Jay Z's Career from 2006-2025 Has Been a Major Disappointment.
- Thread starter Stick Up Kid
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Now THIS I agree with...and is part of the reason he isn't the GOAT...Hov benefits a lot from cult of personality.
I said I checked tik tok myself lol
I literally search Hov and you can filter every topic by most dates, relevance, like count etc
Yeah idk when it clicked. But you can tell when he really tried to style his way out of being the great lyricist that he is A LOT.
But to me it’s like he dropped the blueprint, classic. Then BP2 Classic moments but bloated. That r Kelly shyts whack but has hits then black album great/classic depends on who you ask.
Then KC mid, American gangster (straight fire) then BP3 and Magna Carta mid. Idk man.
He’s still a goat not THEE goat cause even post 2000
Blueprint
Black album
American gangster
WTT
A written testimony
4:44
Are freaking amazing albums to have under your belt. Plus prime Jay was a beast.
Not having a Tiktok surge doesn't mean it isn't getting appreciation. If anything it shouldn't because the age group discussed is not one I recall having a big issue with BP3 in the first place.
Most of the 06 and on hate comes from those who came of age during the 96-03 run. I was 16 when BP3 came out but I was also immersed in 90s rap studying to be great. Someone 3-5 years younger than me has no attachment to Prime Hov to unfavorably compare it to.
KC and MCHG have misses but aren't as bad as people make it out to be. Both are probably about 3 mics...maybe even 3.5. Both would've been much better at 10/11 tracks. Jay and especially Nas get graded on a Mt Rushmore curve. If just about anyone else had the KC-4:44 run it would be celebrated.
I remember their being substantial chatter about 4:44, ppl quoting the album the weeks, months, yr after its release
It's been several yrs now ...
He washed em?
Disagree
Jay stayed on theme, his rhyme scheme, flow, etc Think he got em
No, I don't 'member you, I don't intend to
Empty my memory bank
It's a million dollars in it, baby, Hilary Swank
Sittin' next to Hillary smellin' like dank
Nights like this, I could fukk up a pie
An still be straight (still be straight)
Felt Kendrick was trying too hard to have a Renegade moment low key
Who was doing it before LIG? Most rappers had some combination of not being that age yet, chasing youth or inactivity even if they were
I remember their being substantial chatter about 4:44, ppl quoting the album the weeks, months, yr after its release
It's been several yrs now ...
He washed em?
Disagree
Jay stayed on theme, his rhyme scheme, flow, etc Think he got em
No, I don't 'member you, I don't intend to
Empty my memory bank
It's a million dollars in it, baby, Hilary Swank
Sittin' next to Hillary smellin' like dank
Nights like this, I could fukk up a pie
An still be straight (still be straight)
Felt Kendrick was trying too hard to have a Renegade moment low key
Million baby bars was super played then wasn’t impressed lol
Joe budden but people will say nobody was listening to mouse like that smh
Kendrick was lol
Didn't he add another verse or rework a verse after he heard Jays ? I could be mistaken
What impressed you about Kens verse? Quotables?
Budden wasn't old enough to fit the category described.
His flow was on point!
4.5mics at best because the original ignorant shyt was missing... didn't need the new verses at all. I just wanted CD quality over the lower quality Don DeMarco MP3 leak from a few years prior to AG.
not because of that. because of brooklyn track w wayne. that ish was ASSSSSS
Ima asume you ment life is good