Album saved his legacy

Pre-haps I Freudian slipped in European whips

Thanks to No I.D.

Gave him the best prod he's ever produced + mentored him throughout and made him write deeper lyrics

Nigga LMAO

OHHHHHH bro I thought you said this was your first listen

I wish Everything is Love never happened, this would be a perfect last album for Hov

See I’m not of the opinion that bad albums take away from what your good albums were

Perfect album he could've made at this stage.

Yeah it doesn’t make 4:44 any worse but it would’ve been a great capper to his career

Damn NICE and 713 were the only songs I thought were great

he really dropped a blueprint to follow once again

nah I feel you, for sure one of his best verses last decade

Honestly been revisiting it a lot this year - I think it’s jays second best after blueprint

Top 10 verses of all time

That's why it's a black market, that's why it's called the trap
That's why it's called the projects 'cause it's exactly that

this was supposed to be a haiku
But my story's too wide to fit inside the line or two

damn that's too real

The greatest rap verse of all time, he reached a level we didn’t know existed yet

one of my favourite hov verses

and favourite hov songs in general

it's amazing how he can come out with such impeccable writing at such a late age

love pac and big, but JAY-Z IS THE GOAT

I feel like until this verse there was always still an argument to be made that Jay lasted the longest in the game but Big burned brighter at his moment as the perfect MC, along with maybe Nas and Pac. As amazing as Jay has been in the past he reached a new level with this one, a true god level, this is the perfect rapper, the best there’s ever been. Not even jay overall, but Jay in this one beautiful perfect moment.

Jay really got consistent with age, even his bars on written testimony make me want a full album from him

That whole song // actually whole album is a modern classic.