fuck that, jay z is shit, you new jacks don’t know a god damn thing about rap.
go listen to
mobb deep - infamous
nas - illimatic
raekwon - only built for cuban linx
ugk - riding dirty
wu tang can - 36 chambers
ghostface killah - iron man
big pun - capital punishment
dr dre - the chronic (the original one from 1992)
Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
Biggie - Ready to Die
Tupac - all eyez on me
Listen to all of those and then you’ll understand what real rap sounds like. first the album isn’t even out yet so what are you talking about and also anything after reasonable doubt was garbage so you can take that jayz shit and fuck off. the only mainstream cat that is currently making fire is kendrick all that other shit is hip pop commercial trash singin for the bitches.
Dude don’t be insulting Drake just cuz he get da hoes
I haven’t figured it out cause my story is far from finished I’m hearing all of the jokes, I know that they tryna push me I know that showin’ emotion don’t ever mean I’m a pussy Know that I don’t make music for niggas who don’t get pussy So those are the ones I count on to diss me or overlook me
I actually like Drake when he isn’t making a song for women. He can be very introspective
I feel like everyone is confusing being a pillar, a founding building block, for best rap album of all time.
I love all those albums, I just don’t think best rap album of all time should be measured by the level of personal nostalgia you feel for the album and/or the 1990’s
What is a pillar if it isn’t somehting great that can stand the test of time? This album if it was made by anyone else would be quickly forgotten. It is over produced garbage rapped over by a guy who has never been a strong lyricist. Even when he was beefing with Nas he said that illmatic is probably one of the best rap albums ever made.
In terms of rappers who are active today that are putting out quality mainstream music, there are a handfull and JayZ is not amongst them; J.cole, Wale, Kendrick, grugenly drake, Skyzoo, Torae, Reks, Termanology.
Agree with all of the Jay-Z haters on here. The dude jumped the shark several years ago, along with another has-been, “Diddy.”
I remember the days when I used to think that albums were so significant, that the beats and tones of a track were speaking to me, confirming that I was doing the right things in life as I cruised the town with the windows down.
Now I recognize that I was simply young and impressionable, looking fruitlessly for meaningful patterns in the clouds.
It takes some time for the kitten to realize that the dangly toy has no mind of its own; it isn’t alive. Where you may see a lazy, fat, uninterested old cat looking the other way as a new toy is dangled, I see wisdom.