Jay Z Released His Worst Album 16 Years Ago Today

[NoHalfWay]

Problem with “Show Me What You Got” is Weezy took that beat and we all forgot it was Jay’s song

 

[beenz]

The Prelude is arguably his best intro tho

It's good, but not touching the dynasty intro.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

the fact that everyone is saying this is garbage, yet is naming other albums that were worse, tells me Hov has gotten a pass for his catalog

 

[Swagnificent]

European Hov
That Hov era was horrendous

Wrong.

That was actually a great album that aged really well. I remember thinking it was wack when it first came out. Now I love it.

 

[JoelB]

Show me what you got purrtyyyyy lady

The drums on that record are incredible tho

 

[ThirdAct]

Kingdom Come is the only song I really go back to, love how Just Blaze flipped that sample. Prelude, Oh My God and Lost One were cool too I guess. Rest of the album was

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

MCHG made me tap out if anything Jigga related beyond 2007

 

[JoelB]

BP3 gotta be his worst

 

[ItWasWritten]

BluePrint 3 was horrific...

 

[KnickstapeCity]

Classic should have went triple


Redneck Hov was securing that Budweiser sponsorship for Made In America Festival years in advance in the show me what you got video

@ Redneck Hov




Nah, I don’t know how old you are but a nikka was in his last year of HS at the time so I remember the all hype surrounding the release of this album. At that time, Camel was doing all these HP commercials as well as Budweiser commercials. Also, if I recall, he was in a Budweiser Super Bowl commercial.

 

[JustCKing]

the fact that everyone is saying this is garbage, yet is naming other albums that were worse, tells me Hov has gotten a pass for his catalog

What pass has he gotten if people are listing more than one album as his worst? Every album listed is post- retirement, which says he was far more inconsistent after retirement than he was before he retired.

Any artist with a catalog as extensive as his is going to have more than one answer for worst album even if they have some garbage.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

What pass has he gotten if people are listing more than one album as his worst? Every album listed is post- retirement, which says he was far more inconsistent after retirement than he was before he retired.

Any artist with a catalog as extensive as his is going to have more than one answer for worst album even if they have some garbage.

i meant more from the media/blogs/podcasts.....

 

[JustCKing]

BP3 gotta be his worst

BluePrint 3 was horrific...

I tried listing songs from that album worth revisiting and only came up with these:

Already Home
Thank You

I like "Venus vs Mars" and "Reminder" (the chorus/hook has to go though). "Empire State of Mind" is a cool single, but overplayed. "Run This Town" is cool and "DOA" was dope for its time. Still like the beat.

 

[CM_Burns]

No, I've come around to thinking it's a good album. Better than Best of Both Worlds 2, MCHG and BP3.

It was a Jay album without smash hits so it didn't hit like it should've in real time, but lyrically it was dope.

Intro
All 3 Just Blaze songs
Trouble
Lost Ones

All fire, and there's some other decent songs on there too.

 

[JustCKing]

i meant more from the media/blogs/podcasts.....

I think many have KC, BP3, and MCHG at the bottom of his catalog. I only remember The Source going overboard for KC. They gave it 4.5 mics and I was shocked.