It's aight, standard "i'm the shit/im that ninja/i got next" verse. I like that it's relatively adlib free. That song never really clicked with me the same way it did with a lot of other people though. I really don't like the beat at all. Probably one of my least favorite on that tape.
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It's aight, standard "i'm the shit/im that ninja/i got next" verse. I like that it's relatively adlib free. That song never really clicked with me the same way it did with a lot of other people though. I really don't like the beat at all. Probably one of my least favorite on that tape.
So so close, just switch Lost Tapes with Life is Good for me, and maybe Untitled with I Am.
Ditto.
PhoenixDark
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Go listen to American Gangster again. It's average as fuck and feels like such a forced, uninspired mafioso record.
Complex Shadow
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i dunno. i really liked hero. as in i REALLLY liked hero.
dunno if it still holds up though.
I find Q to be one of the few out there atm that's able to make that stupid shit fun to listen to. His verse on Ferg's Work remix the same way; relatively samey shit, but I've been spitting it all week at work, for better or worse.
Doesn't make for a good album artist, but like DB, he slays those FTs.
Rastafarian42
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Hello Brooklyn was the worst thing about AG other than that I love it.
Rastafarian42
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BACK TO THE LAB WITH MUTHA EARTH HAD TO GIVE YOUNG FERG A VERSE.
Exactly right, but BP2 has so many damn songs that if you cut out the good ones, which make up about a third of it, you're still left with like 8 good tracks lol.
Did you just say you liked BP2? Esch, nooooo
Nas is always good for a handful of good songs (like 5 max) for albums outside of those top 4.
I desperately want him to hook up a producer that can guide him through an album. I fully believe that if he let Kanye guide & execute whatever concept he has for an album that there's no way it wouldn't be a classic.
Reasonable Doubt or Blueprint 1, Black Album is probably third, and then for me Vol. 1
Net_Wrecker
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Hello Brooklyn and Party Life always get skipped but I'll forever defend AG. It's the best thing Jay's done post "retirement." Yes that includes Watch The Throne.
Y'all gotta watch Searching for Sugar Man
Great documentary about forgotten singer/songwriter Sixto Rodriguez
Sugar Man
Great documentary about forgotten singer/songwriter Sixto Rodriguez
Sugar Man
POP MY COLLAR PUT IN WORK ALL BIG BOOTIES GO BERSERK ALL BIG TITTIES LIFT YA SHIRT
Rastafarian42
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Blueprint is the best, the holy trinity is Blueprint Reasonable Doubt and Black Album.
How do ya'll feel about Vol.2 ?
Meh
I don't like the entirety of RD (the first act bothers me and the last act sucks to me). I can listen to BP all the way through without a skip. With that being said I still think RD is my favorite and his best album.
Rastafarian42
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Feel the same way, WTT was carried by Kanye for the most part outside of a few tracks.
Reasonable Doubt or Blueprint 1. Reasonable Doubt has dope 90s production and some really cool song concepts from an emceeing perspective, but Blueprint is more heartfelt and cohesive.
By the way I'm about to plug through some classic Jay tracks if anyone wants to join, feeling a bit nostalgic
http://plug.dj/gaf-hop/
Black album is the only thing I've ever enjoyed all the way through from jay z. Don't get the appeal, he's an average rapper who has come across as fake as fuck from day one. And not in an entertaining way either, he's like a bad actor playing a poorly researched role on a daytime TV drama.
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PhoenixDark
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BP2 was wack. I must say I'm still surprised that both Hov and Nas failed the "double album" test. I think in both cases they didn't go in with a clear plan of what they wanted to accomplish, so what you got was a lot of repetitive shit and filler. Obviously even the best hip hop double albums (Wu Tang Forever is the best, take that take that) have filler, but the key is to have so much dope shit that no one ever focuses on the filler. I never hear anyone saying "ayo Wu Tang Forever had Dog Shit on it tho..." because there are nearly 20 dope tracks on that album.
AEOM has a lot of filler, enough to stand out (Whats Ya Phone #) but still...overall the best tracks are legendary. Same with Life After Death. The highs of BP2 and Street's Disciple aren't really that high.
I'm surprised Kanye hasn't gone for the double album Mt. Olympus yet.
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MorisUkunRasik
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Agreed. I really don't get how some people can be such big fans of his. 3 good albums is all I can say about the guy, I honestly don't consider any of them 'classic'.
CD + LR would've been a dope double album.
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Black album > American Gangster > BP2 > the rest
Rastafarian42
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Forgot to note that he thinks T.I. is up there with Jay-Z and Eminem as the best lyricists of all time and caught feelings when I said Kanye has a better Discography than Jay T.I. and Em.
i don't want to see Kanye do a double album. that shit would end up being half upfront and the other half DLC because he didn't finish in time.
to be a Hov stan, you have to be willing to lie to yourself about a few things:
- Jay didn't lose
- Nas isn't a better rapper
- most of his albums don't suck
- his status and legacy isn't largely based off being opportunistic as fuck and marrying Beyonce among other associations
- he hasn't been riding Kanye's coat tails for the better part of 10 years now
folks are in love w/ the myth. not the man or his music.
to be a Hov stan, you have to be willing to lie to yourself about a few things:
- Jay didn't lose
- Nas isn't a better rapper
- most of his albums don't suck
- his status and legacy isn't largely based off being opportunistic as fuck and marrying Beyonce among other associations
- he hasn't been riding Kanye's coat tails for the better part of 10 years now
folks are in love w/ the myth. not the man or his music.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Blueprint and Black Album are classics.
Jay didn't lose
He's lost. Bail out. Speaking of T.I. I wish he would come back to form. He was never going to be up there with the greats but his albums were damn entertaining.
Rastafarian42
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I need to show the bolded to A LOT of people I know.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Rastafarian42
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Dude really thinks TI is the King of the South too LMFAO but I enjoyed Urban Legend and KING.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Exactly.
Like it or not Hov is the face of hip hop right now.
Kanye and Nas stans can stay mad
I surprisingly enjoyed everything up until paper trail. I even liked T.I. vs T.I.P. lol sue me.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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TI vs TIP was dope tho
Rastafarian42
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I stopped fucking with him when he made Whatever You Like, that song is some straight up bullshit.
it had a dope hook
I agree, BP2 has some soft ass catchy shit.
PATRON ON ICE
Rastafarian42
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Hoping Magna Carta is dope.
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