What is the most single significant song in Jay Z's career?

[Revolver Ocelot]

Honestly I didn't think you was serious. Hence why I clicked the troll button. To say Jay ain't ever been a number 1 rapper is just ridiculous. Both in terms of lyrics and popularity. Nigga swagger jacked but all the rappers you named guilty of that one form or another.

And Mase, really?

Where were you? Mase was selling more than Jay bruh take the penis out ya mouth

Harlem World is the only album by Mase that sold more than Jay Z at that time"

Mase other two albums only went gold.

Double up got no promotion that's when he fled Harlem … don't act like it ain't have bangers besides mase influenced the 2 biggest pop artist/ Kanye , drake

Double Up was garbage

And both Kanye and Drake would name Jay a bigger influence than Mase

 

[trendsetta1030]

Honestly I didn't think you was serious. Hence why I clicked the troll button. To say Jay ain't ever been a number 1 rapper is just ridiculous. Both in terms of lyrics and popularity. Nigga swagger jacked but all the rappers you named guilty of that one form or another.

And Mase, really?

Where were you? Mase was selling more than Jay bruh take the penis out ya mouth

Harlem World is the only album by Mase that sold more than Jay Z at that time"

Mase other two albums only went gold.

Double up got no promotion that's when he fled Harlem … don't act like it ain't have bangers besides mase influenced the 2 biggest pop artist/ Kanye , drake

Double Up was garbage

And both Kanye and Drake would name Jay a bigger influence than Mase

But they have flipped mase lines… oh my bad they can't flip jay lines because jay flips bigs…… sorry buddy mase was a bigger influence shit he even influnced big from his raspy grimey flow… to a more mo money no problems smooth laid back flow…

 

[a_list]

Yo its Hard knock Life by far and that shyt isnt even an option....lol

Album sold like 4 mill in a few months....

 

[Trillfate]

Lol disrespectful option

 

[soul rattler]

Lol disrespectful option

Lol but valid

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Honestly I didn't think you was serious. Hence why I clicked the troll button. To say Jay ain't ever been a number 1 rapper is just ridiculous. Both in terms of lyrics and popularity. Nigga swagger jacked but all the rappers you named guilty of that one form or another.

And Mase, really?

Where were you? Mase was selling more than Jay bruh take the penis out ya mouth

Harlem World is the only album by Mase that sold more than Jay Z at that time"

Mase other two albums only went gold.

Double up got no promotion that's when he fled Harlem … don't act like it ain't have bangers besides mase influenced the 2 biggest pop artist/ Kanye , drake

Double Up was garbage

And both Kanye and Drake would name Jay a bigger influence than Mase

But they have flipped mase lines… oh my bad they can't flip jay lines because jay flips bigs…… sorry buddy mase was a bigger influence shit he even influnced big from his raspy grimey flow… to a more mo money no problems smooth laid back flow…

So now Mase who so influential, that even Big changed up his flow cuz of him.

You are genuinely stupid.

 

[huey]

Izzo

 

[youngnick]

How you not include Hard Knock Life? smh this single helped him get his first multi-plat album.

 

[BenjaminE]

I mean, c'mon...

 

[dwade206]

In my lifetime is Jay's first single

I thought it was "I Can't Get With That."

 

[FlightKing]

Hard Knock Life made him the top NY rapper but Big Pimpin took him to a level he hasn't left yet.

Vol.2 sold more than vol.3

@themadlionsfan This isn't about album sales. Vol. 2 was a better album with better singles, including a single off a popular movie soundtrack. Fact is, Big Pimpin ran popular music for about a year - MTV included. I can't take shit away from Hard Knock Life though, it made a major impact but Big Pimpin made him a nationwide, crossover superstar artist.

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Hard Knock Life made him the top NY rapper but Big Pimpin took him to a level he hasn't left yet.

Vol.2 sold more than vol.3

@themadlionsfan This isn't about album sales. Vol. 2 was a better album with better singles, including a single off a popular movie soundtrack. Fact is, Big Pimpin ran popular music for about a year - MTV included. I can't take shit away from Hard Knock Life though, it made a major impact but Big Pimpin made him a nationwide, crossover superstar artist.

Think y'all confusing Jay for UGK.

Big Pimpin was a huge record as were a lot Jay records AFETR Hard Knock Life.

 

[themadlionsfan]

Hard Knock Life made him the top NY rapper but Big Pimpin took him to a level he hasn't left yet.

Vol.2 sold more than vol.3

@themadlionsfan This isn't about album sales. Vol. 2 was a better album with better singles, including a single off a popular movie soundtrack. Fact is, Big Pimpin ran popular music for about a year - MTV included. I can't take shit away from Hard Knock Life though, it made a major impact but Big Pimpin made him a nationwide, crossover superstar artist.

No it didn't....nobody gave a fuck about Big Pumping outside of the South

vol.3 was already double platinum from The the release of Do it again.

Big Pimpin is overrated by southern hip hop fans who try to shit on legacy by trying to attach jay' s relevance to UGK which is bullshit revisionist history....

Hard Knock Life sold 5 Mill and The tour was sold out all over the country including the South

I've never heard anybody outside internet southern hip hop fans talk about Big Pimpin

I wish you nigga would cut this shit out...

 

[blakfyahking]

wow I'm really surprised that"Dead Presidents" didn't get more votes

that was his song that gave him his own lane.........he had everybody in the original video too.......if u go back in his catalog, it would have been easy for him to basically get ignored because there was so much great rap music out in that time

Dead Presidents is distinctly his own sound even tho he used a Nas line as a hook

Hard Knock Life was more so about the Annie beat being used vs relying on Jay's talent......the beat was a crutch even tho the song is a classic.......