Questlove defends Vol 1, Jay-Z responds

[Tommy Gibbs]

if you delete

The city is mine,
lucky me
always be my sunshine
I know what girls like
real nikkaz


you got a flawless album. Those are really the 5 songs most people hate. The problem is that 2 of those were singles tryin got cash in on that Puffy 80s loops sample craze. You got an album in which basically 65% of it is classic and 5 bs songs. It's a hot album, he just picked 2 of the worst songs as singles and that's what most people remember. That shyt basically ruined Mic Geronimo's career. MG dropped a hard hood classic debut and then decided to drop a bs lead single to his next album with bs songs for the clubs that they never played anyway. Once I heard "single life", I knew dude was on some bs.

 

[Cloud McFly]

How an album with at least 5 5/5 songs on it = wack to some is mind boggling. There were 2 songs on there, and with that, the whole project gets disregarded. Comical.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Sunshine is fire

set on fire

 

[Earnings]

Man I constantly begged my Pops to get me this as a kid. He was on Jay so in turn I was too. We lived in different states… i remember seeing the package get there and opened it up... It was Streets is Watching Soundtrack

I was already young to be listening to Jay but that shyt was WAY too advanced for a young Breh lol.

He eventually sent the right one. I was in like 3rd/4th grade rappin “last year nikkas thought it was all up/but this year I done it again/Jigga! …. What the fukk”

For that reason alone it's always been in my favorites, but it's dope to see music legends hold similar opinions after the album been shytted on for so long

 

[ThirdAct]

I Know What Girls Like is trash. I have a soft spot for Sunshine though.

 

[JA_Carter]

Album is a classic fukk what every one else says. Sunshine is not even bad it just didn’t fit the vibe of the album plus the video was corny. The highs on this album are better than anything he’s done outside of Reasonable Doubt

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

I've never actually listened to this album. Im gonna put it on spin with no skips and come back with my thoughts

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Album is a classic fukk what every one else says. Sunshine is not even bad it just didn’t fit the vibe of the album plus the video was corny. The highs on this album are better than anything he’s done outside of Reasonable Doubt

hell no. this album isn't better than the Blueprint hahhaa. no way. And I don't think it''s a classic. Very dope, but 35% of the album is not good. 5 out of 14 songs are fast forward material. Once again, dope album, but for an album to be considered a classic, it can only have 1 or at the MOST 2 bad songs. And even the bad songs are listenable.

 

[RegB]

Y'all really think lucky me is trash? At least lil wayne fukks with it, he got the lyrics to the song tatted on him..

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Y'all really think lucky me is trash? At least lil wayne fukks with it, he got the lyrics to the song tatted on him..

that means what? hahaha

 

[Monoblock]

hell no. this album isn't better than the Blueprint hahhaa. no way. And I don't think it''s a classic. Very dope, but 35% of the album is not good. 5 out of 14 songs are fast forward material. Once again, dope album, but for an album to be considered a classic, it can only have 1 or at the MOST 2 bad songs. And even the bad songs are listenable.

Yea I can agree with this We should leave the word classic out of this. Vol. 1 is a dope album with some great songs and a few skippable ones.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

It's wack. You don't get brownie points for making half of a good album.

Same reason I don't fukk with I Am.

 

[chiefdogg]

Who you Wit was my shyt. Let me give this joint a listen haven't listened in years.

 

[The War Report]

The 2nd half of Vol 1 are some of favorite shyt done by Jay.

 

[Fanservice]

That Sunshine beat is disgusting. And not in a good way. Mixed with that wack ass video.. ugh…