remains a hot topic among hip-hop heads, and rap aficionados to this day for his first assignment at the legendary publication charlie braxton was tasked with reviewing reasonable doubt he talks about enjoying listening to the album the format rating and how that caused some contention with jay-z and his publicist

the first thing when i pop the tape in you know you get this beautiful music Because the one thing I loved about the record, even though Jay-Z thinks I hated the record because I criticized him for his sexist and misogynist lyrics.

So from the staff and from the source, I got no static.

However, I did get a call from Jay-Z's publicist.

We got into a very heated discussion once the review was out.

How dare you say these things about Jay-Z? You don't even know him.

And I was saying, listen, I listened to the record.

Charlie Braxton breaks down how the mic system at The Source worked and how the ratings were awarded.

The hook is a patchwork of vocal samples from Snoop Dogg's Murder Was The Case and Prodigy's verse from I Shot Ya by LL Cool J. Charlie Braxton, who wrote the review for Reasonable Doubt in The Source magazine's August 1996 issue, explains why he thinks The Evils is one of rap's most profound religious experiences.

The record, The Evils, is my favorite record because it is one of the most profound critiques of capitalism I've ever heard in a gangster rap record.

Okay, I know that I'm destroying my community, but I'm infected with this lust for lucre.

The whole drug game is being driven by money.

My whole endeavor is the money.

You've got companies who are destroying human lives to increase their bottom line.

So what's the difference between a drug dealer who's a street vendor like Jay-Z was depicting in the record and say somebody from a big farmer who's peddling a drug they know has dangerous side effects.

Charlie Braxton, also known as Scarface's favourite journalist, talks about how Regrets is a song equally about catharsis and carrying the weight of remorse.