Real Talk...Jay from 98-03 was a BEAST!!!!!!!

[FreshAIG]

RD - Classic
Volume 1 - Dope with two wack songs
Volume 2 - Hated it for years, need to revisit
Volume 3 - CRACK, underrated
Dynasty - Solid, underwhelming though
BP - Classic

 

[NoHalfWay]

He bodied everyone but Kiss on Reservoir Dogs.

 

[Taadow]

Thanks for this news.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Dynasty - Solid, underwhelming though

My 5th or 6th favorite album by him

It's a transitionary album so i understand why some people might have been underwhelmed by it at the time, but it has some of Jay and the Roc's best work and was a showcase for producers on the come up

 

[FreshAIG]

rd classic
vol. 1 4.5 not a classic though
vol.2 personal classic to me
vol.3 wack sauce
dynasty classic to me
bluieprint classic

Will never understand why people don't like Volume 3. I love that album

 

[FreshAIG]

nope beanie sigel and kiss bodied him on that song imo but he killed styles p sauce money and sheek easy though imo.

Nah. Even Jada said after Hov laid his verse everyone in the room was like "WTF"

 

[NoHalfWay]

nope beanie sigel and kiss bodied him on that song imo but he killed styles p sauce money and sheek easy though imo.

Beans didn't come close to that Hova flow.

Jay barely edged out Kiss.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

he put out a lot of trash during that time too... I could never get into jay's music until well past that era

I think it's less his fault and the more the fact that those Swizz Beatz era beats sucked

They sounded ahead of it's time for the time...but yeah...Swizz' beats haven't aged too well.

He was kind of like the NY version of Timbaland IMO.

 

[Boonapalist]

Jay's flow in Volume 3 was probably his best and my nikka was spittin lowkey

 

[NoHalfWay]

Nah. Even Jada said after Hov laid his verse everyone in the room was like "WTF"

I knew it was over mid verse

"You don't wanna owe that man
He'll hit ya, get the picture? Kodak man"

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Will never understand why people don't like Volume 3. I love that album

Think a lot of people feel like it's kind of shallow and the beats are a little dated. It's pretty much all straight street rap, not many concept tracks or introspective shyt

i can see why some people like it a lot because the arrogance and punchlines and swag was at an all time high on that album

 

[FreshAIG]

Think a lot of people feel like it's kind of shallow and the beats are a little dated. It's pretty much all straight street rap, not many concept tracks or introspective shyt

i can see why some people like it a lot because the arrogance and punchlines and swag was at an all time high on that album

Yeah good point. I love it because that's my favorite Hov. That straight raw spitting, street shyt but arrogant and fly

 

[Boonapalist]

Yeah good point. I love it because that's my favorite Hov. That straight raw spitting, street shyt but arrogant and fly

Hov is like Noah keep two in the trunk

 

[I love Latina women]

i would say from 96' to about 01' were his prime and peak years. jay was great back in 96' but hip hop titans like biggie and pac outshined him with their work. but his run from 96' to 01' were his best years. 02' he lost me with the blueprint 2 and i like some of the black album but not all. i enjoyed that s. carter mixtape a lot more than the actual black album to be honest.

 

[tirademode]

It's crazy in 99 he was poppin bottles on the White House lawn .. And now :

Re listening to Vol.3 now .. It's got some great tracks, his flow is impeccable for the most part.

But it is oversaturated with late 90s Jiggy beats .

To be honest I rate The Dynasty above this album.