If you think the greatest Jay Z album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Jay Z singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. As hip-hop salutes the 20th anniversary of Jay Z's debut album, 'Reasonable Doubt', we ask the fans to rank the Brooklyn rapper's solo albums from best to worst. This Jay Z discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Jay Z albums can be found at the top of the list. This is our list of the best Jay Z albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. (Or not.) Jay even provided a short explanation for each album. There was also a time when Jay actually gave him a cold shoulder as well. Hov is the one who signed Cole to his Roc Nation label, after all. 4 birthday by ranking his own albums, thus ending all disputes. JAY-Z and J Cole have plenty of history together. Fortunately, Jay Z decided to give us a present on his Dec. While people generally think that it drops off after a certain point, it's up to you to determine if that's true or not. When an artist has a discography as vast as the one Jay Z has compiled, fans fight tooth and nail to assert which albums were the best (and which were the worst). People think very highly of his debut, Reasonable Doubt, which is widely considered one of the best rap albums. All of these songs were on Jay Z's best albums, which this list tries to figure out what can truly be named his best albums. The man with many nicknames also has just as many hit songs. Kingdom Come (tried, but it didnt work.Jay Z is widely known as one of the greatest rappers of all time, and with good reason.
BP2 (too bloated, too many horrible songs, 2 Many Hoes, )ġ2. 3 (So Ghetto, Big Pimpin, and then a bunch of filler records)ġ1. BP3 – (Empire State of Mind, DOA, Run This Town, but otherwise an uneven album)ġ0. Magna Carta (consistent album, didn’t really have any bad songs, but very few classic records)ĩ. American Gangster (so underrated, take off “Hello Brooklyn” and “I Know” and you’ve got a classic, but it didn’t have that many hits)Ĩ. Dynasty (best blend of the State Property(1900 Hustler) influenced era of Jay, party hits “Give it to Me” and personal records “This Can’t be Life” “Soon You’ll Understand)ħ. Jay-Z Unplugged (2001) -I'll only briefly touch on this one.
Drake, Jay Z, Kanye West, and Eminem dropped some of the bestselling hip-hop albums of the year. The Blueprint is an album that will be known as the 2nd greatest Jay album and has my vote for one of the greatest hip hop albums of the 2000s. Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, and Miley Cyrus recorded some of pop’s biggest singles.
Vol 2 Hard Knock Life (hits, hits, hits, the one that made him a star, but doesn’t hold up as well in 2013)Ħ. Jay Z and Justin Timberlake embarked on a tour together. 1 (damn near classic, take off 2 songs, the album that made people really take notice)ĥ. The Black Album (Classic, best combo of Jay-z’s best producers, Timbo, Neptunes, Just Blaze, Kanye, all brought their A Game and Jay rapped his ass off)Ĥ. Reasonable Doubt (Classic, didn’t hit me like BP because there were other albums out at the time that were better ”didn’t really appreciate it til the second one came out” )ģ. The Blueprint (Classic, even the bonus cuts are unbelievable, a game changer in a way that RD simply wasn’t)Ģ.