EastsideRio
You Can’t Stop The Rain ☔️
You can’t compare ghostwriter bars to lazy lyrics, two different ball games.
Why does this board hate on The Blueprint?
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EastsideRio
You Can’t Stop The Rain ☔️
I wouldn’t say that but I don’t think production carried blueprint. I feel like it was overall just plain good. Blueprint had a lot of commercial sounding joints “nikka that nikka, hola hovito, etc” so I’m not expecting Jay to spit lyrical miracle lyrics over these tracks. People hating on BP1 are crazy. Album was beyond
Vol. 2 is A Hustlers Album if you Never Been in The Streets you Don't get it !!!! (Duh) Listen tao There's Been a Murder !!!!!!!! Dopest Song you would Ever Here !!!!!! Get Money Song My nikka !!!!!! Have you Ever Brought A Benz !!!!!!! How do you Think Jay-z Got the Crown these Albums Took Him To Supremacy .....You Some Dumb Ass nikkas !!!!!! The Roc ran shyt!!!!!!!! No Albums Got Skipped the Almighty R.O.C. and I am BadBoy Fan but Hov Stole Big Lyrics and used them to Steal us wh knew Bigs Lyrics and Jay-z used it Honoring his Fallen Comrade and We Rode with Him .....Genius of Hov!!!!
African Peasant
Veteran
One of the best rap albums, sonically, ever made imo, I love this record musically. Jayz’s lyrics weren’t on 10 on this joint, that’s the only fake little knock I had about the album…other than that I love it throughout. Sometimes it’s a smart move, musically, to dial down the lyrics to fit the song/beat, you can’t get super lyrical on everything, that’s the problem with a lot of rappers, nigs can rap but don’t know how to make records.
Figaro
Superstar
I don’t hate it but I feel like the soulful tag on the album is greatly exaggerated 
DaKidFromNoWhere
Superstar
Nas my GOAT, but never thought Blueprint was trash.
One or 2 songs I didn't care for.
I even copped the CD and the MTV Unplugged version with The Roots playing the instruments.
That's how much I enjoyed the album.
One or 2 songs I didn't care for.
I even copped the CD and the MTV Unplugged version with The Roots playing the instruments.
That's how much I enjoyed the album.
bad_company
Pro
That album was everywhere, people loved it. Super classic no matter how u spin it.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
I've posted in this thread before so idk if I'm reiterating points I've already made...
BP1 is obviously a classic, but where I have problems is when I see rankings with it as the best album all time (da fukk?), or even as a top 15 album. It does NOT hold the same weight as classics that are pillars of the genre (36 Chambers, The Chronic, Doggystyle, OB4CL, etc.). It's a whole lower tier than those albums, b/c any one of those albums could be considered the #1 all time album.
BP1 is also not better than Reasonable Doubt...no fukking chance. The lyrics were dumbed down, and the flow more elementary on BP1. RD is easily a top 10-15 all time album. Also, I'll take Vol. 1 over BP1 any day. BP1 just too commercial and poppy.
BP1 also has some songs that are carried by production (Girls Girls Girls is fukking lame minus the beat, Hola Hovito), or songs that are just corny sounding now (H to the Izzo sounds like bubble gum pop). Jigga That nikka
Don't let nostalgia fool you into thinking these songs are still dope to this day.
BP1 is obviously a classic, but where I have problems is when I see rankings with it as the best album all time (da fukk?), or even as a top 15 album. It does NOT hold the same weight as classics that are pillars of the genre (36 Chambers, The Chronic, Doggystyle, OB4CL, etc.). It's a whole lower tier than those albums, b/c any one of those albums could be considered the #1 all time album.
BP1 is also not better than Reasonable Doubt...no fukking chance. The lyrics were dumbed down, and the flow more elementary on BP1. RD is easily a top 10-15 all time album. Also, I'll take Vol. 1 over BP1 any day. BP1 just too commercial and poppy.
BP1 also has some songs that are carried by production (Girls Girls Girls is fukking lame minus the beat, Hola Hovito), or songs that are just corny sounding now (H to the Izzo sounds like bubble gum pop). Jigga That nikka
Don't let nostalgia fool you into thinking these songs are still dope to this day.
Redwood
Superstar
I don't 
I love soul samples in hip-hop, and was always in awe when Just Blaze, Kanye, and Bink! would give their best efforts.
I love soul samples in hip-hop, and was always in awe when Just Blaze, Kanye, and Bink! would give their best efforts.