Ranking: versions of post- Black Album Jay-Z

[MegaTronBomb!]

Gonna keep it real simple, and rank his many versions from Kingdom Come to the Tidal Launch


1. "I'm making an album about a movie I couldn't be in" Jay
Probably Jay at his best since Blueprint. still cared much about being one of the best rappers out

defining events: American Gangster


2."Euro/Artsy/ Bahhh-ski- " Jay

ever the quintessential pretentious rapper.... Jay would learn about some shyt, and then rap about it to you so you know that he knows things.

defining events: WTT, BP3,Ghetto Techno

3."I'm trying to make old cool" Jay

Jay was still trying to figure out how to ride this one out.. and settled with " I'm showing growth, i'm so evolved "

defining moments: Kingdom Come, your cousin wearing button ups and Lot 29 jeans together to be "grown up"

4a." Y'all know i'm just here to sell y'all some shyt" Jay
4b..Jay "no hyphen" Z

arguably the same dude.... but at this point, it was clear that he's only in it for a check.... does he even really rap anymore? Talk about something the youngsters know about, so they know you're still in touch.... equivalent of a athlete resorting to memorabilia signings,Sketchers Shape Up commercials, and 3am informercials

defining events: MCHG,Tidal, On The Run Tour.... that Suit and Tie song

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

God turned down the bass in Jay's voice after ether. All they way down. -6dB

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

God turned down the bass in Jay's voice after ether. All they way down. -6dB

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Wtf? How did I miss this???

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

The jayz discovered basquiat era

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Wtf? How did I miss this???

Throwing dirt on Brooklyn's coffin for his 0.0000003% stake in the Nets

 

[Cin]

Jay z has been nothing but greatness before and after the black album

 

[I love Latina women]

why even bother? jay was officially on cruise control after the black album and the black album hasn't held up well at all and loss it's credibility after the muthafukka didn't even retire

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

why even bother? jay was officially on cruise control after the black album and the black album hasn't held up well at all and loss it's credibility after the muthafukka didn't even retire

Now the black albumisnt good...word?

 

[big bun]

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

why even bother? jay was officially on cruise control after the black album and the black album hasn't held up well at all and loss it's credibility after the muthafukka didn't even retire

U trying to hard

Sounding like jay on reminder

 

[I love Latina women]

Now the black albumisnt good...word?

obviously i don't speak for everyone, just my opnion. i been made a post bout this a while back though

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/is-the-black-album-still-really-a-classic-album.303539/

 

[I love Latina women]

U trying to hard

Sounding like jay on reminder

i'm not even tryin' at all, bruh. my typin' is on some vomit shyt right now, i'm unfiltered when it comes to reviews

 

[SirBiatch]

Jay-Z been shyt post-Black Album. It's taken your average hip hop fan 10 years to realize this, but most of us knew the moment he came back with "Show Me What You Got". He hasn't dropped a single stellar track since Threat/Allure/99 Problems etc. Mostly because he hasn't gotten a stellar beat since then (I'm not including Ignorant shyt because that track was old as fukk - nikkas know). He's gotten a few good/great functional beats, but nothing like some of the stuff on Black Album.

I can't rank the albums post-Black because they're all trash in their own way. But Blueprint 3 and Watch The Throne are better than Kingdom Come.