ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Select a phrase from the text excerpt below where the author responds to a conflicting viewpoint about the Jay Z’s debut album. But even though he had a stage name, Jay Z remained relatively anonymous until he and two friends founded their own record label, Roc-A-Fella Records, in 1996. In June of that year, Jay Z released his debut album, “Reasonable Doubt.” Although the record reached only No. 23 on the Billboard charts, it is now considered a classic hip-hop album, including songs such as “Can’t Knock the Hustle, “ featuring Mary J. Blige, and “Brooklyn’s Finest, “ a collaboration with Notorious B.I.G. “Reasonable Doubt” established Jay Z as an emerging star in hip-hop.