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he's a good rapper, and he's a smart guy. he has a line that goes like "i brooklyn dodger them, i jack, i rob, i sin, aww man, i'm jackie robinson except when i run base, i dodge the pen". that shit blew me away

He is so orignal. He raps about money , drugs and women.

>>55247289
so yeah i gather his wordplay is what he is most respected for

do you think his flow is particularly remarkable? like just his voice and mic presence and cadence and shit?

Reasonable doubt was his only good album.

>>55247289

Yeah he's the best at really complex analogies/references and shit but he's got the best ear for bears which is what makes him one if the GOATS.

>>55247245
>reasonable doubt
>black album
>the blueprint
>assorted hitz like
>hard knock life
>empire state of mind
>1-900-Hustler
>Big Pimpin
one of the GOATs

>>55247289
It's son not sin though.

>>55247301

On his first 2-3 albums yes. Past that, he's 6/10

>>55247245
Didn't like him even when i was going thru my 90s east coast rap phase

>>55247245
reasonable doubt bangs hard

>>55247245
Never got the appeal, but I'm not a big rap fan. Everything I've heard of him is just boring and sounds bad.

>>55247358
close enough

He'll probably go down as one of the top 5 rappers of all time. Definitely in top 10.

He's okay. Never been a fan of his flow or the sound of his voice.

>>55247245
hes aight

thanks for asking

it stopped being good like 12 years ago. the only reason rap fans like him now is because "hes a real nigga making dat bank hes a billionaire rapper black man thug drug dealer from da streets"

YUNG HOV YA HERD
UH UH UH UH YEH

>>55247301
his voice and flow is the reason why i can't enjoy his music. i've read some of his lyrics and i think it's great, but i just can't stand listening to him.

>>55247289
>liking nigger music

>>55247821
>>>/pol/

I love Reasonable Doubt. I think it's a 10/10 album. But I don't really care for the rest of his stuff, my next favorite thing of "his" is probably Watch the Throne...

>>55247245
Just another rapper to throw into the mountain of shit that is that genre.

>>55247880
>not liking the black album
LUCIFER SON OF DE MORNIN

>>55247448
nah, not with all the shit that's tainted his legacy

Andre 3000 has one bad album, and he clearly put zero effort into it. That's all-time material. Jay tried really hard to get acclaim for Magna Carta but he's just wildly out of touch and probably will never make a good album again

>>55247245
I used to like him when I was 15

>>55247448
>implying he is no the best rapper of all time

Get cucked

he's a trend hopper that's why almost all of his albums sound dated because he's not creative enough to consistently make timeless records

it really bothers me that the general public treat him like some god when no one would give a shit about him on that level if he wasn't married to beyonce

almost all of his business ventures have failed too

he thinks he's a smart thinker when it comes to business but literally every time he goes into a new venture he brings up him selling crack as to why he thinks he can do it

fuck him

why was magna carta so utterly forgettable

>>55248299
>blueprint not literally a blueprint for later 2000's rap with more pronounced "soft" sounds and soul production along with less technically difficult flows in the mainstream

>Almost like Beyonce didn't also benefit in relevance getting married to Jay Z

> as if500 million plus net worth possible without successful financial ventures in the music industry of this last decade

>acknowledges he's was a terrible drug dealer

>you literally have no idea what you're talking about

I like rap a lot, but i don't much care for him. I can't really stand listening to his voice for more than a few minutes.

>>55247289

back to reddit

he manage to do something only dead rappers have done, staying relivent from 90's until today.

>>55248666
all thanks to you, satan

>>55248375

i said almost all of his albums aren't timeless. reasonable doubt and the blueprint are his only great albums with the black album just behind it. everything else is filled with trend following production. jay also got a lot worse since he bit young chris' entire style

most of his net worth was from rocawear and touring

he still uses selling crack as a basis for his business career

He's okay but he he'd be better if he slowed down a lot of his albums other than the well noted one's feel like just white noise he produced to cover gaps. And it really shows when you look at the stories about how short he spends in the studio.

he fell off when he came out with show me what you got.

he really is one of the greatest of all time, and is highly respected by his peers for a reason. /mu/ doesn't like him because they don't know anything about rap.

>>55247341
>Big Pimpin
SPENDIN CHEESE

>>55250093
man, even if you like rap jay z is an out of touch old man who wont fucking retire

I like that song where hes like I DONT POP MOLLY I ROCK TOM FORD that's probably his best work.

>>55250148
what does that have to do with his skills as a rapper?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dN3aS2Rxfs
Big L > Hova

Cockafella records

>>55250207
it has to do with the fact that he's seriously phoning in his verses nowadays. I don't think anyone doubts that jigga can be an A-list rapper when he wants to/the inspiration strikes, but so many of his recent releases are boring as fuck, weird and cringey (see: Monster verse), or he's trying too hard to be a critical darling (like with MCHG, which backfired spectacularly).