Reasonable Doubt

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共15首歌曲

艺人: Jay Z
语种: 英语
厂牌: Roc-A-Fella Records
发行时间: 1996年06月25日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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1996年，Jay-Z录制并发行了自己的第一张个人专辑，同时也是Roc-A-Fella唱片公司的第一张专辑《Reasonable Doubt》，这张发行自东西海岸说唱音乐争斗最残酷时期的帮匪说唱专辑非常令人惊奇，多首单曲成为排行榜主打，到了如今他也被公认是Jay-Z在上个世纪最杰出的专辑，同时也成为了帮匪说唱专辑的经典作品。《Reasonable Doubt》的初获成功也为Jay-Z的下一张专辑以及Roc-A-Fella唱片公司的发展开了一个好头。1997年，Jay-Z的第二张专辑《In My Lifetime, Vol. 1》发行，富有商业头脑的Jay-Z在这张专辑中为了吸引更多的听众以及扩大他的知名度和唱片公司的影响力，把专辑的音乐风格从偏激的帮匪说唱转变为了更加易于各方面听众接受的流行说唱，同时在专辑中邀请了包括吹牛老爹Sean &Puffy& Combs在内的多位大牌歌星助阵，而这些措施效果显着，不仅拥有多首单曲打榜，而且这张专辑的销量也迅速超过了《Reasonable Doubt》，杀进了Billboard 200排行榜的前三名，Jay-Z已经成为了一名一流的说唱歌星。

这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第248位。

Before Jay-Z fashioned himself into hip-hop's most notorious capitalist, he was a street hustler from the projects who rapped about what he knew -- and was very, very good at it. Skeptics who've never cared for Jigga's crossover efforts should turn to his debut, Reasonable Doubt, as the deserving source of his legend. Reasonable Doubt is often compared to another New York landmark, Nas' Illmatic: A hungry young MC with a substantial underground buzz drops an instant classic of a debut, detailing his experiences on the streets with disarming honesty, and writing some of the most acrobatic rhymes heard in quite some time. (Plus, neither artist has since approached the street cred of his debut, The Blueprint notwithstanding.) Parts of the persona that Jay-Z would ride to superstardom are already in place: He's cocky bordering on arrogant, but playful and witty, and exudes an effortless, unaffected cool throughout. And even if he's rapping about rising to the top instead of being there, his material obsessions are already apparent. Jay-Z the hustler isn't too different from Jay-Z the rapper: Hustling is about living the high life and getting everything you can, not violence or tortured glamour or cheap thrills. In that sense, the album's defining cut might not be one of the better-known singles -- &Can't Knock the Hustle,& &Dead Presidents II,& &Feelin' It,& or the Foxy Brown duet, &Ain't No Nigga.& It just might be the brief &22 Two's,& which not only demonstrates Jay-Z's extraordinary talent as a pure freestyle rapper, but also preaches a subtle message through its club hostess: Bad behavior gets in the way of making money. Perhaps that's why Jay-Z waxes reflective, not enthusiastic, about the darker side of the streets; songs like &D'Evils& and &Regrets& are some of the most personal and philosophical he's ever recorded. It's that depth that helps Reasonable Doubt rank as one of the finest albums of New York's hip-hop renaissance of the '90s.

Reasonable Doubt

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