How many mics did Jay-Z's album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 get in The Source?

[BmoreGorilla]

Always felt like this album was underrated even tho it’s pretty inconsistent. But the highs are high af. Plus Jay really came into his own. When RD dropped he slipped under the radar and even tho the album was dope we really didn’t know what to make of him. He addressed all that on the first song off Vol 1

 

[patscorpio]

Honestly, it was a great album for fad fans that jump from one to the other, for rap fans with bad taste, and for kids that only knew 2Pac and Fugees as hip hop artists and thought that a fukking Annie sample is the greatest thing that ever happened to hip hop

Vol 2 was mediocre at best. Uninspired beats, tons of bland dumbed-down lyrics, nonexistent concepts, lazy hooks galore

vol. 2 was wildly popular..this blew jay up...there is no revisionist history behind that...but that album was average to me for real

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

If those songs were on there it might be my favorite rap album of All-Time

I love the Streets is Watching soundtrack it’s one of my favorite Jay releases. Love For Free, Murdergram all that

Im bumping it now because of this thread currently on Lucky Me

Oh shyt...you DO actually like good music!

 

[JustCKing]

Honestly, it was a great album for fad fans that jump from one to the other, for rap fans with bad taste, and for kids that only knew 2Pac and Fugees as hip hop artists and thought that a fukking Annie sample is the greatest thing that ever happened to hip hop

Vol 2 was mediocre at best. Uninspired beats, tons of bland dumbed-down lyrics, nonexistent concepts, lazy hooks galore

This might be how you feel about it, but to many, it was a great album. In real time, I felt no need to cop it because I'd heard most of it already and like I said, I was never a fan of "Hard Knock Life" the song because of the Annie sample.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

GTFOH, so many bland and/or uninspired cuts (If I Should Die, Ride Or Die, NWNW, Paper Chase, Reservoir Dogs, It's Like That...)

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I definitely disagree with yours as you do with mine

 

[Cloud McFly]

GTFOH, so many bland and/or uninspired cuts (If I Should Die, Ride Or Die, NWNW, Paper Chase, Reservoir Dogs, It's Like That...)

 

[Waterproof]

Source was an East Coast dic riding magazine for many years Vol 1 is not a 4 mic album, that shyt was a 3 mic album and they knew it. They gave it 4 because it was supposed to be the crowning of their new New York king after the death of biggie...And the Gall of Bubble Lip Jay to name it Vol 1 Heir to The Throne

 

[ISO]

Source was an East Coast dic riding magazine for many years Vol 1 is not a 4 mic album, that shyt was a 3 mic album and they knew it. They gave it 4 because it was supposed to be the crowning of their new New York king after the death of biggie...And the Gall of Bubble Lip Jay to name it Vol 1 Heir to The Throne

You gonna tell me track for track it’s only a 3 mic album c’mon

 

[ISO]

Oh shyt...you DO actually like good music!

My taste is immaculate

Not my fault you don’t like new shyt

 

[Da King]

4.5 mics for Vol 2???? GET DA FUUUUUUUUUCKKKK OUTTA HERE!!!

Source even gave Vol 3, which was cheeks, 4 mics

 

[Yehuda]

I never understood "Sunshine" slander.

And like someone else said y'all love to act like Vol. 3 had 15 variations of the Mariah joint that album was dope fukk what y'all talking about. "The irritating 'Hova Song (In & Outro)'" smh.

 

[MJ Truth]

I like Vol 1 but I can't see how people think Vol 1 was better than Vol 2. At all.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

My taste is immaculate

Not my fault you don’t like new shyt

Put on that Fivio

Aye Aye Aye!

 

[JustCKing]

I like Vol 1 but I can't see how people think Vol 1 was better than Vol 2. At all.

Songs like "You Must Love Me" and "Lucky Me" are a key reason why. Vol. 2 doesn't have songs like that. Vol. 2 is banger after banger. It lacks some of the emotional grit of Vol. 1. What it perfected and succeeded where Vol. 1 failed is that his bangers didn't miss.

 

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