all jay z jokes aside, in reality, jay z is top 5 of all time. no matter what era

[Mess World]

U gave some valid points especially bout the 4 elements of hiphop, but

The theme song to (The Sopranos)
plays in the key of life on my, mental piano
Got a strange way of seein life like
I'm Stevie Wonder with, beads under the doo-rag
Intuition is there even when my vision's impaired, yeah
Knowin I can go, just switchin a spare
On the highway of life, nikka it's sharp in my sight
Oh! Keen senses ever since I was a, teen on the benches
everytime somebody like Enus was mentioned
I would turn green, me, bein in the trenches
Him, livin adventureous not worryin about expenditures
I'm bravin temperatures below zero, no hero
No father figure, you gotta pardon a nikka
But I'm starvin my nikkaz, and the weight loss in my figure
is startin to darken my heart, bout to get to my liver
Watch it my nikkaz, I'm tryin to be calm but I'm gon' get richer
through any means, with that thing that Malcolm palmed in the picture
Never read the Qu'ran or Islamic scriptures
Only psalms I read was on the arms of my nikkaz
Tattooed so I carry on like I'm non-religious
Clap whoever stand between Shawn and figures
nikkaz, say it's the dawn/Don but I'm superstitious
shyt is as dark as it's been, nothin is goin as you predicted

Mediocre lyrics?

Compared to my lyrics it's mediocre

 

[I love Latina women]

My people are lost

The best thing I did was turn off the radio and TV 10 years ago

Didn't even hear that fetty wap trap queen till like 2 months later because some girl wanted me to play it on the juke box and I had no idea what she was talking about and only heard it 2x since then.

Don't let the iliumanti program ya brain, I'm killumanti all day everyday till I die

Free ya mind and the rest will follow

uuuuh, ok. nobody talkin' bout fetty wap but whatever. peace

 

[Metal Face]

i guess

 

[Nobodyknows]

I agree with OP

I don't know how people could deny this

 

[BronxFleeZ]

I remove ya roof nikka, let the sun shine in

 

[BronxFleeZ]

nikkas don't get the picture till the guns is drawn

 

[L. Deezy]

Rakim
KRS One
Pac
Biggie
Big L
Big Daddy Kane
Kool G rap
Eazy E
Scarface
Eminem
Ice Cube
Snoop
LL Cool J
Run DMC
Kool Moe Dee
Melle Mel
Kool Keith
Black Thought
Common


All are more legendary than Jay Z

you lying to yourself..

You guys do know its ok to hate someone but still give credit where credit is due?...

 

[Po pimp]

Common is a chi legend meaning he's King of the Chi in the underground and almost King mainstream

When like water for chocolate dropped Common got way more play in my high school while jay z had a minor radio hit with ain't no nikka video , people didn't pick up on reasonable doubt till years later
Common is more respected in the hip hop community as well as Black Thought because they represent all the 4 elements and Jay z just reps the mc element

Plus common and black thought are better rappers

And yes 80% did pioneer hip hop and they all have bigger classics than Jay Z

Your timeline is off bruh. Like Water for Chocolate came out after Big Pimpin. Matter of fact, The Light was out around the same time as I Just Wanna Luv Ya.

 

[mobbinfms]

Jay Z was pound for pound the best rapper in the world from i'd say 1996 to 1999. He had NYC on LOCKDOWN. I miss Ice water in the veins Jay but you can't maintain that level of inhumane behavior for too long.

Prodigy >>>

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Jay Z:escosalute:

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Common is a chi legend meaning he's King of the Chi in the underground and almost King mainstream

When like water for chocolate dropped Common got way more play in my high school while jay z had a minor radio hit with ain't no nikka video , people didn't pick up on reasonable doubt till years later
Common is more respected in the hip hop community as well as Black Thought because they represent all the 4 elements and Jay z just reps the mc element

Plus common and black thought are better rappers

And yes 80% did pioneer hip hop and they all have bigger classics than Jay Z

@ this nonsense.


like water for chocolate came out 3-4 years after rd, and jay happened to be one of the biggest rappers in the world at that point when that album dropped, but in your small bubble common was bigger then jay

 

[2manyFCKNrappers]

My GOAT

 

[BlackDiBiase]

Jay is one of the main reasons rap music is wack as fukk right now, dude spent a lot of his career as the invisible man even with mimicking whatever is hot in sight. look at all his singles and he wasnt known worldwide till he got with beyonce and his star grew bigger (which has stopped because people who actually know real hiphop now or are getting put on can see his just surface compentent skills but thats it)

his not a top 20 mc or top 20 hiphop rap musician.

did someone quote 'take ya roof off and let the sun shine in'

by the way Jay is pure power and money thats why his here and thats why he got treated better by the mags, dj's like angie and flex, etc. money is what it is with that dude, i could go on but whatever.

 

[jimihendrixheadband]

Rakim
KRS One
Pac
Biggie
Big L
Big Daddy Kane
Kool G rap
Eazy E
Scarface
Eminem
Ice Cube
Snoop
LL Cool J
Run DMC
Kool Moe Dee
Melle Mel
Kool Keith
Black Thought
Common


All are more legendary than Jay Z

on ly the internet is fukking black thought, big L, and common better than hov and at em and kool moe dee being better. you gots to be a troll

 

[Standing on business]

Rakim
KRS One
Pac
Biggie
Big L
Big Daddy Kane
Kool G rap
Eazy E
Scarface
Eminem
Ice Cube
Snoop
LL Cool J
Run DMC
Kool Moe Dee
Melle Mel
Kool Keith
Black Thought
Common


All are more legendary than Jay Z

Did you type this list with a straight face