Jay-Z - Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life

[bad boy T]

1. Intro - Hand it down feat Memphis Bleek 4/5
2. Hard knock life 4/5
3. If I should die feat Da Ranjahz 5/5
4. Ride or die 3/5
5. N**** what n**** who feat Big Jaz 3/5
6. Money, cash, hoes, feat DMX 5/5
7. A week ago feat Too short 2/5
8. Coming of age (da sequel) feat Memphis bleek 3/5
9. Can I get a... feat Amil and Ja Rule 3/5
10. Paper chase feat Foxy Brown 2/5
11. Reservoir dogs feat The Lox, Beanie Sigel and Sauce Money 5/5
12. It's like that feat Kid Capri 4/5
13. It's alright feat Memphis Bleek 4/5
14. Money ain't a thang feat Jermaine Dupri 5/5

6/10

[Dominus Santorini]

8/10 for me...dope album

[claaa7]

real dissapointing album after "reasonable doubt" and "in my lifetime".. the title track is classic but the rest of the album can't live up to what that promises. "coming of age II", "a week ago" and "it's like that" are really good shit too. I just hates the fact that he gets one beat from DJ premier on the album and he gives it to memphis bleek.. what a fucking waste!!!

overall - 3/5

[Durag]

This album is pathetic. I was just listeneing to this the other day, and its fuckin horrible. The only real dope track is the Kid Kapri joint, and the title track and the track with Too short are good, but nothing amazing. Apart from that its horrible. Swizz Beats and Timbaland drop horrible beats, as does everyone bar Premo and Kid Capri, and jay sounds fuckin weak throughout.

And as Claaa7 said, they wasted the only Premo beat on Memphis Bleek???? WTF


3/10

[CharlesJones]

LOL@Durag hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. He went mainstream with this album and his albums after this were terrible LOL.