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So I've been seeing 50 Cent run his mouth lately about Jay never dominating the game and how Reasonable Doubt only charted at 23 blah blah blah. I know he's a troll but let's be honest for a second here, GRODT has to be one of the most overrated 'classics' in hip hop. It's a good album but mostly for the production and 50 has a talent with melodies and doing hooks. But lyrically? Very mid. I know it's not all about lyrics but I feel your lyrics need to be a little better if we're discussing classics.

Also, many of the songs didn't age well on GRODT. I'd argue that every single one of Jay's albums except MCHG, Blueprint 3 and Kingdom Come are better than GRODT.

Thoughts?

this thread wasnt allowed in hiphopheads for some reason

Title, just looking for the best recordings, had some saved on YT but got removed.

How were the Side pit tickets for the Yankee shows. Thinking about getting pit for LA, was it easy to get to the front? Was the view good, or was it annoying/obstructed when he wasn’t by your side?

After all the hype and emails back and forth with Ticketmaster, the Yankee stadium exclusive is finally here. I expected the stadium on the cover or the promo artwork he used for the concerts. Showing up at night 1 and no one knew where to pick up the records was disappointing. For a while I thought I would end up with a refund, but they finally arrived. I like them and exclusive to the ticket holders who purchased them so I’m good with that.

Obviously a lot of people here consider Jay the greatest ever or near the top

My question is if Jay isn't the GOAT in your eyes what is the lowest spot he can be ranked?

Is he in your top 3?

Would it be inconceivable for you to rank him outside your top 5?

What's Jay's best haircut? I just watched that freestyle at Roots Picnic, bro since when is that his hair??? Looks fucking awesome. Anyway he's been basically bald and he's had dreadlocks now he's got a fro? What's his best hairstyle

I’m not sure if anyone’s posted this but this is the current selection. Tried getting a s.carter cassette but couldn’t. FOG merch was pretty sick.

We got started on this one quite late, because we couldn't peel ourselves out of bed, but once we did, we went to the beach and listened to it in the same spot as The Black Album. I was curious going into this one. I didn't have super high expectations, because I'd never heard of it, but I also knew I was a fan of his later work, and could see myself enjoying a comeback. The first few albums were kind of interchangeable for me, and this was a whole new era, so I thought this might be one of the first ones to be either a step up or a step down, even if people talk about his earlier stuff more.

I have to say, I didn't come out of this one with all that much to say, but I have comments on a couple of tracks. The Prelude was really dope, and I remember saying I hope the whole album sounds like this. The beat was chill and there was more of a focus on rapping. The rest of the album did not sound like this, but I still have hope that 4:44 will. Plus, I really didn't mind the production. Oh My God’s beat was insane, particularly that outro, so I was okay with the next two tracks also being Just Blaze.

Honestly, the production on this album was one of its main draws, with Dr. Dre coming in after Just Blaze. Me and my girlfriend were both most excited for the Kanye track, although it wasn't the best on the album (I had also been craving a Beyoncé feature). 30 Something was good, though, as was I Made It.

This was the point I stood up and started to move. It was chilly and I put my hoodie on, and I started enjoying the album a lot more. This may be related - there's such an obvious reason for that correlation - but I do honestly believe that the music started getting better on the back half. Anything was fun, and must have been the most danceable track, and whilst Hollywood kind of slipped into the background, Beyoncé didn't disappoint.

I think the best song was Trouble, for its mixture of dope production and good rapping, but Dig a Hole was close. Finally, I spent the last two songs, Minority Report and Beach Chair waiting for the last song, 44 Four’s, as listed on Genius, but it turns out that was just Genius being Genius and it wasn't the last song. We checked it out anyway and it was on YouTube instead of Spotify, so of course it banged.

I would put this quite low in Jay-Z’s overall discography, but I still liked it, and it was nice that it wasn't shit. I'm hearing a clear difference between his street rap and his luxury rap, and I feel like this luxury shit could almost have a higher ceiling, because it's a very Hov-specific lane. I wasn't expecting American Gangster to be much more than this, but I've heard that it's a concept album and one of his better releases, which I like. It also has a Nas feature.

What are your favorite songs and least favorite songs from each album?

Mine:

RD: Dead Presidents/Ain’t No Nigga

Vol. 1: Lucky Me/I Know What Girls Like

Vol. 2: Nigga What/If I Should Die

Vol. 3: Come and Get Me/Things That U Do

Dynasty: This Can’t Be Life/Holla

BP: The Ruler’s Back/Jigga That Nigga

BP2: Hovi Baby/As One

TBA: Threat/Justify My Thug

KC: Kingdom Come/Hollywood

AG: I Know/American Gangster

BP3: Already Home/Hate

MCHG: fuckwithmeyouknowigotit/BBC

4:44: Caught Their Eyes/4:44

Finally got it in the mail. What a let down