Reasonable Doubt

] "Blender" ranks it as one of the 500 best albums of all time,] "Stylus Magazine" writer Evan McGarvey claims that hustler rap group The Clipse try emulating Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt" sound on their 2006 song "We Got It for Cheap".cite web|last=McGarvey|first=Evan|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/clipse/hell-hath-no-fury.htm|title=Hell Hath No Fury Review|work=Stylus Magazine|date=2006-11-27|accessdate=2007-06-24]

Jay-Z's influence also extended to hip hop music in general. On the title track from The Game's 2005 album "The Documentary", he references "Reasonable Doubt" as a classic album. Jean Grae also references the album on her 2004 song "Not like Me" by claiming that she would argue whether "Reasonable Doubt" or Nas' "Illmatic" is a better album. The album's vocals have been sampled on multiple occasions: Chubb Rock's "Survive", Termanology's "Watch How It Go Down", Apathy's "9 to 5" and Mary J. Blige's "Round and Round" contains samples from "D'evils" and De La Soul's "Shopping Bags (She Got from You)" contains samples from "Brooklyn's Finest". It is often "considered one of hip-hop's landmark albums" according to Pitchfork Media's Ryan Schreiber. It is compared to The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ready to Die" and Nas' "Illmatic" as a classic album.cite web|last=McGarvey|first=Evan|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lil-wayne/da-drought-3.htm|title=Da Drought 3 Review|work=Stylus Magazine|date=2007-05-10|accessdate=2007-06-24] cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2006/06/jayzs_reasonabl_1.php|title=Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt Anniversary Show at Radio City: Really That Good|work=The Village Voice|date=2006-06-26|accessdate=2008-02-09]

10 Year Anniversary Concert

In 2006, Jay-Z performed the songs from "Reasonable Doubt" at the Radio City Music Hall to celebrate its ten-year anniversary. The concert's band included The Roots' drummer Questlove, the Illadelphonics, a 50-piece orchestra dubbed The Hustla's Symphony and Just Blaze, the performance's disc jockey. It featured vocals from all original album guests except Mary J. Blige, The Notorious B.I.G. and Jaz-O. Beyoncé Knowles replaced Mary J. Blige for "Can't Knock the Hustle", Jay-Z rapped The Notorious B.I.G.'s verses on "Brooklyn's Finest" and Jaz-O's verse was left out of "Bring It On". While Blige was preparing for her Breakthrough Tour and The Notorious B.I.G. had died nine years before the concert, Jaz-O did not perform because of his feud with Jay-Z. Jay-Z added a verse to "22 Two's" in which he says variations of the words "for/four" 44 times over the beat of "Can I Kick It?" by A Tribe Called Quest. Other alterations include Jay-Z changing a lyrical mention of Cristal to Dom Pérignon and Jay-Z's band "spruc [ing] up tracks like 'Regrets' to add more energy". Celebrities including Alicia Keys, Young Jeezy, Jadakiss, Chris Tucker, Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony attended the concert. Three thousand tickets were put on sale; all were sold within two minutes according to Roc-A-Fella Records' website.cite web|last=Humphreys|first=Quanah|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/36899-jay-z-to-play-ireasonable-doubti-anniversary-gig|title=Jay-Z to Play Reasonable Doubt Anniversary Gig|work=Pitchfork Media|date=2006-06-13|accessdate=2007-06-22]

Track listing

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