What nikkas need to know is jayz wasn't popular until 98. All this "jayz said it was a classic" is bs every nikka I know had Rd as thier favorite jay album until blueprint dropped.
Nerds ass hip hop heads and cacs ways trying to downplay jay but the reality is the nikkas influence on rap is undeniable at this point. I swear every rapper from kendrick to jeezy to drake to jay electronica done used a jay line. Which is also the reason he has worked with every popular artist in the last 15 years.
Let's not even mention the flow. So many nikkas bit that shyt it's crazy. But I'll be honest jayz is garbage now. nikka needs to put out a classic asap. He literally trying to compete with drakes at 50.
The funniest part about all this shyt is nikkas acting anybody outside of bone ,master p and pac was popular.
We talking about '96 tho....Jay wasn't even Kurupt status.
As far as other rappers quoting his shyt, it's probably a case of them quoting another nikka, by way of Jay z.
He "pays homage" to so many people, you just never know.
I always said Jay was like the B average student who couldn't shine until the A average students were absent.
By '98, the school was being filled on some special ed shyt....thanks to No Limit/Cash Money and their knock offs.
Jay was able to take advantage.The game was on decline...been declining ever since.
I will say he is the GOAT brand marketer, with a sense of business savvy ever
and I'm from Alabama
there were only so many rap videos they could play 6 days a week with the top 10 on saturdays.
