Pros: The most focused work of Jay-Z's career. Warm, soulful and on-point lyrically. Cons: "Jigga That N*gga" sounds like it was included on this album by accident.
When all is said and done, "The Blueprint" will be seen as the album that cemented Jay-Z's legend in hip-hop. While Jigga had certainly been successful prior to this album's 2001 release, that commercial success seemed to have come at the expense ...
In Mya's Best of Me remix, Jay-Z uttered the phrase, "I'm focused man." It was a phrase that true Jay fans wanted to hear because even though he put out good albums, nothing could touch the first one, Reasonable Doubt. The album showed a...
Pros: Good production. Some clever lyrics. Cons: Short. Jigga's arrogance gets tired after a while. A few disappointing tracks.
The King of New York. One of Hip Hop’s most coveted titles.
New York is both the birthplace and Mecca of Hip Hop, and rappers have been battling to rule it since long before “The Bridge is Over.”. As of late, only one rapper truly...
Pros: Jay returns to his roots; excellent lyricism, dope production, introspection, no wack guest appearances.
Cons: A couple of weaker tracks keep this album from being completely perfect.
Anybody who knows anything about art has to at least know who Pablo Picasso is. He's one of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, an excellent painter and sculptor, and one of the co-founders of cubism. His work is often categorized into ...
Pros: Jay Hova reverts to his lyrical roots, awesome bass-heavy beats, top-notch, soulful production value Cons: Snoop should kick Jigga's *ss for stealing his lingo on Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
"...a retraction is certainly due after this one." -- closing line of my Life & Times of S. Carter diatribe, May 2000
"Mouthpiece for hustlers, I'm back muthaf*ckas." -- Jay-Z, September 2001
Pros: It's the most accomplished album of Hov's career. Cons: "All I Need" not as good as the rest of the album.
Well, I could post long-*ss comments 'bout how this album's really that good (too late,) or I could do a review. Probably shoulda just done a Jay-Z series, no? People have different tastes and all, but I think some miss the point of what Jay's about. ...
Pros: Some decent lyrics, not all Pop-Rap garbage, some good production. Cons: Overrated, a few commercial tracks, mediocre to poor lyricism, nothing topically innovative, Jay-Z’s ego.
Jay-Z, the king of Pop-Rap, a name that is almost the definition of commercial Hip-Hop, has been praised for this, his sixth album in just six years (at the time of its release). Is it a testament to his skill? No, others could have recorded more...
Pros: great beats, no wack tracks or interludes Cons: lyrics are good, but not stellar
I was about to go and write a review for Jay-Z's latest album, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse when I realized that I haven't even thrown in my two cents for the first Blueprint. Jay-Z's The Blueprint was one of the highlights of...
Pros: Eminem's appearance, some smart retrospective lyrics, some good production. Cons: Jay-Z trying to do RnB, Commercialism gone wrong.
From the decade of the ‘Tightens’ so to speak (1990-2000) came some wonderful masterpieces to show rap in it’s true form. One of those albums was Reasonable Doubt. A young, street smart lyricist from Brooklyn, New York decided to take o ...
Pros: Superb lyrics at times. Cons: The arrogance gets mightily annoying at times.
I like Jay-Z. I think that if nothing else, his music is at least inoffensive in the most part. Yes the arrogance annoys me, and yes, he may not be trying to advance the rap game, instead happy with pockets full of notes, but I think he is...
Pros: Ambitious battle raps and a couple of half-decent narratives. Cons: Unjustifiable braggadocio, repetitious subject matter, some poor production.
After reading this years enjoyable Hip-Hop Write-Off on the subject of Faith I was inspired to submit an article on the current state of Hip-Hop which was largely based on the resurgence of Hip-Hop, but which also detailed the few negative ...
Pros: A Return to the Reasonable Doubt Lyricism of Jay-Z, Excellent Production, Eminem Guest Appearance Cons: Overrated, Too Egotistical, Commercialism, A Few weaker tracks
My Old Review for this album has thus been deleted and here is my update. Enjoy. Since 1998, the name Jay-Z has been synonymous with commercial, sell-out hip-hop. Once upon a time he created a legendary classic called Reasonable ...
Pros: Good lyricism, great production Cons: Jigga still shows signs of commercialism.
I didn't feel right when writing this, so it may seem kind of confounded a bit. I also was having a little fun with this review, so don't take it seriously The Blueprint The album that set Jay-Z on a pedestal that no other rapper, ...
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