Hip-Hop Thread Genre • Page 1060

Blueprint, and Jay-z, are both ridiculously higher on my favorite lists than Stillmatic (or Illmatic) and Nas

 

Illmatic is the best album from either artist imo, although Reasonable Doubt is close (and tbf I still have a handful of latter-era Jay albums to listen to, but I'd be surprised if either of them surpassed those two)

 

this is nice

 

The Blueprint is a fantastic record but i do feel like it's a bit overinflated in the jay convo compared to the albums that came before it

might just be where I'm at these days in my listening but I'd much sooner put on any of the volumes (particularly Vol. 2) or The Dynasty before it -- his flows are a lot more fun and adventurous on those records while maybe being more "imperfect" records compared to Blueprint

 

Personally, I find The Blueprint wildly overrated, but I also didn't like Jay before that album came out. I strongly dislike the Vol. series and Dynasty. Hated those albums.

I did like The Blueprint, and mostly everything from Jay after (sans the R. Kelly albums), but not nearly as much as everyone else.

To me, The Black Album is by far my favorite Jay album, and I think American Gangster is super underrated.

 

So far I loved Reasonable Doubt and liked Vol. 2 and Blueprint. Wasn't huge on Vol 1 tbh. Skipped Vol. 3 and Dynasty this time around, but maybe I'll go back once I hit the staples.

Currently listening to Unplugged, and then I'll be hitting The Black Album, Collision Course (for nostalgia), and American Gangster.

 

I prefer Jay, Nas is not even in my top five, but I think Illmatic might be the greatest album of all time

 

There’s so much Jay-Z stuff I’ve never heard, I think I’ve maybe only listened to The Black Album and Reasonable Doubt front to back and even then it’s been probably since high school. Might be time to change that

 

I actually just did a full discography runthrough for Jay-z over the last year. Black Album easily #1, Blueprint close second, then Reasonable Doubt. Blueprint 3 is mostly a fantastic take on his poppiest side of things, Magna Carta has some super underrated stuff. Kingdom Come still isn't great, but there were maybe two tracks I was surprised to dig this time around. American Gangster is awesome but I think I liked it more when it came out.

 

The Black Album is crazy good so far. The production is so joyous, makes me feel the way Graduation used to. It sounds like a victory lap

 

Illmatic is the greatest hip hop album of all time. Jay has 2 in the top 20, though

 

The Lady Of Rage reference in Change Clothes sparked the memory of my email address through my teenage years lol, [email protected]

 

Got tickets to the Wu-Tang/Nas tour let's gooo

Will be my first time seeing either of them

 

Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaase be Blue Chips 1& 2 coming to streaming

 

Where's Party Supplies beeeeen

 

Out tonight!

 

War Pigs!

 

The black album is easily jay’s best.

 

Both Nas and Jay peaked with their debuts and have had solid stuff after, but nothing to compare to what comes first.

 

Jay Z absolutely has stuff that compares to his debut. I didn’t hear RD until high school and already had him as one of the best of all time just based off of Black and Blue

 

I really don’t think RD is Jay’s best album. It’s a really good 90s rap album, but it’s isn’t nearly as “Jay Z” as other Jay Z albums, if that makes sense

 

Online discourse is legitimately the only time I see RD get mentioned as his best

 

wish the captain Murphy album would come to streaming

 

100%

 

You can't honestly think that black album "doesn't compare" to RD, that's straight up lying