thernbroom
Superstar
Jay sounds pretty close to his recordings more often than not imo 
Damon Dash: Jay-Z was "terrible" on stage
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Jay sounds pretty close to his recordings more often than not imo 
thernbroom
Superstar
but most artists start out terrible 
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
This nikka stay mad at Jay for leaving him behind. Acting like he better off being his own "boss". You know he pissed he didn't have a backup plan and is now riding the industry to stay relevant. He is the equivalent to an angry uncle that gets drunk and wont shut up at parties.
More Jay-Z talk Dame? 
Piff Perkins
Veteran
So Boyce Watkins just doing anything for video clicks huh.
jay-z stage presence was terrible at the beginning of his career
but damn lying his ass off about not wanting to rap or being on stage
but damn lying his ass off about not wanting to rap or being on stage
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
I watched Backstage. His stage presence was far from terrible. He likes to get personal with the crowd. Dame just a hater and bitter.
Jay Z was garbage on stage in the late 90's- early 2000's.
He had nothing on dmx, meth, busta,etc
He had nothing on dmx, meth, busta,etc
I thought he meant back before he had hits, 96/97ish..
Jays shows were more like that reasonable doubt concert, he wasn't turning up back then. He started turning up when he started making turnt up music. There's only so much you can do when your biggest hits are Feelin it, D'Evils and Can I Live.
Thats YOUR opinion. But fact is that MANY people said it even back then. There is a reason why people would leave after or come once DMX/Meth & Red did their thing too. Cuz X & Jay headlined. But even then people would say the same thing. Even prior to that, as Reasonable Doubt was out & albums after. So that is a thing people always did say about him. Of course opinions vary but many people said it. Even he mentioned it during the RD/Vol. 1 days i believe & even as Vol. 2 was out.
Now? Depends on who you ask. His production on stage is larger, same with Kanye since they have alot more $ to play with seeing as they can bring in alot of $ of their fame..but i PERSONALLY dont think his stage show is that great still. But he got a catalouge by now which rocks the house compared to 1,2 or 3 albums out as back then. So theres a difference.
Uncle_Ruckus
We The North
He killed it at the Roc The Mic tour with 50 back in the day. I've never heard anyone say anything bad about his stage presence. And if were saying Jay is bad on stage, what about 90% of all the rappers in the game that suck at performing?
