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Carter turned to rap at a very young age as an escape from the drugs, violence and poverty that surrounded him in the Marcy Projects.

MTV Raps. From Jaz-O, he learned how to navigate the rap industry. He also participated in the group Original Flavor for a short time. Jay-Z subsequently decided to make an untraditional decision and start his own label rather than sign with an established label like Jaz-O had done. Once he found a reputable distributor, Priority Records and then later Def Jam , Jay-Z finally had everything in place. In June of that same year, Carter released his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.

Although the record only reached No. Reasonable Doubt established Carter as an emerging star in hip-hop. Two years later, Carter achieved even broader success with the album Vol.

Over the span of those years, the rapper released a slew of No. In , Carter shocked the hip-hop world by releasing The Black Album and announcing that it would be his last solo record before retirement. Asked to explain his sudden exit from rap, Carter said that he once derived inspiration from trying to outshine other great MCs, but had simply gotten bored due to a lack of competition.

Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email required. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice and European users agree to the data transfer policy. The latest. He might be getting brunch at the Four Seasons, but the goon squad was just a phone call away in Brooklyn. This was also a time in Jay's run when he was a street dude who wasn't fully comfortable trafficking in the higher echelons of culture.

Brooklyn was a constant reminder of where he came from and who he was. Brooklyn served as a reminder that the guy with a No. Carter , and he was Brooklyn as fuck. As Jay entered the "icon" status of his career, he began to retain a sort of Jordan-esque flair for holding grudges, positively going in on guys like Joe Budden and Jim Jones , mere flies buzzing about his throne, for even possibly thinking that the hottest in NYC might hail from somewhere other than Brooklyn.

His Unplugged remains one of the best entries in the series, but Blueprint 2 is probably the most random album in Hova's discography, finding the God MC trading bars with Sean Paul , having Heavy D loop Cake only for Lenny Kravitz to sing the chorus, and even convincing Rakim to dust off the mic to rap with Dr. What you hear there is a man who reached ubiquity try to determine what, exactly, was the best way to maintain that ubiquity, searching for a sound that would connect globally while still keeping shit Marcy.

Somehow, he did this—having M. Then, there's Best Of Both Worlds. A collaboration album with R.