WTF? Jay-Z Blueprint was released on 9/11/2001

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

damn i hardly ever listen to jay
but sometimes he comes up wit the craziest raps, either him or whoe-evers writin his muzik

Jay even referenced it in a song once,

"Rumor has it, The Blueprint classic
couldn't even be stopped by Bin Laden"

[Lunatic]

vol. 1 was pretty good. God i hate that song with diddy tho lol

Vol. 3 was my fav outta that series

damn. i think thats easily his worst album lol

[D-Nice]

Looking back at his albums. At first I was not a big fan of Volume 1. Now lyrically that album was on point, production was ehh

Most vets have that one album that is just their biggest seller. May not be their best but it is up there and usually has 1-3 smash singles on it. Volume 2 is that for Jay. That album made him a megastar IMO.

Volume 3 tried to be the club banger version of Volume 2 but not so much. It just sounded rushed and not as planned out as 2. Had some bangers but ehh for me.

[everlast1986]

vol. 1 was pretty good. God i hate that song with diddy tho lol

Vol. 3 was my fav outta that series

damn. i think thats easily his worst album lol

I think Vol.1 and especially 'Kingdom Come' are worse.

[Jaydc555]

This is why I always say jay z is overrated.if you look at his catalogue album by album it really isn't all that impressive.most of his albums are average at best.nas has a much better catalog.

[Chamillitary Click]

This is why I always say jay z is overrated.if you look at his catalogue album by album it really isn't all that impressive.most of his albums are average at best.nas has a much better catalog.

Nas has one of the best of all time though.

Jay-Z has a hate it or love it career; some think he has classics & some think Reasonable Doubt was his only.

like S P I C E said, he is top 10 when in his prime.

[Jaydc555]

But jay is considered one of the best ever.which to me doesn't make sense when looking at his mediocre albums.he's just fortunate always have that one or two big single each album

[Jome]

This is why I always say jay z is overrated.if you look at his catalogue album by album it really isn't all that impressive.most of his albums are average at best.nas has a much better catalog.

Disagree. Best catalog in hiphop, imo.. about 3 classics, and only 1 or 2 average albums..

[No Compute]

Outkast have a better catalog.

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

haha damn
but and would you say outkast are better rappers on a solo tip than jay?

Outkast have a better catalog.

[Jaydc555]

Really?no album to me he has is as good as the chronic or doggystyle or illmatic.reasonable doubt was great but not perfect.I didn't like any from vol 1 to 3 I thought theyn were all average with lots of skippable tracks.dynasty was a bit better but still not great.blueprint has a few skippable tracks and to me is no classic.blue print 2 should have been one disc lots of filler.kingdome come was growth for him but the album was inconsistent.american gangster was good but a step back in lyrics as he went back to the same old boring subject matter.the black album is probably my favorite album of his but still not perfect.the word classic gets thrown around too much.a classic is an album that every track is outstanding with no slip ups.no jay z album is perfect.

[MontrealCity's Most]

DAMN!!

[DJ SUGAFREE QUIK]

I know I'm old now, I thought everybody knew that.   

When someone on mtv that horrid day asked Jay Z about the album on that day, he said he didn't care about it at the time.  Glitter also came out.  And I couldn't go inside the mall cause some shithead made some threats on that day   I chose to go there 2 take my mind off it.