It's was more life and light because these were better class of gangstas. Because they had real skills and talented. It's dark now and no life cause it's weaker gangsta because they lack skills and talent
I remember when Jay said, "Rocawear 80 mill in like 18 months, you can bullshit with rap if you want"...I swear, back then I knew shit got real. Jay just took off
That was early year 2000, I saw the progression with big pimpin n hey papi in '99. I was already copping rocawear n when j said, " What y'all bout to witness is big business kid", I knew it was on! I saw how he jumped 2 100mill so quickly after rocawear. He was onto something EARLY!
Amil don’t get the respect she deserve💯 She didn’t sell her soul she a real 1 she had so much potential and not too many people can say they got a hit with Jay Z and Beyoncé 😉
BadHabit she works at Macy’s get it right. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Amil is beautiful, smart and talented, glad she got out of the wicked music industry.
Izzy Blaze she got dropped/blackballed because of her song “quarrels”, she exposed some of the industry in that song. Fuck are you talking about? Fame isn’t everything.
This beat is the reason I wanted to make beats. Aside from the song, this beat was so underrated but is one of the best I ever heard. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Actually he laid it out 4 years before that in 1996 when he said “Fortune 5, top 5 in the Forbes (you'll see) As you thumb through The Source, I read the Robb Report”
When I first heard Jays line "Y'all truly ain't ready for this Dynasty thing, y'all thinking Blake Carrington I'm thinking more like Ming" that let me know he was on another level with shit all the way around the board... (He says y'all thinking Blake Carrington from show Dynasty that used to come on tv, but instead he's thinking like the Ming Dynasty of China which led for damn near 300yrs).... that line let me know back in the day Jay was a force to be reckoned with
@@BijinMCMXC he was actually pushing the successful album just playing with words so its somewhere listed with hip hop classics.. If u dont know.. Everyone knows jay but who r u?
Jay Got The Entrepreneur Boss Bars Amil Got The Voice and Face Beanie Straight Up Grimey And Memphis Bleek opened up with That Hood Street Cockiness I Miss Real Hop Hop Team Dynasties!
I can't even begin to explain how this track and era makes me feel growing up in NYC during these times... Those who knows will feel me without even me have to say anymore! Memories
This track is legendary. Hov went in on his verse. Pretty much said what he was gonna do, and did it. I think he already had the industry figured out at this point.
This is back when Rappers didn't feel that they had to explain the metaphor to the Listener. I hate when "Rappers" of today actually drop a dope metaphor, and then turn around and explain it in the next line. Yeah, there's still some of us with the capacity to get it. Jay's entire verse was a gigantic metaphor, where he's telling you what he's about to do, and look, 21 years later, he did it all.
This younger generation don't have a clue about what they missed!!! Old school Hip hop like this doesn't have a expiration date...Sexy ass Amil cold Repped Female artist...#oldschoolhiphop4life 🎯💯
This was 20 years ago? Jay-Z said in this video 2:53 ...plus am havin a child which is more frightening...so...how come he ain't claimin no kids except the ones with Beyonce? He ain't got no kids with Beyonce 19 years old.
Amil you are special you are a diamond I know j fock you over don't let that stop u come back show the world that you're strong because u are very talented and beautiful if I had the money I would have funded u with you're lable baby 😍
I heard Jay dropped Amil from Roc-A-Fella cause her album wasn't selling . Kind of a shame cause she actually seemed like she coulda been something big . I remember her introduction on Jay Z's Can I Get A with Jay and Ja Rule from the Rush Hour soundtrack and then later would wind up on In My Lifetime Volume 2 Hard Knock Life .
I wish all these females rappers out now come look an take note on the class an smooth bars Amil had she is a Vet an walk away from the industry God Bless her soulllll
Still one of the most unique female voices ever.
Nope bro
FACTS! I thought she was dope.
Yup
What ever happened to Amil? She was on Rocafella back then and only released this one album?
@@edo-j1784 Someone said she was working at K-mart.
Amil’s voice was EVERYTHING ❤️
This version of Jay was locked in as a rapper, businessman, and executive. He was onto something
he has gone much larger since then lol
Niggaz didn't see it coming!!!! Real Shit$$$$$
Since his first album!!! He knew he'd be larger than the industry.
Rent money drity hood mood 😂
@@BillyT609 he was gonna retire after vol.2 because of low sales tbh but hardknocklife success fueled his career
*Everything Jay-Z said in his verse on this track.. came true 👍🏾 to this day*
facts
Yup
@@shopwood8010 sad that he left rocafella behind though
@Karl Roc
JAY Z is the ROC
He rocking nations not just fellas.
*YES he did!* Jay spoke it to it existence. Holla!
I miss when HipHop sounded like this. This beat and their flow is 🔥🔥🔥
The beat epic bleek came in blistering beans grounded them amil smoothed it out and Jay kicked prophecy
💯💯
Me too
It's was more life and light because these were better class of gangstas. Because they had real skills and talented. It's dark now and no life cause it's weaker gangsta because they lack skills and talent
Me too
Amil has a voice that makes u love her even more.
Ikr I'm all in love with it.
Yes! She has a very light voice.
Word very laid back lol if cardi b & loyd banks had a daughter lmfao
True
it reminds me of a calmer lefteye voice
I came back in 2024 😂😂😂
"This is much more than rap its black entrepreneurs, clothing movie and film, we come to conquer it all." Yup!
This beat is LEGENDARY.
hell yeah
Luke James yes it is...love it to death,it'll never get old with me.
Beans on this beat is legendary.
joseph g Right! He ate this🔥🔥
Ta’Ron Jordan most underrated rapper of all time.
I remember when Jay said, "Rocawear 80 mill in like 18 months, you can bullshit with rap if you want"...I swear, back then I knew shit got real. Jay just took off
EchoRhythmMusic
Then he sold Rocawear in 07 for $207mill ... Jay Always been business savvy
That was early year 2000, I saw the progression with big pimpin n hey papi in '99. I was already copping rocawear n when j said, " What y'all bout to witness is big business kid", I knew it was on! I saw how he jumped 2 100mill so quickly after rocawear. He was onto something EARLY!
Amil still has a unique rap sound. Haven't heard anyone yet with her sound.
Because nobody wants to become such a failure as well
BIA BIAAAAA
Agree
Chick that used to be wit Timbaland sound like this too
@@BL77357 nicole wray or shaunta 😭
This song still gives me goose bumps when the beat drop.
Every song that Amil and Jay Z did together was a hit, well every song that was released publicly.
Her voice man, damn.. definitely can't be duplicated ❤
Word, very tru
Her voice is beautiful and unique. Miss her!❤️
Amil don’t get the respect she deserve💯 She didn’t sell her soul she a real 1 she had so much potential and not too many people can say they got a hit with Jay Z and Beyoncé 😉
I love how Amil is so laid back.
N.W.A. 💯🙌🏾
now she s laying at Walmart.
BadHabit she works at Macy’s get it right. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Amil is beautiful, smart and talented, glad she got out of the wicked music industry.
Melvin Kelly L would been more if she didn’t put that pride on wouldn’t have to work at Macy’s
Izzy Blaze she got dropped/blackballed because of her song “quarrels”, she exposed some of the industry in that song. Fuck are you talking about? Fame isn’t everything.
amil got the sexiest voice i ever heard.
preach
damian marlee hah ha she sounds like cardi b
damian marlee. iiiii ????
damian marlee indeed I always felt she had the most underrated female rap voice
@Jarrel Ely Florida
Jay’s verse is such a hustler’s anthem. Good song to wake up and get motivated to
Need that UNEDITED Version !! We All Grown here. This joint don't flow the same with all the interruptions and Radio dubs.
This beat is the reason I wanted to make beats. Aside from the song, this beat was so underrated but is one of the best I ever heard. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
You still make beats? Insta _megalodonfit
Me too Queen. Can't help it
🔥
@@godsandmonstars no. She never did. I know her irl
@@ironpatriot344 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love Amil's voice
That Hov verse was prophecy 💎
The sickest line on this is that shit he says “y’all thinking Blake carrington im thinking more like Ming”
Facts
Went ova a lot a people head
Jay z laid out his masterplan in this song and he did it all.
he really did!
Hardest beat
They all murderd this track real talk
Actually he laid it out 4 years before that in 1996 when he said “Fortune 5, top 5 in the Forbes (you'll see)
As you thumb through The Source, I read the Robb Report”
@@mo2k638 Facts
When I first heard Jays line "Y'all truly ain't ready for this Dynasty thing, y'all thinking Blake Carrington I'm thinking more like Ming" that let me know he was on another level with shit all the way around the board... (He says y'all thinking Blake Carrington from show Dynasty that used to come on tv, but instead he's thinking like the Ming Dynasty of China which led for damn near 300yrs).... that line let me know back in the day Jay was a force to be reckoned with
Facts
Factz....
...Even though the 'day1 headz' been in the know, it's always good to from gems on the skimmers and less fortunates. lol 💯
Annnnd fast forward to now, where is his great dynasty? Talk is cheap.
@@BijinMCMXC he was actually pushing the successful album just playing with words so its somewhere listed with hip hop classics.. If u dont know.. Everyone knows jay but who r u?
Jay Got The Entrepreneur Boss Bars Amil Got The Voice and Face Beanie Straight Up Grimey And Memphis Bleek opened up with That Hood Street Cockiness I Miss Real Hop Hop Team Dynasties!
Listen Jay's verse. Literally foretold his $2.5 billion net worth. " Ya thinking Blake Carrington, I'm thinking more like Ming"...
Crazy 🔥
Jay's verse on this. He pretty much predicted the future
Yup, definitely great foreshadowing there. The man is a legend
The future where Amil is nowhere to be found? Fuccinrad
Because he been here b4 😂 idk if yall saw that picture of him in the 1920’s 😂😂 this shit crazy
I can't even begin to explain how this track and era makes me feel growing up in NYC during these times... Those who knows will feel me without even me have to say anymore! Memories
+iLLM3 Word!
you ain't never lie straight new York classic r.o.c. baby
💯. I'm in ATL now I left NY 2001 but when this drop I was in H.S. 99-00 CRAZY!!!! MISS NY
💯💯💯
Same in LA
Amil was so classy with her flow and how she dressed
Yup
I adore her rap voice
That Dominican 🇩🇴 Mami was my crush
@@cee_the_proof she from🇮🇱 ?
Yo she Jewish??
Hov verse forever give me chills. Manifested it all. Greatest.
Jay been called it. A real nigga who knew his worth. Fall back with that Illuminati shit. Just a young black man with vision that made it out. #Salute
Amil was THAT girl!
No she Wasn't,,,tf you talking bout 😩😂😂😂
@@rashadwilliams7468 🗣🤣🤣🤣 facts
Bleek really killed this💯
he sure did do that
💯
All he talked about was Gun Violence his Verse was LAME 👎🏽
This track is legendary. Hov went in on his verse. Pretty much said what he was gonna do, and did it. I think he already had the industry figured out at this point.
This beat can make anyone feel Richer
jay z did everything he said in this song 💪💪
he sure the f--k did..
This song is perfect, beanies verse is wild. Amils softness is needed. Jay z hard as per... Memphis done his ting
This is back when Rappers didn't feel that they had to explain the metaphor to the Listener. I hate when "Rappers" of today actually drop a dope metaphor, and then turn around and explain it in the next line. Yeah, there's still some of us with the capacity to get it. Jay's entire verse was a gigantic metaphor, where he's telling you what he's about to do, and look, 21 years later, he did it all.
This younger generation don't have a clue about what they missed!!! Old school Hip hop like this doesn't have a expiration date...Sexy ass Amil cold Repped Female artist...#oldschoolhiphop4life 🎯💯
#period ‼️
WORD‼️
They really don't 🥺😭 this will forever be my shit
Amil is fine. Love her accent💋
and lips😚
Memphis Bleek spit the greatest verse he ever rap in his entire life
Lol. So true
Nah everything on 534 he went crazy
Jay verse as legendary. Even the time it came out. Grown man bars on this.
This song my childhood Amil verse went in she didn't sell her soul to get a head for fame much respect
I love Amil’s voice and delivery. Waiting on her sophomore album. Bling!
Love how feminine Amil is, we need more rappers like her 🤎✨
BIA the closest we gonna get 😭🤝🏾🔥
@@BarbMarley was about to comment BIA
P
Lmao wtf are you talking about? Female rappers are still feminine its just that they can't rap worth a shit now.
soft punk
bring it on boy
i will slap you in the mouth for saying that
The production is LEGENDARY LIKE A MOVIE.🥂 😍🥃
Looooove the beat to this joint and Amil's fine ass. She's so underrated.
She's fine af and her mouse voice.
April, 2000. 20 Years And This Jam Still Sounds So Crisp As Ever.
Amil 👑.
Amil was a classy diamond rapstress. 💎💍
Here in 2020 🔥🔥🔥 cant believe this was now 20 yrs ago I was 10 😩😩🤦🏽♀️
Tamia Duell I was 16.....I remember buying this CD when it dropped... time certainly does fly
They dissed Amil smh
This was 20 years ago? Jay-Z said in this video 2:53 ...plus am havin a child which is more frightening...so...how come he ain't claimin no kids except the ones with Beyonce? He ain't got no kids with Beyonce 19 years old.
I was 16
I envy you. I wish i was old enough when these guys ruled the industry.
This beat is SICK!!
Well Jay-Z was prophetic, Amil with that diamond flow
Amil was dope he voice so calm 😍
this beat is bonkers and the bars are brilliant !!!
Words have POWER and Jay-Z tapped into it
It's all mathematics
I miss the good old days, rap just isn't the same anymore 😔 😞
BARS FOR DAYSSSSSS…this new generation could NEVA!!! Oh and before Cardi B there was AMIL. She was so dope back in the day 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Amil was definitely underrated. Never got to credit she deserved
That beat is STILL nice after all of these years.
Exactly.
Kanye. Genius.
Kanye produced this??
Kanye didn't produce this. Ty Fyffe did.
Karl Nova
I didn't think he did, I was about to say.
When Hov says something eventually it will happen and everything he said in this video came true!!!!!!!
Amil fan 4 ever. Peace and blessings too ya ma!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Beanie Sigel was so underrated....
A monster
To you
No he wasnt
All Day !!!
I actually believe he did a considerable amount of what he rapped.
Roc a fella boy. bring back memories. Ruff Ryders, and all them other groups
juice9100 Roca Fella and Ruff Ryders saved East Coat Hip Hop
Da fam baby
I just discovered Amil and more specifically this song a week or two ago and I’m so glad that I did.
Man I can put you on to so much Amil she could spit like crazy💯
@@saintmichaelgrayson9641 please do!
@@kamisemire Amil put Roc Fell A on the map and blew up Jay Z career
girl same.
Amil you are special you are a diamond I know j fock you over don't let that stop u come back show the world that you're strong because u are very talented and beautiful if I had the money I would have funded u with you're lable baby 😍
Amil was so decent 😍 I loved her and Eve
+Ashley Bradley ....there you go. thats the real story.
And she's covered up
Lol they def not on same level.. Eve was a publisher / writer.. Jay ghost wrote for amil .. But she was fly tho
Rs
Ashley Bradley take my breath tf away
This music worth teleporting back to this era.
Lol👍🏽
Amil true 👑league of her own she did not get enough credit.
Man, I swear this beat gets me hyped up to this day.
People Sleep on Amil's verse. She actually went in.
I liked her.
@@KiambuX
She got dropped cuz her album went gold
Yeaaaaa
Word
Woty
that beat cold blooded
Wow man... the early days of the Milennium when real hip hop like this reigned supreme. I'm glad i grew up with it.
Still lit in 2019. When Ny was setting trends and not trying sound like south and Chicago rappers
Say it again for the niggas in the back. I can't tell where anybody is from anymore.
Ryan Cole y’all corny during this time they was saying NY fell off y’all are slaves to the Narrative
@MrOGG as of now yes. Hes referring to when music like this was out and people sounded like where they were from lol
You mean, this was a time when East Coast rappers stayed "York City".
Now they sound like they from "Dork City".
South been running since like 2008
Man I miss this Era Of 🔥 Music!!!! Wish so badly I could go back to these days! We must bring this type of music back ASAP!!!
Gemini 19 me and you both
" you can bullsh*t with rap if you want".... Jay said that, then proved his point!
Amils voice reminds me of lefteye with a calmer voice
Amil 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💄💄💄👑
This is sooo NYC. Man 😩
ldyluv6988 and Philly
Y'all witnessed big BIG BUSINESSES. Carry on. 2023
That's a champion instrumental!
Everybody that's listening a Winner
This beat is SERIOUS!!!. Whoever did production on this knew what they was doing.
Faxxx💯
💯💯👏👍☝️👌 think it was just blaze, it remind's me of breathe by fabolous.
@@nme.00104 Ty Fyffe produced this one.
Beanie killed it
Beans snapped
My God Bleek really ran this jawn
AMIL 👑💯❤
I heard Jay dropped Amil from Roc-A-Fella cause her album wasn't selling . Kind of a shame cause she actually seemed like she coulda been something big . I remember her introduction on Jay Z's Can I Get A with Jay and Ja Rule from the Rush Hour soundtrack and then later would wind up on In My Lifetime Volume 2 Hard Knock Life .
man bleek really killed this shit he zapped on this beat
Young, hungry Memphis Bleek was a problem in the booth. One of the biggest "What If's" in hip hop.
He always had the perfect delivery
Beans is one of the most underated mcs..
PaiN StroKe ur crazy...you know nothing of lyrics..
+E Haynes Bean's verse went over many people's heads on this shit.
JayLyricist55 exactly
+E Haynes His first album was bonkers!
Hugh Mungus ik...
This joint is still classic 🔥 🔥 🔥 Jay-Z see his whole version
I wish all these females rappers out now come look an take note on the class an smooth bars Amil had she is a Vet an walk away from the industry God Bless her soulllll
This beat goes sooooo Hard.
Facts
KINGSEANFAME #Facts my nigga
Angel Five FACTS LIKE SHIT
Not better den tony touch's super heavyweights. Hardest beat ever. And also tony touch gz up. Tony touch just had some fire ass beats tbh
Angel Five : Ty Fyffe killed it 🔥🔥
Bring back memories ! High school days 1999 to 2003
Hell yeah class 2003 here😎👌🏽
Yes sir!!!!
Class of 03 all day!!!
I was born in 2000 but I honestly consider 99 -03 my favorite era of rap (more so 97 - 04 but yeah lol)
Best music came out during this period! Class of 03 here!
Amil held her own w/them N!GGAS👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Beanz, Amil, Jay & Memph....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of the best beats ever🔥🔥🔥🔥
in honor of uncle Jigga becoming a billionaire, i think niggas need to realize he literally claimed his fucking future on this song
Amil was my GIRL in State Property!! 🤣. Loved Her Scene.. "She Better Not Let The Long Hair & Soft Voice Fool Ya Ass.." 😅🎯💪🏾🖤👑
THIS FUCKING BEAT😩 the WHOLE VIBE! Omg!! Miss these days.. I was a young jit! Real NYC
RIP to one of Jay-Z's nephews Caleek