Particular lyrics rarely impress (“comes to this cheese y'all like Three Blind Mice” is a fairly average metaphor when it comes to 90s rap), but rather each line fits together perfectly into ace verses and, much more often on Reasonable Doubt, great songs that manage to tell stories of the Mafioso life. Jay’s flow and delivery is all his own, and his hard to compare to any other MC other than that of his own peer that is almost of his level Sauce Money, and his former mentor Big Jaz. ![]() and takes it to the very next level, but on a lyrical level Jay-Z possess a prowess for crime tale-ology that occasionally approaches Raekwon, humor punch lines like that of, again, B.I.G., and a soulful demeanor that is like the equivalent Tupac, just for basic rap relate-ablity. What actual is laid down on the table may not be downright amazing or perfection at first sight, but how it is done, executed, and delivered is oddly coherent and cool, and though there are many solid rap albums hidden and lost, a fairly few amount of them contain such mastery of craft as Reasonable Doubt.įor comparison, Jay-Z possesses the cockiness of B.I.G. Or is it? For an extremely rare exception, Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt is one of the most smoothly coherent and easy listens. ![]() Imperfections in a formula or execution run rampart and manage to bring minor or major ruin to these certain pieces. For every piece of artwork, a certain reasonable doubt about its quality resonates, and sometimes this doubt takes over our belief that is placed in it.
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