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jay-z's recorded output
what are people's thoughts?
people say the best album is reasonable doubt or the blueprint as a default, stock answer it seems.
i reckon:
1 american gangster (pretty much faultless)
2 the black album (great songs, but overly dramatic at times, especially 'what more can i say?')
3 the blueprint (amazing first half or so, quite a bit of filler after that)
4 reasonable doubt (maybe at his peak as a rapper technically, but not song-based enough for my liking and the beats don't knock hard enough. call me superficial.)
5 hard knock life (some good songs, some filler)
the grey album is overly praised for it's concept, but is still good. encore is incredible. the rest of the albums have the odd good song, but can be ignored.