lmao @op I was running one day listening to it too and I was like damn these songs are hard as hell
Real talk lol
Tom Ford
Album is ass
Jay Z was out of breath talking about unoriginal s*** that greater rappers had talked about more concisely
It's not a terrible album, but there was a lot of hype before it's release since there was this thing about making it in a just a month or some s***? Something about a Samsung deal? Anyway it just didn't meet the hype and was just okay. There are definitely genuinely great tracks on there though. How Jay Z made to 35-40 second long songs sound hard af is crazy
Does it matter? God damn, if you like mid, then just accept that you like some mid. MCHG is musically a fat white woman who treats you good. Marry your big white b**** and accept that you might get roasted for it but you're happy with her nigga.
Big jay z fan and this is without doubt in his bottom 3. No desire to listen ever again
I've never understood the hate for this album. I was jogging to it yesterday and every song was hitting.
Lets break down each song
Holy Grail - Jay is talking about the correlation between being rich and famous to still dealing with real life issues. Very strong opener.
Picasso Baby - One of Tim's best beats. The switch up takes it to another level.
Tom Ford - Banger
FWMYKIGI - Banger
Oceans - Such an ambitious song. It feels like you're on a boat. Jay was spitting.
FUTW - Nice mellow song. Jay is just spitting bars
Somewhereinamerica - This is a bop. Jay is goin in on this.
Crown - Banger
Heaven - This song runs a little long and is very dense. I can see how people tune this out, but Jay is stilll spitting
Part II - Nice song to bump with your girl
Beach Is Better - Banger
BBC - Nice vacation yacht song. Not meant to be a cypher.
Jay-Z Blue - Very mature song that gives insight into Jay's mindset as a father at the time
La Familia - Fun bop. Jay is just talking ish.
Nickels and Dimes - Strong closer to this album. Sums it up nicely.
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It's still a mid album.
Not bad but just an underwhelming effort from Jay.
His rapping lacked passion and hunger. The beats were cool but not Timbo's best.
The songs were pretty basic concept wise with Hov just trying to kick hipsterfied luxury/art raps for the most part.
The only real banger was the song with Ross which was carried by Ross himself. Tom Ford was meant to be THE banger for the album but it came and went.
Heck, as much as people clown Kingdom Come, at least that album has soul. This album really lacked soul and felt like a commercial product or a 1 hour long musical ad for "Euro Hov" and Samsung.
Hov is the absolute best at dropping medicore projects. He got 3 albums contending for the best in the history of the genre, but his discog is flooded with mediocrity.
Album is ass
Jay Z was out of breath talking about unoriginal s*** that greater rappers had talked about more concisely
What songs was he out of breath on?
Not sure if you’re joking or serious.
Big jay z fan and this is without doubt in his bottom 3. No desire to listen ever again
Bottom 3 of his discography is still top 3 of anyone else’s (besides Ye of course)
BP3 run laps around this
I was gonna do a BP3 vs MCHG post because I feel like they’re similar albums
BP3 is probably a little more fun.
Not taking anything away from MCHG
It's still a mid album.
Not bad but just an underwhelming effort from Jay.
His rapping lacked passion and hunger. The beats were cool but not Timbo's best.
The songs were pretty basic concept wise with Hov just trying to kick hipsterfied luxury/art raps for the most part.
The only real banger was the song with Ross which was carried by Ross himself. Tom Ford was meant to be THE banger for the album but it came and went.
Heck, as much as people clown Kingdom Come, at least that album has soul. This album really lacked soul and felt like a commercial product or a 1 hour long musical ad for "Euro Hov" and Samsung.
Kingdom Come has arguably some his best raps 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Tell me Prelude isn’t a top 2 Jay intro….