Jay-Z - 'Magna Carta Holy Grail'

[Ether44mag]

Second day and this shit starting to marinate...

Dope ass album...top 5 Jay album IMHO right now...

There is a lot of gems lyrically...

Top 5?? Don't know about that but it's better than BP3 without question

Only jay albums better are Blueprint, The Black Album and American Gangster, better than the rest of his overrated catalog that's for certain.

you gotta be fukkin kidding me...you saying this album better than vol.1, vol.2, and dynasty ????

 

[MARIO_DRO]

..THIS ALBUM IS SUPER ALRIGHT. ..NOTHIN SPECIAL IMO...YALL NIGGAS TALKING BOUT ITS BETTER THAN BP3..HAHAHAHAHH

 

[YamoleySensei]

^^^

BP3 is his wackest album, b

 

[A1000MILES]

..THIS ALBUM IS SUPER ALRIGHT. ..NOTHIN SPECIAL IMO...YALL NIGGAS TALKING BOUT ITS BETTER THAN BP3..HAHAHAHAHH

My first listen of this sounds way better than my first listen of that...Again, honestly, this the Jay that usta to make me be like "Damn, that nigga be goin!"...Ion have a complaint bout the heavy 808 beats, cause I like those anyway, but he finally doin em justice here...

 

[Breezy_Kilroy]

Shit way better than BP3

 

[DNB1]

It would be so dope...if I go to a live show at the O2 arena, London, England.....

....and Jay_Z drops a full version of Versus....

I hope you reading this nigga...do it for the people...

 

[lamontbdc]

Shit way better than BP3

 

[Sweat jones]

The album is very poor.

That is all

 

[ohhhla]

Wait a minute?

There's niggas that think BP3 is better than this?

 

[Sweat jones]

I think its his worse because he has a different flow on almost every track

The production is good but its missing the soul

Its a hollow album

 

[StoneColdMikey]

This the first jay intro I skip only cuz jt tho. Hov went in but I aint tryna to hear Justin Timberlake first

 

[DarthRozay]

lol don't hold your breath for a "full version" of Versus. it's not like this was a mixtape with song snippets, this is probably all there is of versus.

 

[Disciplined InSight]

I've listened to this album about 7 times already...

The production still dope but I hate the fact that his delivery took such a slight nosedive.

Songwriting vs. Hip Hop lyricism. is a double edge sword in Hip Hop.

 

[Ether44mag]

magna carta review lol

 

[S2J]

I'm convinced: the nggas hypin this album are down south cats and youngins.

Theres no other explanation. Thats the only people i can see completely disregarding lyrics and emotion, and just goin based off 'yo this knock'

And i fuk wit it, but one of his best? Cant be serious.

 

[A1000MILES]

...Sigh...Smh...Dro an Atlanta ass nigga...He don't like this shit like that...Stop tryna generalize us...

 

[lazypakman]

As far as solo Jay-Z albums go...

God Tier (in no order)

Reasonable Doubt

The Blueprint

The Black Album

American Gangster

Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

Magna Carta Holy Grail

Mid Tier (in no order)

Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse

The Blueprint 3

Garbage Tier (in no order)

Kingdom Come

The Dynasty: Roc La Familia

That's a 3 hot albums every 10 years average.

Niggas "no-signing". I looked over my post again, I don't see no problems? Where did I go wrong?

put bp3 and and vol.1 down and bump dynasty up and your good.

vol.1 is a pretty forgettable album for most parts,aside from a couple of tracks ('you must love me','streets is watching' and a couple of others)who can say they still bump that on the regular with the rest of the catalogue?it was decent at the time and I wouldn't say its garbage but its his worst ageing album,a lot of it sounds really fucking corny now.

bp3 was just shit.first time I actually felt embarrassed for hov.he tried to be all things to all people and it didn't work.I don't know what kind of blueprint he thought he was setting up with that album but the shit should have been destroyed before it was ever built.

dynasty has some of his best work on it,there's no way it should be classed as garbage,'this can't be life' is a classic,just for faces verse alone.and 'i just want to love you' is arguably his best club track aside with 'big pimpin'.yeah there's some shit on there but the production is mostly nice.

the rest I pretty much agree with,aside from this.i usually let albums of this magnitude digest for a while to see how it holds up.i think within a catalogue this deep that's how every hip hop listener should evaluate albums.

 

[Breezy_Kilroy]

Whatever you feel about the Dynasty the Intro alone stops it from being trash

 

[S2J]

...Sigh...Smh...Dro an Atlanta ass nigga...He don't like this shit like that...Stop tryna generalize us...

An exception dont negate the rule. *shrug*

Listen to the beats and flows. Jay knew what he was doin. And im convinced im right

 

[nj2089]

Dynasty far from wack and its way better than this shit