Ninja-Parents Blog

Quick Verdict Reasonable Doubt arrived on June 25, 1996, as Jay-Z’s debut album on his own Roc-A-Fella Records imprint, released through Priority and distributed by Def Jam. It sold modestly on its initial release — 68,000 copies in its first week — but its critical reputation has grown steadily over the decades until it now sits alongside Illmatic and Ready to Die as the defining debut statement of East Coast 1990s rap. DJ Premier, Clark Kent, Pete Rock, and Ski Beatz prov