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Review title: A Sharper, Wittier Jay-Z With Doper Production - 4 Stars
Product review: Like OutKast's "Aquemini", the first ten tracks of Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt" are perfection. The tracks that follow, with the exception of "Regrets", are somewhat forgettable, but Jay unleashes so much energy and introspect on tracks like "Can I Live" and "Can't Knock The Hustle", and creativity on "D'Evils" and "22 Two's" that it really doesn't matter if there are a few missteps here. The odd combination of DJ Premier, Ski, and Clark Kent handle the bulk of production on "RD", which probably explains why no other album SOUNDS like Jay's debut, despite so many wannabe thug/hustler emcees trying. Hov raps about things that have certainly become generic in today's rap genre (money, hoes, and drug-dealing), however, he does so with an insight and remorse that justifies the mafioso rhyme schemes. Cop this LP to hear how braggadocio gangsta rap is SUPPOSED to sound.
