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

[Big Mel]

96...Nas and PAC
97..Biggie obviously
98..Nas and Pun
99...Em

He's still top 5 though.

NaS can sit his tired ass down. Especially in 1998. Pac isn't as good a rapper as Jay Z. BIG, sure. Pun was incredible but had 1 album worth discussing then died. Eminem nice, but Eminem white.

 

[Big Mel]

Prodigy >>>

Pound for pound. Jay did things P didn't. I prefer P, obvi. I prefer quite a few cats from that stretch to Jay but his run at that time was remarkable.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

NaS can sit his tired ass down. Especially in 1998. Pac isn't as good a rapper as Jay Z. BIG, sure. Pun was incredible but had 1 album worth discussing then died. Eminem nice, but Eminem white.

How did you fit so much stupid into one post??

 

[Big Mel]

How did you fit so much stupid into one post??

Magnets.

 

[StraightUpMenace]

Jay-Z is a GOAT, plain and simple. I don't have a particular favorite rapper but he's definitely one of my favorite rappers alongside Nas, DMX, and Inspectah Deck.

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

Top 5 in all eras?

Stop it bruh, Jay was clearly playing catch up with his last two albums. Even Jay know he got no clout with the youth

 

[JMD]

Even though I'm not a fan he is definitely top 5 all time and a case could be made for GOAT...like someone said earlier he had NYC on lock in the late 90s and Dr. Dre obviously thought so too by recruiting him to write Still DRE

 

[HeavyTheDon]

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

Nope... You lost credibility was you added Em and Big L to that list and where is Nas?

 

[Action Mike]

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

Nah you personally just don't like Jay z.

 

[FlyRy]

All jokes aside: he's good at rhyming and flowing but he's not a good song writer.

We're talking about JayZ not Jadakiss

 

[Black_Jesus]

He didn't carry shyt

 

[B-Mint94]

His lyrics are mediocre

"At your wake as I peek in, look in your casket Feeling sarcastic, 'Look at him, still sleeping' "

"Throughout my junior high years it was all friendly, But now this higher learning got the Remy in me"

"Now, I'm 'Pulp Fiction', Colt four-fifth and
Young nikkaz that blast for me(blasphemy), no religion"

"I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knuckles, Pockets filled with a lot of lint, not a cent Gotta vent, lot of innocent of lives lost on the project bench, Whatchu hollerin? Gotta pay rent, bring dollars in"

I'm not even a big Jay-Z fan but to say that he's a mediocre lyricist is disrespectful.

 

[mobbinfms]

"At your wake as I peek in, look in your casket Feeling sarcastic, 'Look at him, still sleeping' "

"Throughout my junior high years it was all friendly, But now this higher learning got the Remy in me"

"Now, I'm 'Pulp Fiction', Colt four-fifth and
Young nikkaz that blast for me(blasphemy), no religion"

"I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knuckles, Pockets filled with a lot of lint, not a cent Gotta vent, lot of innocent of lives lost on the project bench, Whatchu hollerin? Gotta pay rent, bring dollars in"

I'm not even a big Jay-Z fan but to say that he's a mediocre lyricist is disrespectful.

Jay on RD is as good as any rapper ever.

 

[Pifferry]

Jay on RD is as good as any rapper ever.

I hate when people separate his career with RD and whatever comes after it like that.
He undeniably was rapping as well on AG as he was on RD, his skill was more advanced by that point.

 

[mobbinfms]

I hate when people separate his career with RD and whatever comes after it like that.
He undeniably was rapping as well on AG as he was on RD, his skill was more advanced by that point.

Absolutely not.
He never came close to rapping as well as he did on RD.