According to his mother Gloria Carter, a young Jay-Z used to wake his siblings up at night banging out drum patterns on the kitchen table. Eventually, she bought him a boom box for his birthday and thus sparked his interest in music. He began freestyling, writing rhymes, and followed the music of many artists popular at the time. It is stated that he beat Busta Rhymes in a rap battle, but also has lost to DMX. On top of that, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Bizzy Bone was snatched by his employer and taken to New York to battle Jay-Z; Bizzy reportedly was victorious in the battle.
In his neighborhood, Carter was known as "Jazzy", a nickname that eventually developed into his stage name, "Jay-Z". The moniker is also an homage to his musical mentor, Jaz-O (a.k.a. Jaz, Big Jaz), as well as to the J/Z subway lines that have a stop at Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn.
Jay-Z can be heard on several of Jaz-O's early recordings in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "The Originators" and "Hawaiian Sophie". His career had a jump start when he battled a rapper by the name of Zai. The battle caught the eye of many record labels, as Jay-Z was able to hold his own against Zai. He first became known to a wide audience by being featured on the posse cut "Show and Prove" on the 1994 Big Daddy Kane album Daddy's Home ]He also made an appearance on a popular song by Big L, "Da Graveyard", and on Mic Geronimo's "Time to Build", which also featured early appearances byDMX, Q-Man, Ja Rule and Shazim Hasan in 1995. His first official rap single was called "I Can't Get With That", for which he also released a music video.
§ In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
§ Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998)
§ Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (1999)
§ The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)
§ The Blueprint (2001) My Personal favourite.
§ The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse (2002). Meet the parents, Dream classics.
§ The Black Album (2003). Re established my love for this stuff we call hiphop my faith was beginnig 2 faulter.
§ Kingdom Come (2006). Hands up now wave
§ American Gangster (2007). fav quote i think "What do i think about success it sucks to much stress" this comin from the dude who said"when they speak of success im what they might mean"
§ The Blueprint 3 (2009) This joint aint dropped yet but i cant wait.
Collaboration albums
§ Streets Is Watching (1998)
§ The Best of Both Worlds (2002) – with R. Kelly. Taught me a valuable lesson "U only know who your true friends are wen u bof got paper"
§ Unfinished Business (2004) – with R. Kelly
§ Collision Course (2004) – with Linkin Park. Whos ever gonna forget Encore off this joint
Compilation albums
§ Jay-Z: Unplugged (2001). My favourite version of H to the Izzo is on this joint
§ Chapter One: Greatest Hits (2002)
§ Bring It On: The Best of Jay-Z (2003)
§ Greatest Hits (2006)
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