Jay Z Ranks His Albums From Best To Worst

Jay Z show has a lengthy discography, and two days ago, on his 44th birthday, he took to his website (lifeandtimes.com) and ranked his albums from best to worst. He dropped his first album (Reasonable Doubt) in 1996 and dropped his twelfth album (Magna Carta Holy Grail) this year...that is 17 years of consistently releasing albums. Check out his ranking below-

"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)"







What do you think of his ranking? Personally, from having listened to all his albums, I have some reservations. I think The Blueprint 3 should be up where American Gangster is, and American Gangster needs to be further down the list. I got that album when it dropped back in 2007, and I just didn't get any spark from listening to it. It is a 3.5/5 album to me. And I also think...matter of fact, I don't think, I authoritatively say The Blueprint is better than Reasonable Doubt, and should have that number one spot. People rank Reasonable Doubt higher cos it was his first. I ain't saying it wasn't dope, it was/is a super dope album, but The Blueprint is better. The problem people have with ranking Blueprint higher is the same as that of people not wanting to put Stillmatic over Illmatic.



And for Vol. 2; the album just gets a lot of of credit because it is Jay's best selling (over 5 million copies sold) album to date, and it had that Annie song that blow up his career. The album had some great songs, but it had too many features, and it definitely wasn't cohesive. It was Just like a compilation album or something. If you are a real lover of hip hop music, and not just a 'bandwagon' type of dude, you will agree with me on this. Anyway, every other placement on the list is somewhat accurate.