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Today, rap god, Jay Z, turns 47. Shawn Carter has undoubtedly been one of the most important and influential artists off all time, with over 100 million albums sold, 21 Grammys, and being worth an estimated $500 million. Not to mention having dropped some of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
Back in 2013, on this 44th birthday, Jay Z ranked his 12 studio albums in order of best to worst, with Reasonable Doubt ranking #1, and Kingdom Come coming in last.
Take look at the full list, as well as Jigga’s commentary on each project from his website LifeandTimes below.
1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (Fuckwit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…fuck… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. Fucking Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)
