Big Mel
@bigboss
There were two audiences at the time of SC and its release. It was a classic out the gate to its constituents. Now, the Bad Boy disciples missed it, yes. But who gives a fukk about those clowns?
Memories of 'The Blueprint'
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There were two audiences at the time of SC and its release. It was a classic out the gate to its constituents. Now, the Bad Boy disciples missed it, yes. But who gives a fukk about those clowns?
Newark88
Superstar
Oh yea, although Hot always had freestyles as far back as the 90's (from when I was in high school) I would say from 2000-2004 was the epitome of the "Freestyle Era" because a lot of the biggest freestyles people remember took place in that time period. (Roc A Fella taking over Flex show back in early 01 with Hov being the coach, Lox always going on Flex or Clue show and killing shyt every trip, 50 and G-Unit going on Flex for the first time and Banks becoming the favorite, Dipset sessions, Fab/Paul Cain/Joe Budden/young Stack Bundles spitting on Clue's show etc). nikkas use to stay glued to either Clue's show, when he was on Hot 97 on Monday nights, or Flex and Kay Slay's shows because you never knew who was going to be up there to either drop an exclusive or spit for about an hour.
Beat wise this was one of the greatest produced albums ever. But i remember when it dropped everyone was saying it was Jay's weakest album lyrically. So to me the beats are always what stood out but i never thought this was the 5 mic classic like everyone was saying. It was a damn good album though. But the soulful shyt was nothing new. Ghostface had been done it but they acted like Hova started the trend.
Cloud McFly
All Star
A lot of people claim it was his weakest lyrically, but I'm actually satisfied with that he did on the album, as RD type lyricism might not have flowed as seamlessly over that production as what he did spit. I liken it to what ATCQ did over their production. They were never the dopest lyrically, but nobody could ever tell me The Low End Theory or Midnight Marauders are not some of the illest albums ever.
feelosofer
#ninergang
While I don't agree, I could understand the affinity, 80's babies have for this album, a lot of these kids were in middle school/high school in 2001 and after the severe disaster 9/11 was the Blueprint definitely lifted those kids spirits. While I think it's middling as far as Jay-Z albums go, it's arguably his most impactful.
Newark88
Superstar
Word! For my younger cousins that are between the ages of 24-28, this is like their Chronic/Doggstyle/Ready 2 Die/36 Chambers
I just rememeber constantly finding a different song becoming my favorite every day......
remember getting this on my way to school 9/11 morning
classic to me, although i prefer Payroll's version of never change
classic to me, although i prefer Payroll's version of never change
not how i would classify this at all and im in that age bracket
No, we were not looking for a Jay-Z album to lift our spirits. It knocked everywhere, but I think people on the internet have a tendency of overrating certain things and underrating others. This is definitely an over- embellishment.
Newark88
Superstar
I'm referring to it as being a classic. And A LOT of people hold it to that regard. And I'm talking outside the net.
Yea i'd say its a classic with all the people i've talked to about it on and offline
yesiambowling
Pro
It's a nice chilled album. I always liked how it was mixed; just sounded so smooth like it was made 20-30 years before it dropped.
I didn't like it that much at first, but it steadily grew on me as I got older.
I didn't like it that much at first, but it steadily grew on me as I got older.
feelosofer
#ninergang
I'm going based off of what I saw at the time, and whether you think so or not, many people would be inclined to agree with me, had that album not dropped on 9/11, it would not be looked at as fondly as it was, imo. That doesn't make it a bad album, it was a good one actually, but let's not act like the timing didn't affect peoples perceptions of that album even to a small degree. If it's a classic to you, that's cool.
yesiambowling
Pro
This isn't the first album people think of when you mention Jay-Z's music. 9 times out of 10 they'll identify The Black Album first.
Most of the kids I meet don't know much about this or Vol. 1 or RD. They'll know some of the hits, but I feel like the casual fans will always skip over this in favor of the albums with the monster singles.
9/11 would hurt much more than it can help. BP would have probably cracked 500k if not for it's release date.