I could’ve easily picked Just’s production on Come Home With Me to cover the majority of my picks, but that would be too easy. I must have played this song for 2 years straight until I got sick of it. Another short and simple sample, but it’s the drums that kill this. This is the best single ever released by Roc-A-Fella Records. Freeway – “What We Do” featuring Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel.Just took a great song and made it into an epic song. But the intro was extended on this, it was sped up a little, and he kept more screaming from the sample. I know he produced the original - it’s insane. Jay-Z – “U Don’t Know (Remix)” featuring M.O.P.It’s like “Stomp” off Young Buck’s 1st album, but on crack. This track is real busy, a real banger with horns and fast drums. This was my favorite cut on Beautiful Struggle. I love the guitar on the hook that matches up with the singing. The drums really make this song a hip-hop thing. Those sampled horns, the high piano!!!! Genius music from one of my favorite albums from the Roc discography. Jay-Z – “Stick 2 The Script” featuring Beanie Sigel.I mean, Swizz Beatz can’t rap, and he made an album! Just, if you’re reading this*, remember that it’s never too late. If only Just chose to pick up a mic in addition to producing, maybe he could be where Kanye is now, snapping flicks with Tom Cruise and throwing tantrums after awards show… the good life, indeed. (If you haven’t already, peep the “Come On Baby” remix with Jay-Z here.) And it only gets better - Just’s magnum opus, and the first release on his Fort Knocks Entertainment imprint, Saigon’s The Greatest Story Never Told, will hit shelves on December 4th in early 2008. (solid album, don’t front) - Just was like a one-man, modern-day Bomb Squad. The Reason, Come Home With Me, Philadelphia Freeway, M.A.D.E.
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The liner-note-readers among us don’t have to be reminded of the role Just played in creating Roc-A-Fella Records’ discography, back when Dame was still there and they were signing up free agents like the Yankees. While Kanye West’s rapping ability got him the public recognition for helping make Jay’s follow-up, The Blueprint (and the trendy soulful sound that came out of it), as classic as it was, Just was raking up the behind-the-scenes recognition. The Dynasty served as the springboard for one Justin Smith, a relative-unknown at the time whose resume didn’t extend too far past a couple production credits for Beanie Sigel, Busta Rhymes, and Amil (back before she permanently became a punchline in Fade To Black). Listening to the diverse styles of these 3 tracks, you would think that they were put together by 3 different producers… or, perhaps, by 1 soon-to-be-legendary producer. Even the album’s intro was self-proclaimed “food for thought, you do the dishes”, over one of the tightest vocal samples this side of Shaolin. On “Streets Is Talking”, he spit hard toward all the haters and gossipers over an intense, rumbling beat of horns and drums. On “Soon You’ll Understand”, he put forth some of his most personal rhymes ever over a beautifully-somber piano melody, introduced by sounds of rain and thunder. However, nestled within the multitude of guest verses on that album were some of Jay’s finest performances to date. If that album taught us anything, it was that Rick Rock production, while dope in its own right, just isn’t meant for a (at the time) potential King-of-New-York. The Dynasty: Roc La Familia is probably the least recognized of Jay-Z’s solo albums, in large part because it’s the least solo of Jay-Z’s solo albums (2 songs didn’t even feature Jay).
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