Which album had a bigger impact on you & the culture? Which album did you like better

GRODT tbh

impact on me- grodt
impact on the culture- grodt
which i like more now- black album

Black Album x 3

It's HOV

GRODT easily

BP would be a better match

I like grodt slightly more. but overall impact is pretty close

Black Album by miles

i like black album better

50 bruh that s*** was hard but shouts out the black album

Get Rich or Die Trying is the more iconic album, and was a bigger moment in 2003

Jay came back after retirement and dropped more albums but 50 was untouchable during those years

50 has said that he feels like Jay stopped dropping albums during his run on purpose

1)Black Album
2)GRODT
3)Black Album

Black Album is a masterpiece

GRODT a classic and still fire but it’s not as impressive as TBA production wise or lyrically imo

black album is way more important 2 me as an individual & a way better album 2 me as well but GRODT is undeniably the larger cultural hallmark

GRODT

Going with Black Album but Get Rich has grown on me over the years

I was running College Dropout same time as Black Album too which adds sentimental value for me. Ye was starting to get a lot of attention around the time Black Album was still making waves. Had Lucifer and Encore on repeat. I was lowkey sad about Hov retiring but it felt like Ye was gon carry the torch

I was a huge Roc fan back then. Just preferred that sound. Jay music felt so monumental. Songs like What More Can I Say were like movies to me. He had a lot of songs that felt larger than life. Still go back to PSA and 99 Problems. Those beats too epic man and Jay did exactly what he needed to do. Always had the sharpest flows and could carry a track without forcing it.

Love the singles. Dirt Off Your Shoulders was ahead of its time imo. Timbo was on one fasho

50 was ok to me but I wasn’t all the way tapped in. I do remember his music being everywhere though. Iconic singles on Get Rich. What Up Gangsta one of my favorite songs oat too. In retrospect it’s still one of the greatest debut albums ever. Nigga came out the gate runnin s***, it’s crazy to think about. Nobody really matched this energy on a debut album ever again tbh

• personal impact: Black Album
• cultural impact: GRODT no question. 10th best selling hip hop album of all time in the US, Some of the singles on here were absolutely massive
• I like Black Album more. Still in rotation pretty regularly whereas I only listen to a few tracks off of GRODT these days

As a whole Im listening to GRODT over Black Album most days

Hot take: Black Album very overrated even tho Jay is top 10 for me

grodt easy

GRODT

The Thundergod has the best reasonability