Listening to this old thing. Can't believe it still commands my attention from start to finish. Is this actually Hov's best album? I've always been a sucker for Black, and the rest of the world treats The Blueprint like it's the holy Grail of hip hop. But this record is full of effortless lyrical KO's, delivered with the confidence of Muhammed Ali and the swagger of.. uh, also Muhammed Ali.
