May 28, 2015

Let me think about it real quick

... No, I don't. TBA has Change Clothes and these r-----ed skits on Threat (I love the song, but the skits should have been cut).

The Blueprint
American Gangster
Reasonable Doubt
The Black Album
Vol. 2

Now it seems better

 

May 28, 2015

Reasonable Doubt
The Black Album
The Blueprint
BP 2

I'm not really an avid Jay Z fan so I haven't listened to Vol 1-3 outside of the popular tracks. I do plan to get to them eventually though. I listened to AG because of its consensus here and I remember not being able to get into it and the production bored me. I listened to it twice 2 years ago and while I understand that's not a proper chance, I don't feel like re-listening. I don't feel like Kingdom Come, MCHG, and BP 3 deserve to be on his top 5 albums so I kept it down to 4.

And I'm sure I'll sound like an idiot, but can someone explain to me why the BP is so highly regarded? I feel like a lot of the tracks haven't aged well. I don't listen to much of it outside of the title track, Renegade, and Never Change.

 

May 28, 2015

blueprint
reasonable doubt
the black album
american gangster
vol 3

 

May 28, 2015

The Blueprint came in at a time where Jay was practically at the zenith of the hip-hop industry and needed to make a bold statement to make his claim as being the best. Jay showed a lot of diversity on the album, tracks like Song Cry/Blueprint/Izzo/U Don't Know all succeeded as being well-rounded and captivating songs despite the different content. It's simply full of classic Hov records and the production is pretty much self-explanatory.

 

May 28, 2015

@Sheriff Skippy @Meero @Michael Scott @Flacko @Young Sinatra @BigCountry @Troy Ave Stan @csw621 @Zep @rapmusik

 

May 28, 2015

What is this

 

May 28, 2015

Genuinely surprised that so many people prefer Vol 1 to Vol 2. I always thought 2 was the consensus favourite of the trilogy

 

May 28, 2015

I'm guilty of never listen to Jay Z discography. I talk s--- about Skippy for not listening to TES and Outkast discography but later forget MY problems like this one.

I would definitely try to get into his stuff, it's just that I been discovering a lot of records and I'm tired of getting disappointed or get something with minimal replay value. Not implying this could be same case but yeah

 

May 28, 2015

TES?

 

May 28, 2015

The Eminem Show...?

 

May 28, 2015

Oh thought you were talking about the elder scrolls

 

May 28, 2015

this is an internet forum. lots of people posting here place very little importance on singles/radio songs.

 

May 28, 2015

current scoring is:

the blueprint - 42 points
reasonable doubt - 40 points
the black album - 30 points
american gangster - 25 points
vol. 2... hard knock life - 6 points
in my lifetime, vol. 1 - 3 points
the blueprint 2 - 2 points
vol. 3... life and times of s carter - 1 point

 

May 28, 2015

@Jet i feel you, btw. i don't think vol 3 can be argued for the #5 spot, but it might be my fifth favorite.

 

May 28, 2015

Why did u tag me in this?

 

May 28, 2015

to see if you wanted to be part in this discussion. if not, move along m8 it's no big deal

 

May 28, 2015

Kingdom come
Best of both worlds
Unfinished business

 

May 28, 2015

My real order though....
1.Blueprint
2.Black Album
3.American Gagster
4.Reasonable Doubt
5.Vol.2

 

May 28, 2015

Thanks for the reply. I don't really visit most of the album anymore so I don't hold it so highly. I guess I was too young when it dropped so I didn't experience the impact nor do I have the nostalgia for it. I remember The Black Album much better, especially since my cousin always played it.