Literally the greatest rap album of all time.Jay-Z is the goat hip hop artist
>>53763699love this image
>>53763685literally tips fedora: the cover
>>53763685that's literally his only good album everything else is mediocre to bad
>There are people who unironically think that Ether is better than Takeover
>>53763685>Jay-Z is the goat hip hop artistTallest dwarf, smartest retard, fastest horse in the glue factory, etc etc
>>53763912Said no one, ever.
>>53763918But it is
>>53763925Tips fedora, twirls cane, swooshes cape etc.
>>53763912>what is the blueprint
>>53763998mediocre
>>53763685he is the worst rapper i've ever heard, if you actually listening to the content he is rapping about on a guest song, you realize he's always off topic and ass kissing everyone including himselfhes not doing what a rapper does necessarily he's just absolute shitalso hearing him breathe and moan is skeevy
>>53764037>The Ruler's Back>Takeover>Heart of the City>Never Change>Song Cry>Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)>Renegadeyeah, so mediocre
jayz's voice and flow sucks on most songs. just like kanye.
>>53763685The blueprints better
>>53764068U don't know is the best song off that album imo>>5376406
>>53764068U don't know is the best song off that album imo
>>53764068o i am laffin
>>53763918>There are actually fanboys still out there too blinded by buttmadness to see how much Nas killed him
>>53764059>also hearing him breathe and moan is skeevythis all the way, he relies on little uhs and grunts and 'yea's so much as filler. way more than ANY other rapperjay-z is srsly terrible imo
>>53764327>UR GAY LOL>UR UGLY LOL>"killed"It's literally the opposite. It's the popular, pleb casual opinion that thinks NaS won.The "4 albums in 10 years" bars >>>> anything on Ether.
>>53763938you need to get out more
>>53764434Why, has reality completely changed since I last 'got out'?
>>53764429Kek look at all this premium buttmadness
>>53763685
>>53764455nice meme diggies
>>53764497Hi
>>53764434By saying "get out more" you're implying there are lots of people in the real world who think Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z's only good album, and that he is a mediocre rapper.This is objectively untrue; he is generally regarded as one of the top 5 greatest of all time. The only place I have ever heard Jay-Z's place in hip-hop history questioned is on /mu/.You need to get out more.
>>53764450a lot can change in 15 years :^)
>>53764529Well, actually grandpa, Jay-Z is looked at like a hip hop Donald Trump, everything he does nowadays is mediocre and in turn this generation doesn't bump him.
>>53764451>Criticise a song for being little more than "LOL UR GAY LOL UR UGLY">Respond with "LOL UR MAD"Thank you for proving my point.
>>53764536>>53764542So with the passage of time his good albums change and become not-good? How does that work?
>>53764551my man if u honestly think thats all nas said during that whole freestyle ur deaf as well as stupid
>>53764429>The "4 albums in 10 years" bars >>>> anything on Ether.>implying IWW wasn't just as good as Jay's magnum opusthose lines are only any good if you don't know anything about Nas' discog.
>>53764542>People who bump Young Thug, Migos and A$AP don't like Jay-ZHow terrible...
>>53764327>Nas called Jay-Z gay a bunch of times>Jay-Z fucked Nas's wife and the beef ended when Nas's career was failing and he had to go into RocI mean, you really need to be a Nas stan to think Jay didn't win.
>>53764529>>53764616>no ukek stay mad Jayfags>>53764568or what u thot was great is actually just a pile of mediocrity
>>53764582>IWW is just as good as Jay's magnum opuskekReasonable Doubt > Blueprint > Black Album > American Gangster > It Was Written > In My Lifetime.
>>53764429Those lines are pretty ironic, considering Jay Z had only one decent album in his whole career.
>>53764645I Gave You Power > any song Jay ever wrote
>>53764638What makes you think Nas won? His career was failing since IWW, Jay even did him a favor calling him out.
>>53764654>HE WAS A GUN ALL ALONG SO DEEP!Gimmick "conscious" rap better than D'Evils?>These dudes is all politics, depositing checks>they put in they pocket, all you get in return is a lot of lip>And y'all buy the shit, caught up in the hype>Cause the nigga wear a kufi it don't mean that he bright>Cause you don't understand him, it don't mean that he nice>It just means you don't understand all the bullshit that he writeRIP NaS.
>>53764616>Nas called Jay-Z gay a bunch of times>cherrypicking this hardbesides, no matter what happened afterwards, ether had the huge effect on the culture and not takeover. after all people still use the word ether 'd not takeover'd when somebody gets #rekt.
>>53764750>plebs prefer Ether so Ether wins
>>53764748Nas is always easy to understand though, just because Jay is a little slow doesn't mean we all are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQQ7eLv6noHov stans btfo
Jay-Z is the dullest, saddest excuse for a rapper I've ever heard. Nothing he says is clever, funny, interesting, or stimulating.>hurr 99 problems but a bitch ain't oneLaughable. Even his supposedly honest "Moment of Clarity" contains nothing but thinly veiled self-glorification. Then again, there are other shitty rappers with nothing to say and no good way of saying it, but at the very least they can usually mirror their environment through their stupidity. Jay-Z manages to avoid even that, mirroring nothing but MTV pop culture.
>>53764777But he clearly says he does understand him though..
>>53764939Jay-Z is slow because he thinks there're people out there who like Nas due to not understanding what Nas is saying. Everyone gets Nas and some like him. Jay-Z is the only one dull enough to think one might have trouble understanding Nas.
>>53764939Then he should have less contempt for the rap community at large and stop acting like everyone sees Nas as this mysterious guy nobody can really "get", when that's never been the case.
>>53764935>hurr 99 problems but a bitch ain't oneHe stole that hook from Ice-T too.
>>53764954>>53764955The point is the 'so deep' facade of his.
>>53765007What of it? I've never heard of such a thing outside of Jay's fabrications.
>>53764813>>53764970>Jay-Z steals his ideas from other peopleDid you mean to post these in a '(c)rap is not real music' thread?
Dead Presidents II>The World is Yoursthis is fact niggas
>>53765033He is one of the most notorious thieves in rap music history.
>>53765007We're talking about Jay-Z's view on Nas' fans, not Nas himself. Nas takes his rapping seriously, but I've never got the impression he thinks he's deep. Take Illmatic: Nas said it's cool, not that it's deep.>>53765033I love (c)rap. I just don't like Jay-Z. They are not mutually exclusive.
>>53765026If you're unaware of the fact that NaS was always held up as the "real" alternative to the "sell-out" Jay-Z throughout both their careers, you truely don't know what you're talking about.That's what the entire beef was about for fucks sake.
>>53765060>likes rap>can't appreciate one of the GOATsLiterally every song on RD is at least a 8/10 and I could argue that Can I Live is one of the greatest rap songs of all time yet you're gonna tell me that you can't feel that?
>>53765100>If you're unaware of the fact that NaS was always held up as the "real" alternative to the "sell-out" Jay-Z throughout both their careersThat's not what we're talking about though, is it? We're talking about Jay accusing Nas of being 2deep4u when he's not.Besides, the beef came from Jay always resenting Nas for not turning up to record when he was invited, and then tactically striking when Esco's career was on the downswing.
>>53765106Ain't No Nigga is awful
>>53765106It's a generic thug anthem without a clever turn of phrase or interesting personal take on the subject.
>>53765044If your refering to his use of other rappers lines literally every rapper ever does this, and at no point does he try to pass them off as his own; they're reverential.
>>53765156https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqScH2CfYTg
>>53765135>Jay accusing Nas' fans of saying Nas is 2deep4u when he's not.
>>53765173Well, he's not any less wrong, in that case.
>>53765149i agree>>53765153what's wrong with thug anthems?
>>53765156The difference is that Jay-Z makes tracks that are carried solely by nicked lines. Dropping a line here and there to show appreciation is one thing. What Big L does on Ebonics with Nas' "Speak with criminal slang / ... / Vocabulary spills I'm ill," that's reverential. Making "99 Problems" the selling point of your entire track is biting.
>>53765185Nothing. It's just not a notable one.
>>53763685I don't like Jay-Z at all, not exactly sure why
>>53765198It IS notable though, have you actually listened to RD? Please don't tell me you think TBA is shit too
>>53764656>nas lost because his career is worseliterally what? that makes no sense, youre trying to talk about the rapping by talking about sales...kill yourself
>>53763964topkek
>>53765168See:>>53765156
>>53765218"Notable" in the context of the greater rap scene, not in the context of Jay-Z's own discography. Black Album has a couple of nice songs, but overall it's forgettable.
>>53765191Well Biggies career was built on biting loops from disco hits then if thats the case.
>>53763685I'm no fake rap CD listener
Jay-z is fucking wack, get out of here
>>53763918I>>53764429WILL>>53764616NOT>>53765223LOSE
How can anyone like Jay z? Cant even comprehend
>>53765789that's because you're a huge pleb
>>53765804https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLipqNjQr6A
>>53765804>>53765877Ether'd
>not appreciating Jay-Zwow it's a bunch of clowns who got into hip-hop last year
>>53765945they rather listen to chief keef
Here is a classic
Honestly Reasonable Doubt didn't age as well as other classics from that time like Cuban Linx. There's some very corny moments and he doesn't really have any personality on there either. Still a 8/10 album and a great rapping showcase but I prefer any of his other classics. Black Album, Blueprint or even American Gangster.
>>53765877>Americans in charge of pronouncing "homage"
>Politics As Usual>Brooklyn's Finest>Dead Presidents>D'evils>22 Two's>Can I Live>Friend Or Foewere the only good songs on this album.
>>53766108you missing Regrets.
>>53766108Regrets is great. Bring It On is the most lyrical track on there. Great features.Feelin' It is pretty good too.
Well Jay Z himself said Reasonable doubt was his best album, but he also said magna carta was his 6th best so :\
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