It's about to be 2021, can we all agree Jay is the greatest?

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

He wasn’t. @ISO is a cool nikka but he like 24-25 TOPS. Lol

That nikka loves hard man. Undying devotion same chick since 4th grade ass nikka

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

U DO know Stacey Dash helped them right? Lol. Fam. That album had push. It’s just that it wasn’t considered anything special amongst everything else that was dropping that year. I actually bought the album on release too.

That shyt was fighting for looks sandwiched between Camp Lo, Ironman & Hell On Earth

I remember

 

[mobbinfms]

What is there to admit?

That he has never been less relevant than he was from 2015-2020.

 

[spliz]

That shyt was fighting for looks sandwiched between Camp Lo, Ironman & Hell On Earth

I remember

Not to mention u had IWW, AEOM, The Score, Muddy Waters, ATLiens, Stakes Is High, and the list goes on all dropped that same year.

 

[mobbinfms]

which is why he tripled his album sales on his next album just a year later.

This is false. The album was stalled at gold until Vol 2.

 

[ISO]

U DO know Stacey Dash helped them right? Lol. Fam. That album had push. It’s just that it wasn’t considered anything special amongst everything else that was dropping that year. I actually bought the album on release too.

Like I said he had connections.

It's crazy to act like he's supposed to be moving the units much more established artists was moving with his debut album on an independent label.

 

[ISO]

This is false. The album was stalled at gold until Vol 2.

Vol. 1 sold 133K first week.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Yea I’ve felt this way for prolly five years now at least. He checks all the boxes. Dope lyricist, great catalog, versatile subject matter, has songs for every occasion, consistency, dope features, business acumen. What more could anybody really want?

Not all the boxes. Stage presence? Meh. Emotion. Meh. Game changing album? Nah. Precocity. No. Originality. Nah. Versalite subject matter. Not really. Authenticity. No. Social consciousness. Nah or forced

He 's great. But far from the best and a lot of his succès have to do with bending the circumstances to his benefit rather than let the work speak for itself

 

[spliz]

Like I said he had connections.

It's crazy to act like he's supposed to be moving the units much more established artists was moving with his debut album on an independent label.

Bruh. My nikka wasn’t moving like an independent artist. He had lead songs in hit movie soundtracks. nikka had mad radio play. nikka had Biggie and AZ and a bunch of people all in his videos. Biggie was featured on his album. nikka was associated with Foxy Brown. Dude had Premier on some of his album production. Dude was moving fam. Lol

 

[spliz]

Vol. 1 sold 133K first week.

Don’t mean shyt in the grand scheme brudda.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Bruh. My nikka wasn’t moving like an independent artist. He had lead songs in hit movie soundtracks. nikka had mad radio play. nikka had Biggie and AZ and a bunch of people all in his videos. Biggie was featured on his album. nikka was associated with Foxy Brown. Dude had Premier on some of his album production. Dude was moving fam. Lol

Don’t forget Mary

 

[spliz]

Don’t forget Mary

Yep. She opens the damn album. Lol

 

[ISO]

Bruh. My nikka wasn’t moving like an independent artist. He had lead songs in hit movie soundtracks. nikka had mad radio play. nikka had Biggie and AZ and a bunch of people all in his videos. Biggie was featured on his album. nikka was associated with Foxy Brown. Dude had Premier on some of his album production. Dude was moving fam. Lol

It's still his first body of work he's not outselling more established artists and he made those connections. Big was his man he went to high school with AZ. shyt is all Brooklyn ties. I know he moved like he was on a major but he was still really independent.

Nikkas believed in him Big said Jay was better than him

 

[ISO]

Not all the boxes. Stage presence? Meh. Emotion. Meh. Game changing album? Nah. Precocity. No. Originality. Nah. Versalite subject matter. Not really. Authenticity. No. Social consciousness. Nah or forced

He 's great. But far from the best and a lot of his succès have to do with bending the circumstances to his benefit rather than let the work speak for itself

He checks off all them boxes really.

 

[Cladyclad]

Jay raps about his life better than whatever rapper u can name can rap about

jay surpassed og’s like
Rakim
Krs
LL
Kool G
Cube

he surpassed dudes who were poppin b4 him
Nas
Biggie
Pac
Wu
Snoop


he outlasted dudes that were scorching during his run
50
Jeezy
Wayne

and after 20 years later he still mentioned with the best of the new era

“How can u not be a Hov fan?”