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Originally Posted by louder
It hurts me to know this album won't really get the credit it deserves. It reinvented and expanded Jay as an artist. It's pretty much a masterpiece in my opinion.
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I dunno. Remains to be seen whether it reinvents anything. To me, it mostly just puts a nice fitting period at the end of Jay's career. He can retire from rapping now, and probably should. I really wanted him to come back with one more great album, and I wasn't sure it was possible, but he has. So I think it's time to call it a day.
It has expanded the reach of his cultural presence by taking on more social and political and cultural issues and focusing less on bling. That's great. It's a nice conscious album. It's Jay's redemption. If he quits while he's ahead, it will make him go down as one of the best. I feel like his legacy in that respect was starting to slip.
But now I see it's "gone platinum" (rolleyes) in four days or whatever, so he'll probably be back to bragging about his entrepreneurial awesomeness soon.
The whole Tidal x Sprint thing is idiotic. He's trying to guarantee his #1 album streak won't be interrupted, and he's stacking the books. I think that's lame.
But still -- amazing album. Just really amazing. Beyond my expectations.