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Newly prolific blogger Jay Z has taken to his Life + Times site to rank his 12 albums in order of best to worst.
In a post that interested us slightly more than the announcement he and Beyonce had turned vegan, Hov ordered his records by their quality, adding a candid comment after each one. His most recent offering, Magna Carta Holy Grail was placed halfway in the chart at No.6.
Jay named his best work as his debut, 1996's Reasonable Doubt, which didn't perform well commercially but is widely recognised as his best work. Jay seems to agree, describing it as a "classic", alongside the next three titles in the chart, 2001's The Blueprint, 2003's The Black Album, and Vol 2...Hard Knock Life, released in 1998.
So what record did Hov admit wasn't his finest work? That honour goes to Kingdom Come. Released in 2006, the record was supposed to be the rapper's "comeback" after he announced previous effort The Black Album was his last. "First game back, don't shoot me," Jay commented in explanation of its ranking. We forgive you, Mr Carter.
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See Jay Z's ranking of his albums below, along with his comments:
1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (Fuckwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…fuck… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. Fucking Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)
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