Jay-Z "Vol. 1 In My Lifetime"

Posted on 11.4.1997

Jay-Z
Album : In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Release Date : Nov 04, 1997
Label : Def Jam

Customer Review :
Jay-Z second album "In My Lifetime, Vol 1" (1997) is a solid release. I liked the way Hov used Scarface samples in his intros, he started this joint off on a good note with "A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More", which benefits from some deadly premo production. Jay-Z then delivers a standout cut with "The City Is Mine", the Blackstreet hook, and the track beat is ill. The next two tracks fall under skip material for me, and then Hov drops some on point rhymes on "Streets is Watching"- don’t know why this was censored.

Jay-Z shows some heart on the laidback "Lucky Me", rhyming well backed by a smooth female chorus. The album then hits a low point for me, not feeling the next three tracks at all, find them to be weak in lyrics and production. Jay-Z picks things up again for two more standouts : "Real N****z" feat. Too $hort and the albums closer "You Must Love Me". Its an artist gift and curse to deliver a classic, because later albums often get compared I won’t lie though after "Reasonable Doubt" this was a disappointment for me, while there a number of standouts, there is also a lot of skip material.

Tracklisting :
1. Intro/A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More
2. City Is Mine - Blackstreet
3. I Know What Girls Like
4. Imaginary Player
5. Streets Is Watching
6. Friend or Foe ’98
7. Lucky Me
8. (Always Be My) Sunshine - Babyface
9. Who You Wit II
10. Face Off
11. Real Niggaz
12. Rap Game/Crack Game
13. Where I’m From
14. You Must Love Me

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