9. “Friend or Foe 98” (1998)
Jay-Z’s Jamaican Moment: Jay-Z’s story rap is “rudely interrupted” [by actual] Jamaican accents
Jay-Z’s original “Friend or Foe” was a brief, story rap/interlude about getting over on rival drug dealers, on a DJ Premier beat, from the rapper’s classic debut Reasonable Doubt. For the ’98 redux, Jay kept the blueprint the same, telling a similarly themed story over another DJ Premier beat. Except in the middle of his story, Jay is “rudely interrupted….Jamaican accents”… Bwoy you know you know ah fuckery!