Jay-Z ranks his own albums...

[Playaz Eyez]

Business Insider

1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (fukkwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…fukk… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. fukking Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)

Where would 444 fit??

 

[Cladyclad]

Business Insider

1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (fukkwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…fukk… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. fukking Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)

Where would 444 fit??

Top 4 is right but vol 2 over Black album
444 would be 5th

 

[OfTheCross]

Business Insider

1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (fukkwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…fukk… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. fukking Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)

Where would 444 fit??

 

[razassin]

Classic Prime Jay:

1. RD
2. Vol1
3. Vol2
4. Vol3

-----

Good:

5. Black Album
6. Dynasty

----

Meh:


7. Blueprint
8. American Gangster
9. 444

----

Garbage:

10. BP2
11. Magna Carta
12. BP3
13. KC

 

[Ziggiy]

American Gangster has more claims to classic than Vol 2 in my opinion. I know its the album that made Jay a super star but AG is beautiful all the way through

 

[Regular_P]

Blueprint and RD his only classics, in my book. Think the top four is right, though I'd switch it around a little. Vol. 1 would be fifth with Dynasty, AG (this didn't hit for me like it did most everyone else), Vol. 3 and BP2 following.

MC, BP3 and KC, bottom of the barrel. 444 is just above them. So...

1.) Blueprint
2.) RD
3.) Vol. 2
4.) Black Album
5.) Vol. 1
6.) Dynasty
7.) AG
8.) Vol. 3
9.) BP2
10.) 444
11-13.) MC, BP3 & KC <------- order doesn't even matter

 

[Chip Skylark]

American Gangster has more claims to classic than Vol 2 in my opinion. I know its the album that made Jay a super star but AG is beautiful all the way through

AG is damn near flawless! Listened to Hov discography last week and started a debate in my group chat. It’s a top 5 Hov album for sure. Diddy laced Hov with the production and lyrically Hov was better on there than he was on blueprint imo

 

[Metal Face]

Magna Farta & AG that high

 

[Figaro]

4 classics?

Said that techno sounding album BP 3 was good?

 

[Ziggiy]

1). Reasonable Doubt 5/5
2). The Blueprint 5/5
3). American Gangster 4.75/5
4). The Black Album 4.5
5). 4:44 4.5/5
6). Vol 2 4/5
7). Blueprint 3 4/5
8). The Dynasty 4/5
9). Vol 1 3.5/5
10).Vol 3 3.5/5
11). BP2 3/5
12). Kingdom Come 3/5
13). Magna Carta 2/5


Collaborations

1). Watch The Throne 4.5/5
2). A Written Testimony 4.5/5
3). Best Of Both Worlds 3/5
4). Unfinished Business 3/5

 

[BigTyme Records]

AG is classic

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Son too critical of Vol. I

Has some of his best work

Sunshine ain’t that bad and it don’t knock it down that much

 

[DEAD7]

Magna Farta & AG that high

Yes...

 

[Izanami]

Son too critical of Vol. I

Has some of his best work

Sunshine ain’t that bad and it don’t knock it down that much

Jay the only rapper ever to get a pass on an album with a lot of filler that others would get killed for. Speaking on volume 1 and BP3 specifically. Yes volume 1 has some all time great Jay tracks but it has some of the worst Jay tracks in his discography. I think he placed it properly in his rankings.

 

[Champion]

Move AG up and put 4:44 in his Top 5.

RD
BP
Black Album
AG
4:44

You can choose your order but those are Jay-Z’s 5.