@@TaeCanDraw Yep! All three i'm talking about. Especially Ye because people really wasn't looking at him as a rapper at first but Dame took a chance and as you can see it really paid off
The rise homie....the meat of the whole Roc-A-Fella run. Talk about the Hard knock life tour...How Jay became King of New York after BIG died....of course his beefs with Mobb Deep and Nas....Roc-A-wear clothing, Armadale Vodka, Grammy boycott...etc
I'm from Long Island New York I'm 44 years old and I grew up on all kinds of music especially rap starting in the early 80's due to having very young parents. I was 19 when Reasonable Doubt came out one of the best albums ever. That decade had the best rap, best sneakers and best clothing. I was so blessed to be a young dude in New York during that era. Great doc homie keep up the good work
Nice!! I’m from Suffolk county,the 90’s era Biggie had shit on locked then hov came and took over,the music,sneakers,video games,clothes,shit even the girls lol. Miss those days man.
I'm from London. East London! U.K 44 also. I'm glad to witnessed that Hip Hop era. From NWA, Run DMC Public Enemy ATCQ! to Snoop! WU! Biggie Jay Mobb Deep.. etc etc etc What a time!
Finally someone doing the roc story. Its not talked about enough. Couldn't go nowhere in the early 2000s without seeing the roc. Props to the uploader.
I’m from Mexico and living here currently, but I grew up in NYC, 1991-2008. I witnessed all of this, and I read The Source religiously. Yo don’t pay attention to all these comments talkin bout “u left this or that out”. You just gave us over 40 minutes of info!!! Fam, I commented before, one day someone gon come knockin at your door with a deal. Great content my G.
You and Diverse Mentality are killing the Hip Hop Documentary side of RU-vid. I considered myself knowledgeable on HipHop but I’ve been learning things from you guys. Keep up the good work. I’m excited for part 2.
I thought it was hilarious because I adlibbed that hahah. But you're going to love when I talk about Philly in part 2. State Property, Beanie Sigel, Young gunz, Peedi Crakk, Freeway, etc. I even plan on talking about Major Figgaz too! Jay tried to sign them
Bro. This is a classic documentary. One of the best I’ve seen on RU-vid. I love the way you break down all angles. You give every perspective. You tell the positive and negative. Please keep up the great work. You have to do a death row one next
Lol just puts a tear to my eye bro. Just glad to see you Dre, doing the research and putting together such a documentary like this for the older guys to reminisce and the younger dudes to see what music was looking like during that time. It was a great time back then. You see now that the more work you put into a doc you will find yourself in that imfamous algorithm lol. Great work bro.
I bought "Reasonable Doubt" on the strength of "Can't Knock a Hustle" with Mary J Blige on the radio and was really impressed by it. ATCQ's album dropped about that time too and I thought I was gonna rock with that one but instead Jay's album found much more time in my cd player.
My mom used to tell me when I was a kid that she went to a Jay-Z concert in 99', got backstage, and eventually ended up going back to his hotel with him after the show. She said they spent the night together, got close, but then never spoke again after she left the next day. Crazy thing is tho that 9 months later I was born.. #longlostdaddyJay
I'm halfway through the mini doc and you've got a masterpiece here ..nobody had ever told his story in detail like this ..im loving this ..mark my words you will get the views your looking for
I go in-depth with multiple perspectives from people who were there. Jay Z, Biggs, Dame, Ski Beatz, Kenny Ski from Christión, Jaz O, Adrien Vargas (Art Director for Reasonable Doubt), Jonathan Mannion (photographer for Jay-Z), Amen-Ra, Memphis Bleek, etc. This has taken weeks to do. I did my best to dig and be fair by using multiple perspectives from people who were there during this period. Did my best by including a lot of things but also well aware that this video could of been 3 hours in itself
Yo man I watched this part twice now after just watching the 2nd part. Thank you for your hard work! This is exactly what heads need, and will remain appreciated for some time.
Shout out to you young brother. This project of yours is well put together. I like the fact that you're a college student because I was in college/grad school/law school for the whole duration of the Roca fella dynasty,so I was a student when all of this was happening and you're a student putting this together. Much respect.
My favorite Roc mix-tape was Young Gunz “Youngest in Charge.” I was 15 yrs old and felt I was the only one in the BX with that EP. I was a State P fanatic!!
This was a nice trip down memory lane while learning new things. Looking forward to the next 2/3 parts. Watching this though, I’ve realized it’s extremely difficult to cover everything about RocAFella. I was looking forward to to hearing about Peedi Peedi aka Peedi Crakk, plus the rest of State Property and more Dipset. I mean, maybe in the next 2 parts, but it will be difficult. I still appreciate your content tho. Keep grinding, Homie. [x]
Thanks for the love! The reason why I didn't talk about Dipset or State Property in this episode is that this first episode is about the late '80s to 1999. State Property and Dipset both didn't even drop their debuts yet. Nobody on Dipset was on the ROC yet and I think before 2000 only Beanie, Oschino and somebody else (can't remember off of the top of my head) was signed to ROC. I've expanded the series to 4 episodes now (as I'll state in the new episode releasing probably tomorrow) The next episode will be about 2000 to 2002. I talk about Cam and State Property in it because they officially dropped their albums during them years. Come home with me, Beanie had the truth and the reason and the state property debut album
@@cloutcancun OH SNAP!!! 4 parts now. Damn, dawg. You too good to us. I’m rooting for you, Homie. I know it’s hard with being a full time student but dedication, consistency, and patience always pays off. Wish you well. Stay blessed. [x]
I'm from California Favorite Roc-A-Fella Album's are:The College Dropout (Reason why is because of the lyricism & bars + the relatability) Reasonable Doubt(The Lyricism and Bars are why its also my favorite) Favorite Artists: Kanye West & Jay-Z
Jayz is my favorite rapper of all time I done seen all the docs and interviews so I wasn’t expecting to learn anything new here but I did .. just a few things lol ... but this was amazing I can’t wait for part two manzar
I'm from Hamilton Canada Love your documentary about old school hip hop of the 80s and 90s I consider my hip hop knowledge to be decent but you opened a new perspective on the era of the 90s And I'm a 90s kid (1993) shout out to you homie
Just my 2 cents here: Excellent video it was very informative. In terms of your delivery.. it was raw and that's actually a great thing. You have room to grow, the sky is the limit and as a new subscriber I look forward to seeing you and this channel take off 🚀 keep up the good work.
I did..Christión but Sauce didn't drop until 2000 which this video is from late 80's to 1999. I also don't know when da ranjahz dropped. Both Sauce and da ranjahz weren't officially on the ROC I don't think. Sauce's album came out on priority
Sauce didn't sign to Rocafella. Da Ranjahz ended signing to Carter Faculty Hov sub label. I would love to know what happen with them also. Because I remember them pushing them hard on Carter Fac.
Tunning in from Cali, Colombia! Grew up in NYC roaming them strees in Jamaica Queens, Richmond Hills, Crescent St in BK,. Great Documentary. Sharing for sure.
You did a really fantastic job. You paid attention to detail and you gave us a lot of background that I didn't even know about. I remember this era and the 80s - 00s had the best rap music (in my opinion) Keep up the good work
Came across this channel today and subscribed, it's refreshing to see someone go into depth about the golden era of hip-hop 💯 keep it up my man, shout out from Sydney, Australia ❤️
Gotta respect the work you put into this, my dude. Been looking for a good Roc documentary for awhile now and glad I found your channel. You got a new subscriber.
Clout Cancun, I enjoyed Part 1. Please put out Part 2 and all thr stuff you promised to discuss. You earned an easy Subscription from me. Keep up the good work Sir.
great job much appreciated there are not enough docs on rocafella which is weird because its such a staple in the history of hip hop what they accomplished will never be done again in the music industry it was a very inspiring time in hip hop the entrepreneur era where people of color were starting there own labels and clothing lines like 50 and master p and you just dont see that type of thing anymore very good though this was very detailed stuff i didnt even know about its dope that a young person is making docs about this era much appreciated
Just subscribed and shared to my groupchat. Can’t wait to watch the rest and good luck with school! I know that grind but you’re creating amazing content 🙌🏽
I’m from Philly was around roc a fella from 1998 until 2001 ngl jay-z treated us like was from Brooklyn…good dude him and Ty-Ty I seen magic happen at baseline Malik sealy studio and use go to Sony and quad studio to record…I had a lot of fun!!! And can I forget hip hop Kareem brother he was the A&R at roc-A-fella than,he taught me a lot rap back than…
Yo this was a really good documentary!!!.. I subscribed and will be waiting for part 2..i cant wait...u gave me another channel to keep up with bro..thanks
NEW SUBSCRIBER HERE...!🙌 Thank you for doing these documentaries on a lot of the music industry's artists! I respect your exhausted, extensive, versatile and authentic efforts in putting these "GEMS" together...excellent job! I also love and sense that you are a "REALIST" when it comes to speaking and experiencing life in general. You seem very genuine and humble in your approach, which I respect and admire. Please continue to be REAL and HUMBLE, the world needs more people like yourself, again...great job!💖👍 🙌👑🌟✨💯
Nice work homie......been rockin (no pun intended) wit these dudes for over 20 years.....I'm in the philly area so I've always been a fan of beans and the young gunz first album were fire
Not going to lie growing up I wasn’t the biggest jay z till I got older but I loved his hustle but now I see why most people got him in they top 5 nigga really like that
Good documentary my brother keep it coming I had his first album in 1996 that year I now enter high school and everyone had got that album and the year he came too my country too shot that video ever me and my friends was at that set that year,you are on point with your information keep it coming my brother coming from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹🇹🇹
Respect my man! Jay is the greatest and BP1 is my favorite. The state property branch of the roc is the most intriguing to me. Philly was ready to ride for “this thing of ours”.
Really enjoyed this. Thank you. That next video gonna be crazy. All those artists, plus blueprint is easily Jay's best work. Not to mention the was the start of the just blaze and kanye era
@@cloutcancun makes me sad to a point. But when you think about it this layer groundwork for everything. The signing of labels. Hell kanyes finally got an opportunity. Which later he helps Cudi, drake and 40 have been quoted defining their sound around the 808s and heartbrakes sound. Like a lot of domino's start here. Amazing time in hip hop
You got a new subscriber to your channel. Just got through watching this and about to watch part 2. I remember this era like it was yesterday. I was in high school at the time and I remember Roc-a-fella just took over the industry alongside Ruff Riders, Murder Inc, No Limit, Cash Money, even Aftermath. Right off the heels of Death Row and Bad Boy. Keep up the good work.
