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However, in the days of “ baggin’ up at the Ramada,” or “ takin’ it to Baltimore in a Ford Explorer,” Jay refined his craft, and grew into the MC that would become his Rap contribution. Based there, he traveled Interstate 95, trafficking drugs, risking his life, and learning an industry vastly different than the one of his passion. Deferred in his late ’80s, early ’90s Rap ambitions, the Marcy Projects smooth-talker went to work-hustling in East Trenton, New Jersey. The Jay Z heard in the features by Jaz-O, Original Flavor, and Big Daddy Kane was not the Shawn Carter that listeners received on Reasonable Doubt. – First Round Winner ( against Compton’s Most Wanted’s Music To Driveby, 75% to 25%) Hustlers take on gangsters in this fair one, who shall prevail (click one then click “vote”).

After Cube made a bold statement against his former N.W.A., bulldozing Efil4zaggin, he faces a Jay Z debut that bumped West Coast royalty in the form of C.M.W. Both of these platinum efforts reached the streets, the critics, and broached the mainstream, as master works from artists that would eventually become global household names.

Both Reasonable Doubt and Death Certificate are brilliant balancing acts of glamorizing life on the streets, and seeing beyond the here-and-now. Jay Z and Ice Cube released two of the most acclaimed solo albums that Priority Records was ever part of. While there will no doubt be conversation between family and friends (virtual and real), only votes cast in the voting tool below will be counted, so use the power of your click. You and your vote will decide which album goes forward, and which one leaves the conversation. “Finding The GOAT Album” will consider 120 albums from three individual eras (40 in each), with options for wild card and write-in candidates. Now, “Finding The GOAT” returns to ask a new question: what is the greatest of all time Hip-Hop album? One year ago, Ambrosia For Heads launched a debate among its readers seeking to answer one of Hip-Hop’s most hotly-contested questions: who is the greatest MC of all time? “Finding The GOAT MC” lasted between September 2014 and May 2015, engaging millions of readers and ultimately producing its winner, as determined by hundreds of thousands of voters.