Jewels From Irv Gotti: What Actually Made 'Vol. 2' Jay Z's Best Selling Album | Complex
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Im so tired of ppl not recognizing, how IMPORTANT & of a LEGEND Gotti really is...
He's one of the most precious KEY to hip-hop in the 90's-2000's
He's in my office, a bit more now. 😂
I love how you picked that out... 😂..I didn't have to...nice work my guy..ha!!
XD 😂
Sounds to me like Jay was just a master of adapting and moving. He knew what he had to do to stay near the top.
i.e doing some snake shit to do it which is not right
JukainPwnsSurvives
Shut up lol
Like drizzy
This isn't a respectable form of adapting......this is literally just a non creative way of following a trend which jay has done on multiple occasions. Irv forgot to mention how he switched up his style to fit people like Nas's back in the 90s .
@@JukainPwnsSurvives how is adapting being a snake?
I remember being 18 and going to see the Hard Knock Life Tour...that was a life changing experience.
Chris Gotti (Irvs brother) said that Jay was consistent. X and Ja sold more “physical records “ than Jay but Jay was consistent. And that’s what wins the race. Jay has a catalog. He stayed relevant. X and Ja each have there “5 years” but Jay has his start but never had his end yet
Facts
Ja Rule did not sell more physical records than Jay Z in their era…Do your research…Dmx came out when Jay did Vol 2(His highest selling album)…X numbers were more comparable to Jay Z for his first 3 albums then it dwindled off
NAs is still here
@@LSFHja rule was outselling jay-z world wide in the early 2000s until 2003 or 2004
@@kapo2012fbsorry but Nas was sleeping for years. He maybe back but he never had a peak like Ja or X or Jay
I think giving that "can I get a" to Jay was a good move because Ja didn't even have an album out and nobody knew who he was. The record introduced the world to Ja and set up his solo.
Ja Rule came out back in 94-95. Mic Geronimo and Irv Gotti introduced him into the game back then and and was part of a group back then called Cash Money Click. Check it out on CZcams if you don't believe me.
Major Dutch still nobody knew him.
Rapping alongside jay who was already popular was a good move.
100% correct. Giving that record to Jay was the right move. And he kept Ja on the song. Soulja Slim did the same thing for Juvenile with "Slow Motion." Same with Dr. Dre for 2Pac with "California Love." Artists give away songs all the time, because it makes business sense.
Even tho Irv has grey hair he always has a youthful spirit that always caught my attention. His knowledge about the rap game and his wisdom about life in general doesn't just make him a leader, but inspires others to wanna lead in his foot steps for years to come😎
More of these vids they're entertaining and educational 😂
Keep shot like this coming! Love hearing irv old stories
+Derpurs Machinest (Gamer88) Exactly, Irv gotti always give us the hindsight of shit.
All of jay z volume albums are classics. I am glad to be alive during the jay z era. He was shitting out albums left and right at one time. The life and times of shawn carter was my shit!!!
His vol1 didn’t sell until vol2 and we know why he sold that much
It’s because of DMX and ja rule
Everybody know a Vol1 is better than Vol2
@@mpjdu2425 It sold because of the Ani sample which has nothing to do with Ja or X
His first 8 albums before he became defjam president are all classics
Jay Z is the kind of success story that encourages me as a underground artist with a small following. Seeing how he’s developed his skills and slowly blown up after seizing each and every opportunity he’s been giving has been inspirational! Mans has quickly become a mainstay in the industry and for good reason. Dude is too nice! I know if I put in the work, I can reach a larger audience some day too, but for now, I’m happy being a supporter. My turn will come too. Salute to Jay Z🔥
Jay is a clown snake sellout
Gotti speaking facts....this is actually known to everyone that was around during this era
mhpcog lol I didnt wanna run down the list but u right....he used alot of people on his rise up
mhpcog
idk about that but he definitely tried to hide his shady shit
mhpcog
i'll take ur word for it cause i have no idea
Dame Grease did most of DMX first album...in fact Swizz only had 2 tracks on the entire Its Dark and Hell is Hot... Dame Grease didnt do any tracks on Vol2 and Hard Knock Life was on Billboard longer than Can i get a.... so these are Not Facts. The DMX formula was Dame Grease...Jay used Swizz Beatz
Word and he was around for everything
Vol.2 always was my favorite album
That was a fun watch. Love the art direction. Very well produced.
I love listening to Gotti's stories
I personally think the black album followed by the blueprint were his best albums
but damn there's not much topping that hardknock life tour
The Black Album is undoubtably his greatest to me. I think often with artists their first album/project is seen as their best as their style and sound is new to everybody ears and the freshness cannot be duplicated again
+David f what I do know is that alot of people love to pick debut albums as an artist's best
Because of they were hungrier and because nostalgic purposes
The black album was just as good lyrically
But it had better production,
Direction,song structure and was all around better album sonically
Volume 1 is his best album followed very closely by the black album
PLEASE DONT SLEEP ON AMERICAN GANGSTER HOV WAS IN HIS FUCKING BAG..
@@jwalls1223 AG was poetry so fuckin great
Haha Jay did to Ja Rule , what he did to Cam'ron with the "H.O.V.A (H to the Izzo" Beat lol As i look back, Jay-Z has played the game right and released the right songs at the right given time depending on the Wave at that particular moment.
His verses on DJ Khaled's recent tracks are a perfect example of that lol
lol u right, but that smart business.
Co-Ordinated King David just like drake
Smart business, but it’s whack as far as people helping him but him turning his back on those that helped him. He didn’t get to where he is by himself, he had help and he should reciprocate that help.
@@BigPrimo33 super facts... keyword help
Im old enough to remember all of this...
elementary going into middle school
Money Cash Hoes was a song I used to play when I was 10 everyday when I came home from school for like 20 minutes. Favourite song in 2002.
agree with everything irv said except vol 1, that was a dope ass album i liked it better than vol 2 but it didn't blow up like it should have, imaginary players, streets is watching, where im from, etc fucking classic
Jigga's a hustler 💖 .
loving all these hip hop stories!!!! THE PROCESS AND JOURNEY IS EVERYTHING
man these are great, keep it coming..
Reasonable Doubt will always be my favorite.
Volume 1 is better imo
@@sugs1191no
I absolutely love how Irv tells a story.
For those of who are watching the video, Irv is not shitting on Jay. Jay and Irv and DMX knew each other since 88. Jay wrote the verses for Ja Rule and Amil for Can I Get A... Ja Rule wrote the hook for the song. Thats it. Irv helped Jay and X get into the game. Every artist is gonna ride on a wave. Its called asking for help. Irv helped Jay, X and Ja and Jay, Irv and X helped Irv. Calm down everybody.
SoulOfTheSouth He not shitting on Jay, BUT he did say that Jay ran to the Bad Boy producers after Biggie died & didn't fuck with Irv & them until after DMX sold millions!
I love gotti's stories
as a viewer, these are the best segments you got coming. would love more from irv, and other behind the scenes people.
We need more jewels from Gotti !!!!!!!!
Complex please stop giving us bits and pieces of this interview because right now we want more!
Goddamn Jay bout to put a hit out on Gotti.
15 years ago he probably would have
+ClarityNation he wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.
+Pyroclastic DOOM wasn't irv hooked up with that dude preme? i dont jay would've done shit
yungfly jr lol yea he stabbed Un nd shot his own brother but he wouldn't bust a grape in a food fight stfu
if you didn't know Jay has been a snake. then you're a chump
The City Is Mine is too ill.
Yoooooo!! Complex has been on it with these videos lately. From the ''Magnum Opus'' series to these interviews. All great entertainment and some deeper insight ofhistorical happenings in hip hop. Dope shit. A Def Jam movie would be a brilliant idea. Such rich history.
Jay did the same thing 2 yrs earlier.
When He jacked Camp Lo for their beats.
For his debut album reasonable doubt.
He didn’t jack it. They gave him the beat and Camp Lo gave it to them.
That Little Annie sample and collabs on almost every song made the album popular.
We gonna need the rest of this interview
Jay also used Foxy to get big. Ain't No was his first big hit and Foxy was that chick at the time. Kept doing songs with her I'll Be, and My Sunshine, but stopped messing with her when she got with the Firm. Not to mention how he used Jaz-0 to get his foot in the door.
Why do you niggas say shit like this? Lol
@@christopherayettey4390 It's true Jay used Ja, DMX, State Property, Dame, Kanye, and the list goes on. When Cam was hot in 02, Jay was on songs with him, but when Cam was gettin bigger than Jay, he shot down his position at Rocafella. When State Property was the shit, Jay took Young Chris flow, but where are they now? When 50 was the biggest artist in 03, Jay did Roc the Mic tour with 50. Jay was hatin on Wayne in 06 until Wayne was big then he jumps on tracks with him. He only works with who's big at the time and takes their momentum for his own. He used Big's death even by doing songs with Puff and Kim on Vol. 1 to remind you he was Big's lil homie.
@@newphilmz3605 sounds like hes being strategic and making moves whiles everyobe stays the same lol
Jayz is the biggest rapper ever!!!
You think he got there by just watching on and not doing what he has to do to WIN!??
And then after all his achievements oeople say "jay used them". Loool
Please!!! Its ridiculous
Remember jay was and has akways been hot before state orop and dipset! And after!
@@christopherayettey4390
It's A difference
Drake is Big
Probably the most successful artist in the game
Drake don't care if you're A 1 hit or up & coming
He'll Do A Track with you
He don't wait until you blow up
He usually gives artist A push
Jay-Z on the other hand won't even talk to you until he need your momentum
She was already on the firm wtf you re talking about ?
I love great content like this. Keeps you wanting more.
Irv is so similar to Dame it’s insane. Love them or hate them they are behind the MC’s that shaped music for two decades.
I've been telling people that for years now Irv confirmed it,Jay is the biggest USER in Rap history!! i
naa that title's gotta go to like a shug or a diddy.. someone who's success is incoherent with their talent.. Jay had the pieces.. he just used a little help to put em together.
My nigga HOV is becoming faker and faker right there with Diddy.
L
Really can't picture being in a room with Irv Gotti and Dame Dash. I mean i feel like even my thoughts would get interrupted. Much less them deciding between themselves who gets to talk first, last and loudest.
While they both seem to have a competitive energy , I would rather talk to Dame . He's more humble and will give you the tools to be your own boss . Irv on the other hand just seems like a chatty cathy , always trying to steal credit from producers...and bringing up past beefs that are irrelevant to his life now . Just my opinion.
we're talkin about chickens=Jay and eagles=X here!!!RR DMX4LIFE...this man is one of a kind a true warrior!!!One Love!!!
Gotti funny lol these are old stories but good to see he doing good tho. Artist always share ideas, songs, hooks and etc. Competitive nature is best
Keep em coming, I love old Irv Stories !
Why people always act scared of Jay Z or scared to say anything about Jay Z like his a fucking god. Theres plenty MC's that had extraordinary careers and were/are better MC's than Hov. Hov is one of the goats yes, but he isnt the untouchable greatest that can never been criticized... DMX in his prime would've smoked Jay if they had another battle, X had 5 straight multi platinum #1 albums and 1 #2 album and a hollywood career... Nas ethered Jay... Jay is a successful businessman and mogul and coupled with his Beyonce relationship saw him rise to god level to some people, but MC's could destroy Jay.. Nas, DMX, Ice Cube, Jadakiss, MF Doom, Mos Def, Ice Cube, Pun Biggie Big L all were much nicer than Jay but everyone puts him top straight away like his untouchable because of his business career rather than base it off solely music.... Nas is 10 times the MC Jay is, album wise, verse, structure, lyrically, content etc. They dont put Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Jay Z so stick to rap and not business...although I do understand Jay is still nice and genuinely maybe peoples all time #1
+Skywalker2332 Truth in your statement bruh.. Jay is good but he aint god... all those mc's you mentioned are by far better than Jay
+Skywalker2332 I could not agree more with you and have been saying the same thing for years. Yes jay is a great and i dont get mad when people say he is their fav or the best to them cause he is indeed great, but I also think a lot of that has to do with his success. his success which is amazing coming from where he came and where he took it is incredible, so with all that his mc status has just been boosted to this god like level, I think they are quite a few mcs out there that are lyrically better, like the game, beanie sigel, pusha t, but those guys are not successful as jay
+Tim Kruse lets not get carried away now lol, I dont think the mc's he said are by far better than jay. I think they are better than jay with the exception of dmx and cube, but jay is great too so saying by far better is a stretch.
guelphuni true... i still think X is better than Jay lol
+Skywalker2332 You said Cube twice, but i agree with your list except for x and big l. Big L is a little overrated for people to me. I mean he had punch lines here and there but if you actually listen to his storytelling, flow, content matter, discography (1 fucking album, no certificated classic right?) , all of that don't mach Jay z 3 classic albums (RD, BLUEPRINT, BLACK ALBUM) AND his input for over 20 years in this game. Plus all of those things that make an Mc great jay does.
Those are two songs I have no desire to revisit! That Short Dog feature was nice... the Originators nice 💪🏽
Volume 1 In My Lifetime was not bad. And TBH with you I thick it was top 10 of all time period. And I still think it is.
and Jay was on Def jam (Irv Gotti) to be exact watching him and his moves like a hawk, x ja Swizz beats, Jay wanted in, and there is nothing wrong with that just respect and help the hand that helped you JAY..
But Jay forgets that
He acts like he made everything on his own and pave the way
Jay is the greatest to eva do this period and you can tell by how all these Industry insider people act when they talk about him, and if you really listen to hiphop you'll know that Drake is trying to copy Jays blueprint so hard,
Yh but drakes max potential will always be half of Kay cos drake dont got bars
Vol 1 is fire he tripping. City is mine. Streets is watching ..where im from....must love me ...
Growing up in my small town of Augusta Ga in the mid to late 90s. I had a thirst for Biggie's music. Jay-Z was around but Notorious B.I.G had the spot light. I remeber walking the hall of my high school watching local niggas vibe out to regional shit while hating on that New York Flava and any nigga rocking ski goggles and shit like they was from up north was getting roasted but shit, you couldnt tell me nothing, all my folks was from philly so I said 'close enough'. I started writting rhymes and trying to flow to classic joints off the life after death album as well as reasonable doubt. But life was a bitch and time waits for no man. So I had to move. Didnt want to be the bum in the hood with a good flow and no job. Then big died and left a huge void. Guess who filled it. Jay-Z. I can remember telling myself listening to them soulful productions off his album yeah, this will fill that New York void biggie left. I dont doubt anything Gotti just said in this video. My only wish is that Jay do a reality joint or something so us folks that supported him early in his career can see how he spent that dough, or invested it.
The thing about Jay the shit was fire a new sound something different every time
This is exactly what Drake did with Quintin miller and migos
Nope Drake took a verse not a hook
Yes!!! I'm loving these joints
So because irv said it, the way he's saying it, some run with it, hell some are just plain haters. Jay never stole no ones lyrics or idea. Biggie's estate gets A check from Hov. Y'all don't know Biggie's mom and Jay worked out an agreement on some publishing, partily because it was thought the bad boy wasn't giving biggie's estate proper credit.
I think Jay is the goat but I believe Irv. And btw everyone copies eveyone usually to some extent. Jay is the best at playing the game and I mean that as a compliment
1. Reasonable doubt 2. Blueprint(1)
3. Blueprint(3)
MORE STORIES FROM IRV ASAP👍
HKL Vol2 is a 5 mic classic
The tunnel my nigga!!! Who was down in the tunnel????
Alan-Michael Dougherty I was about 15 years old the tunnel was still alive remember those nights on hot 97 when they used too get artists and freestyle all night I lived a block away from where freaky zeeky got shot outside a club on 22 st between 7 ave and 6 ave I was in front of my building just heard the pow pow didn't see anything tho
vol. 2 was his highest selling but vol. 3, black album and blueprint are all better albums in retrospect
I knew something was up when I listened to "Love the Doe" on Life After death. He was borrowing BIG's flow.
more jewels, great series.
keep them coming
Vol 1 is underrated
i was born in 94 all i really kno is gotti a real nigga bra but this shit practically changed my opinion on 2000s hiphop bra
I watched the Hard Knock Life tour DVD almost every night to sleep
Irv is a great storyteller
REALLY been fucking with this content lately 🙏🏾
Yesssss🔥🔥🔥🔥✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
My nigga Irv speaks the truth.
Do more segments like this complex!
I love him and this a lot
Long Live X
Jay z the goat no argument
BAW Entertainment The 🐐 when it comes to stealing...I’m a fan,but Jay-z is the biggest bitter in the history of rap.
So basically Jay just jumped on whatever was hot? That's why he sounded like the Fu-Schnikens when he first came out.
Where's the full interview? I got an attention span longer than 2 minutes!
COMPLEX IS LEARNING FROM VLAD. STRETCHING IT OUT FOR ALL ITS WORTH HUH. WE SEE YOU MARC.
More videos like this please.
Speak the truth Gotti!! 👍
where can I find the full interview?
let me get some Swiss beatz lmfao!!! Jay is a SNAKE!
miguel gee Why he is a snake for that ??? All rappers does that from the beginning of times and secondly Swiss was Ruff Ryder not murder Inc ....
MORE PLEASE
I believe Irv Gotti. All you have to do is go back and look at Jay's format. Reasonable Doubt was a classic without a doubt but didn't do the numbers. So what happens...BIG dies and he definitely used the Hitmen to produced In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Real fans know that some of those songs didn't fit Jay's style. He was trying to sell records similar to what Nas was trying to do with his 2nd album. Vol.2 clearly shows how he wanna blend both commercial and street which made it to be successful and more respectable than In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Then there's Vol.3 and we all know the rest was history because he definitely took it back to the streets to compete with DMX's "And Then There Was X".
overall, RIP: DMX one of the last "real" rappers.
Well said
True words never been
since gotti aint get that promotion he aint holding nothing back
It's funny; little things Irv says like X and Jay not really felling each other makes me wander back to those days Jay was the president at Def Jam. X spoke out a lot about how Jay told him one thing when it came to his music and didn't follow through. Maybe Jay used his position to sabotage the dog. Just a theory...
Or maybe it was the crack
@@Wza456 X was a already a thing of the past at that point
He’s in my office a little bit more now haha
irv said he is giving his OPINION, truthful OPINION, it's still his OPINION, not end all be all" Ask yourself why is he saying all this now, well it's because, Jay will not deal with him anymore. As a matter of fact, their relationship started going downhill when irv stated dealing with nas during their beef, hence why Jay didn't lift a finger when 50 ct was going at irv and them.
If you kno you kno...gotti speaking facts💯💯
Get we get more Irv Gotti reminiscing
Great story 👍👍
LOL 0:53. Thats what makes a good story
My favorite Jay album
Irv also invented Windows 7 too uh?
this video pretty much proves i was right about a debate I was having on another video...
Love how Irv forgot to mention the song "Hard Knock Life" from that album which was his biggest at that time. Of course Irv didn't work on it so that's why he didn't mention it.
Billie Dahling he did mention it you didn’t watch the whole video or something 😂😂
You SLOW ASS FUCK!!! Damn
Getting keep going
I wanna see him back on top PAUSE some of the best songs came from his plan
BOUT TIME THIS FUCKN VOL 2 HE PROVED A POINT
I remember Jay was mad when Ja said it was his song. That dudes ego is so big. Lol.