I know it's bad
Don't listen to jay Stan's. They stuck in 96 and got a brick in they brick ass
That helped a lot. Suit and Tie helped him in the beginning of the year, then of course JT came through for MCHG. Promotion helped a shit load too, and his name/brand obviously.
I think it would be the same for me lol. Honestly though, I'm pretty young. I grew up in an era that has been Kanye dominated. Ye has made albums that span across significant growing moments in my life. Not to mention he's the only rapper I've listened to consistently since I was a kid.
I agree. He sold well, but that's a JT feature we're talking about. People would eat it up.
This shit had me rolling in the library today.
Agreed on that too. It would've really broken up some of the same-ness if it was somewhere in the middle.
It couldn't be that their album synced up in terms of tour dates and he wanted to compete. I thought it was funny. Jay was 'international' and has been for years now, his music is loved and performed worldwide.
I don't deny that Jay takes ideas, thats why he has been in the game for so long. The matter of the fact is; why doesn't this work for anyone but Jay? It's because he has the skills, the know how, and the sense of choice to make it work by taking different elements from various places. Nobody can replicate what he does. He has crossed over into every lane and made great music for a wide range of people, and that makes people mad for some reason, especially purists.
Yeah, this is bullshit. Jay has covered a variety of topics. He's mostly a gangster rapper, but this sort of pigeonholing nobody respects outside of the internet and it doesn't stand up to inspection. And it's another double standard i see. Do you criticise Jay for being mostly a gangster rapper, or is he a dickrider who switches up his style. how can you switch up your style and stay the same?
I don't deny that. He is definitely coasting.
better than Oxymoron will be?
Did Jay always have the money to bankroll it? Did that dominance extend to when he didn't have shit and was supposedly a sidekick?
You are looking back very favorably on Biggie's discography. The vast, vast majority of it is the same plastic, murder/ brag rap, and I think we all know how much of Pac's discography about balling and killing people. Why is introspection so praised anyway? You hold Jay hostage for not taking risks, but what risks are all of the above artists you praise taking? When did Nas, Pac, Biggie EVER take extensive sonic or lyrical risks, especially after as many albums as Jay has had? Eminem is different, he gets dap for bringing a different level of self-focus to the game. maybe I will give Nas some degree of credit for what he tried to do with Untitled, even if it was mostly a failure. Anyway, I like rap as party music (as do most people); it isn't complex or impressive instrumentally and fails more often than not as some form of social communicator, so I'm not bothered by it. I'm not ashamed of it, I'm mostly in it for a hot beat and a good voice.
Em and Nas simply have more to be introspective about in life. They failed themselves and their kin. Nas pretty coasted in terms of output and quality for literal years.
Lets slow down Macca. Different types of albums. We all know Q is going to drop a classic though.
As his lawyer, he doesn't have to answer that.
Look at what you started. You monster.
You already lost when you set a perimeter of Jay's 10th studio album for this bit.
That's because Jay has no peers besides Eminem still standing. Everyone else died or failed. And Eminem does plenty of crossing over and it like Jay, some of it works better than others.
On biggie's first album, sure. But I'm gonna be honest. I'm a big BIG fan but most of the emotion in his music is fear, paranoia and anger based. It's just very intense, but not exactly running the gamut. Like I said above, Jay is plenty introspective. Jay never put the microscope on himself about where he came from, his home life, how he got here, etc? That's just patently false, and if you're claiming to have heard every Jay song it makes no sense. You just don't like Jay, or maybe his somewhat dishonest take on himself. But every rapper is a liar about themselves, Nas, Em, and Pac as much as Jay.
Here's your unbiased opinion folks.