Who You Got I: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot v. Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life

[j_da_que]

This is something a little different I'll be doing every week. I know it's a lot of music aficianodos on this board. Time to spit some knowledge. Who you got!?!?

This week's choices features Jay-Z who released his most commercially successful CD to date in 1998 versus DMX's debut (and arguably best) CD... you know the drill... better CD... why... favorite songs

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1. Intro
2. Ruff Ryders Anthem'
3. Fuckin' Wit' D
4. Storm, The (Skit)
5. Look Thru My Eyes
6. Get At Me Dog - (featuring Sheek of The Lox)
7. Let Me Fly
8. X-Is Coming
9. Damien
10. How's It Goin' Down
11. Mickey (Skit)
12. Crime Story
13. Stop Being Greedy
14. ATF
15. For My Dogs - (featuring Big Stan/Loose/Kasino/Drag-On)
16. I Can Feel It
17. Prayer (Skit)
18. Convo, The
19. *****z Done Started Something - (featuring The Lox/Mase)




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1. Intro-Hand It Down - (featuring Memphis Bleek)
2. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
3. If I Should Die - (featuring Da Ranjahz)
4. Ride Or Die
5. ***** What, ***** Who (Originator 99) - (featuring Big Jaz)
6. Money, Cash, Hoes - (featuring DMX)
7. Week Ago, A - (featuring Too Short)
8. Coming Of Age (Da Sequel) - (featuring Memphis Bleek)
9. Can I Get A... - (featuring Amil/Ja Rule)
10. Paper Chase - (featuring Foxy Brown)
11. Reservoir Dogs - (featuring The Lox/Beanie Sigel/Sauce Money)
12. It's Like That - (featuring Kid Capri)
13. It's Alright - (bonus track, featuring Memphis Bleek)
14. Money Ain't A Thang - (bonus track, featuring Jermaine Dupri)

[Keels]

X wins his album was complete

Hov had three classics on here
and a few aight tracks but for the most part even to this day i bang 5-6 tracks and im done wit it next cd lol

good thread idea J

[Hustler Univ.]

It's Dark And Hell Is Hot.

Like Keels i can only get into a couple joints off of volume 2

[Min_Streak]

I'm goin with X as well, I still bump that shit today, Plus his verse on *****s Done Started Something was classic :nod:

[young_phil]

If you askin me which one I liked best I have to give this one to Hov...cause at the time I just wasn't a DMX fan.
Although this is one of my least favorite Jay-Z album...it's the first one I actually
bought....I went and bought the others afterwards and I've been hooked ever since.

DMX had the better album though.

[Young_Jewelz]

EASILY GOES TO JAY.....THAT ALBUM IS A STRAIGHT CLASSIC TO ME

ITS ABOUT 8 TRACKS ON THERE I BUMPED ON THE REGULAR WHEN THIS WAS OUT....HE HAD A GREAT BEAT SELECTION AND HOT LYRICS.....NOT TAKING AWAY FROM X THAT WAS A HOT ALBUM BUT OVERALL HARD KNOCK LIFE WAS BEST

[Hanzo]

Good Idea J. This is a tough one you leading off with too. I gave it to X (and it was his best album) only because the versatility of the album, basically How's it goin' down? pushed X's album slight ahead of Hov's IMO. Even though Hard Knock Life was one of the most amazing tracks ever. It was crazy for him to even try something like that no less for it to be as good as it was.

[WhiteGtz]

X man, hands down. Damn I remember the anticipation of this album coming out. I believe it was May 18th 1998. Man, I couldn't wait. Onyx dropped some hot shit the next week as well. Vol 2 was still hot, but that X was hungry and you could tell he was tryin to eat.

[c69m]

im going with jay....that album was the shit to me

[Juss]

I'll Go With Jay Cause X's Style Didn't Speak To Me For That Album

[WillGItalTech]

both are classic I cant pick

I warmed up to this and also on the b-ball team came out to this tho

2. Ruff Ryders Anthem'

[Azeari]

DMX cause I couldn't ever stand Jay

[toa]

"Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" is better than anything on X's whole album. I never connected much with DMX. I guess I couldn't get past the whole semi-crackhead thing.

[Young_Jewelz]

"Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" is better than anything on X's whole album. I never connected much with DMX. I guess I couldn't get past the whole semi-crackhead thing.

THAT AND RESERVOIR DOGS ARE BETTER THAN ANY SONG ON X'S ALBUM IMO

[young_phil]

THAT AND RESERVOIR DOGS ARE BETTER THAN ANY SONG ON X'S ALBUM IMO

Reservoir Dogs was massively slept on....definately one of the best songs on the album.

[Young_Jewelz]

Reservoir Dogs was massively slept on....definately one of the best songs on the album.

REAL TALK......I BEEN TRYIN TO PUT *****S UP ON THAT SONG FOR YEARS.....THE BEAT AND LYRICS IS GOD LIKE.......EVERYBODY KILLED IT.....THAT SHAFT SAMPLE WAS AMAZING ON THAT BEAT

[Rambo]

I never connected much with DMX. I guess I couldn't get past the whole semi-crackhead thing.:nod: :nod: :nod:

[j_da_que]

Imma have to go with Jay by a hair. X's album was on point and X made on of the best song's on Jay's album hot. But overall, Jay has more tight songs and better lyrics.

[Rambo]

Imma have to go with Jay by a hair. X's album was on point and X made on of the best song's on Jay's album hot. But overall, Jay has more tight songs and better lyrics.money cash hoes was on vol. 2 huh... thats one of my fav jay songs...

[Deus]

I was 10-11 when these came out so I wasn't caught up in the hype. picked them up in '05
I connected wit that DMX joint right there (matter-of-fact I'm feelin slighted by that crackhead comment, did I miss somethin wit dude? I just thought he was stupid wildin')
Disc felt like a 16-yr-old fucking up alot (but yet and still feelin like the shit, though)
Plus The Prayer almost made me cry and they ended that disc, Riggghht:nod:
Jay-Z shit better but , but I played some of them DMX joints way too much

[ja_shotta]

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[ja_shotta]

I'll go with Jay even though I think Vloume 1 was much much better than Vol. 2