I had this revelation walking back from ball tonight. Jay's BP3, considered a mediocre album by his standard's would have cemented a freshman in the XXL 10, or a sophmore in the game for good. People just have such high standards for him to produce something similar to RD, BP or American Gangster again but his sound has evolved. He's got so many great records on that album and nothing really stunk. Jay's got the game on lock as a whole, and lately he's been killing his shit.
Does anyone think that he's still got his hand in the streets like Frank Lucas did?
Edit: Em isn't my favorite but he's the best rapper alive.
1.Em
2.Jay
3.Lupe
4.Kanye
5.Rakim/KRS (For emcee sake)