The reggae stuff was everything because he had a...

Danny Sims.

Danny Sims was a...

Talk about that.

Well, Danny Sims was how I got to Peter, who's actually...

My dad was an attorney, and Danny was one of his clients.

Tell them the masters he owned.

He

Co-founder of D&D Studios, David Lotwin, and UK journalist Ryan Proctor take another look at the artistic brilliance of Jay-Z, even if some fans and media may have not appreciated him at the time.

It's so good.

He's just so good, man.

You know, just as an MC and when he says, you know, when you turn to a friend and you go, did she just say that?

Like, he's so witty and he was just

man on point with everything.

David Lotwin, co-founder of D&D Studios, describes how Dame would provide support to Jay-Z, which would enable him to have the creative freedom needed to be a productive artist.

So Dame was man cool.

I probably had more of a relationship with him because it was the business than I really did with Jay.

We would give him credit.

I don't remember what it was, it was $5,000 or $10,000, but they didn't have to pay as they went.

But if we got to that point, he would come in more than once with shoeboxes full of money.

So fives and singles and occasional 10.

David Lotwin, Ryan Proctor, Ski Beats and Maria Davis lament further on Dame Dash's focus, drive and energy.

Lockwind, the co-founder of D&D, shares his memories of watching Jay record the album.

The thing about Jay, and Damon and I was just talking about this, you know, we were very famous for our lounge.

Because there was the A room, the B room, the D room.

So a lot of cats, part of their process was being in the lounge and vibing with other cats and stuff.

you know, smoking and playing CeeLo and shooting pool.

I don't think Jay was ever in the lounge besides walking through, buying a soda or something.

That man worked.

And don't forget that