I Listened To EVERY Jay-Z Album And Ranked Them
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Dunno how it got to the year 2024 and I havn't heard every Jay-Z Album yet but here is all 13 studio albums ranked and placed on a tier list. I also included "Watch The Throne", "EVERYTHING IS LOVE" and "those" ones. What artist should I do a discography dive on next?
0:00 - have I failed guys
0:57 - Reasonable Doubt
2:06 - In My Lifetime. Vol 1
3:28 - Vol 2...Hard Knock Life
4:22 - Vol 3. Life and Times Of S.Carter
5:24 - The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
6:20 - The Blueprint
7:32 - The Blueprint 2
9:08 - The Blueprint 2.1
9:49 - "those ones"
10:04 - The Black Album
10:51 - Kingdom Come
11:25 - American Gangster
12:17 - The Blueprint 3
13:33 - Watch The Throne
14:15 - Magna Carta..Holy Grail
15:03 - EVERYTHING IS LOVE
15:31 - 444
17:10 - Final Ranking
18:03 - DISCOGRAPHY SCORE
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@mathieunolet8236
8 күн бұрын
Dang bro. This felt like a 3k+ sub channel
@atomix2-24
8 күн бұрын
Nas
@tanzmauz
8 күн бұрын
Big L
@laflame.23
8 күн бұрын
Nas
@seandoroja907
8 күн бұрын
Its Jay-Z and Nas In my opinion Nas' discography has higher highs, but lower lows He has several comeback eras and primes, so get ready for a ride...
Ngl I for a long time I thought jay z was the most overated rapper ever but after I heard the blueprint I was hooked and understood the hype
@Historicutuber
7 күн бұрын
Blueprint is one of the best albums of all time
@lilmonke2190
7 күн бұрын
Everybody literally calls him overrated, and they fr just never listened to him
@fettywapsmissingeye
7 күн бұрын
you called him overrated before really ever listening?
@LessGo7921
7 күн бұрын
Jay Z being called “mid” is just the cool trend in hip hop and rap related comment sections posted by those who never listened to him. He isn’t the goat, but he’s def not mid. Don’t listen to the comment section mobs
@GoofyNewfie13
7 күн бұрын
@@fettywapsmissingeye yeah ik it was dumb
I have listened to every Jay album because I'm 42 and from NYC.
@turtleanton6539
6 күн бұрын
Weird flexibel but oki
@hoodietheentertainer884
3 күн бұрын
@@turtleanton6539i know right 😂
Similar to Kanye ALOT of Jay-Z’s discography needs context of what was going on in HipHop and his life. For example Reasonable Doubt was supposed to be a one and done which is why Vol. 1 seems so lack luster. Vol. 2 is the “pop” album of the trilogy since that’s when Jay fully entered the mainstream and Vol. 3 was the victory lap. Dynasty was supposed to be a Label album. Blueprint was Jay mastering his sound and the concept of massive radio hits and classic album cuts which Black Album perfected. Blueprint 2 he got overzealous. He retires and every album after kinda feels like a “why not” in good ways and some bad. Sorry for nerding out.
@milesvstheworld
5 күн бұрын
never apologize for nerding out.
The title makes it sound like listening to Jay-Z’s Discography is some sort of chore when it absolutely is not.
@Ty-nh8gz
6 күн бұрын
His punch lines are corny
@sequoahhicksjr
6 күн бұрын
@@Ty-nh8gzso are a lot of Wayne’s punchlines but people love them
@User-ge7ni
6 күн бұрын
yes it is
@thelrproject257
6 күн бұрын
There comes a point where a discography grows so big it becomes a chore like Wayne has classics n classics but that niggas discog front to back would make me start to hate rap for a few months
@iseeathousand
6 күн бұрын
@@Ty-nh8gzur corny
Everything on vol 2 is fire I don't understand why people don't like it.
Reasonable Doubt, The first Blueprint and The Black Album are the only ones I play from Jay
@zeniyuhh
8 күн бұрын
Thats fair those are banger albums
@Star-hg1kt
8 күн бұрын
Come on add American Gangster and 4:44.
@darryldennis3487
7 күн бұрын
And there’s some bangers from Hard Knock Life
@omegax1
6 күн бұрын
Same as you but throw 4:44 in there also
@turtleanton6539
6 күн бұрын
Blueprint and black album. RD is trash😮
in my lifetime, the black album, the blueprint and 4:44 are my fav jay z albums
@ToAsTOnDeck
5 күн бұрын
No Reasonable Doubt?
4:44 is my favorite album. Love the storytelling and production
Jay is one of my favorite rappers. Blueprint one, Reasonable Doubt, and Black album are incredibly good
You gotta listen to all of Nas if you’re doing Jay
@zeniyuhh
8 күн бұрын
Seeing a lot of Nas in the comments
@jdope2700
8 күн бұрын
@@zeniyuhhYeah whenever someone gives Jay some credit, Nas super fans pull up and be like “nah f that.”😂😂
@atomix2-24
8 күн бұрын
@@jdope2700 I love them both 🤷♂️
@LessGo7921
7 күн бұрын
@@atomix2-24As someone who loves both, it never fails when Nas stans have to bring him up in every Jay comment section and bring Jay up in every Nas comment section 😂
@seandoroja907
7 күн бұрын
@@LessGo7921yea, it does get annoying... I love nas, but idk why they gotta put down another rapper just so they could compliment nas ;-;
Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, The Black Album , and 4:44 are🔥🔥
@ToAsTOnDeck
5 күн бұрын
Those are his best!
Honestly you doing the due diligence to go back and listen brings me joy
@SamadSaVage
5 күн бұрын
@@AmiriHipHopwhat r u doin here
I recommend you tackle Lupe Fiasco's catalog. So many great records even if it gets a lil spotty in places.
The reason there’s 2 minutes of silence at the end of Volume 2 is because it includes a hidden track, not a beat switch. If you had the cd at the time, you’d think the album was over and if you left it on a whole new song would start like “oh shit? There’s more?”
Putting American Gangster in B Tier is crazy, nonetheless solid ranking
You need to post more man this was a great video!
Great video
Also, you missed A written Testimony!! It's a joint album with Jay Eletronica. And you should also find a jay z olaylist with all his features. The feature game is one of the reason why he's the goat
Great video, subbed
Ay good job on the video, it’d be cool if this was into a series of some type bc this was entertaining
subscribed, more of these
I did this last year! As someone who doesn't consistently listen to rap, I overall enjoyed myself and even ended up creating a playlist specifically of Jay-Z songs! I do agree that is overall catalogue is a little bloated...but the hits speak for themselves!
I know he’s not hip hop but definitely listen and review solo Michael Jackson albums🔥
The warm up vinyl 🔥🔥
damn this video did numbers, also congrats on 500 subs🙏
@zeniyuhh
4 күн бұрын
Thank you fridays! 🔥
Pretty solid ranking
You got to jam these albums more than once. You'll catch different things every single time
Nice vid. Jay got 10 great albums but I could never put BP3 over Hardknock life & Vol. 3
Amazing video extremely underrated channel, would love to see a video on Kanye’s discography for sure
Being my favourite rapper, I’ve listened to all of his work, and I go back to most of them
If this is your opinion right now, few years in and you'll be in love with also the Volumes saga and The Dinasty. I hope you were checking Genius while listen to his music
He was actually going at Mase on Imaginary Players.
Context: Hov was supposed to retire after Reasonable Doubt. Nobody likes Vol 1. It was a weird time when Bad Boy was runnin rap, it's called the shiny suit era since Puffy had those actual shiny silver suits & weird beats. Hov went to Bad Boy's production team to produce Vol 1 & it's basically ignored lol This almost ended his career. After this came out that's when ppl started to like Reasonable Doubt (RD didn't do at all good when it dropped.) Vol 2 is dope. I was a lil too young but I remember the video for Hard Knock Life. Vol 3 is dope as fuck. By this point Roc-A-Fella was 1000% runnin shit. The Dynasty isn't a real Jay album. It's a Roc-A-Fella collab album titled under Jay's name & it was Freeway's debut. Blueprint classic. I skipped class in middle school to go to buy it & he was the coolest nigga I ever knew of lol. Also it dropped on 9/11 Blueprint 2 imo is mid. Black Album/Kingdom Come was a weird time & where fans of his earlier shit didn't really rock with them.. Had some okay songs on them but by that point ppl agreed "this shit garbage." American Gangster was supposed to be the OST for the Denzel movie but they told him no so he just dropped it. Why the fuck would you record a whole album for a movie without them even knowing about it lol After that Hov hit his stride again & started dropping great albums.
@zeniyuhh
8 күн бұрын
Thanks for the added context this was pretty cool to know from a fans perspective thats been around for almost all the drops
@ossiejon-nwakalo8644
8 күн бұрын
Black Album is Jay-Zs best album. How is it that ppl weren’t messing with it?? Songs of that were getting a lot of radio play
@AmiriHipHop
7 күн бұрын
You was on a roll until you said what you said about The Black Album. Nobody looked at The Black Album as "this is garbage". It has been considered a dope project ever since it came out. You can say that about Kingdom Come, sure. But The Black Album? That was just a complete lie for you to say that lol.
@Knicksfan7
7 күн бұрын
@@AmiriHipHopYoo when you dropping a Jay Z ranked video
I feel like you should’ve included the Jay Electronica collab, some of Hov’s best rapping. Great content tho 💯
Blueprint 3 is my personal fav. Dont stone me🙏😂
@zeniyuhh
6 күн бұрын
Nah you good I like blueprint 3!
@ToAsTOnDeck
5 күн бұрын
His most pop album lol
I’ve seen a lot of Jay-Z hate recently, and most of the people hating on him are kids that never listened to his discography.
Good video bro, keep it up!
444 in the context of his discog was his most ambitious after RD
Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint and Black album are like all top 15 rap albums ever
What’s that hoodie? It looks so good! Can you tell me the brand?
@zeniyuhh
6 күн бұрын
Thanks! I got it from a website called "nevstudio" the hoodie is called "NEV Cartoon Line Character Print Hoodie"
@mysticpenguin-ju4xd
6 күн бұрын
@@zeniyuhh thank you man! Have a good day!
I honestly think Vol. 3 is one of his best
your voice is magestic imo
@zeniyuhh
6 күн бұрын
thank you :)
Yay more American Gangster love
You need to listen to Best of both worlds again. That album was dope
wild that you only have 341 subscribers
Might be so early but you gotta do 2Pac eventually. Fire content bro‼️
@zeniyuhh
7 күн бұрын
Thanks man, adding pac to the list
Reasonable Doubt is outrageously good
What are the essential jay z albums everybody should listen?
@zeniyuhh
6 күн бұрын
I’d personally say reasonable doubt, black album, blueprint, blueprint 2.1, 4:44
0:19 *Whispers* Me but there’s context to why tbh
Busta Rhymes, T.I., M.F. Doom and Ghostface Killa reviews would be dope.
Classic Jay-Z Albums 1. Reasonable Doubt 2. Vol.1 3. Vol.2 4. Vol.3 5. Dynasty Roc La Familia 6. Blueprint 7. The Black Album 8. American Gangster 9. Blueprint 2 10. MCHG 11. WTT Jay-Z only rapper in hip hop history that has 5 or more classic songs from every album he released
Is there a way i can get you to my new album?
🔥
Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, V3, Dynasty, V2, 444 for me, and in that order. If you haven't done Kendrick already, you should. Though Nas' discography makes sense after Jay-Z
@cantool
5 күн бұрын
People forget about Dynasty… had some great songs, especially that intro
Ay man you gotta do Nas. and I'd give things like Illmatic and It Was Written a few listens. Nas' lyrics can fly over peoples head alot of the time but when you actually look at the lyrics. The Dude is insane. Illmatic is crazy lyrical
Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint and The Black Album are his top 3. Honorable mentions: Blueprint 2 and (kinda)Blueprint 3. Underrated albums The Dynasty(all Rocafella artistes collabing with him) and Watch The Throne with Kanye West
The Hov journey is one of those interesting journeys. Starts out top-tier and then it teeters off, but then you slowly start to respect him right around The Dynasty/The Blueprint inconsistencies aside. Also yes, Big Pimpin' is better than Hard Knock Life. Don't feel ashamed.
5:40 brother it’s known in the hip hop community his production is his best attribute what were you listening too😭 also VOL 1 and 3 are both A. I feel you on VOL 2 tho that one was a C
Jay-Z’s one of the best beat selectors of all time lol. If anything, that’s one of the only things I’ve not heard him criticised on…
4:44 is the best rap album of all time. I'm here to say it
Do Hov next
finally someone understand that hard knock life and vol3 just arent that good of an album. its kinda mid compared to the rest of his discographies. vol 2 and 3 sound too alike they get old quickly.
Crazy Vol 2 had nth but bangers
2 Minute silence was for the real fans. Back then when you listend to it on CDs you couldn't always tell the length on the tracks. I your a hardhead and you sticked with it without skipping or you forgot you would get a surprised a hidden track that is not mentioned on the tracklist. I loved that when I was a Child
9:49 Jay worked with R Kelly becuase R Kelly was the biggest r&b star at that time so they thought it would be a good idea to blend the 2 genres together
I did
You forgot written testimony i guess, he is on every song so we can consider it his album
Jay Z is to hip hop what Seinfeld is to comedy.
@cantool
5 күн бұрын
Damn that is so accurate 😂😂
jay z is a love him or hate him kind of artist. i've never heard a neutral opinion on him. hes either a goat or overrated. personally, hes a goat 🐐
I only listened to the blueprint it's a classic
He did a collab album wit Jay-E
Add Outkast to the list, please...
@zeniyuhh
8 күн бұрын
Will do! 🫡
@demetriuservin2874
6 күн бұрын
Definitely!!
Do Kanye. I loved this video.
I think its important for you to understand the Era and time Hov was rapping in. Also understand Drug and Hustle refrences. In my opinion Hov resignates with you if you have a passion and desire to win in life. if thats not your style it just won't resignate with you.
@zeniyuhh
8 күн бұрын
Yeah I can see this to be fair. I notice a lot of big Jay fans connect to him in this way. I respect his pen for me it was more the music is hard to connect with at times. But as I said he has classic I do really enjoy just not every album
@ka9202
8 күн бұрын
Agreed
Hard knock life is the street hustling Jay z, street life talking
I've heard all Jay z albums I've heard RD Vol.3 BP TBA 444 Everything is love Collision Course Unplugged I'm surprised u didn't like vol 3 it's so tuff to me
I'm one of those guys who listens to Jay Z religiously last year I was in Top 0.1% of listeners for Jay Z on spotify wrapped
Bruh i like jay z i get nostalgic about his older stuff but 444 wasn't bad AG is a great album thats getting its dues and RB boy its goated
So I don't have to... but what if I want to?
I’ve listened to all the albums and I’m 22 Broski is different
You listen to Hov for sure🤝
Vol 3, end 2 tracks were originally hidden
@zeniyuhh
8 күн бұрын
Oooohhh okay that makes sense then
Blueprint 2.1 not having poppin tags ruins it for me that Is my favourite from blueprint 2
you have to sit with Jay-z albums......you will get new gems from them years later.
But what if i wanted to...
You should do 2Pac or Nas
I have but I don't count we from the same borough and have got the same bday
Jay Z in Reasonable Doubt was definitely influenced by Big L
Hey at 5:00 when you were confused by the long song at the very end with silence between the beat switches. That's a byproduct of CDs not transferring perfectly to the digital age because the silence was put at the end to give the illusion of it being a "hidden track" when letting the CD play in a CD player.😁 There's a LOT of albums with tracks like that from the 90s-00s. Also your version of that song is actually a completely different first song than what was released here in the USA!😃
@zeniyuhh
5 күн бұрын
Thank you for clearing this up! It was so confusing 😭😭😭
This is legendary do one for nas
@zeniyuhh
7 күн бұрын
A lot of people are saying do Nas so ima lock that in
I've gone through every Hov album (minus the R. Kelly collabs because eww) and I've gotta say I find his work overall to be inconsistent. For every amazing record (Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, Black Album, 4:44, AG), there's a pretty messy, listenable but kind of lacking low point (Vol 3, Blueprint 2, BP3, Magna Carta). Still one of the greatest for his best material as well as the undeniable impact and influence.
You should do Kanye
Do a nas play through
have to do nas nex
Can you do lil B
@zeniyuhh
7 күн бұрын
I can indeed haha
@Nop9009
7 күн бұрын
@@zeniyuhh gotta include the mixtapes
I listened to every Taylor swift album let’s collab😮
Oh and Red Hot Chili Peppers would be a cool video
Don't think I've listened through a whole Jay-Z album in my liiiiiiife 💀
@user-wz7yy9hv8f
9 күн бұрын
Fo real he never impressed me back in the day I thought he was boring and had weak rhymes
@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569
6 күн бұрын
@@user-wz7yy9hv8fdude was mooching other people's bars, beats, and songs
I don’t think he has a bad album