JAY-Z: HOW TO DO THIS, SON

Jay-Z: Show You How (Roc-A-Fella, 2002, The Blueprint 2)

I thought most of The Blueprint 2 was overstuffed, yet another double album that truly didn’t need to be. The fact that Jay-Z ended up releasing the pared down 2.1 was all but a bizarre acknowledgement of that. Yet, just when I was ready to completely give up on the album, Jay and Just Blaze team up for this bonus cut, making us all wonder “how come the whole album couldn’t have sounded like this shit?”

365 Days of Soul, #89