Griffith
Falcon of Light
I know people (grumpy ass old heads) are gonna see the thread title and spaz out, but if you think about it, BP3 was a milestone in hip hop. It's a classic off it's influence alone.
Let's just look at everything it accomplished:
Knocked down auto-tune
I'm not saying auto-tune is dead, but going against the grain and dissing it on his lead single sent a message to several rappers overdoing it. Right after it dropped, Wayne stopped using auto-tune and recorded all of No Ceilings without it. T-Pain's career went downhill shortly after. It was down for the count until Future resurrected it 3 years later. Highly influential record.
Started the Illuminati conspiracies in hip hop
Illuminati has been tied to hip hop heavily since 2009, had the internet going crazy with conspiracies. There'd be youtube videos left and right with millions of views trying to expose rappers, mainly being Jay-Z. Even today people who are oblivious to common knowledge still believe there are devil worshipers in hip hop music thanks to Jay.
Launched the future of hip hop
BP3 is the polar opposite of BP1. BP1 represented classic music, sampling soul records for most the album. BP3 represented the future, not just in production but a new breed of rappers. Drake, J. Cole and Kid Cudi all got spots on there as help from Jay to represent the new generation. Drizzy and Cudi doing what they do best and spitting mean hooks. J. Cole being set up in the most blunt manner as the next to blow, finishing off with a verse on "A Star Is Born". 4 years later, Drake and J. Cole are on top of the food chain along with Kendrick.
Putting New York back on the map
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8]"Empire State of Mind" Jay Z | Alicia Keys [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]
It's no secret that this song was huge as fukk, became the anthem for an entire state. Last time NY had one of those it was by barely relevant rappers and hardly blew up outside of rap stations. "I Made the Yankee Hat More Famous Than a Yankee Can"
Challenging the climate of hip hop's age group
As we all know, hip hop has relatively been a young mans genre. The older a rapper gets, the less relevant he is. Jay-Z defied that, not only by remaining relevant, but by making a hit out of the statement "I'm forever young". Thanks to Jay, rappers like Eminem and Nas were able to grow up and stop rapping about childish antics.
Most important quote of the decade
"nikkas want my old shyt, buy my old album"
Signifying that rappers shouldn't be afraid to progress with their careers, instead of making the style of music for 10 years. Now I'm just going out on a limb here, but it can't be coincidence than Eminem finally ditched shock rap for real content after this line dropped.
Made No I.D. a premier hip hop producer
No I.D. production discography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just look at his catalog, he's always been relatively non-mainstream. Being Common's go to producer, being ditched by Dilla for his second biggest album. Then being ditched by him again for his biggest album with Kanye. You'd have to be a huge rap head to know who he was at the time. After BP3, he started working with Rihanna, Drake, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi and many more mainstream acts.
Broke Elvis legendary record
Became the album needed for Jay to surpass Elvis in #1 albums. Becoming a music legend that transcends more than just rap music.
I crush Elvis and his Blue Suede Shoes
Made the Rolling Stones seem sweet as Kool-Aid too
'96, '97, '98, '99
2000, 2001 and beyond
'02, '03, '04, '05
'06 and 7, '08, '09
Back-to-back, double plat', I did what you won't
Men lie, women lie, numbers don't
Classic singles
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8]"Empire State of Mind" Jay Z | Alicia Keys [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]
Given separate explanation towards why individually these all contributed to hip hop, but just taking a moment to realize they're all on the same album
Lastly, this is the album that turned Jay-Z into a cultural icon. This is the album that turned Obama into a Jay-Z fan. Before BP3, he was just a rapper. Now he's a worldwide celebrity, and not just known as Beyonce's husband. That alone is a big impact on someones career. With everything else I've mentioned in this thread, it's an pretty undeniable at this point that the album is classic.
Let's just look at everything it accomplished:
Knocked down auto-tune
I'm not saying auto-tune is dead, but going against the grain and dissing it on his lead single sent a message to several rappers overdoing it. Right after it dropped, Wayne stopped using auto-tune and recorded all of No Ceilings without it. T-Pain's career went downhill shortly after. It was down for the count until Future resurrected it 3 years later. Highly influential record.
Started the Illuminati conspiracies in hip hop
Illuminati has been tied to hip hop heavily since 2009, had the internet going crazy with conspiracies. There'd be youtube videos left and right with millions of views trying to expose rappers, mainly being Jay-Z. Even today people who are oblivious to common knowledge still believe there are devil worshipers in hip hop music thanks to Jay.
Launched the future of hip hop
BP3 is the polar opposite of BP1. BP1 represented classic music, sampling soul records for most the album. BP3 represented the future, not just in production but a new breed of rappers. Drake, J. Cole and Kid Cudi all got spots on there as help from Jay to represent the new generation. Drizzy and Cudi doing what they do best and spitting mean hooks. J. Cole being set up in the most blunt manner as the next to blow, finishing off with a verse on "A Star Is Born". 4 years later, Drake and J. Cole are on top of the food chain along with Kendrick.
Putting New York back on the map
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8]"Empire State of Mind" Jay Z | Alicia Keys [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]
It's no secret that this song was huge as fukk, became the anthem for an entire state. Last time NY had one of those it was by barely relevant rappers and hardly blew up outside of rap stations. "I Made the Yankee Hat More Famous Than a Yankee Can"
Challenging the climate of hip hop's age group
As we all know, hip hop has relatively been a young mans genre. The older a rapper gets, the less relevant he is. Jay-Z defied that, not only by remaining relevant, but by making a hit out of the statement "I'm forever young". Thanks to Jay, rappers like Eminem and Nas were able to grow up and stop rapping about childish antics.
Most important quote of the decade
"nikkas want my old shyt, buy my old album"
Signifying that rappers shouldn't be afraid to progress with their careers, instead of making the style of music for 10 years. Now I'm just going out on a limb here, but it can't be coincidence than Eminem finally ditched shock rap for real content after this line dropped.
Made No I.D. a premier hip hop producer
No I.D. production discography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just look at his catalog, he's always been relatively non-mainstream. Being Common's go to producer, being ditched by Dilla for his second biggest album. Then being ditched by him again for his biggest album with Kanye. You'd have to be a huge rap head to know who he was at the time. After BP3, he started working with Rihanna, Drake, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi and many more mainstream acts.
Broke Elvis legendary record
Became the album needed for Jay to surpass Elvis in #1 albums. Becoming a music legend that transcends more than just rap music.
I crush Elvis and his Blue Suede Shoes
Made the Rolling Stones seem sweet as Kool-Aid too
'96, '97, '98, '99
2000, 2001 and beyond
'02, '03, '04, '05
'06 and 7, '08, '09
Back-to-back, double plat', I did what you won't
Men lie, women lie, numbers don't
Classic singles
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8]"Empire State of Mind" Jay Z | Alicia Keys [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube[/ame]
Given separate explanation towards why individually these all contributed to hip hop, but just taking a moment to realize they're all on the same album
Lastly, this is the album that turned Jay-Z into a cultural icon. This is the album that turned Obama into a Jay-Z fan. Before BP3, he was just a rapper. Now he's a worldwide celebrity, and not just known as Beyonce's husband. That alone is a big impact on someones career. With everything else I've mentioned in this thread, it's an pretty undeniable at this point that the album is classic.
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smileys
Try again.
he hasnt sold that many albums but lets just "say" hes sold 45mil
he has consistently sold half of what em and pac albums sell/sold for 17yrs strait 
