Its weird
To me Jay is at his best when he is not trying
Granted, back in his "Original Flavor" days he had a funny little wave. But him biting IWW Nas & OB4CL Rae's whole aura was the best thing for his music. He absolutely mastered the effortless flow. When I think Jay I think his verse on "What You Think Of That"
Since Ether he has all but abandoned that effortlessness, pursuing these strange Euro Gilbert Godfrey inflection "hey new hot nikka can I borrow your flow + inflections" to try and reinvent himself, and dissociate himself from the streets... the streets that gave him the content and flows that got him where he is
It's so fukking bizarre
I do need to say tho, Bey on Part II....