Reasonable Doubt along with Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Both reached the top 40 in the United Kingdom, but were less popular in the United States the former reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the latter reached #73. Four singles were released, the most popular being "Ain't No Nigga" and "Can't Knock the Hustle". It peaked at #23 on the Billboard 200, received platinum status in 2002, and sold 1.4 million copies as of 2006. The album features production by DJ Premier, Ski, Knobody and Clark Kent, and guest vocals by Memphis Bleek, Sauce Money and The Notorious B.I.G. Reasonable Doubt is the debut album of American rapper Jay-Z, released Jon Roc-A-Fella Records in the United States and on Northwestside Records in the United Kingdom. This version can be found on Jay-Z's 2002 greatest hits compilation Chapter One: Greatest Hits. Dead Presidents Musikkassette - Jay-Z: : Musik Wählen Sie Ihre Cookie-Einstellungen Wir verwenden Cookies und ähnliche Tools, die erforderlich sind, damit Sie Käufe tätigen können, um Ihr Einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern und unsere Dienste bereitzustellen, wie in unseren Hinweisen zu Cookies beschrieben. "Dead Presidents II" has the same beat and chorus as the original, but different lyrics. The actual single "Dead Presidents" does not appear on Jay-Z's debut album, but instead "Dead Presidents II" does. The single was a commercial success as indicated by its RIAA certification as a gold single in June of 1996.
The song's producer Ski samples Lonnie Liston Smith's "A Garden of Peace" for the track's melody and "Oh My God (Remix)" for its percussion. Its lyrics about the drug dealing underworld have made it a hip hop classic and a staple in Jay-Z's collection of tracks. Buy "Dead Presidents" is the debut single released in promotion by rapper Jay-Z's from his debut album Reasonable Doubt.