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Only an artist of Jay-Z's stature could have survived the indignity of In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, his stunningly poor second LP, and remain standing as one of the premier lyricists of his generation. Like Biggie did on Life After Death, Jay-Z diversifies his style here--with the Timbaland-laced "Nigga What, Nigga Who" and the dialogue "Coming of Age" (which revisits the young hustler from Jay-Z's first LP, Reasonable Doubt)--demonstrating that even when experimenting with flow, he can still crush his peers. Though the album falters notably at the end (the lazy funk of "Paper Chase," "Reservoir Dogs," and "It's Like That" could be safely cut without incident), Shawn Carter has nonetheless reclaimed his mantle as rap's leading don. --Jon Caramanica

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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 08, 2007 Type: User Review Vol. 2 Hard Knock Sympathy

awww it must be such a hard knock life.
doing nothing and recording trash talk
and gettin millions and a nice car
on the CD cover.
what a hard knock life!
Crappa what, Crappa who?
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From: Amazon Posted: Sep 21, 2007 Type: User Review Album of the year doesn't lie.

Great album,one of Jay-z's best. An album you can bang from start to finish.
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From: Amazon Posted: Sep 16, 2007 Type: User Review Hard Knock Life

In building up my classic CD collection, I came across this Jay Z that I had to have. The songs and the price was too good to pass up. Hopefully the seller will have some more so that I can contact them again soon.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 07, 2007 Type: User Review HOW COME HAVE WE LET THIS RAPPER GET FAMOUS ?

I bought this album in the last 1998, because I liked the Jermaine Dupri's song " Money ain't thang" (the last track of this album). In the same time I bought the excellent album of Jermaine Dupri "Life in 1472".
Just and only for this...
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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 05, 2006 Type: User Review Hard life

Many people will diagree with me, but out of all the albums Jay has done this album is the hardest for me to listen to. Because he has to many people on this album. Jay does not need a person breathing on a album with him more or less having other...
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