that he's one of the Key Old-Guard Figures who needs to be knocked off in a figurative sense.

I would go see dude in concert more for nostalgia purposes and the professionalism displayed than because I felt the current music he's doing is challenging me as a listener.

I'm not waiting on Jay-Z to give me something new. He does what he does and has to much vested at this point to change that.

The question is when is something new and exciting gonna come behind that? Because people stopped expecting Stevie Wonder or Paul McCartney to be at a focal point of young/hip at around the same length of time. You can respect any and all of their past works while still understanding that their contemporary irrelevance is necessary.