Lets compile a list of all the years there were rappers hotter/more popular than Jay.

[MegaTronBomb!]

1996: Pac,Big,Wu Tang, Coolio,Snoop, Art Barr, LL,Hnas,Da Brat, Mobb Sleep and a plethora of nikkas
1997:Puffy, Big, Missy Elliot,2pac,Biggie,Mase,Snoop and a bunch of other nikkas,Will Smith too
1998: Master P, Missy, DMX,Juvenile,Will Smith Da Gawd
1999: Eminem,DMX, Ja Rule,Dre, Snoop,Juvenile
2000: DMX,Nelly,Eminem, Ja,Outkast,Mystikal
2001:Nas, Eminem, DMX,Nelly,Ja Rule,Outkast
2002:Eminem,Ludacris,Ja Rule
2003: 50 Cent,Nelly,Eminem,Outkast,Missy,Snoop
2004:50 Cent,Snoop,Nelly,Ludacris,Lil Jon,TI
2005:50 Cent,Kanye,Game,Ludacris,Jeezy,TI

04 and 05 get counted cause Jay fake retired, and kept rapping cause he loves the attention

2006:TI,Jeezy,50 Cent,Ludacris,Eminem
2007:Kanye,50 Cent,Wayne,Jeezy,TI,Plies,fakkit Lupe, (special exception to MIA cause of how big Paper Planes was)
2008:Jeezy,Wayne,Kanye,Nas,Plies,TI
2009:Eminem,Wayne,Kanye,TI ( general consensus is that this is the peak of his popularity)
2010:Eminem,Drake,Wayne,Kanye,Ross,Gucci
2011:Wiz,Wayne,Drake,Kanye,Ross
2012: Kendrick,Drake,Kanye, 2 Chainz,Plies
2013: Kendrick,Drake,Future Hendrix,C Styles,Wayne (yes wayne),


For all you Jay fans who wanna bring up how consistent Jay is:
- You're fatherless
- You're fakkits, and this is simply a thread about rappers who were more popular/hotter than Jay during said year.

add on rappers i missed during all these years.

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

 

[McPiff]

Tron is jay z biggest stan.

 

[JuvenileHell]

Compared to Beans you whack

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[Larry]

the fact that most the rappers listed those years are irrelevant as fukk mainstream wise now while camel is as big as he was if not bigger says a lot tho



while i hate his big camel faced ass, ive basically come to terms with him winning

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Tron is jay z biggest stan.

you gotta know the music to hate on it breh, call it for what it is.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

the fact that most the rappers listed those years are irrelevant as fukk mainstream wise now while camel is as big as he was if not bigger says a lot tho



while i hate jay-z big came faced fakkit ass, ive basically come to terms with him winning

Ask yourself, if most of those rappers applied the barnacle strategy like Jay has to maintain relevance...would they have still been bigger than Jay?

 

[Boonapalist]

This nikka said art barr

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

@ art barr randomly being in there

 

[Easy-E]

@MegaTronBomb! You forgot to list from '89 to '94

 

[MINT]

he is right doe

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

1996: Pac,Big,Wu Tang, Coolio,Snoop, Art Barr, LL,Hnas,Da Brat, Mobb Sleep and a plethora of nikkas
1997:Puffy, Big, Missy Elliot,2pac,Biggie,Mase,Snoop and a bunch of other nikkas,Will Smith too
1998: Master P, Missy, DMX,Juvenile,Will Smith Da Gawd
1999: Eminem,DMX, Ja Rule,Dre, Snoop,Juvenile
2000: DMX,Nelly,Eminem, Ja,Outkast,Mystikal
2001:Nas, Eminem, DMX,Nelly,Ja Rule,Outkast
2002:Eminem,Ludacris,Ja Rule
2003: 50 Cent,Nelly,Eminem,Outkast,Missy,Snoop
2004:50 Cent,Snoop,Nelly,Ludacris,Lil Jon,TI
2005:50 Cent,Kanye,Game,Ludacris,Jeezy,TI

04 and 05 get counted cause Jay fake retired, and kept rapping cause he loves the attention

2006:TI,Jeezy,50 Cent,Ludacris,Eminem
2007:Kanye,50 Cent,Wayne,Jeezy,TI,Plies,fakkit Lupe, (special exception to MIA cause of how big Paper Planes was)
2008:Jeezy,Wayne,Kanye,Nas,Plies,TI
2009:Eminem,Wayne,Kanye,TI ( general consensus is that this is the peak of his popularity)
2010:Eminem,Drake,Wayne,Kanye,Ross,Gucci
2011:Wiz,Wayne,Drake,Kanye,Ross
2012: Kendrick,Drake,Kanye, 2 Chainz,Plies
2013: Kendrick,Drake,Future Hendrix,C Styles,Wayne (yes wayne),

For all you Jay fans who wanna bring up how consistent Jay is:
- You're fatherless
- You're fakkits, and this is simply a thread about rappers who were more popular/hotter than Jay during said year.

add on rappers i missed during all these years.

could cross out more but i'm tired