They explain 9/11 in high schools since it happened

Must be a foreigner imo, or really young

WE BUMPING GIRLS, GIRLS GURLS B F*** THEM NIGGAS WE TRYNA GET US SOME HOES

Soggy style sounds so grimey & buck nasty lmao

till BP3 came along

NY was in a state of emergency yet 400K+ niggas still went out and copped the new HOV

I would argue till 808s and MBDTF as well. i remember hearing Heartless, Love Lockdown, All of the Lights and Power just as much

The Blueprint was really good raw rap music for rap fans + H to the Izzo

but The College Dropout had huge widespread appeal and Kanye was a much more likable + interesting new figure. Jay’s shtick was tired at this point that’s why Kanye stood out so far

also 9/11 duh

Imagine witnessing the twin towers fall in the morning and same day realize “oh s*** I got to get the blueprint rn”

Hov was in his bag. Niggas had no choice but to see what BP was hittin on

Rumor has it Blueprint classic
Couldn't even be stopped by Bin Laden

It came out on 9/11

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Stupid thread.

808s was pretty polarizing when it dropped. Half of the hip hop fan base didn't like the singing.

Jay never had huge first week sales

this post still cracks me up

Blueprint sales are more impressive considering it was 9/11.

STILL the wildest and funniest quote I’ve read in a long time

we were talking commercial hits, no?

bundles

I can't believe a human being said this

Jay-Z wasn't Jay Z yet