Jay-Z "The Dynasty : Roc La Familia 2000"

Posted on 10.11.2000

Jay-Z
Album : The Dynasty :
Roc La Familia 2000
Release Date : Oct 11, 2000
Label : Polygram Records

Review :

Here’s a little something to tide you over until Jay-Z decides to come correct. Then again, Roc-A-Fella Records could release Sean Carter Sings MC Hammer’s Greatest Hits and watch it ship platinum. So, it really doesn’t matter if Dynasty seems to be a rather half-hearted effort from the man who many consider to be the best rapper this side of Rakim. Although presented as a solo album, Dynasty showcases the Roc-A-Family, giving extensive mic time to Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek, who gets a whole track (the Ja Rule-esque "Holla") to himself. Amil, whose own solo album, All Money Is Legal failed to reveal her inner queen, turns up to rhyme the hook on the posse cut, "You, Me, Him & Her." Jay-Z keeps his flow fairly straightforward here, and the beats neatly reflect his icy, relatively soulless lyrics. But of course, as the man himself has said, you "can’t knock the hustle."

Track Listings :
1. Intro
2. Change the Game
3. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)
4. Streets Is Talking
5. This Can’t Be Life
6. Get Your Mind Right Mami
7. Stick 2 the Script
8. You, Me, Him and Her
9. Guilty Until Proven Innocent
10. Parking Lot Pimpin’
11. Holla
12. 1-900-Hustler
13. R.O.C. - Beanie Sigel
14. Soon You’ll Understand
15. Squeeze 1st
16. Where Have You Been