in hindsight, should jay z have stayed retired after the black album was released?

[I love Latina women]

 

[SonnyDecay]

no, off the strength of american gangster alone

 

[Marco Andretti]

Yes off the strength of her shoulda did what he said he was gonna do ..

Black man lies again ..lol

I'm playin ..but fr he coulda stopped there n nikkas woulda been satisfied..

 

[I love Latina women]

no, off the strength of american gangster alone

i was just thinkin' how he basically was at his commercial peak and 1 could argue his artistic peak (i think reasonable doubt is still his best, artistically speakin')

jigga's flow on "threat" off the black album though!

american gangster ain't got no song on it like "threat" where jay is damn near blackin' out

 

[2CT]

absolutely not

 

[SonnyDecay]

american gangster ain't got no song on it like "threat" where jay is damn near blackin' out

you may be right, but hov is such a beast that im glad he decided to come back and give us more heat. among the living rappers he is just on another level when he wants to (drug dealers anonymous)

 

[ciubaca]

He did make a big deal about his retirement, so he should have stayed retired. On the other hand he was only 34 or 38 according to Nas. Most of his music after TBA was meh (except for AG) but even that is kind of overrated.... He dikkirdes a movie for 15 tracks and tells about his drug dealing past.
He is one of the greatest either way

 

[Mike Otherz]

Wtt was worth it.

 

[Mac Casper]

Was Magna Carter an attempt at making art-rap?

I personally know an artist who heard that album, thought it was going to be the next sound. Called up his producer and said "we need to get started on this" finished a full-length project in 6 months and then ended up scrapping the whole thing and going with something else because the sound never caught on

 

[Cloud McFly]

no, off the strength of american gangster alone

Yup

It's my 3rd fav Hov album, so I'm glad he came back. Watch The Throne was another great album to add to the collection, and the concert was godly

For him, I think finally getting his first #1 song with ESOM, and becoming the artist with the 2nd most #1 albums (1st on solo artist list passing Elvis) probably made it worth it alone.

 

[SirBiatch]

in terms of quality output, definitely. But in terms of 'business', hell no. He came back stronger, which is strange as hell in hindsight.

 

[I love Latina women]

you may be right, but hov is such a beast that im glad he decided to come back and give us more heat. among the living rappers he is just on another level when he wants to (drug dealers anonymous)

yeah

 

[raoulduke187]

I think he should have never started rapping

 

[Professor Polo]

no, off the strength of american gangster alone

I think that's the only Jay-Z album I like post Black Album

 

[Pifferry]

No, American Gangster, BP3, and WTT make it worth it alone.
As well as a few songs off of his lesser albums.