Video: The J to Z of Jay-Z: The Making of a Hip-Hop Heavyweight
MTV News will be presenting “The J to Z of Jay-Z,” a retrospective of the rapper’s career, leading up to the release of The Blueprint 3, featuring archived video clips from some of his finest moments and interviews.
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August 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
yO
August 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Hov is the God!
August 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Q-Tip > Jay-z
August 21st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Can we get a Hov leak or a Dear Moleskine? Either one, either one (c)Superbad
August 21st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
THE-XFACTA Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Hov is the God!
^^illuminati
chuckles
August 21st, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Hip Hop > Yard music.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:01 pm
*makes diamond sign towards the afternoon Sun*
*makes sure Sun is perfectly aligned in the center of the triangle*
*has supernatural powers*
*comments supernaturally*
August 21st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
In My Lifetime (original) >>>>>>>
August 21st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
yard work > yard music
August 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm
no.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Yard Music > Latin music
August 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Wassup X-Facta? You ol’ Bill “you know you done kcufed up, right?”Duke lookin’ ass ninja!!
lol
August 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm
^^illuminati
chuckles
^^^
stop the video at 24 seconds exactly..
August 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Does Rae plan on dropping any actual singles for Cuban Linx 2, or is he just banking on the unwavering support of Wu stans? No shots.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Q-Tip > Jay-z
–word
August 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Wassup Land? Where da white women at? LOL
August 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
^^illuminati
chuckles
^
stop the video at 24 seconds exactly..
August 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
King Tubby >>>>> Kool Herc
August 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
In My Lifetime Original >>
August 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
did anyone ever find out who that Donnis nigga was? …. i think dude was 5-0 ….
August 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
i neva sleep cause sleepin keeps ya deep in debt
August 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
cotton picking music> yard music
August 21st, 2009 at 4:06 pm
michael jackson> Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
# R.J.Orion Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
did anyone ever find out who that Donnis nigga was? …. i think dude was 5-0 ….
^^^^^^^^^^^
he was probably one of rawse’s academy buddies
August 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Da PartyStarter Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Wassup Land? Where da white women at?
————
you can find them in the caves of Europa… you wasnt here earlier?
August 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
anything > Yard Music
August 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
The sound of a rake scarping against the pavement > Yard Music
August 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
# Johnathan Osterman Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
King Tubby >>>>> Kool Herc
^^
LOL.
this white dude I used to work with keeps emailing me his shit. He swears by it.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
edit- scraping
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Statik now > Preemo now
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Jay was untouchable from 95-99
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Elvis > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
no homo on that last comment.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
young Jay was so cool and likeable..his rhymes were fresh and he made sense…as jay got older he switched up so much..crazy….but Blueprint proved that e still had it as he gets older….I hope BP3 reminds me why hes one of my favorite rapppers cuz lately I’ve been reluctant to listen to anything he has put out since Gift and the Curse
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Bob Marley > Carlos Santana
August 21st, 2009 at 4:09 pm
do the knowledge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tubby
August 21st, 2009 at 4:09 pm
A Tub of lard > King Tubby
August 21st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
NovemberEnd aka What Do You Mean Teenager What Age Are We Talking About Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Jay was untouchable from 95-99
^^
95-01 really …
….until Ether came along…
August 21st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I always thought JayZ looked more like this nigga, than a camel …
tinyurl.com/dlqou8
August 21st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
# D_Block_4_Life aka heat the track up Like Adobo/Sazon/SOFRITO Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Elvis > Bob Marley
^^
I’m out (c) D Block
August 21st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Broken Silence is a slept on album.
*runs*
August 21st, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Chris Farley > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Bob Marley > Led Zeppelin
August 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Kevin Farley > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Statik now > Preemo now
^^
statik is a preem biter
August 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Hector Lavoe > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
bullshit aside … “No Woman No Cry” is one of the greatest songs ever made by anyone … “Redemption Song” too …
August 21st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
rotten parsley > robert marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Exodus > Illmatic & Reasonable Doubt. Put together.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Tito Puente > Hector Lavoe > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
# mr. vengeance Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Statik now > Preemo now
^^
statik is a preem biter
^^
He definitely uses a style fathered by Preemo
August 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Natural Mystic >>> Whatever song your gonna say or think of
August 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Snow > Bob Marley
*Turns up Informer of VH1 greatest hits*
August 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
R.J.Orion Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
bullshit aside … “No Woman No Cry” is one of the greatest songs ever made by anyone … “Redemption Song” too …
^
co-sign
August 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Tito Puente > Hector Lavoe
^
Out of your god damn mind
August 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
“Redemption Song” too …
^Co-Sign! Emphatically! This is a great song. Great song.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
@RJ
On everything I love you stupid as fuck yo.I spit beer on my laptop laughing at that hairline shit just now.YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND!!!!
You almost owed me a computer nigga.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
NovemberEnd aka What Do You Mean Teenager What Age Are We Talking About Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Jay was untouchable from 95-99
^^
95-01 really …
….until Ether came along…
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
i wasnt feeling The Blueprint album like everyone else..U Dont Know,Song Cry,Heart of the City,Takeover,Renegade were all vintage Hov but the rest album wasnt that ill to me….but co-sign Ether destroyed the “GodMc” persona
August 21st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
ya’ll niggas shittin on marley can only be doing it for comedic purposes. I refuse to believe some of the shit i’m readying.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Bob Marley = Rakim
Best to ever do it.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
aka Sham’ron
August 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Bernie Williams’ Jazz lp(“Moving Forward”) > Bob Marley’s discography
August 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
The dog from Marley and Me > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Pervis Ellision > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Sanchez >>> Luthor Vandross
August 21st, 2009 at 4:17 pm
*daps Jersey*
my condolences B
August 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Pac Man Jones > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
# R.J.Orion Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Bernie Williams’ Jazz lp(”Moving Forward”) > Bob Marley’s discography
^^
*dead*
August 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
SuperCat > NWA
August 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
dan majerle > bob marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Jay was untouchable from 95-99
^^
Cam softened him up a little with that swagger jacking shit too.It made cats say hmmmmm.But Nas and Hov still are 1a and 1b in this game,nobody else is close.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Renaldo Balkman > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Frankie Lymon > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Dan Majerle in NBA Jam was unstoppable…
August 21st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Etan Thomas > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Renaldo Balkman > Bob Marley
^
Dead
August 21st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
SuperCat & NinjaMan stopping battling each other on stage to tell the crowd if they throw anything on stage theyre letting off shots in the crowd (and the croed scattering cos they know they will do it) >>>>>>> Budden getting socked in his eye & apologizing
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Larry Fitzgerald > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
*and the CROWD scattering
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
this nigga said Frankie Lymon…
*dead*
*falls in love with fools*
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
i hate reggae
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Chris Johnson > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Murs > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Ital Food >>> American Greaseball diet
August 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Jersey*made*me Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Jay was untouchable from 95-99
^^
Cam softened him up a little with that swagger jacking shit too.It made cats say hmmmmm.But Nas and Hov still are 1a and 1b in this game,nobody else is close.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Joe Budden,Game,Cam…these cats would have never got at Hov during those years…outside of Pac and Curtis nobody was dumb enough
August 21st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Vernon Davis > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/ace-hoods-iroasting-on-twitter
*dead*
August 21st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Charles Oakley Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Dan Majerle in NBA Jam was unstoppable…
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NBA Jam > the last 10 Live games
August 21st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
T-Pain & Lil Wayne >> Bob & Ziggy Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
H.I.M Selassie I Rastafari >>>>> Jayhova The God
August 21st, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Bronson Arroyo > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I better be gettin some pussy this weekend..
August 21st, 2009 at 4:24 pm
AL Harris > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:24 pm
# R.J.Orion Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:22 pm
T-Pain & Lil Wayne >> Bob & Ziggy Marley
^^^^
damn…you aint playing fair land
August 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Atari Bigby > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Lennox from Belly >>> Stevie Wonder
August 21st, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Nick Collins > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:27 pm
The flock of Jankros that live in MountainView >> Slaughterhouse
August 21st, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Just Blaze (when he had dreads) >>>> Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Theo Huxtable > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Donte Stallworth > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
my bitch said I can have a threesome with her lezbo friend and her If she can have 3some with me and this nigga on my balll team. she thinks she smart, what she donno is I already smacked her friends ass when she left to see her parents. MUAHAHAH.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Dan Marjerle > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Bob Saget > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Manny Ramirez > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Theo Huxtable > Bob Marley
^
lmao
August 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
trouble is…there aint even no corny Yardies to throw up in these comparisons
lol. shit.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
lenny kravitz > bob marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Manny Ramirez > Bob Marley
^
Wow how did we go so long with out mentioning him…nh
August 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Medusa > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Joe Budden,Game,Cam…these cats would have never got at Hov during those years…outside of Pac and Curtis nobody was dumb enough
^^
Niggas ain’t stupid.Siegel was cocked and ready if Hov needed a lyrical shooter.That roster was ridiculous.State P alone was a problem nobody wanted.I don’t get why ov signed Uncle Murder and Tru,if he wanted to wash his hands with street niggas.Makes no sense,but hey he made a gazillion off the game so who am I to question his motives?
August 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Billy Bob from Varsity Blues > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Billy Bob from Varsity Blues > Bob Marley
^
Ahh shit
August 21st, 2009 at 4:30 pm
John Kruk > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:31 pm
#uknowuacehood when on ur song Dj Khalid says “we pretty good” instead of “we the best”
^^
classic.
August 21st, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Yannick & Joakim Noah > Bob and Rohan Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Mike Borden >>> Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Brandon Boyd > Bob Marley
August 21st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
jay-z & bob marley > michael jackson & jesus
August 21st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Yannick
^
Death
August 21st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Yannick & Joakim Noah > Bob and Rohan Marley
see what i did there with the sports & biological reference?
August 21st, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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August 21st, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Jay was untouchable from 95-99
^^
Cam softened him up a little with that swagger jacking shit too.It made cats say hmmmmm.But Nas and Hov still are 1a and 1b in this game,nobody else is close.
Cam didn’t softened up jay-z at all. Cam ended his career going at jay-z with swagger jacking because first of all he lost all of jay-z fans when he was with the roc. Second reason is because cam bite jay-z nas biggie and dmx verse in the past and then made swagger jacking what a loser.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Jay was untouchable from 95-99
Jay is untouchable ….. he is a God Mc
only god mc can battle god mc
fuck butterfly tattoo boy aka the game, jenny jones, kiss a man wayne and all the gay boys throwin shots at jigga man.
August 21st, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Bob Saget > Bob Marley
^lmao
August 21st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
hope they dont edit out how he got ethered
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:46 am
I feel like i’ve heard this story a million times.Jay grew up in a bad neighborhood,started hustlin and he went in to Hip Hop.
We might aswell start guessing how much Blueprint 3 is gonna sell in the First week.
Around 400K – 500K
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
Hov is the GOD MC!!!!!
This album is gonna kill!!
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
If Takeover Was the Figure 4 Leg Lock Then Ether Was a Chokeslam and a Pin…