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Jay-Z's stories fully immerse the listener, and keeps the listeners interested. As Jay-Z tells his mafioso stories, with Scarface and Carlito's Way-esque crime tales, he grabs you into the story. Pioneering the mafioso sub-genre of hip hop, Reasonable Doubt innovated in that respect. There are really no complaints to be made with the lyrics or beats on this album.
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Every beat on this album sounds fantastic, and fit Jay's lyrics excellently. Jay-Z grabbed DJ Premier, Ski, and others to lay their fantastic production work on this.
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Over his prestigious lyrics and storytelling, Jay-Z picked an all-star cast of producers to add to the greatness of this album. While some may complain that he's too braggadocio, I say it's perfectly fine, since he makes it interesting to listen to. For his regrets in his life ("Regrets"), to watching his younger friends prosper ("Coming of Age"), to just awesome brag raps which he displays throughout a majority of the album. Jay-Z's lyricism on Reasonable Doubt is incredible, as he raps about a wide spectrum of topics. However, with Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z debuted solo with a much more refined, perfected flow. Jay-Z's flow prior to this album was rather messy, and just didn't sound very good. Before this album, Jay-Z had a few relatively high profile guest verses ("Show and Prove" by Big Daddy Kane, and "Da Graveyard" by Big L). Jay simply wanted to prove he's one of the best rappers to ever pick up a microphone, and indeed he proved it. Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z's debut album, and before him being a businessman, Jay had one thing to prove. Review Summary: Jay-Z's magnum opus, and a good thing to look at for inspiration as a rapper.