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

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.