Think it's simple as the stretch from 5-9 kills it for a lot of people. But the Swizz-Mariah track, syrupy and poppy as the beat and hook are, Jay kills it so it's tolerable to me. I'm probably the only person who fukks with the Juvenile-Timbaland, it was always cool to me, weird song but whatever. S. Carter and Pop 4 Rock are trash but it's an easy back to back skip. Rest of the album is dope. Big Pimpin was Jay's best big commercial hit to me along with Give It To Me.
Always liked it better than Volume 2. Thought was the most overrated Jay album. Best songs on it are great but a lot of the production aged horribly, even back then. Always hated that Annie track too