JAY-Z ILM TRACKS POLL RESULTS - WORD TO THE HYPHEN IN MY NAME

okay, I'm reloaded!

I received 21 ballots, 12 of which also included top 5 albums lists (there was zero consensus on the other subpoll to have any results).

only seven albums received votes, so we'll start with 7:

Top 7 Albums

7. Watch The Throne (with Kanye West) - 2011
3 points, 1 vote

6. The Dynasty: Roc La Familia - 2000
9 points, 5 votes

Off to a good start!

5. In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 - 1997
26 points, 10 votes

4. Vol. 3… Life And Times of S. Carter - 1999
29 points, 10 votes, 2 first place votes

Cautiously optimistic.

3. Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life - 1998
31 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote

:-)

so no one had black album or AG in their top 5? awesome but weird

Sometimes I feel bad about being so down on The Black Album, but jesus the number of people I've met who think it was the point in time at which to start paying attention to jigga is just i don't know.

i know, right!

the top 2 was pretty close, each was on every single voter's ballot

2. The Blueprint - 2001
41 points, 12 votes, 3 first place votes

1. Reasonable Doubt - 1996
44 points, 12 votes, 6 first place votes

Albums that received zero votes:
The Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse
The Black Album
Kingdom Come
American Gangster
The Blueprint 3
Magna Carta… Holy Grail

hopefully will have the tracks counted in time to start that countdown sometime today, but it'll be at least a couple hours.

at the end of the poll i'll also have tracks point totals for each album, which i think will be interesting to compare with the albums poll results.

Basically any of RD, Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3 or The Blueprint I listen to I think "this is my favourite" while it's playing, except that the tracks on Vol 3 I love seem so like the most amazing music in the world that it puts it over the edge for me slightly.

Although maybe what I want most of all is an entire album of "Where I'm From".

Wow v surprised at zero votes for the Black Album!

yeah. i think that's a pretty good indication of how awesome the tracks results are going to be. hopefully i'll be done tallying in the next couple hours.

ok, y'all ready? gonna do the top 40, with the first 10 today.

A note about the results: in any situation where a song has a remix or sequel and both versions received votes, the votes were only counted together if each version of the song has the same beat and/or any of the same verses (Dead Presidents, Who You Wit, U Don’t Know, etc.). If the two versions do not share the same beat or any of the same verses, they are counted as two separate entries in the poll (Friend Or Foe/Friend Or Foe ’98, Can’t Knock The Hustle and remix, Coming Of Age and Da Sequel, Can I Live and Can I Live II, Excuse Me Miss and La La La, etc.).

here is the Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/2s35LbrcHhuv3GSVqDyWIy

our list starts with a tie

39. (tie) Imaginary Player
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
6 votes, 173 points

39. (tie) Roc Boys (And The Winner Is…)
#63 Hot 100, #15 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
American Gangster (2007)
6 votes, 173 points

hahaha had i voted for any american gangster track it would've been that one.

loooove "imaginary player"

hard to find anything interesting to say about it bc it's just a tight song

"Imaginary Player" always seemed to be one of the songs Jay most regretted not releasing as a single. An early Vol 2 tracklist had "Imaginary Player II" on it.

ooh, actually kind of wish I included that on my ballot, forgot about it

roc boys I mean

38. Rap Game/Crack Game
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
5 votes, 175 points

ftr i am a weirdo who likes "Rap Game" more than "Dead Presidents"

37. Hola Hovito
The Blueprint (2001)
6 votes, 177 points

I am a werido who doesn't like "Hola Hovito"

it's an interesting track to me because a Timbaland production should be really glaring in the context of the Blueprint sound/'concept' but it works in there so well, better than it probably would've on any of the other more Timbaland-heavy albums.

oh yeah i always forget that's timbo

36. Lucifer
The Black Album (2003)
6 votes, 179 points

35. Hey Papi featuring Memphis Bleek and Amil
#76 Hot 100, #16 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps soundtrack (2000)
6 votes, 181 points

::does Dame Dash champagne bottle dance in empty room by himself::

i'm just glad this is finally rolling out, big man.

YES @ "Hey Papi" placing.

and up next we have another summer soundtrack single...

34. La-La-La (Excuse Me Again)
#112 Hot 100, #37 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Bad Boys II soundtrack / The Blueprint 2.1 (2003)
7 votes, 200 points

up next, the second of 3 ties in the top 40

32. (tie) Politics As Usual
Reasonable Doubt (1996)
6 votes, 206 points

Rap Game/Crack Game & Imaginary Players just missed it for me, glad to see em place.

Roc Boys kinda bugs me but not sure why.

yeah, not a huge fan. it's kinda stuck in my head today and i don't mind it, though.

up next is one of my favorite beats ever

32. (tie) Streets Is Watching
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
7 votes, 206 points

Didnt even consider that one! Dig it though

Vol. 1 bangers getting their due in this poll damn near brought a tear to my eye

(unranked ballot, songs o/s the 80 in bold)

Dead Presidents
I Love The Dough
I'll Be (Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z)
Can't Knock The Hustle
Ain't No N***a
D'Evils
Rap Game / Crack Game
Can I Get A...
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
N***a What, N***a Who
Ride Or Die
Paper Chase
Is That Yo B*tch?
S. Carter
Pop 4 Roc
NYMP
That's Right (Amil feat. Jay-Z)
So Ghetto
I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)
Takeover
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Girls, Girls, Girls
Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
Song Cry
Back in the Day (Missy feat Jay-Z)
La-La-La (Excuse Me Again)
December 4th
Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Moment of Clarity
99 Problems
Lucifer
Diamonds from Sierra Leone (remix)
Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)
Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh)
New Day

Thank you, some dude!

My tracks ballot (ranked 1-35):

Dead Presidents II
Can I Live
Imaginary Player
D'Evils
Poppin' Tags
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Takeover
Where I'm From
Jigga What, Jigga Who (Originator 99)
Snoopy Track
U Don't Know
Money, Cash, Hoes
Intro/A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More
Big Pimpin'
Can I Get a...
All I Need
Politics as Usual
Public Service Announcement
Is That Yo Bitch
The Ruler's Back
Encore
Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
Friend or Foe
Can't Knock the Hustle
It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)
Rap Game/Crack Game
If I Should Die
Who You Wit II
Some People Hate
Guess Who's Back (w/ Scarface)
This Can't Be Life
So Ghetto
Brooklyn's Finest
Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)
1-900 Hustler

it's pretty tragic that Irv Gotti made the "Can I Live" and "Can I Get A" beats but then became a brand name by throwing windchimes over Bad Boy beats

TRACKS

1. Can I Live
2. D’evils
3. Guess Whos Back
4. Snoopy Track
5. Come and Get Me
6. Big Pimpin
7. Medly: intro
8. The Originator
9. Some How Some Way
10. Time To Build (lol why did i place this so high? I think I forgot to edit it out)
11. Nigga What Nigga Who
12. Only A Customer
13. Young G’s
14. Reservoir Dogs
15. Dec 4
16. Threat
17. Cant Knock The Hustle
18. It’s Like That
19. Hypnotic
20. Public Service Announcement
21. Lucifer
22. Hey Papi
23. U Don’t Know
24. Diamonds from Sierra Leone
25. Change The Game
26. A Week Ago
27. Money Aint a Thing
28. Never Change
29. La La La
30. Honey
31. Always Be My Sunshine
32. 1 900 Hustler
33. What You Think of That
34. Where I’m From
35. Dead Presidents II

ALBUMS

1. Reasonable Doubt
2. Vol 2
3. Vol 1
4. The Dynasty
5. The Blueprint

8-19 was a rough run for me

Listening to Memphis Bleek's verse in "1-900-Hustler" is a helluva way to start a weekend let me tell YOU.

lol "Time To Build"

lotta pre-RD tracks are impressive but the only one i really love enough that i'd've considered voting for is probably "Only A Customer"

Yeah I burned a high vote on that one. Only A Customer, though, would place it even higher today.

spottie you and me on that "some how some way" tip

"Some How" is good but i could never look at it as anything but a minor "This Can't Be Life" sequel

xp yeah man! thats my beanie/face/jay cut of choice. Play that and This Cant Be Life back to back and you'll drowned in tears.

but its close, probably should have put them both in there.

these are all gold tbh

best Scarface/Roc-A-Fella collab

1) Where I'm From
2) U Don't Know
3) Takeover
4) Nigga What Nigga Who
5) Hard Knock Life
6) It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)
7) Can't Knock the Hustle
8) Brooklyn's Finest
9) Politics as Usual
10) Money Cash Hoes
11) Public Service Announcement
12) Success
13) Streets is Watching
14) Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)
15) D'Evils
16) Addicted to the Game
17) Ain't No Nigga
18) What More Can I Say
19) Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
20) Never Change
21)Oh My God
22) Money Ain't A Thang
23) Dirt Off Your Shoulder
24) It's Alright
25) So Ghetto
26) Show Me What You Got (kind of regret this vote, but like the beat and wanted to throw a pop tune a bone)
27) Big Pimpin'
28) Friend or Foe
29) Jigga My Nigga
30) Niggas in Paris
31) H.A.M.

Also feel kind of meh about my Watch the Throne track votes, but at the same time I think that album got so overly shit-talked on ILM that I wanted to up it a little.

AWESOME POLL SOME D

My ballot:

1. It's Hot (Some LIke it Hot)
2. Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)
3. Politics As Usual
4. Where I'm From
5. Come & Get Me
6. Friend Or Foe '98
7. Can I Get A...
8. The Takeover
9. Intro/A Million And One Questions/Rhyme No More
10. Girls Girls Girls (Remix)
11. Dead Presidents II
12. Meet The Parents
13. Who You Wit II
14. Money Ain't A Thang
15. U Don't Know
16. Big Pimpin'
17. So Ghetto
18. Nigga What, Nigga Who
19. Can't Knock The Hustle
20. Is That Yo Bitch
21. Poppin' Tags
22. Hey Papi
23. Parking Lot Pimpin'
24. H To The Izzo
25. Streets Is Watching
26. Public Service Announcement (Interlude)
27. Money, Cash, Hoes
28. You Must Love Me
29. La La La (Excuse Me Miss Again)
30. Brooklyn's Finest
31. Song Cry
32. N***a Please
33. Can I Live II
34. 1-900 Hustler
35. Stop

lol "99 problems" just missed the top 40

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, August 2, 2013 1:50 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol, knew it would. I don't even hate the song (actually love it tons, even the homage to UGK in the last verse), but I hate that it was a gimmicky tune that non-Jay fans still throw out whenever you say you like Jay-Z. "Oh, it's the 99 Problems guy". fuck that.

sad that ther ewasn't much A Week Ago love :(

this was really fun

here's my ballot

1. big pimpin (ft. ugk)
2. can i get a... (ft. amil & ja rule)
3. nigga what, nigga who (originator 99) (ft. jaz-o)
4. intro/a million in one questions/rhyme no more
5. heart of the city
6. poppin tags (ft. big boi, twista & killer mike)
7. stretch & bobbito 95 (w/ big l)
8. so ghetto
9. izzo (hova)
10. money cash hoes (ft. dmx)
11. PSA
12. dead presidents II
13. what we do (ft. freeway & beanie sigel)
14. i just wanna luv u
15. money ain't a thing (w/ jermaine dupri)
16. jigga my nigga
17. this can't be life (ft. beanie sigel & scarface)
18. it's hot (some like it hot)
19. the bounce (ft. kanye west)
20. reservoir dogs
21. is that your bitch? (w/ memphis bleek & missy elliott)
22. party people (w/ timbaland &magoo/twista)
23. jigga that nigga
24. frontin (w/ pharrell)
25. heartbreaker (w/ mariah carey)
26. snoopy track (ft. juvenile)
27. mya - best of me pt 2 (ft. jay-z)
28. hola hovito
29. lobster & scrimp (w/ timbaland)
30. guess who's back (w/ scarface & beanie sigel)
31. hard knock life
32. niggas in paris (w/ kanye west)
33. missy elliott - one minute man (remix) (ft. jay-z)
34. u don't know
35. 1-900-hustler

xxpost awesome poll overall tho

my ballot, outside top 40 bolded:

Where I’m From
Lucifer
I Just Wanna Love U
Hey Papi
U Don’t Know
Who You Wit
Streets Is Watching
Song Cry
Come And Get Me
Can I Live
Can I Get A
So Ghetto
Money Ain’t A Thang
Guess Who’s Back
Intro/A Million
My 1st Song
Rap Game/Crack Game
Imaginary Player
Hard Knock Life
This Can’t Be Life
Is That Yo Bitch
1-900-Hustler
Can’t Knock The Hustle
Encore
What We Do
Best Of Me (Remix)
All I Need
Heart of the City
Diamonds From Sierra Leone
It’s Alright
Friend Or Foe ’98 -
Change the Game
PSA
Nigga What
Dead Presidents

YAY ANOTHER "CHANGE THE GAME" AND "ENCORE" VOTE, lol.

I had Friend or Foe 98 on my orig list but I think I removed it as I didn't wanna vote for both songs in a series.

i was gonna say that i'm really surprised that "what we do" didn't place but i actually had to re-send my ballot to shiplo cuz i forgot the first time

that's one of jay's best verses though

i have a friend who hates Jay's "What We Do" verse, i wouldn't go that far, but really i'd like the song almost as much if all Jay did was tell Free "keep it flowin'"

What We Do is maybe my favorite Roc song

guess I'm the only one who loves Momma Loves Me

it's really good. just always gets outshined by its album and some slightly similar songs in the catalog i guess.

on "what we do" i don't see how jay and beanie sigel's verses can be anything but letdowns after freeway's?

dunno if this fits in the thread but my roomie was playing this over and over last week and now I'm obsessed

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XDxeugnRQLo&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXDxeugnRQLo

Fuck, this was v definitely the wrong thread haha

Sorry kinda faded

I feel like the secret to "Is That Yo Bitch" is the demo-quality vocals

My top twenty-five: https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/gotta-learn-to-live-with-regrets-best-of-jay-z/

never really understood the "can i get a" love. so many superior songs from that 5 year period

cuz it sounds great on the radio? Simple as that.

that's easily one of jay's most memorable verses ever... i think i've been able to rap it from memory since i was 12

and amil's verse is great

this list is trash

http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/all-274-jay-z-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html

Any list that puts Empire State of Mind over Takeover and Heart of the City is doing something wrong.

so much volume 3 slander

This poll was perfect

4:44 is like me least fav song off his new alb

can you imagine listening to snoopy track or come and get me and thinking, "these songs are firmly in the bottom half of the jay-z discography"

spottie otm re: this poll

yeah ilx is good

would be interested to see our results and these side by side:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/jay-z-50-greatest-songs-w510043

seems like a decent list

too bad they quote the money machining line wrong

The albums I'd preserve.