Classics Discussion: Jay-Z

[mobbinfms]

TBA Not too many votes away from being a classic

 

[KravenMorehead™]

bump

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

TBA Not too many votes away from being a classic

It doesn't have much chance. 41/61 = 67%

 

[Big Mel]

Reasonable Doubt is his only classic.

 

[Mike Otherz]

By that op standard, evey album in the poll is classic.

 

[ADP]

is this the first rapper you're considering or the other thread is nasir's one ? im asking cause in curious to see a poll on him and big as well...

 

[mobbinfms]

By that op standard, evey album in the poll is classic.

Every album on that poll is of the highest quality amongst core hip hop fans and held in high regard 10 years after its release?

 

[mobbinfms]

is this the first rapper you're considering or the other thread is nasir's one ? im asking cause in curious to see a poll on him and big as well...

This is the first thread. We will do Nas soon. We abandoned considering Nas in the first thread after we decided to do separate threads with polls.

 

[IntellectualViolence]

RD and that's it and even then I hesitate. I don't find many Jay albums age all that well, usually good in the moment tho.

 

[mobbinfms]

It doesn't have much chance. 41/61 = 67%

Yeah. Just trying to keep the thread bumped.

 

[mobbinfms]

RD and that's it and even then I hesitate. I don't find many Jay albums age all that well, usually good in the moment tho.

This is Jay's biggest flaw. Vol 2 is the classic example of this.

 

[ADP]

i'm glad the impact angle isn't necessarily part of the convo since for example rd flew somewhat under the radar when it dropped and thus its impact can be argued.

chose rd and blueprint

dead prez & u don't know my faves off the albums

pound for pound greatest discog in rap, imo only nas comes close

love tba and ag, very close to classic status, don't hate kingdom come as much as others, still looking forward to new music from him even though i'm aware it's very unlikely he will deliver the quality of past releases

 

[mobbinfms]

i'm glad the impact angle isn't necessarily part of the convo since for example rd flew somewhat under the radar when it dropped and thus its impact can be argued.

chose rd and blueprint

dead prez & u don't know my faves off the albums

pound for pound greatest discog in rap, imo only nas comes close

love tba and ag, very close to classic status, don't hate kingdom come as much as others, still looking forward to new music from him even though i'm aware it's very unlikely he will deliver the quality of past releases

Initial impact and timelessness don't always go hand in hand. How an album is viewed in the first 6 months (or now the first 6 days) is far less important than 5 years, 10 years. Etc.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

NEXT ARTISTS: Eric B. & Rakim, Rakim & Black Star

all in one thread.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Initial impact and timelessness don't always go hand in hand. How an album is viewed in the first 6 months (or now the first 6 days) is far less important than 5 years, 10 years. Etc.

Absolutely. RD long term impact really can't be denied now. In the late 90's/early 2000's an argument definitely could have been made.