET YA MIND RIGHT MAMI GET YA MIND RIGHT

Name: Its Mak Bitch
Subject: This whole Jigga beefing with these cats
-- Nov 26, 2001 at 8:23PM
I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO COME OFF DA BULLSHIT BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN DA WORLD KNOW KISS IS HOT,NAS IS ALRIGHT BUT HES NOT REAL AND FOR JIGGA NO BODY CAN FUCK WITH HOV,(ask Nas he dont want it with Hov) No.ALL THESE NIGGAS IS LAMES

Name: BLUE
Subject: GETTING SIGN TO THE ROC
-- Nov 26, 2001 at 7:54PM
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT OF RAPPER'S THAT WANT TO GET SIGNED TO THE ROC
BUT MY FOLW IS TOO HOT
IF DASH WANT'S TO MEET THE NEXT GREAT HOLLA

Name: Dave Black
Subject: Clarity
-- Nov 26, 2001 at 3:30PM
You need some clarity, before say something too stupid one day. Something that will ruin you.
get back to me and I'll save your life.
deb@niagara.edu.

Name: D Black
Subject: Above article
-- Nov 26, 2001 at 3:10PM
Whoever wrote this article unsuccessfully tries to scientifically disect ghetto music like Siskel and Ebert (RIP), while displaying the highest level of corny-ness. Listen you clown. (damn fool at best). First of all you immediately discredit your whole commentary by saying you just found out about him last summer when his music goes back to '88. Get his first album Reasonable Doubt from around '96/'97. Then start from there. Another thing your goofy ass should get pimp lapped for is mentioning PE in the same paragraph as ganster damn fool. Puffy either for that matter.
Your commentary was so off and irrelevant that you need take about five years of listening classes before you touch the subject of hip hop. By the way hip hop, street, and gangsta are not the same thing. Stick to Britney Spears beeyotch.

Name: Dynasty
Subject: Fuck all yall haters of Jay-Z
-- Nov 26, 2001 at 10:19AM
Jay-Z is the mutha fuckin man. That nigga is so real with his and right now I don't think that nobody could fuck with Hova. Just like my nigga said. "Before him it was many after him there will be none" I love you Jay-Z. The Blue Print is hot especially track 10 that's my mutha fuckin song. Just keep doing ya thing papa cause no one can fuck with Hova.
Nas went from Nasty Nas to Esco's Trash!!!!!!

Name: j-smooth
Subject: NAS hoed Jay-Z
-- Nov 24, 2001 at 2:54PM
man fuck all of ya'll haters if ya'll pick up the source with DMX's cartoon picture and go to the album reviews and check out nas's lyrics to stillmatic he hoe's jigga. If i can remeber he said: Who is this nigga jigga is he a H~to the izz~O~M~to~the~izz~0 fa shizzle you phony rap version of sisqo. Yea to all of ya'll haters that is some lyrics fa ya azz. NAS will always reign supreme STILLMATIC BABY.

Name: J-Smooth reppin tha "D"
Subject: #1 rapper of all time
-- Nov 24, 2001 at 2:47PM
Jay-Z is hott but he make his profits out talking bout people you kno what i am saying,but the best all around rapper of all time is LL Cool J fa sho, always remember he the GOAT (greatest of all time)

Name: Taysha brick city
Subject: #1rapper4 of all times
-- Nov 24, 2001 at 9:27AM
Jay-z is the greatest rapper of all times and if you dont cop the blue print let me who what you waiting for holla back p.s Jada dont how any thing on the ROCK BABY

Name: erica
Subject: the best rapper
-- Nov 21, 2001 at 12:43PM
jay-z is the greatest rapper yet, if he aint the greatest then who is , no one can top him. keep holdin it down J from:Erica HOLLA BACK

Name: love
Subject: jay-z
-- Nov 21, 2001 at 12:18AM
he is sooooooo fine with his big lips.jay-z is a good rapper and is doing a good jod holdin it down

Name: mac
Subject: the best rapper
-- Nov 20, 2001 at 3:46PM
Jay-z is the best rapper.
If Nelly's #1 why is he
# 6 in thecountdown. He rap about girls and his life. not money like sorry Cash money.

Name: The Truth
Subject: Jay-z is an Icon
-- Nov 15, 2001 at 2:15PM
Jay-z in not just a rapper, but a philosopher. His music tells a story that has never been told before.Some story lines may sound the same,but the way Jay-z does it is remarkable.He has his own style and way of speaking his mind.To those who have a problem with his music,just don't listen to it,tell your kids or who ever else you don't want to listen to it not to listen to it, and then shut up about it.His music may not be appealing to you, but he is only expressing himself, and is trying to get others to understand where he is coming from.

Name: Sweety
Subject: he's the MAN
-- Nov 12, 2001 at 2:23PM
Like he said brooklyn only raise KINGS cocksuckas

Name: Crazy
Subject: to all the real rap heads
-- Nov 12, 2001 at 2:21PM
It's time to get the record straight let these sorry ass mutha fuckas who think they betta than Jay say all up in his face and I betcha they get smacked the fuck down ain't no nigga in this rap industry seeing Jay he's the man and you all know it whether u wanna admit it or not nas can't fuck with Jay that's why he broke his feelings and nas ain't respond yet with his punk ass

Name: Sweety
Subject: Jay-Z the best holla
-- Nov 12, 2001 at 2:14PM
the Jigga man owns rap all u fake ass wanna know rap wannabes who say dmx and nas is betta than Jay-Z u gotta be fuckn mad suck off cocksuckas

Name: Crazy734
Subject: What the fuck is wrong with u sorry ass niggas
-- Nov 12, 2001 at 2:09PM
Jay 2 the mutha fuckn Z is the bomb in every fuckn way nas is trash and all u sorry ass niggas know it so u need 2 stop lyin 2 youself and get a grip

Name: Porsche
Subject: Jay-z tour
-- Nov 3, 2001 at 9:17PM
I would like to know when is Jay-z coming to the washington d.c. area? He was here not to long ago but he was at Nations nightclub,he deserves to perform at the MCI center so all his fans can see him!

Name: An LS.n Reader
Subject: jay-z background singer on 'girls, girls, girls'?
-- Nov 3, 2001 at 2:46AM
who singing 'oh baby, oh
baby'?

Name: Lana
Subject: JAY-Z concert on Friday December 14, 2001
-- Nov 1, 2001 at 2:40PM
I just want to know who all will be in concert with him and I can't wait to go to see JIGGA in concert

Name: LISA
Subject: HE'S THE MAN
-- Oct 26, 2001 at 9:56AM
JAY-Z STANDS TO BE THE CLODEST RAPPER YET. I LOVE HIM TO DEATH IN MORE THEN ONE WAY. I JUST SAW HIM IN CONCERT OCT. 7,IN CHICAGO THAT WAS THE BEST CONCERT I SEEN IN A LONG TIME. ONLY IF I COULD HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO TOUCH HIM

Name: Lunachic
Subject: HOLLA HOLLA
-- Oct 23, 2001 at 7:07PM
YALL ALL KNOW RITE THAT JAY-Z IZ NOT YO MAN IF HE WITH ME HIMA AND HIS FINE SELFF AND DAMN HE GOT SOME ASS!!!!!

Name: Big #72
Subject: the best raper
-- Oct 22, 2001 at 2:39PM
all I have to say IS THAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD A BETTER RAPER

Name: Browneyes
Subject: Jay-Z
-- Oct 19, 2001 at 3:50PM
For all of the haters. Jay-z is blowing up all in your face. Stop hating and give him his props. Whenever you come up and get where he is now: Then you HOLLA

Name: HOLLA
Subject: WTF
-- Oct 19, 2001 at 10:47AM
IS YALL MA FUCKAS DUMB???? JIGGA IS THE GREATEST EVA NAS GOT FUCKED UP AND IF U DIDNT KNO JIGGA FUCKIN HIS GIRL BUT DATS NOT DA POINT AND PRINCESS WHAT THE HELL WRONG WIT YOU DMX????GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE WIT DAT BUT IM OUT

Name: Shorty
Subject: Haters
-- Oct 19, 2001 at 10:45AM
naw see this cat "NAS" is str8 hatah and it aint cool at all. Jay-Z take the title of "the g-o-a-t" the greatest of all time.
Holla

Name: NAS
Subject: ?
-- Oct 18, 2001 at 1:59PM
HEY CLOWE, SUCK MY PENIS! U HOE ASS NIGGA.

Name: princess
Subject: hova is the shit
-- Oct 18, 2001 at 12:47PM
jayz you need to learn how to
rap cuse for one you can't out rad my baby DMX

Name: BIG T $$$$$$$
Subject: HOVA THE GOD
-- Oct 18, 2001 at 10:26AM
Alot of this so call rap fan.Don't understand grutter life and what it mean to have nothing.So, when you look at Jigga relives he not only made a way for hisself but brought people with him and now they got same shit wether it cars,money,bitches or jeweles. So my niggazz keep R.O.Cen R.O.C R.O.C

Name: BROWN
Subject: dat ediat jay-p-usse
-- Oct 18, 2001 at 10:02AM
j is blatant bollox-he talkz da same ish-money,gyal,carz, clothes,
gunz and streetz he cant go 2. and az 4 nas illmatic woz a classik now hez just copied jay-z
rap tatix. i hate jiggy and party rap-listen 2 dead prez, gangstarr,of course da wu-last album ish(wu iz my fave group of all-so dont get it twisted),mobb, <blak twang,chesta p, tony gatlin terry funck,bearface,blako ut all uk rappaz> just 2 name a few

Name: C LOWE
Subject: YOUNG HOVA
-- Oct 17, 2001 at 6:11PM
IF jay and nas aint 4real about this then why r yall. Hes great and face it.

Name: C-LOWE
Subject: JIGGA
-- Oct 17, 2001 at 6:03PM
Why dont we just say Jayz IS one of the greatest,and how we on jigga dick cause we stand up for him , but u not when u stand up for who ever, nas.pac
And

Name: Latoya
Subject: Wha ?!?!?!?!
-- Oct 17, 2001 at 3:40PM
Yall Who like nas more den JZ ..ya'll is wack !! datz all i gotz to say ..open your eyez !

Name: lou
Subject: no life
-- Oct 16, 2001 at 10:41AM
first nigga that do not like jay get off his dick TWO nas is ass he`s mad he do not have alot of dow 3 all yall nigga who with the roc hlolla at big lou

Name: Becca
Subject: h to the izzo
-- Oct 14, 2001 at 3:03PM
Yo, h to the izzo is an awsome song. let's go Jay

Name: NICK LEO
Subject: WERD
-- Oct 11, 2001 at 10:21PM
NAS IS BETTA THEN JAY ILLAMTIC AND IT WAS WRITTEN IS BETTER THEN ANY LP JZ CAN PUT OUT

Name: Nick Leo
Subject: Im streets
-- Oct 11, 2001 at 10:20PM
YO I WOULD LIKE THE WRITER OF THIS WACK ASS ARTICLE TO SAY THAT TO HOVA OR DAMON DASH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHOEVA WROTE THIS AINT STREET THAT SESIME STREET LIKE BIG BIRD SO I FLIP A BIG BIRD AT THEM WING ASS HALF A WRITER ONE

Name: NAS
Subject: TATIANA
-- Oct 11, 2001 at 7:06PM
WELL, MISS TATIANA I THINK U ARE THE ONE THAT IS ON JAYZ'S SLONG! U ARE JUST LIKE THE REST OF THESE IDIOTS U ACTUALLY THINK JAYZ IS BETTER THAN NAS? HOW STUPID CAN U BE? SO LIKE I TOLD THE REST OF THESE CLOWNS, GO TO THE NEAREST RECORD STORE AND BUY A NAS CD.

Name: Tatiana
Subject: JIgga that Nigga
-- Oct 11, 2001 at 10:20AM
I wish that people would not hat

Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter' by Jordan Hoffman

Review: Jay-Z's 'Vol 3, The Life And Times of S. Carter'
by Jordan Hoffman