There's also Raekwon who just released a great album Only Built For Cuban Linx II which stayed very true to the original. I do think Saigon is spitting the hardest right now and I just have never liked Em's subject matter and IDK, his last was very meh. I really could shoot myself next time I hear a song about his mom or daughter. I used to be a huge Joe Budden fan but after a while it's like you rap about your depression so much I think I have it now. I still like Budden but yeah. Kind of the same reason I got soured on Little Brother, too much complaining please don't link a cause to every song on my playlist, thanks. Maybe that's ignorant.

Kid Cudi I didn't listen to.

BPIII was fire, every single song is top notch on that one quotable after quotable. American Gangster there's an argument that's the best rap album of all time imo, Kingdom Come I definitely didn't prefer to Blueprint III.

Vol. 2 was sick! I like both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 because he tried new sounds and gave different sounds. The diversity on both of those albums is great and really from a number of different perspectives that was a great album (Vol. 2.) A Week Ago, Hard Knock Life, Coming of Age 2 are all pretty much undisputable classics but also on that album Nigga What, Who is TERRIBLY underrated. You can go through Jigga's ENTIRE catalog and there isn't another song where he raps quite like that. Over the past few years the only thing I had bad to say about Jay Z is that he really doesn't change up his delivery anymore, this track was a classic example of how changing up deliveries prevent an album from going stale. This was a single, waaay overlooked much better imo then the Blueprint singles or lots of others for that matter.

Same thing with Resovoir Dogs which being a big LOX fan and a bigger Jay Z fan, this track was nice. Again it's overlooked because it doesn't have a hook, beat is a little stripped down but I still love this one, everyone goes hard on it biggest surprise Sauce actually rips it the best imo. Sauce is the highlight of the song. Another very underrated track. Money Aint A Thang - This could be added to the classics imo.

I think what soured people to this album was the same thing that used to take away from the Scarface albums, too many people on features. Even though none of the guys he got as features are really bad, it just makes it hard to call it Jay Z's best album when it's not all his. Still, there is definietly more then 1 or 2 tracks to listen to there, even if your not just listening for Hova.