On at the present time in 1998, Jay-Z and his Roc crew launched his third album Quantity 2…A Onerous Life with their impartial Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam imprint.
Recorded in a few of New York’s most coveted studio areas, Vol. 2… That includes a few of the finest producers within the sport, together with Jermaine Dupri, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, Onerous Knock Life, Hov’s third album Proving that Jigga had discovered the method to supply what was, on the time, probably the most profitable feature-length mission of his profession.
Quantity 2 debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, promoting 350,000 copies in its first week… “Onerous Knock Life” was licensed 5x Platinum inside two years of its launch, setting the bar excessive for Hov’s albums, incomes Better of Golden Gramophone Award for Rap Album on the forty first Annual Grammy Awards. Among the high singles from the 14-track set embrace “Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99),” “Onerous Knock Life,” “Can I Get A…” and “Cash Ain’t” that includes Jermaine Dupri A Thang”.
Hats off to Jigga, Dame, Biggs, Memphis Bleek, Sauce Cash and the remainder of the Rocs for making such timeless hip hop historical past!
