Jay-Z ranks his own catalog

[Blood$]

The birthday boy has a present for us. Some say you are your worst critic, but Jay seems confident that his catalogue stacks up the way it should. Here in post called The Scoreboard on Life + Times, he ranks his 12 solo albums, placing Kingdom Come last while stating four of his projects were classics. Do you agree?

1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (Fuckwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…fuck… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. Fucking Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)

[via L+T]

http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/12/jay-z-ranks-12-solo-albums/

[Chamillitary Click]

I'll give him the first three as certified classics. Which is incredible for a career.

[J. B A N A N A S]

Reasonable Doubt
The Blueprint
Vol. 3
Vol. 2
Vol. 1
 The Black Album
Dynasty
American Gangster
BP2
BP3
Kingdom Come
Magna Carta



Volume 3 is so underrated, heads to re-listen to that. Hova Song, So Ghetto, Watch Me, Snoopy Track, Come and Get Me, Big Pimpin are some of my favorite late 90's songs.

[⠀]

That's a one-hot-album-every-10-year average

[Will_B]

Reasonable Doubt
The Blueprint
Vol. 3
Vol. 2
Vol. 1
 The Black Album
Dynasty
American Gangster
BP2
BP3
Kingdom Come
Magna Carta



Volume 3 is so underrated, heads to re-listen to that. Hova Song, So Ghetto, Watch Me, Snoopy Track, Come and Get Me, Big Pimpin are some of my favorite late 90's songs.

That's pretty much my list. You got the top 3

I'd just I'd put Kingdom Come a bit higher




None of his albums are bona fife classics doe

If you want an artist with classics for days talk to Nas

[GangstaBoogy]

That's crazy I really liked Kingdome Come. A few skippers but Oh My God, Lost Ones, Kingdime Come, Minority Report, Do You Wanna Ride, etc. dope overall.

[Blood$]

Reasonable Doubt
The Blueprint
The Black Album
American Gangster
Magna Carta
Vol. 2
Vol. 3
Vol. 1
Dynasty 
BP2
BP3
Kingdom Come 

I'd rank mine like this, I agree Vol. 3 is underrated too

[Don Jacob]

I've never really felt a whole Jay-z album all the way through.....

[Raphael]

RD
Blueprint

Volume 1-3 are frisbees at best. Money, Cash and Hoes is without exaggeration the worst attempt at music i have ever heard.

[Will_B]

I've never really felt a whole Jay-z album all the way through.....

He's way overrated. But then he's a radio artist so say no more...


Check out In My Life Vol 3 if you wanna hear Jay just clowning on the mic. Makes a better listen

[HighEyeCue]

I've never really felt a whole Jay-z album all the way through.....

He's way overrated. But then he's a radio artist so say no more...


Check out In My Life Vol 3 if you wanna hear Jay just clowning on the mic. Makes a better listen

sounds like he overrates himself as well

[⠀]

I've never really felt a whole Jay-z album all the way through.....

He's way overrated. But then he's a radio artist so say no more...


Check out In My Life Vol 3 if you wanna hear Jay just clowning on the mic. Makes a better listen

sounds like he overrates himself as well

[Don Jacob]

i agree with that, he's a radio rapper. He can be clever here and there, but i've never listened to a whole jay-z album and just been blown away. or walked away from it with it on my mind all day.

to me i don't think Jay-z has one hip hop classic , album wise, in his catelouge. Is that me being bias? naw i really don't think so, because if I divorce my opinion and look at it more objectively....really i can't say that one of his albums stacks up to the true blue classics of Illmatic,cuban linx,  36 chambers, ready to die, chronic, doggystyle, most of outkasts'  albums....ect.

i think he has classic SONGS here and there on his albums. but i think he gets too much props because of that. I feel that he's a medium sized fish in a low talent pond....meaning his talent is blown up way beyond what it should be, because of how whack the rap game has been the last past decade or so. People are hungry for a hip hop savior so i think they see him and drink his kool aid.

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

Reasonable doubt and blueprint are his only strong albums. Black album has about 4 great songs, the rest ass. Every other album has roughly 2-3 good songs at best (in my lifetime era), everything post black album is worthless demonic trash. Fuck jiggaman.

Most overrated discog and "artist" ever.

[Remedy360]

Reasonable doubt and blueprint are his only strong albums. Black album has about 4 great songs, the rest ass.

Eh, I wouldn't call it a classic but I thought Black Album was a very good album as someone whose not even a huge Jay fan.