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Jay-Z Says 'In My Lifetime, Vol. 1' Was the 'One That Got Away'

Posted Sep 2nd 2009 10:30AM by Latifah Muhammad
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Jay-Z has millions of fans, but there is one album in the Brooklyn-bred rapper's collection that even he won't listen. On the cusp of his highly-anticipated 'Blueprint 3' release, Jay stated that his career hasn't been all good decisions; noting that his work on his 1997 sophomore studio album, 'In My Lifetime, Vol.1,' was riddled with missteps.

"What I did with '[In My Lifetime] Volume One' was I tried to make records. I had just made 'Reasonable Doubt' ... it wasn't successful in music industry terms," he said in an interview. "It was a cult classic on the streets, but it wasn't successful in the music business and I tried to blend the two. If you look back on 'In My Lifetime,' there were songs on there that were brilliant. I don't listen to that album because I think I messed it up.

"You got 'Where I'm From,' 'Streets Is Watching,' 'You Must Love Me,' and 'Lucky Me.' It's so many incredible records on there that I think I missed having two classics in a row [by] trying to get on the radio. It really hurt me because that album was so good; I can't listen to it. When that record comes on it just erks me. I don't have any regrets but musically, the album [is] the one that got away."

Another sharing the same sentiment was the late Biggie Smalls who, according to Hova, immediately took a liking to the album. "The first song I made for it was 'Streets Is Watching,' which was the last song that Biggie Smalls ever heard. He made me play the record 30 times. We played it so much I just gave it him. I was like, 'Just keep it."

Next Tuesday, Jay will hit the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden for the "Answer the Call" tribute concert, marking the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Jay's 'Blueprint 3' will also hit shelves that day, eight years after the exact release of the first album in the trilogy.

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September 08 2009 at 8:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mmadttog

Hey Jay-Z,you still mugging 14 year old girls in the head twice like you did in 2001 after she made the mistake of taking a picture of your royal ass and your homies just standing around with those tough thug smiles that can only be lack of heart and minds?

September 03 2009 at 5:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

elfineasspelon

Its funny since neither Pac or Biggie ever like Jay-z but hes always acting like they loved him and his music...Has he ever heard Pac's Makaveli album...Im pretty sure he has since he copied from the track me and my girlfriend.....I guess you can say all you want when the dead can't quote you back...Plus was he rolling with Biggie the night he got killed in cali to say that the last song he ever heard was "the streets are watching"?......He's never going to held up there with Pac and Biggie like he wants to be...Pac and Biggie will always be the only Rap Gods

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