Reasonable Doubt vs The Blueprint.. which album is the better album?..

[5 Grand]

I stopped tryin to decide years ago.

 

[raheemclassick]

Everytime I listen to RD that shit make me sleepy and agitated.What kind of mindstate do you have to be to vibe with RD?

Reasonable Doubt is like A class being taught on Word Play, Flow Techniques, Songs about Actual Life Experiences, etc....Those of us who was actually running the streets know this is A Masterpiece, so when its playing the vibe comes naturally. Anytime A person feels sleepy or tired when in the company of R.D. (Artist Jay-Z Intellect & Confidence) only means that you are Slow & Lazy. If A person becomes Agitated while listening to RD only illustrates hatred for the truth"

 

[KneeGro_DuperMan]

Every Track Fire

 

[EmM HoLLa.]

"I gave you prophecy on my first joint and y'all all lamed out..

Didn't really appreiciate it.. Til the second one came out..."

My fav Jay album is Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life.. But between the 2 in the poll give me Reasonable Doubt... Cuz feelin it' is one of Jay's best songs ever..

 

[conspiracycarl]

blueprint.

 

[raheemclassick]

First to make an impact? Volume 2 says hi

Vol 2 didn't change the game in favor of Jay. Vol 2 didn't have everyone making Kanye n just blaze type beats.

I know it's his biggest lp as far as sales. But why r we debating Rd n BP if it made such an impact? Nigga DMX was that nigga at the time in 98. Y'all remember that or just me? Big pimping did almost as good as hard knock life on the charts. What more impact did he make? Is Vol 2 revered universally as a classic now?

"Everybody looping up soul/it's like they trying to make the blueprint 2 before Hov" the bounce bp2 2002

These were facts at the time. "Kanye shrug"[/quote]Hard Knock Life World Tour (WoW!)

Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" < Speaks for it self Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" (featuring Amil & Big Jaz) Ft the newbie & the journeymen"

Money, Cash, Hoes" (featuring DMX) Ft the other baddest hip hop act @ that time"

Can I Get A..." (featuring Amil & Ja Rule) Ft the newbie & the major birth of Ja Rule

Reservoir Dogs" (featuring The LOX, Beanie Sigel & Sauce Money) Ft The hardest street group & the beginning of Sigel

Money Ain't a Thang" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) If the South didn't know Jay, They know him now" / If this album didn't have the biggest impact on Jay's career at that time I don't know what to tell you.

 

[2-pacabs]

Both are great albums, but I'm going to have to go with The Blueprint as it's Jay-Z's best work.

 

[kingblaze84]

I love both albums, I became a true believer in Jay after Blueprint though, he showed he can be consistent. I personally consider Jay-Z to be the most consistent hip-hop artist ever, though Pac is my number one favorite.

I think Jay has 4 classics, both are these are among them. RD is better because lyrically I was more impressed.

 

[Knightryder]

Reasonable doubt, blueprint, black album, and american gangster

can all be considered classics, cause they are hardly any wack tracks on either album

but its funny how when u look at jay catalouge out of all the hit songs, and albums he dropped

his most successful was hard knock life volume 2, at the time 5 times platinum, he had 98 on

lock..... dmx dropped 2 albums that year both went about 3 times plat, but didnt go 5 times

That album was so big niggaz was able to make the hard knock life tour

aka backstage

 

[DR. JEK]

Blueprint easily!!!! And Im not bias, I happen to be listening to the reasonable dought shit driving home from work today and I thought about the IC, I swear to God without even knowin this topic was made lol. I could only bump like 3 songs today real talk and im being trill wit chall right now. smh Shit's so overated and im not no 15 year old kid saying this, Im a grown man that actually love that 90's shit, atleast most of it. D Evils is about the only joint that even aged well. I be tryin really hard you guys but I just don't see what yall see in that overated, half the beats are bland, shit. Even' Jigga that nigga' Jay's worse joint on blueprint, beatwise shits on 80 percent of reasonable dought. On Blueprint no songs sounded the same which allowed each joint to have it's own personality. I mean...what are we really talking about here? Lets put it this way, If 'You don't know' came on one radio station and you turn the station and the simp anthem 'Aint no nigga' is on...which one are yall gonna turn to and turn the volume up? You RD heads are on all types of drugs.

I said this shits a long as a while ago and still believe every word I typed. Blueprint was much more polished from a delivery standpoint, song writing standpoint and he got better at stirring mainstream bangers. I really only fuck wit a few songs on RD but have to listen to something else because the songs on RD don't separate themselves well.