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Topic subjectpretty much every Jay-Z album
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2676635, pretty much every Jay-Z album
Posted by L.E.S., Thu Mar-22-12 07:04 AM
honestly, this is a recent realization for me. There isn't that one Jay record
that is THE one when I go back and listen to the older ones.
He makes the EPITOME of a 3.5 just about every time out.

Reasonable Doubt is a solid 4, at best 4.5. I know its a fan favorite, but
still not a 5 imo. The Blueprint, which is one of the most
overrated albums of all time, is like a 3.5 imo. That people call it a 5 mic classic
is so crazy to me. If anything I'd argue that The Black Album deservers to have
the highest rank. All the rest stand at about 3.5 (or worse)

Now please, before someone lashes out and calls me a 'hater' because I'm forgetting
record sales, really think on it. I am and always have been a big Jay fan, but his
albums don't stand up individually imo. He has a lot of great material, a prolific
catalog, but imo that truly great album still eludes him.