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I read an article online where Jay-Z stated that this album was between blueprint and Reasonable Doubt. I beg to differ those were two of my favorite Jay-Z albums and to me this album is at the bottom of the list along with kingdom come. Jay-Z is comparabale to Jordan when he came back to play for the wizards, although he was a skillful player he just didnt have it like he used to. My problem with this album is the beat selection we hava an album called American Ganster and you have the neptunes doing beats on here please. Where are the primos,ski, clark kent and all of the other producers that could have given this album a real grimy dark feel to it instead you get Blue Magic "Im gettin it"no. Although this album didnt meet my expectation its still Hov so I would definetly recommend it.
What's great about it: Lyrics, Concept album
What's not so great: Rehashed topics, poor beat selection.