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New York rap executive Damon “Dame” Dash is putting a little respect on his name. The hip-hop mogul has reflected on releasing former business partner JAY-Z‘s Reasonable Doubt over 20 years ago.
This week, Dame went to Instagram to speak on releasing Young Hov’s game-changing 1996 debut.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkdyJaIAapo/
Back in 2014, an original Reasonable Doubt tracklisting surfaced.
An original tracklist for Jay Z’s debut album Reasonable Doubt has surfaced online. Revealed by the album’s art director and designer, Adrien Vargas, the list reveals that the album was supposed to be three songs longer than it ended up becoming, with the “Dead Presidents” Remix serving as a bonus song. The three songs taken off, “The Hurt,” “Tell Me,” and “Hot,” have never been released, at least not under those titles. (Complex)
In 2013, JAY ranked his solo albums and put the classic debut atop the list.
1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic) 2. The Blueprint (Classic) 3. The Black Album (Classic) 4. Vol. 2 (Classic) 5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive) 6. Magna Carta (F*ckwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail) 7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…f*ck… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…) 8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money)) 9. Dynasty (Intro alone…) 10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto) 11. BP2 (Too many songs. Fucking Guru and Hip Hop, ha) 12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me) (Life + Times)
In July 2013, JAY made a rare Twitter appearance and talked about his debut’s greatness.
RT @Beyonce_Miami Do you think MCHG is your best work? [Hard to beat RD,BP1,TBA. it can fight for 4th #factsonly]
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) July 8, 2013
@S_C_ Do you think MCHG is is your best work?
— BΔRI (@Beyonce_Miami) July 8, 2013
