>I asked if younger because of some of the content.
>
>Most people I've talked to about the album, have been our age
>or older
>and so the "grown up" honest Jay-Z is what we've wanted to
>hear
>for quite a while.

For sure. I said that to someone when I started reading the reviews of the album; my biggest gripes with BP3 and thereafter were primarily that it was transparent how badly he was just chasing trends rather than being honest with his audience. Everyone saw right through that bullshit. Which is why Life is Good resonated so much with us 90s cats, cause Nas was BRUUUUUTALLY honest with us (didn't hurt that the production was dope and he was rhyming his ass off too, no matter the content).

This album isn't *quite* on the level of Life is Good but it's in the same vein and comparable in so many ways. Damn good effort by Jay. Never thought I'd like another Jay album again.