I gotta go with The Blueprint man

S*** is just perfection

Definition of a concise quality rap album

And its like that perfect balance of Skill, commercial appeal, artistry, street s***, and braggadocio boss talk

Hov's flow on this album has an argument for best flows of all time in the conversation with Life After Death Big

Wordplay was potent and not overdone

Production is a sample masterclass and the live percussion and bass underneath makes it sound like nothing else

Guru's Mix is timeless

And its all effortless, nothing feels labored or try hard

The Blueprint is it man, better album than Illmatic to me, better than Reasonable Doubt (not lyrically but overall), more cohesive and a better listen than more recent classics like MBDTF or TPAB

GKMC is actually close to what Hov achieved but its the effortlessness that clears imo. You can always hear Kendrick giving it everything he has which is dope but man Hov did all this s*** in TWO WEEKS sounding cool as a mf fan

The Blueprint fam

This the "Pet Sounds" of rap iykyk

Late Registration

7 Day Theory as an HM

Jays fourth best album after TBA RD and AG

I'm never mad at niggas who think this but at the same time though I think it depends on your metric

You could argue those albums are lyrically better or whatever

But in terms of what makes an album great I think the Blueprint has that magic the other ones don't

HOV album

Out

helps that its called the blueprint too. i see it @op

I think that about the black album

It’s one of the best rap albums ever to be made.

The only right answer

Although Black Album is better

Stinky take

Reasonable Doubt will always be my favorite

BP is very special not mad at someone saying it’s the best album

I do believe Supreme Clientele is the greatest rap performance in terms of sustained pure technical rapping over an entire album but he’s saying nonsesne 80% of it

Why

The social component of rap is important to me. So it would be from a group. Ridin Dirty, 36 Chambers, Aquemini, The Infamous, The Cold Vein etc.

AG over BP is just crazy.

Illmatic, MBDTF, Me Against The World etc..

Why. You heard AG?

Yes. Great album but not remotely close to BP

Good choice

Definitely better than illmatic

I can get with it

Ready To Die for me, but def understand this take as well