5/5 VH1 Classic Albums -Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z
  by Raymond Francis
VH1 delivers a classic recreation of the making of hip-hop titan Jay-Z's debut album Reasonable Doubt. Packed with intriguing, informative interviews and commentary from various artists involved with the production of the music, the DVD definitely kept my attention. I really enjoy watching the passion with which Jay-Z explains the lyrics to some of his hit records, including "D'Evils." The only downside would be the abscence of Damon Dash, obviously due to the Roc-A-Fella breakup. I would have liked to hear Dame's poignant recollections of the time period that led to the birth of one of the most groundbreaking albums in New York rap. Other that that, this DVD is incredible. A must have for any true Jigga fan.

5/5 Classic
  by Christopher S. Milam
I am happy Jay-Z took the time to document the making of his first album. It proves that he felt the music and truly had a story that he could recite with such passion.

3/5 wish it had more concert footage
  by S. Hing (College Station, TX)
This is a pretty nice dvd. I was a bit disappointed because I was expecting WAY more concert footage from the reasonable doubt concert at radio city music hall last year, there are maybe 2 minutes total footage in this dvd. When I googled the dvd it was announced in a press release as "Jay-z concert coming to dvd" so I hope they will actually bring out the full concert soon. It was cool seeing the creation process for the album especially from the producers, wish there were more music videos included like dead presidents II.

5/5 A Phenomenal HIP HOP Masterpiece
  by Ndukwe Asonye (New York City)
This was a great documentary of the Classic album "Resonable Doubt. You are not a true Jay-Z have until you have this DVD. What makes this so cool, is hearing Jay explain the process of making this incredible album with each producer. This album is arguably the greatest hip hop album of all-time. He explains the struggles, experiences of his drug dealing days in his music. I love this album because it's so real, in a sense just hearing Reasonble Doubt is almost like hearing a movie on audio. This a great watch, and it's something every real hip hop head should include in their collection. ....A MUST HAVE!