Blueprint wouldn't be a classic without Kanye

and timbo too y'all dumb as s*** crine

and he would be less relevant

That’s true but at the end of the day like half the blueprint was produced by Kanye

the neptunes ran radio in the 2000s you're just a dumbfuck

Kanye is the backbone of The Blueprint, the album would have been another decent offering without the exceptional contribution by Kanye

still at the end of the day hov wrote the s*** and it still would have ended up being a classic no matter the producer

In terms of hits, Ye, Rih and Bey definitely kept Jay relevant.

I would say that he didnt need them very much if at all before Blueprint 3 era though.

He could've survived the 2000s without them but they definitely (Ye and Bey) kept him relevant for a good amount of the 2010s imo

this is what is correct

you think Blueprint 2 is good so wtf

because it has good tracks

yea, a bad album can have good tracks

and even then i can see how blueprint 2 is good but not nearly up to par in comparison to hov's best lol do not argue with me

But fr Hov the greatest rapper of all time not Kanye

Kanye is the greatest overall hip hop artist of all time

not that many tho!

If we talking just rap and not artistry/discog I'd say Big was a better rapper than Hov

Artist probably, rapper imo no

nah
this someone who loves big btw

this isnt hov

Im prolly the most critical of Jay Z on this site but we have to be real, Hov would've been fine without Ye in the early to mid 2000s.

He already had a classic before Ye (RD), and he had Pharell, Timbo, Just, Swizz Beatz, Dr. Dre, and so many other producers he could've hit up for a beat in that era.

Ye definitely made some of Hov and Roc a Fella's best beats, but Jay Z can adapt better than just about any other rapper of his type (traditional lyric-based rappers).

ironic that your gif is referring to THAT album in particular

he has the best ear of beats OAT lol ppl act like he wouldn't be able to find a producer

Kanye was not just any producer

Plus vol1-vol3 and dynasty were not the greatest albums either