Jay-Z Interview and Freestyle from 1995 Surfaces

A glimpse at what life was like before Hov blew up.

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Back in 1995, 10 months before he released Reasonable Doubt, a young Jay-Z met up with Philadelphia radio personality Colby Colb and answered a couple of questions about his come up, and then spit some bars over Raekwon's "Criminology" instrumental. One of the topics of discussion is Jay's "Can I Get Open" collaboration with Original Flavor, which Combat Jack shares more details about in our True Stories Behind 25 Rap Classics feature.

[Rap Radar]

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