Jay-Z rates all his albums out of 5

[Jome]

http://www.mtv.com/bands/j/jay_z/news_feature_rate/

[The Watcher]

i would agree with his rating

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

yep He's right

[Don Jacob]

 
Reasonable Doubt (1996): 5
"I had my whole life to make that. That's my favorite. It's gonna always be my favorite because it's the first."



 
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997): 4.5
"I love Volume 1. I just did it wrong. I shot [videos for] the wrong singles. I had 'Where I'm From,' 'Streets Is Watching,' 'Imaginary Player,' I just went about it wrong. I'm thinking with two different records I would've killed that."  



 
"Streets Is Watching" soundtrack (1998): 4
"We did the 'Streets Is Watching' movie because we just wanted to give people a background on Roc-A-Fella, how it got started, the type of people that we are. We was in the middle ground. Everybody on the underground knew what we was about. On the commercial level they didn't really know what Roc-A-Fella was about. That was the inspiration for the movie and soundtrack."


 
Vol. 2 ... Hard Knock Life (1998): 5
"I love Volume 2. That's my biggest album ever. I was just in a zone. Everything was just poppin.' "



 
Vol. 3 ...The Life and Times of S. Carter (1999): 4
"Very solid. It's a more mature album. It's a little deeper than 'Money, Cash, Hoes' and a little deeper than 'Jigga What.' It's dealing with real issues."



 
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000): 4
"I talked about my life within that year. All the things that happened to me and the way people reacted to me, just off hearsay and off assumption. That album is so strong, so powerful."



 
The Blueprint (2001): 5
"The Blueprint was that foundation and everything was that one theme and it was sewed together. It's the blueprint of my life, the things that made me the way I am, that shaped me. It's all my beliefs and ideas. There's also a blueprint for rappers in this business."



 
The Best of Both Worlds (2002): 4
"One feeling that I have when I think about the album is blown opportunity. The whole reason the album came together was to do something creative that nobody really done before. Let's bring these two genres of music together and make something really crazy and let's go on tour and make history."



 
The Blueprint 2/2.1: The Gift and the Curse (2002): 3.5
"I'mma give that the lowest [rating]. Too many songs."  



 
The Black Album (2003): 5
"My most introspective album."  




i don't agree with him


reasonable doubt-4/3.5
streets is watching-3
vol. 1- 4
vol. 2- 2
vol. 3- 2
dynasty-2
blueprint-4 (for the beats)
best of both worlds-2
blueprint 2-3
black album-3.5

[West C. Connected]

You have to understand most artists would give every album of theirs a 5.  
So I agree with Jay-Z.

[Lord Funk]

Interesting read. To be honest the only Jay-Z album I don't really feel is Vol. 3..., but even that I wouldn't give less than 3 out of 5.

I know he has a lot of haters, but I'm a genuine fan of Jigga's. He's given us absolutely shit loads of great tunes and solid albums over a largely consistent career. And at least two albums, with my hand on my heart, I personally think are classics. Can't ask for much more.

Cheers Jigga

[Lincoln]

Talk about an ego. If I was to rate the ones I own my him:

Reasonable Doubt - 4.25
Hard Knock Life - 3.25
Life & Times Of S. Carter - 3.5
Dynasty - 3.5
Blueprint - 4.25
Blueprint 2 - 3
The Black Album - 4.5

[Code Blue]

Talk about an ego. If I was to rate the ones I own my him:

Exactly. He's a lil' too into himself if ya ask me. I still stand by my opinion that he's one of the most overrated rappers ever.

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

most artists would give every album of theirs a 5.  
So I agree with Jay-Z.

[UDollar A.K.A Nino]

I respect him on sayin the truth about blueprint 2, and only givin it 3.5....
The rest is bs, except the Reasonable Doubt rating (To each there own style, huh.....)....
Lol at giving The Black Album 5.
Peace

[Darksider]

Interesting read. To be honest the only Jay-Z album I don't really feel is Vol. 3..., but even that I wouldn't give less than 3 out of 5.

I know he has a lot of haters, but I'm a genuine fan of Jigga's. He's given us absolutely shit loads of great tunes and solid albums over a largely consistent career. And at least two albums, with my hand on my heart, I personally think are classics. Can't ask for much more.

Cheers Jigga

I agree with you.....but his latest is not a classic...in my opinion

[PLANT]

I think his rating are pretty damn accurate...

[Lord Funk]

Interesting read. To be honest the only Jay-Z album I don't really feel is Vol. 3..., but even that I wouldn't give less than 3 out of 5.

I know he has a lot of haters, but I'm a genuine fan of Jigga's. He's given us absolutely shit loads of great tunes and solid albums over a largely consistent career. And at least two albums, with my hand on my heart, I personally think are classics. Can't ask for much more.

Cheers Jigga

I agree with you.....but his latest is not a classic...in my opinion

The classics for me are Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint. The latest is good (actually it's very good), but I agree it ain't classic.

[N-Sane Brain]

Interesting read. To be honest the only Jay-Z album I don't really feel is Vol. 3..., but even that I wouldn't give less than 3 out of 5 [...] And at least two albums, with my hand on my heart, I personally think are classics. Can't ask for much more...

^^ Agree on this points, but actually I think in about half a year "The Black Album" will be considered a classic, although there is a bad single on it. I already think it's near classic So in my opinion there are exactly (not at least or something) three classic-albums.

[Tha_Reverend]

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