Dude hasnt been at his best in over a decade tho........Jay at his best is
That bragadocious, effortless flow got a lot of peopleThey're still
Why did Jay-z Completely Change His Flow/Voice After Blueprint 1
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U can only cash in on old glory so longJay at his best is
That bragadocious, effortless flow got a lot of people
But "Imaginary Players" still makes me feel like a peon
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it really is the worst era of jay. i honestly think less of a persons opinion on hiphop when they say bp2 is one of his better albums.
Really after Vol 2, if you really pay attention to his voice and flow and all that, it totally changed after that album. That Young Chris influence, 
. He went from a somewhat natural rapping voice and effortless delivery (maybe the best ever) to this overly breathy, overly choppy, drawn out, exaggerated emphasis, exclamation point at the end of every other bar ass flow, dude went from maybe the best natural mc ever to me to maybe 4 or 5 on my list, all because of him switching his shyt up.
lol, compare and contrast, its lightweight disgusting to be honest
. He went from a somewhat natural rapping voice and effortless delivery (maybe the best ever) to this overly breathy, overly choppy, drawn out, exaggerated emphasis, exclamation point at the end of every other bar ass flow, dude went from maybe the best natural mc ever to me to maybe 4 or 5 on my list, all because of him switching his shyt up.lol, compare and contrast, its lightweight disgusting to be honest
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I truly miss that cold tone he had in the late nineties. perfect example on this hook
Meanwhile in reality none of this happened.Yet he continued to get more popular and eventually dropped the black album.
Yet Nas...well Nas fell off to obscurity and irrelevance
Jay reached peak swag on his "What You Think Of That" verse
shyt had nikkas sitting uncomfortable
Really after Vol 2, if you really pay attention to his voice and flow and all that, it totally changed after that album. That Young Chris influence,
lol, compare and contrast, its lightweight disgusting to be honest
YT blocked here but it was most blatant on that 'Excuse Me Miss' remix on the Neptunes beat
Jay was like the Facebook of flows.... as soon as anybody got hot he bought em out
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When was the last time Nasty Nas had a hit??
On his last album which was better than jay last albumWhen was the last time Nasty Nas had a hit??
How many rappers you know with a career longer than jay still relevant?
I'm going to go back and listen to his "What You Think Of That" verse, but this one is the one that made me really uncomfortable... as a young dude who was putting his little rhymes together, it discouraged me a bit.. this was too effortless
After I heard his verse on there, I was stuck with the John Starks face
He had his own man under pressure... the version I posted came out first on the Belly soundtrack, then there was a version on Sauce's album that had him adding another 40 bars of rapping after Jay's verse
Yet he continued to get more popular and eventually dropped the black album.
Yet Nas...well Nas fell off to obscurity and irrelevance
He didn't get more popular. His popularity was actually declining. After "Ether", Jay started restructuring his sound and image. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" and "Excuse Me Miss" definitely weren't the kind of lead off singles fans were used to for a Jay Z album especially for an artist as misogynist as Jay. It was open season on Jay Z. He was no longer invulnerable or invincible. Critics and fans were more critical. He was even sounding defeated. Both BP2 and TBA spend a lot of time telling you why he should be #1 instead of allowing the music to make that case for him.