Can any Jay Z fans come in here and explain to me why he’s the goat?

[Xtraz2]

He just mic's this...he wills it to happen
one-take Jov, he's real at this rappin

“just mics this wills it to happen
One take hov, he’s real at this rappin”

That’s supposed to be hot? this what got y’all going crazy?

 

[Shogun]

“just mics this wills it to happen
One take hov, he’s real at this rappin”

That’s supposed to be hot? this what got y’all going crazy?

 

[HNIC973]

BP1, RD, Black album and parts of Vol.1 is all I would still rock with. If I feel like his music didn’t age well and half his catalog is trash then I’m entitled to that opinion. I don’t give a fukk about Spotify

And Pac, Nas, Big, Cube, Face, X, Snoop, Redman all aged better that Jay. Imagine listening Hola Hovito and saying that’s still dope in 2023. And Jay has a bunch of bullshyt songs just as trash as that all over his catolog.

the Spotify argument is dumb to bring up in the first place. Some of Jay most streamed songs on Spotify literally have features or Kayne on them. Songs like Threat Imaginary Players So Ghetto people hardly listen to. Those are classic Jay records

 

[I'm Blackman]

He just mic's this...he wills it to happen
one-take Jov, he's real at this rappin

 

[I'm Blackman]

BP1, RD, Black album and parts of Vol.1 is all I would still rock with. If I feel like his music didn’t age well and half his catalog is trash then I’m entitled to that opinion. I don’t give a fukk about Spotify

And Pac, Nas, Big, Cube, Face, X, Snoop, Redman all aged better that Jay. Imagine listening Hola Hovito and saying that’s still dope in 2023. And Jay has a bunch of bullshyt songs just as trash as that all over his catolog.

yeah I don't get how Spotify spins, ie preference negate your preference and opinion.

A lot of Jay's music has imp aged great but a lot has aged bad just because he tended to pick the hot sounds of the moment.

 

[Consigliere]

it's easier to resort to childish remarks like this than to just admit you were wrong huh

This was a serious question.

 

[semicko82]

Another thing that made Hov a GOAT is that he always had his pulse on what was going to be the latest trend in hip hop. Example: Juvenile and UGK on Vol 3 before the southern hip hop explosion.

Most New York rappers was still on fukk southern rap in the late 90s

 

[TheNig]

Because he has multiple classic albums, amazing lyricist, amazing flow.

Been great for almost 30yrs.

But he ain’t the GOAT, i got Nas as the goat. Jay is 2

I flip flop. I was listening to Esco in the gym today and was like "This nikka is the GOAT. Ain't nobody fukkin with Esco"

Just yesterday I was listening to Hov in the gym and said "This nikka is the GOAT. Ain't nobody fukkin' with Hov"

 

[BulletProof]

He's not in my opinion.

He's barely in my top 5.

That said, its a fairly easy argument to make and a respectable position to have.

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

Another thing that made Hov a GOAT is that he always had his pulse on what was going to be the latest trend in hip hop. Example: Juvenile and UGK on Vol 3 before the southern hip hop explosion.

Most New York rappers was still on fukk southern rap in the late 90s

So he's the goat because he latches onto other people's success

 

[BulletProof]

Another thing that made Hov a GOAT is that he always had his pulse on what was going to be the latest trend in hip hop. Example: Juvenile and UGK on Vol 3 before the southern hip hop explosion.

Most New York rappers was still on fukk southern rap in the late 90s

Well, that was more because getting rejected by every record label since the 80s and not having any real music success until the end of nineties did a number on him.

He wasnt going to get left behind again.

 

[Yecht]

- consistent high record sales
- real respect from real emcees
- married to Beyonce and manages an in tact family
- kept his nose clean in terms of jail time
- can actually write
- multiple Grammy awards
- found a way to work the club's and the streets that worked. Dope club music
- longevity - that 4:44 album was near perfect and boom bap at it's core
- not a drug addict
- literally came from nothing, from Marcy projects in Brooklyn - most people never get out the hood let alone major success
- he's healthy
- he's a great leader
- he overcame dealing with Dame Dash with proven success afterwords
- he's actually a deep thinker and an intellectual if you check his interviews
- he's an inspiration overall
- he acknowledged Kool Keith in the Source magazine as an artist with a strong fanbase for the long term
- he has a golden era classic - Reasonable Doubt
- created the Blueprint - which to me is the first adult hip hop record and let us live hip hop in later life - not regard it as a young man's craft
- he beefed with Nas head on, and Nas is a very difficult opponent. Very.

And I did not like Jay Z up untill around 2015 really.

He's Feeling it video got play on Toronto t.v when it dropped but I wasn't feeling it.

I thought he didn't take off in Toronto in the 90s.

Only for him to pack stadiums here.

I look at reality. When I went to Las Vegas in 2017 - I saw those Jay Z - 4:44 wrapped double decker buses weaving through the strip - with my own eyes - in reality - and that's facts.

Bleek is that you

Spoiler: Good News Though....

You're still only one hit away my boy

 

[Crumple]

So he’s the goat because he’s a great businessman got it

Nooooo, AND family man!.....save Becky with teh blonde hair

 

[Crumple]

Bleek is that you

Spoiler: Good News Though....

You're still only one hit away my boy

LMAO!

Eh man, Bleek lived upstairs from him in Marcy so that statement holds for LyFE!

 

[jilla82]

You could say that about any song period as listening preferences differ from person to person. Someone who doesn't particularly care for Thriller could say who's listening to Thriller in 2023.

It's really a pointless question to be asking in 2023 as people literally listen to any song they want to listen to. You could pull up YouTube views or go to Spotify to look up his most played songs. Same with Apple Music.

College Dropout still sounds good
So does Supreme Clientele

I could name a lot more hip hop albums from that time period that aged better than Jay's old albums