Jay is in my top 5, but over the last few years I’ve noticed a trend where people are talking about “you can’t argue against Jay being the goat unless you’re emotional, he is a billionaire and look how far he has pushed hip hop” as if he is Tom Brady that has blown past all the other claimants for the title which is false.
He has not dropped a classic album since 2003 and has dropped a bunch of middling albums and verses that get glazed incessantly by his pawns in the media. He remained relevant throughout the 00’s riding the coattails of Kanye and Beyoncé and getting good PR by being the negro whisper for corps that used him to sell cheap liquor, gentrifying arenas and to break up protests that challenged the power structure like the NFL.
In return they pushed the narrative of him being the greatest because of all his business deals and allowed him to be a pretend billionaire like Diddy. He is the textbook definition of a sellout and plenty of people you can make a strong argument deserve to go over him on a list and at the end of the day music is subjective.
He has not dropped a classic album since 2003 and has dropped a bunch of middling albums and verses that get glazed incessantly by his pawns in the media. He remained relevant throughout the 00’s riding the coattails of Kanye and Beyoncé and getting good PR by being the negro whisper for corps that used him to sell cheap liquor, gentrifying arenas and to break up protests that challenged the power structure like the NFL.
In return they pushed the narrative of him being the greatest because of all his business deals and allowed him to be a pretend billionaire like Diddy. He is the textbook definition of a sellout and plenty of people you can make a strong argument deserve to go over him on a list and at the end of the day music is subjective.
