Jay-Z rates all his albums out of 5

[N-Sane Brain]

^^ Hater

[MidoriHaze]

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

That album had the potential to be a decent release if he had just cut out all the poorer tracks (i.e Hovi Baby, As One, Bonus Tracks, etc) and just made it a 14 track LP.

*imo I'd agree that his latest isn't a classic when compared to Blueprint/Reasonable Doubt, but it's definatly a great album to finish up on. It's a shame he's not releasing anymore cds...perhaps a Jay-Z/Nas album colabo could bring him out of retirement..lol..*continues to dream*  

[Jome]

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

That album had the potential to be a decent release if he had just cut out all the poorer tracks (i.e Hovi Baby, As One, Bonus Tracks, etc) and just made it a 14 track LP.

*imo I'd agree that his latest isn't a classic when compared to Blueprint/Reasonable Doubt, but it's definatly a great album to finish up on. It's a shame he's not releasing anymore cds...perhaps a Jay-Z/Nas album colabo could bring him out of retirement..lol..*continues to dream*  

YUP.
Blueprint 2 could have been as good as #1, if he had taken the best tracks and put them onto 1 CD.
"Watcher 2", "A dream", "U don't know remix", "Guns & Roses", "Some people hate", etc..... such a potential if he had cut down on the bullshit.

Welcome back, btw.. I thought you had left for good in the summer...

[KVB]

Reasonable Doubt - 5 - Agree (Timeless classic)

Vol. 1 - 4.5 - agree (Almost classic, very underrated)

Streets Is Watching - 4 - agree

Vol. 2 - 5 - disagree 3.5 (Jigga's weakest solo, maybe a 5 in terms of sales and impact but not in quality)

Vol. 3 - 4 - agree

Dynasty - 4 - agree (Great album, very close to a 4.5 actually)

The Blueprint - 5 - agree (Classic, still the best album of the new millennium)

Best Of Both Worlds - 4 - disagree 3 (Weak album, should've never seen the light of day)

The Blueprint 2/2.1 - 3.5 - agree

The Black Album - 5 - disagree 4.5 (It may very well be a 5 in time, but for now that rating is a little premature. A 4.5 suits it better, still a brilliant album)

[Last Dragon]

RD- A 5 if there ever was one

Vol. 1-  I'd say a solid 4-4.5

Vol. 2-  His weakest effort, but a solid 4 on the impact alone, and the amount of huge singles that came from it.  To this day, I would play "money, Cash, Hoes" 10x back-to-back.

Vol. 3-  See Vol. 2's ratings

Dynasty- 4.5 with this one.  Jigga just had too many bangers on this album.  I also like the fact all the producers on the album weren't that huge.  He went with a group that had hits here and there, but not the big breakout hit.  (Neptunes and Kanye West would make themselves known on this album)  THis Can't Be Life= TImeless

Blueprint- Jigga Man's other 5.  Took his rhyming to a whole new level, and upped the ante on any producer that came after it.

Best of Both Worlds- 3.5 I'd say.  Even though it came out at the height of the controversy, it still had a lot of Club Anthems on it.  Beleive me when I say tracks like "Body," and "Somebody's Girl" have been dancefloor favorites since it's release, will continue to be favorites for the next few years.  It was a great party album, but neither artist was really trying.

BP 2- That's a 3.5-4.  Like Jiggaman said, too much filler.  Maybe he should've listened to All Eyez On Me, or Wu-Tang Forever so he would've known how a double album is supposed to be done to perfection or near-perfection.  

The Black Album-  I will reserve judgement until a few months from now, because I'm feeling it so much right now, but I don't want to call it a classic right away.

[IKON]

These are my ratings  

Reasonable Doubt - CLASSIC!!!!!! thats all

Vol.1 - dope dope dope, he was coming up

Vol.2 - his commercial peak, this is my least favorite jigga album for some reason but still a good listen

Vol.3 - love this album, BIG PIMPIN'~!!!!!!!!!!

The Dynasty - i love this album cause he chose to do something different, a westcoast sound to it with some eastcoast, one of my favorites from jigga

Streets is watching sdtrk. - didnt really care for it

Best of Both Worlds - one word FLOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blueprint - his best since RD,4.99999999999 nearly flawless, fuck it CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!

Blueprint - too many songs but still dope, could have been up there with Blueprint 1

Black Album - not as good as Blueprint but still his third best album, good way to go out

[N-Sane Brain]

I don't wanna post all my ratings, but I have to say that "Life & Trimes Of S. Carter" is his worst album - it's also the only one I didn't buy yet My favourite's of him are "Reasonable Doubt" (it's just a style that he never reached again), "The Blueprint" and "The Black Album".

[LyRiCaL_G]

lol@jayz ratings..............but im sure any rapper ratin their own shit would mostly rate their shit high as fuck

peace

[Lord Funk]

Best of Both Worlds-  It was a great party album, but neither artist was really trying.

Fuck the hating, that's the truth right there... props.

[I TO DA GEEZY]

well I guess the artist can't always be 100% objective towards his own work, I aslo feel VOL2 was his weakest release. It was the album with which he broke into the mainstream and I understand why he may have rated it high, though, truth be told, VOL2 was a joke from a HipHop head prespective.

[Kill]

he rated vol. 1 & 2 and the dynasty a bit too high, but basically i agree with him and it seems quite honest to me