On an album as long as this would have been, that’s the proverbial back pocket, a nice way to round out the record and put Big’s name on the packaging. “Brooklyn’s Finest” is buried right past the midpoint. It’s a jarring, disjointed opening run, especially when “Ain’t No Nigga”-the album’s obvious blemish-fills such a prominent spot. Reasonable Doubt would have opened with the lead single, then the radio-ready “Feelin’ It”, and then second single. The original plan is that of a singles-oriented affair. While it’s difficult to speculate about songs with nothing more than a title to work with, the sequencing raises some interesting questions-and gives fascinating insight into early Roc-A-Fella’s editing process. Unless they were released under different names, “The Hurt”, “Tell Me”, and “Hot” were not only cut from Reasonable Doubt, but have never surfaced in any format. In addition to sporting both versions of “Dead Presidents” (and assuming “Politics” is “Politics as Usual”), this original tracklist has three extra songs. The first thing to catch your eye is the length.
Of course, the latter could be because- per Dame in 2007-the song was supposed to feature Nas and AZ.) Blige is not cited for “Can’t Knock The Hustle”, and Jaz and Sauce Money are absent from “Bring It On”. “Coming of Age” features Bleek and is directly above “Coming of Age”, meaning a simple error is likely. (Note: We believe that the list of guests is incomplete and, in the case of “Can I Live”, incorrect. Over seventeen years after its release, the album’s art director/designer, Adrien Vargas, has unearthed an early version of its tracklist and has given 2DopeBoyz the green light to reveal it to the world. Reasonable Doubt has not just stood up to this scrutiny-it has towered over it, justifying its place as one of the most celebrated albums in all of hip-hop. Fortunately, its creator went on to become the most visible star in rap’s history, guaranteeing his back catalog immeasurable attention.
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(The record originally received four mics in The Source that rating was later revised to the full five.) On first pass, Reasonable Doubt was another probably-over-budget New York rap album in the mid-‘90s destined to be milked for singles and lost in the shuffle. It wasn’t heralded as an instant classic, but the album was received fairly well by critics. Nor was he the forgotten underdog that revisionists would lead you to believe-while the album wasn’t certified platinum until 2002, it nearly went gold in its first five months of release and remained on the charts as ’96 drew to a close. When Reasonable Doubt came out on June 25 th, 1996, Jay Z was not the mythical kingpin he is now. Sometimes ( Illmatic, Aquemini) worthy albums are bronzed when the packaging is barely off the CD. If you ask your thirty-something friend (or your fourteen-year-old friend, or Google) to rattle off the best rap albums ever made, you might get the cloying, middle-of-the-road releases that are classics-by-default, but you’re also bound to get a handful that are genuinely brilliant. Of course, we still get some things right. Divisiveness is not the road to immortality, at least for a musician. Too many great works are excluded, and those that remain often skew safe and inoffensive. “Reasonable Doubt-classic, should’ve went triple” - Jay ZĬanons are, by their nature, infuriating.
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