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Rainard Jalen · 05-23-2008, 10:31 AM

I just want to address this specific question which is why I didn't look for any old Jay-Z thread to resurrect. It'd also be good to have this as a poll.

The question is, is Jay-Z really a particularly good rapper? I wasn't listening to much rap at the time that he was at the top of his game, but I've since listened quite a bit to his entire discography and my overriding feeling is just a great sense of being underwhelmed. The actual delivery is not particularly impressive, and the rhymes/content are often just really poor, bland and cliched. I'd be half inclined to say that even somebody like 50 Cent was, at his best, considerably more talented as a wordsmith.

Where did Jay-Z get all his huge acclaim from?

05-23-2008, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	Jay-Z: is he really all that good? POLL I just want to address this specific question which is why I didn't look for any old Jay-Z thread to resurrect. It'd also be good to have this as a poll. The question is, is Jay-Z really a particularly good rapper? I wasn't listening to much rap at the time that he was at the top of his game, but I've since listened quite a bit to his entire discography and my overriding feeling is just a great sense of being underwhelmed. The actual delivery is not particularly impressive, and the rhymes/content are often just really poor, bland and cliched. I'd be half inclined to say that even somebody like 50 Cent was, at his best, considerably more talented as a wordsmith. Where did Jay-Z get all his huge acclaim from?