If Jay Z’s catalog got deleted today, Hip Hop would be the same and nothing is gonna change

[bigde09]

Who’s listening to this in 2024?

 

[Da Jungles]

That could be said about every single artist that exists

 

[BK The Great]

Agreed.

People just say stuff like this for attention because it drives up their income.

Do these accounts even make any coin? I notice all they do is shyt on artist they hate. It’s biased hate too.

 

[Sauce Dab]

You could say that for about 99% of rappers tbh

 

[DraymondT]

Jay legacy not aged well. He not musically progressive never was, never set trends or pushed shyt. Forced RD into classic discourse when that wasn't what was accepted contemporary times. Just rode waves, linked up wit major collabs. People woke up bout it. On pure rap tip he all time but his catalog already holdin up bad wit Gen Z they stay clownin and wonderin bout his legacy on Tiktok. If he get caught up in any other shyt it only get worse too

Look at his most streamed songs

Umbrella - Rihanna
nikkas In Paris - Ye
Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Empire State - Alicia
Numb / Encore - Linkin Park
Drunk In Love - Beyonce (written by Future)
Run This Town - Ye and Rihanna
No Church In The Wild - Ye and Frank
Monster - Bunch of nikkas on a Ye classic
Holy Grail - Timberlake
Pound Cake - Aubrey
Otis - Ye
Suit & Tie - Timberlake
Big Pimpin - UGK
03 Bonnie Clyde - Beyonce
Gotta Have It - Ye

Then you start gettin to solo Jay shyt that don't already got a superstar on it like 99 Problems, Hard Knock Life, Izzo, Dirt Off, PSA.

Even then look at Jay top 50 most streamed song 90% of em got another monster artist on there and trend of Jay most listened to song suggest he footnote or just there for most em. He not the main reason people bumpin em.

 

[BK The Great]

Jay legacy not aged well. He not musically progressive never was, never set trends or pushed shyt. Forced RD into classic discourse when that wasn't what was accepted contemporary times. Just rode waves, linked up wit major collabs. People woke up bout it. On pure rap tip he all time but his catalog already holdin up bad wit Gen Z they stay clownin and wonderin bout his legacy on Tiktok. If he get caught up in any other shyt it only get worse too

Look at his most streamed songs

Umbrella - Rihanna
nikkas In Paris - Ye
Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Empire State - Alicia
Numb / Encore - Linkin Park
Drunk In Love - Beyonce (written by Future)
Run This Town - Ye and Rihanna
No Church In The Wild - Ye and Frank
Monster - Bunch of nikkas on a Ye classic
Holy Grail - Timberlake
Pound Cake - Aubrey
Otis - Ye
Suit & Tie - Timberlake
Big Pimpin - UGK
03 Bonnie Clyde - Beyonce
Gotta Have It - Ye

Then you start gettin to solo Jay shyt that don't already got a superstar on it like 99 Problems, Hard Knock Life, Izzo, Dirt Off, PSA.

Even then look at Jay top 50 most streamed song 90% of em got another monster artist on there and trend of Jay most listened to song suggest he footnote or just there for most em. He not the main reason people bumpin em.

Those songs are not even his best he’s made. Mainstream Jay is weak and not potent like his B-Sides. If anyone is familiar with his catalog they would know he’s got way better music than those that charted.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

No Ye
No Dipset
Philly rap is different
Possibly no Rihanna
Possibly no J Cole

 

[DraymondT]

Those songs are not even his best he’s made. Mainstream Jay is weak and not potent like his B-Sides. If anyone is familiar with his catalog they would know he’s got way better music than those that charted.

I agree I'm not speakin on Jay legacy among real rap heads like posters here but just general casual mainstream audience that tweet is gettin traction off. Jay to that crowd was GOAT level a decade ago. But his standin for em has fallen off a cliff since.

 

[JayBaldacci]

Very few artists are influential enough that their disappearance would alter hip hop...

 

[BreezyH]

It’s an overrated catalogue, plenty of misses. Blueprint not that great either

 

[qnsfinest]

Imagine tryna delete one of the greatest mcs of all time with a top 3 catalog. Smh

The horrible takes on jay the past few years have been horrible

 

[Tasha And]

What would replace this

 

[010101]

..........*

 

[BronxBomber]

This is the weirdest movement in hip hop. What is the fascination with one of the top 5 hip/rap artist?

I also beg to differ hip hop would not be the same, I know I know nobody listened to him down south and he didnt set mad trends, Im not sure if its just young cats but man this is getting strange.

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

not gonna lie
getting real tired of the od jay hate
shyt is played