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Damon Dash Done Talking About Jay Z

Dame Dash and Jay Z helped build Roc-A-Fella Records into a massive success starting in the late 1990s. The two had a falling out after Jay Z unseated Dash and fellow partner Kareem Burke after he accepted the CEO position at Def Jam Recordings, which bought Roc-A-Fella. Now, after the two have not spoken in years, Dash is done talking about Jay Z, as he mentioned on Power 105's 'The Breakfast Club' Friday, March 13.
Stream 20-Year-Old Jay-Z Demos Recorded Before 'Reasonable Doubt' [LISTEN]

A recently unearthed collection of demos show off Jay-Z's genius prior to his 1996 debut "Reasonable Doubt." The 11 tracks are truly a special gift for any Hova fan since they show off his skills prior to becoming a multi-millionaire. Tracks like "What's in a Name?" and "Pass the Roc" were made by a 25-year-old lyrical mastermind hungry for a life beyond the streets. Mass Appeal discovered the demos, which feature a few guest spots by Sauce Money. What is most upsetting about the collection is that tons of record labels passed on the rapper after hearing the tracks. Wow. Listen to the compilation below. "Jay-Z was never really a coke rapper. He was also never really the club rat, the jeweler's best friend or the menacing kingpin," "XXL" wrote about the demo collection. "What he was was a carefully constructed latticework of all those things, borrowing bits and pieces of other archetypes and putting them over the day's most forward production."

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