THE VILLAINOUS

5mo

Phife Dawg was a Monster!

Flubber

5mo

No lie I was actually gonna list Kane & Slick Rick with the other names but I got distracted by something

Etymology

5mo

Yeah I did think of Phife in that too. Obviously tribe music stood the test of time in a crazy way but I remember playing tribe for people years ago and them telling me the rhymes were too simple. I even think Tip was nice. But if we being real as nice as they both were, CL on another level as a lyricist. And he gets none of those props because his style is kind of a relic from a weird middle period in rap. But I feel like those who truly do the knowledge can appreciate it. And doing the knowledge is a 24/7/365 thing that never ends

THE VILLAINOUS

5mo

Tip was always nice plus he makes beats, but I feel like people always overlook the 5 Foot Assassin!!!

Shin Chan

5mo

👀

Shin Chan

5mo

👀

JPEGMAFIA

5mo

I'm expecting a full reasonable doubt 30th anniversary with extra songs (maybe demos idk, something)

Shin Chan

5mo

👀

gasdrawls

5mo

the person y’all think is the goat is a diddler.

Giordano

5mo

Drake?

Water Giver

5mo

I found a still of the actual commerical from tumblr (can't embed tumblr but you can see it, and a similar car s***)

https://65.media.tumblr.com/3535e0ede9f3c7fc4e7339d606bdc682/tumblr_nyjo1bKZIr1rrvheyo1_250.png

Which then proceeds to their marketing concepts and style for the album later based off the art template of the commercial

Reasonable Doubt also did not have massive distribution in its first year, it was limited to select stores and in small quantities - this they campaigned for themselves to have it pushed to more stores, just like how Jay Z was denied from multiple labels to get signed originally so they pushed themselves with RD

They were completely indie in the year prior and first year of RD with a small distro deal that came "towards the end" near release

Another fun early days fact - OG RD fully indie n early RD even had a diff CD rom cover of a .22 for its like first two months (you can see an old head posting a video of it in these comments on Facebook, and mention of it on Twitter) but was changed for more potential positive marketing reasons and to get picked up in more stores

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/855684331189883/posts/6370712883020306/&ved=2ahUKEwjr-NSOm-mSAxVRIEQIHcVrKLEQzLMHegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw2o9AvZHHwbS9wPwSpFutZe

And twitter mention

https://x.com/HoviBear/status/1805454348790775977?lang=en

But yeah, here's a dude talking about seeing the commercial

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/jay-zs-original-1st-lp-reasonable-doubt-with-the-cd-artwork-as-a-hologram-of-a-gun.684417/

It previewed Dead Pres 1 in it's og airing (which of course didn't make it to the actual release), then later dubbed ain't no nigga over it - but anyways - the og tagline from the commercial was "the trial begins" which was kinda like an early subtitle for reasonable doubt that then later got dropped

I can't find the full commerical still tho outside of the final still above and mentions about it, but it's just Jay Z driving around in his car with various shots inside and outside with him on the phone and there's a voiceover from someone else talking bout Jay Z bout to defend himself in a trial for his life, but he knows he'll win beyond a "reasonable of doubt"

erosion

5mo

Can we get OG In My Lifetime on streaming? I know it wasn’t on RD but damn I love that song