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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
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I'm gonna have to stop you there, because it is exactly like that.
His production hasn't always been the best (Vol. 2 has only occasional moments of greatness, sample-wise, aside from "Hard Knock Life",) but Jay is one of the most skilled rappers in the history of the genre. Some of his songs are awful.. Some of his rhymes are ridiculous... But considering that he's been a predominantly freestyle/one-take artist throughout his career, and taking into account how much music he's released, having one of two sucky songs (even one or two per album, if that were the case) would still put him in the upper pantheon of emcees from the last 25 years.
When referring to rapping alone, there are very few artists who can even share a track with Jay without sounding like children in comparison.