“There Was an Artist Hotter Than Jay Z Every Year”

[5th Letter]

Let’s put that theory to the test. What year do you think Jay Z was THE man in the game?

1996- Tupac
1997- Bad Boy (Biggie/Puff/Ma$e)
1998- DMX
1999- (no real clear cut top person)
2000- eminem
2001- Ja Rule
2002- Nas (you can argue Nelly/Ja/em)
2003- 50 Cent
2004- Kanye West
2005- Young Jeezy
2006- TI
2007- (no real clear cut top person)
2008- Lil Wayne
2009- (no real clear cut top person)
2010- Rick Ross
2011- Drake
2012- (no real clear cut top person)
2013- Kendrick Lamar
2014- (no real clear cut top person)
2015- Kendrick Lamar (you can argue Drake or Future or Fetty Wap)
2016- Drake
2017- The Migos

I’ll stop at 2017 since that’s the last time Jay dropped an album. What year(s) would you say in your opinion that he was the number 1 man in the game?

 

[A-List]

Maybe 1999...

Yo, who made this statement?

 

[RozayTabernacle]

I said it in the coach K thread but I'll say it again. It shows the importance of consistency. Would rather be #1 for a year or two and then disappear or would you rather be in the top 5 for a decade straight?

 

[Goldie]

Jay-Z>>> DMX in 98

@ 2002

 

[Marc123]

Jay not even the best rapper on his own label

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Jay-Z>>> DMX in 98

@ 2002

C/S 2002

I'm one of the Nas Stans, but he def wasn't 2002.

Em and Nelly boff had bigger years

 

[BountyHunterRo]

Jay-Z>>> DMX in 98

@ 2002

DMX did have 2 albums released that year


Its a flip of a coin if you ask me between Jay and X

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Jay not even the best rapper on his own label

 

[Goldie]

DMX did have 2 albums released that year


Its a flip of a coin if you ask me between Jay and X

That's true, but neither album sold more than Vol 2 and DMX was on the Hard Knock Life tour, not the IDAHIH Tour.

 

[BountyHunterRo]

That's true, but neither album sold more than Vol 2 and DMX was on the Hard Knock Life tour, not the IDAHIH Tour.

Completely forgot about the hard knock life tour

 

[5th Letter]

Yo, who made this statement?

I’ve heard this being said before

 

[God_Body]

Maybe 1999...

Yo, who made this statement?

 

[BDBIID]

Hotter = best ?


And lmao at some of those years even if it is “hotter”

 

[Marc123]

Keep ur hands to urself bro

 

[BDBIID]

Because a nigga won mvp over Lebron don’t make him the bigger player

Future had a hotter year than Drake in 2015 he wasn’t THE MAN more than Drake

This is all a coping mechanism because Hov is the guy in real life.

 

[God_Body]

Hotter = best ?


And lmao at some of those years even if it is “hotter”

“Jay-Z was never the best rapper any year of his run.”

 

[BDBIID]

Let’s take 2001 for example

Is Pain is Love a better album than Blueprint objectively? Or a classic? Hell no

How about first week numbers? BP did 427,000 as the towers dropped. PIL did 361,000.

Already know about Summer Jam

So are we saying Ja was hotter because he had only radio songs outpace Jay I wanna see the metric? Is it how many times niggas was number 1 on 106 and park?

And if it’s that, some niggas favorite rappers can never be in a GOAT convo. I’m just trying to see…

 

[grYmes]

Didn’t we do this thread already? Wasn’t that a waste of time as well?

 

[Goldie]

Let’s take 2001 for example

Is Pain is Love a better album than Blueprint objectively? Or a classic? Hell no

How about first week numbers? BP did 427,000 as the towers dropped. PIL did 361,000.

Already know about Summer Jam

So are we saying Ja was hotter because he had only radio songs outpace Jay I wanna see the metric? Is it how many times niggas was number 1 on 106 and park?

And if it’s that, some niggas favorite rappers can never be in a GOAT convo. I’m just trying to see…

 

[God_Body]

Jay-Z was crying on the radio at the end of 2001.

2001 Jay-Z=2011 Lebron.

4th quarter Jay wet the bed.