Jay Z is the most overated MC in history

[bordeaux]

i do think it is a bit annoying the way he's idolized by hip hop and he's one of my fav. rappers of all time. but its like, do we need another reasonable doubt documentary or write up? someone recently posted a thread on de la soul's buhloone mindstate, an album and group ive never listened to, and i checked it out simply to hear about someone different. im not gonna say he's overrated in terms of skill though b/c in his prime, he was one of the greats. better than big btw.

 

[mobbinfms]

It just sounded cool this beat on Right Back At You though

You finish the album? What did you think?

 

[vaudevillevillain]

nikka bill russell was tired as fukk that day.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

Facts. nikka ain't dropped a good project since The Black Album.

refuse to acknowledge American Gangster & Watch The Throne brehs

oh wait let me guess.. cause Kanye was on Watch The Throne it takes away from what Jay contributed to it...

motherfukkers hate to like you smh

 

[mobbinfms]

refuse to acknowledge American Gangster & Watch The Throne brehs

oh wait let me guess.. cause Kanye was on Watch The Throne it takes away from what Jay contributed to it...

motherfukkers hate to like you smh

AG was great. WTT wasn't.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

AG was great. WTT wasn't.

WTT is a certified classic. Otis, nikkas In Paris, those were moments, not songs. Who Gon Stop Me, No Church In The Wild, Primetime, Murder To Excellence, H.A.M, New Day, Gotta Have It were all super dope from the beats to the bars, probably the best collaborative album by two goats

 

[ItsTheRoc]

What U Rather Be, Underpaid or Overrated??....Dark Knight feelin, If Jay died he'd be a hero, But he lived long enough to see his self become the villian...

 

[Professor Mac]

The dudes best album wasnt even the top 5 album of 1996

He stayed relevant by keeping with the trends of hip hop at the time, never groundbreaking new original styles (Reasonable Doubt was copying the mafia shyt that Wu set trends for)

Kanye made Blueprint what it what

He never ever rapped about deep shyt, just money and business, thats boring

from 2004 onwards hes been trynna spray lyrics like the young dudes and comes off corny as fukk

If BIG was still alive JAY Z would be nothing more than the weed carrier

Even if youre a Jay stan you know for a fact the dude has the MAXIMUM of two classic albums (RD and Blueprint)

Im just gonna end this here I could go on for days but these facts are enough to let you know that the dude is the most overated of all time ..... dudes only put him in their top 5 to align with popular opinion

edit: dude cried after being burried by nas on radio, live infront of millions

Been saying this for the logest.. Especially about Kanye making the Blueprint, The Blueprint


Jay really only got mainstream once he married Beyonce.. She gave him that crossover appeal

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

You finish the album? What did you think?

Yeah I finished it breh , it was pretty good album, the 2nd half of the album was better IMO. Party's Over, Shook Ones, Cradle to the Grave best songs on the album imo

 

[Chris Cool]

The whole generic hip hop top 5 is overrated tbh.
Pac
Biggie
Jay
Nas
Eminem
They all overrated as fukk.

 

[mobbinfms]

Yeah I finished it breh , it was pretty good album, the 2nd half of the album was better IMO. Party's Over, Shook Ones, Cradle to the Grave best songs on the album imo

Sit with it a for while. Listen to it a couple more times over the next week and see where you are on it.
It sounds like you liked it enough to want to hear more, but I would try to really sit with the album and absorb it.

Which verses stood out to you?

 

[mikishere]

The whole generic hip hop top 5 is overrated tbh.
Pac
Biggie
Jay
Nas
Eminem
They all overrated as fukk.

this is something I can agree with (outside of em being in the generic top 5)...

Pac - first 3 albums were in my opinion
Big - not enough music to have the claim as a GOAT
Jay - my personal GOAT but does have recent duds in his catalog (BP3, Kingdom Come, Magna Carta)
Nas - every album after Lost Tapes until Life Is Good is VERY overrated on this site
Eminem -

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Sit with it a for while. Listen to it a couple more times over the next week and see where you are on it.
It sounds like you liked it enough to want to hear more, but I would try to really sit with the album and absorb it.

Which verses stood out to you?

"Sometimes I wonder do I deserve to live or am I going to hell for all things I did"

The mentions of Killa on this album he talking about Cam or who ?


Prodigy talking about boning a bytch but thinking she setting him up , him and his crew going to run a train and brining the gats with them

 

[Chris Cool]

this is something I can agree with (outside of em being in the generic top 5)...

Pac - first 3 albums were in my opinion
Big - not enough music to have the claim as a GOAT
Jay - my personal GOAT but does have recent duds in his catalog (BP3, Kingdom Come, Magna Carta)
Nas - every album after Lost Tapes until Life Is Good is VERY overrated on this site
Eminem -

Only on here are life is good and distant relatives classics. Everywhere else they came and went.

 

[mobbinfms]

The mentions of Killa on this album he talking about Cam or who ?

Nah. They are talking about Havoc's brother Killa Black. He was on the run from a murder charge. That's what Temperature's Rising is about. Listen to it again. KB ended up committing suicide.

Prodigy talking about boning a bytch but thinking she setting him up , him and his crew going to run a train and brining the gats with them

That was the song that started the Mobb Deep Jay-Z beef.
"Jetted through Marcy, cause D's aint bagging"
Then Jay mentioned it on Streets Is Watching "Where you and your mans hung in every verse in your rhyme.
What did you think of Hav's rhyme on that shyt