10 Years Ago Today Jay Z Dropped Another Mediocre Forgettable Album

[Stick Up Kid]

I’ve never in my life seen anyone play or discuss this album ever..

 

[Rev]

Puff might’ve saved some of Jay’s legacy with that random call to go to the studio to listen to Sean C & LV’s beats for the American Gangster album…

because Kingdom Come, BP3 and Magna Carta =

 

[Chris Cool]

Ain't released a good album since 03.

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

I remember I had a solid team of producers working on my project at the time and I instructed them to make stuff in the vein of this

That was a mistake

 

[semicko82]

Ain't released a good album since 03.

So American Gangster was wack

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

I remember I had a solid team of producers working on my project at the time and I instructed them to make stuff in the vein of this

That was a mistake

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Idiot should have left rae and ghost on there.

 

[Street Knowledge]

So I post a tweet of people discussing the album

 

[JulesMusic719]

Remember Rick Rubin bumping the album with his feet all on the couch?

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Ain't released a good album since 03.

American Gangster was dope

But BP3, MCHG, 4:44, Carters, Kingdome Come have all been mediocre to trash

Backend of Hov’s career is questionable at best

 

[RammerJammer]

Didn’t the album get automatically loaded onto all Samsung phones? That shyt was nasty lol

 

[Negro Caesar]

easily Jiggas worst album

 

[CM_Burns]

Jay's comeback output hasn't been bad. Kingdom Come didn't have hits like Jay albums used to, but that's a good album lyrically and production wise. AG was good, WTT was good, 4:44 was good.

This was bad though. It had a couple bangers but all the basquiat/picasso sh1t lost me, the production wasn't great, and it didn't really connect either. BP3 was wack but he was clearly chasing hits and succeeded, so this album is worse.

 

[HNIC973]

Uh, I just want a Picasso
I'm a hassa, no, I'm an a$$hole

 

[Piff Perkins]

One of the handful of albums I vividly remember constantly hearing people driving by bumping when it came out. You get used to hearing people playing Drake and Future singles but I was hearing random deep cuts from that shyt constantly lol.

Not a fan of the album beyond a few tracks.