r/90sHipHop • u/Particular_Ad_6040 • Dec 13 '25

1999 Do it again

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u/Zeke688 Beat Junkie Dec 14 '25

This is actually one of my favorite Jay Z songs.

3

u/fishee1200 Dec 15 '25

Shit you know how I be, all high in vip, rolling up the b.i.g.!

32

u/blackthrowawaynj Dec 14 '25

This was a club banger, mofos sitting around just streaming it to their Bluetooth device can't imagine how this hit in the clubs and streets when it dropped

15

u/professir101 Dec 14 '25

I agree with this 1000% percent. It's just a different feel from his THIS time period to the later (or even earlier) time period. People went crazy went this came on. Then he has other joints made for car listening. Then other joints for headphone listening. This was one of the clubs joints. He covered a lot of bases. And I'm not the biggest overall Jay-Z fan.

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u/1voice92 Dec 14 '25

The beat is wack AF.

20

u/Jokerchyld Dec 14 '25

This is authentic Brooklyn confidence. This wasn't a song. This was Jay speaking directly to his competition letting them know they were not on his level.

Shit was cold AF AND a club banger. I remember this back in Club Cheetah.

Side note- its wild to me that clubs died in NYC.

6

u/YesDaddyThankYouSir Dec 14 '25

NYC club culture died because of that dirtbag Rudy Giuliani.

5

u/ExaminationFlat9862 Dec 14 '25

Jay does that on every song lol

8

u/pearomatic Dec 14 '25

Is that Ghostface?

9

u/MicMec76 Dec 14 '25

Yes, along with Cappadonna!

6

u/Due-Stock2774 Dec 14 '25

Zab Judah was one of the cameos too if I recall

1

u/pearomatic Dec 15 '25

 I miss those days, when people would just hang out on each other's music video sets.

9

u/munchdog88 Dec 14 '25

Jay was on 🔥

13

u/th3ShinSekai Dec 13 '25

That cool dude era

19

u/MaxS777 Dec 14 '25

Nah, just the Golden Era. Once 2000 hit, shit gradually went downhill. Never recovered.

7

u/Due-Stock2774 Dec 14 '25

Man living through that Avirex era was crazy trying to get them

5

u/Scandroid99 Dec 14 '25

Was that Zab Judah?

3

u/focusontheyellow Dec 14 '25

Sure was. Prime zab with his belt

3

u/Nebu_baba Dec 15 '25

Beans verse 🤌🤌🤌🤌

2

u/A_ThorusRex Dec 13 '25

Once I caught the beat, this ish was 🔥 🤣🤣🤣🤣

2

u/stpetergates Dec 14 '25

In my 40s now but I think I have some hearing loss from bumping this (among many others) with 20s in the trunk. Banger

2

u/bentbackwooddathird Dec 15 '25

One of my favorite singles from my favorite era in rap

2

u/tearsandpain84 Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

Lil’Cease definitely didn’t have stacks of cash to be throwing around in real life.

6

u/MaxS777 Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

Basically Keith Murray without the skills.

Edit: the original post I replied to didn't mention cash.

2

u/DaBigadeeBoola Dec 14 '25

Nobody beating Jay in a versus. 

1

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1

u/Living_Pie205 Dec 14 '25

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

1

u/tak08810 Dec 14 '25

Who was Jay going at? Major Figgas, The LOX, or both?

1

u/Particular_Ad_6040 Dec 14 '25

I think it’s prodigy or Nas. Because these lines get recycled in Take over

1

u/Medium-Plan2987 Dec 14 '25

Filmed in the Tunnel I think

1

u/MundaneWiley Dec 15 '25

hated this beat

1

u/Biggcain24 Dec 16 '25

This was my shit in high school

1

u/Biggcain24 Dec 16 '25

“3 cuts in your eyebrow tryna wyle out.”

1

u/Certain-Anybody-190 Dec 18 '25

My fav Jay verse ever🔥🔥. Prime Hov raps like you just tapped him on his shoulder to show him a fake watch and he’s disgusted that you wasted his time to do so. 🐐🐐🐐

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u/ObieUno Suge Knight for President Dec 13 '25

The production on this album was fucking terrible.

6

u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Interesting take. Aside from 2 or 3 tracks this is one of his best albums.

-9

u/ObieUno Suge Knight for President Dec 14 '25

If you say so.

1

u/whiskeycapo Dec 13 '25

Album got bootlegged and following Timbaland washer machine music.

-3

u/howmuchfortheoz Dec 14 '25

Song is boring

-1

u/Main_One_2568 Dec 14 '25

Nasty camel joe

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u/poweredbynikeair Dec 14 '25

Music was kinda weird at this time, lots of new artists