Cuthbert

What about the stuff in between? He's released a fair amount of music.

And Reasonable Doubt is overrated. It was nothing when it came out, it was just another Mafioso type New York CD in an era full of Mafioso type New York CD's, many of which were better than Reasonable Doubt.

It was only since Jay-Z started referencing it himself as a classic that The Source retrospectively changed it's score and people started believing Jay-Z, which basically means it's only a classic because Jay-Z said it was a classic. How does that work?

The other two albums are just boring, and didn't Lupe write for Jay-Z on the Black Album? Jay-Z's closest attempt at being 'deep'.