“Beyond Reasonable Doubt”, which has numerous Roc-A-Fella artists covering many of Jay’s classics was recorded a few years earlier however was never released after the fallout between Jay, Dame, and Biggs.
“We made this a while ago when [we still co-owned] Roc-A-Fella,” said Dame, who later formed the Dame Dash Music Group with Burke after the three principal players sold their remaining 50 percent stake of the label to its parent label, Island Def Jam, in December 2004.
“We got Juelz [Santana] ... Young Gunz … Rell, Jimmy Jones, Kanye West, Beanie [Sigel],” Biggs tells MTV of the “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” collection.
“At the time, I was looking for platforms to showcase the artists,” Dash added. “This was my [mental] state three, four years ago. I was always looking for projects to showcase the artists and move as a team. We had the talent. Cam’ron did a record too. Everybody did renditions of Jay songs. Some from Reasonable Doubt, some from other records.”
“Honestly, Reasonable Doubt was very important to us — despite the fact that people are paying homage to it without us, and I’m seeing stuff on television,” Dash said, referring to the “VH1 Classic Albums” episode that broke down the making of the classic Jigga debut. “[But] we’re not getting interviewed, which is cool.
“It’s a piece of us. It’s the only thing we still own that has anything to do with Roc-A-Fella,” he continued. “So back then, and being a part of the DNA of Roc-A-Fella, I was always trying to figure out a way to celebrate it. I knew the 10th anniversary was coming up. I said, ‘Let’s do an album with all the relevant artists doing a rendition of Jay records.’ But Jay said he didn’t like it, so we scrapped it. ... You know what it was, he said the best record was Jimmy’s, so he didn’t want to put it out.”
You can check out some of the covers below:
Kanye West- A Million And One Questions
Freeway- Politics As Usual
Juelz Santana- You Must Love Me
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COMMENTS
ooooooooh weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
A Fuckin classic.DAME IZ JUS TRYNA MAKE ANOTHER REASONABLE DOUBT 2 SHOW DAT HE HAS DA MASTERS.DAME IZ BROKE. BUT IMA COP IT
if dame is broke osama is our president
How else you gonna get that paper , sounds good tho
nice......shit like this needs to keep happening.
DIS NIGGA WUZ JUST DISSING JAY Z HIM AMD JIM JONES DATS FAKE AS FUCK
sound like a good idea but i dnt think jim cam an santana gne be feelin dat if they call themselves "beefin" wit jay but ill cop dat shyt
dash goin broke, this is bullshit i aint coppin shit
A tribute my ass! That muthafucka is just trying to make a Dolla'...ha'!
~Be Eazy!
aye i feel ya hell yeah u tryin to get a quick ass dollar. but cant hate a nigga dats tryin to get money.
yea i guess it do sound kind of desperate huh lol it still sound like itll b hot doe!
lol @ dame being broke . that nigga aint broke check ya facts . he just throwing up in jay's face that he still have the masters . why everybody fuckin with jay
Jay-z has owns the masters to Reasonable Doubt
That was the whole reason to the breakup or the settlement after the breakup
Dame And Biggs were surprised that he actually kept the Rocafella name
^^^^^ur wrong they wouldnt give him the masters thats why he kept the rocafella name
javfan — about 1 hour ago
Jay-z has owns the masters to Reasonable Doubt
That was the whole reason to the breakup or the settlement after the breakup
Dame And Biggs were surprised that he actually kept the Rocafella name
again check ya facts thas why jay took roc from dame. Dame is just throwing this shitin jays face cause he knows jay next album is gonna do way better then kingdom come and he dont want that he trying to fuck with jays head . and make some extra ends . shit aint nothin but a game to dame lol
nigga you sounds stupid as hell jay an't even sweeting that no more and dame an't dat bogus cause if was he would have been the cd out quit trying to hate on you hoe ass nigga u haters kill me
lol dame is that sad nigga jay took everything left him with the short end of the stick . dame knows this shit gonna get under jays skin . stop playin yaself
how can you niggas even begin to think that Dame is broke?
are you crazy? you kids really be wilding out if you read what Dame said you can clearly see why hes putting this out Jay shitted on him and Biggs big time they are now shitting right back on him its that simple..... I really begin to think half you kids arent even reading these articles before you comment....
Dame is broke and needs money bad...this is pityful..I bet Jay is upset about this one...
lol dame aint broke. check ya facts he gross damn near as much money as jay did last year wdf yall niggas talkin about he aint broke he mad still its a difference
co sign. dame rich-than-a-bitch right now. he dont NEED any money
Its not really shitting on anyone. I just think the true supporters of Jay wont buy it at all..It will flop
Not interested in this album at all. Don't think I could stand listening to anyone from dipset spitting a Jay verse. I'll pass.
Is it me or Dame sound a bit salty not being included on the VH1 special?? Maybe if he wrote a verse or produced a track he would have been included...lol
Dame is trying get his name back in the lime-light. It's been no shine since he got dumped.
Exactly my nig, thats the whole point of this
Jay is back up with AMERICAN GANGSTER
So this the chance Dame can get his name across bulletins and what not
Im not coppin the album, im downloading that sht
I already three songs, sounds like a regular mixtape
since u put dat way i aint 2 interested no more i cosign dat i jus cant see jim jones or camron 4 dat matter spittin a classic jay verse
lawriez.nah i got love for dame he did put hov out there we cant take that from him but that was bogus trying to put them fake ass uptown niggas at the top roc a fella thats what fucked them up.oh well i hope this tribute is well received though.100
my nigga dash tryna make a buck......funny muthafucka
should be a dope album tho
thats the gayest fuckin shit i ever heard......r u kiddin me....werent dip set beefin with hov back then? and these fuckin homos are covering his songs....goes to show how those homos roll
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look, how can dame show respect to hov wit this when this dude was on dipsets side in the Roc-A-Fella/Dipset Beef, this is really odd
yeah it is but you know dip set been dame's mascots for so long because they wanted to ride his street cred i guess he felt he could cake off with the niggas for a min but dip set shit aint that profitable.just bootlegging niggas are fans.100
Damn niggaz acting Dame didnt play a big part in Hov career
dame is jus tryna make up for that 5 mill jay-z gave him...dick suckin ass...lol lol lol lol lol lol....
dame and hov should just squash that shit say fuck them fake ass uptown niggas and bring it back.hip hop is in the state of emergency.i dont want my son growing up comparing superman to my mob deep cds talkin bout daddy souljah boi raps from the heart.100
yo amercian gangsta ,and this crazy.
if jays "little brother" is on the album, you know its a tribute, big ups to dame thats classy.
one more thing how can you people think dame is broke? hes out cuttin trim and drinking the finest all over the world, how can dude be broke?
yea tht dude aint broke he far from it ....his prob is he likes the lime lights and the attention ...but hes not getn tht now so yea hes ah lil salty.... jus tryn to get sum attention like ah child with ah younger brother or sister...feeling left out
No disrespect, but how is that a tribute, they just rapping over old beats, sounds like a mixtape to me...Dame mad b/c of the VH1 special, he didn't do the beats, he didn't write the lyrics, how was the album important to him, because it put money in his pocket and into rocfella...I'm not trying to sound like a stan, but if it wasn't for Jay's music, Dame wouldn't be rich, I'm sure it wasn't just Dame doing the business side, b/c on Dairy of Jay-z he was promoting the Roc la familia by himself, and any body could do Dames job, how much credit does he think he deserves, he was nothing more than an arrogant manager who didn't do a lot of work. (Just my opinion)
Anyone that thinks Dash is broke should just hit themselves in the face with a bat. Keep in mind that Dame SOLD his shares. As in he got paid. Good. He's not really in any bad spot.
I never said he was broke, I just don't think he deserve all that credit. I know he's paid and so is Bigg and Jay.
...ok! they're doin that Tribute To Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, 'n' i don't give a fuck what's the reason 4 it!!! ...BUT WTF is Rell 'n' Jones doin up there???
damn chinakiss you look good dark skin with the baby hair.yeah about dame he is a good business man if they were both running def jam it would be different.they need eachother.dame a uptown harlem shit talking dude who knows how to get at a dollar.hov would have took the million they offered if it wasnt for dame when they first started to get a buzz.it was the music of jay and the business savey of dame that built the roc.thats why the roc is not what it is.hov is not as biz saveY as people think.even when he was scrambling he had dehaven and calvin klein holdin it while he assisted.you got dimples too.i see you chinakiss.100
Thanx for the compliment, but Jay's not as business savvy, what are you talking about. You say that like Jay just keep his mouth shut while Dame broker deals or something.I know Jay gave some input, he's a business man. And I bet you didn't know that Def Jam went up 20% since Jay became Prez, but I know you wouldn't b/c you might be looking at the bad and neglect the good.And do you know the full story behind Calvin and Dehaven or are you just going off what they said on the radio and youtube, b/c I remember a time when Calvin said that Jay was getting and he didn't mention that he assisted him. But I respect your opinion (Dame is a great business man, and so is Bigg and Jay.)
right im not taking anything from jay and im not giving anything extra to dame.what im saying is they were a great team.i think there are better together then apart.they offer jay a mill to play with when they first got on and jay was going to take it but him and dame were already knee deep in dough so dame said nah come better.the same thing that chill and lupe told hov when he came to them with the same proposal(alot of people dont know that).as far as the dehaven,calvin klein,and hov situation you're right im just going off of speculation.i wasnt in brooklyn or nyc in the 80's.didnt see ny til 92 93.they called my mother chinadoll growing up she had the slanted eyes too.im going to stop messing with you but i didnt know def jam went up 20 percent.i know kanye bumped them up(chi town)just kidding.alright chinakiss
I wish Jay Z & Dame were fam again...they were like Diddy & Biggie...Dre & Em...good times