It’s hard to walk away from something that you are passionate about. This guy has quite a lengthy catalog and his last record “American Gangster” was a hell of a album. I will be anticipating his upcoming release.

Concept albums come up well with Jay. The realtalkNY guy is a big Jay fan, I can tell.

It could possibly be a back to back classics………

MR CARTER…JUST RETIRE FOR GOD SAKES..U OLD IN RAP YEARS…
U REMEMBER MICHEAEL JORDAN ON THE WIZARDS?? pretty sad seein him ruin a legacy ….same goes to jay…just fall back and let the young niggas do they thing

i cant wait to see what concept he comes up with this time
jay always ahead of the game
hurry up and tell these lame rap niggas what to do next hov
what kinda concept could he come up with for the 09 yr

1st I would like to say that new Nas record is incredible. I absolutely will purchase.

My comment is for poster 3, why should he retire? Young rappers should make better music especially in the NY tri state area. In the south, you don’t see Webbie & Boosie & Plies dissing UGK and OUTKAST. You don’t see Rick Ross dissing Ludacris.

If the music was quality enough, they shouldn’t be worried about rappers before them still releasing music.

A.G. a classic ?

I dont know I thought that Party Life was one of the wackest Jay tracks ive heard in a long time.Other than that it was straight

I give it a 4.8 out of 5.

Cuz other than fallin and roc boys and a few others.i dont really bump thems songs.No staying power wit me

#3 probably shed a tear and sucked on his pacifier when Ice T told Soulja Boy to eat a dick.

All I want is for Jay not to rush into trying to make an album. All he needs is to take his time with it, relax for a while and eventually he will make another classic album. He’s a very creative individual and I believe he will deliver like he always does. @ post 3, I don’t feel he should retire and he def hasn’t ruin his legacy at least in my eyes. I think hes been consistent while at the same time improving his status in the industry. The fact that’s he mentioned in the top 5 dead or alive (no specific order) and not ruining that in any regard shows he still got some years left.

He gonna hit 40, get his Billie, then stop. Til then,,,
ITS HOVIE BABY!

@5 co-sign, that new Nas is an Instant Classic. YES I DOWNLOADED IT and I aint scared to say it because I will be the first to buy it on July 15th

@3 there’s no such thing as being old in rap years. Basketball is different because it wears and tears on you PHYSICALLY. Jay-Z put out arguably a classic last year at age 37. Jay still has skills, the problem is that rap fans are so fickle. They dont wanna stick with you for a long time. I bet you in 5-10 years the SAME people calling Lil Wayne the greatest rapper will be tellin him to retire and to make way for some new nigga. Look at Ice Cube. He is droppin an album this year at age THIRTY-NINE! And the leaks have been fire so dont give me that age bullshit.

Retire for what? Good music is good music. Jay is one of the nicest out, a legend in his time. You should be happy to say you lived during that time of his music.

HipHop/Rap Has no age requirement—#3
If you Jay-Z retires so young guys like Soulja Boy can rap than Imma start listening to Rock
Music is Music if its hot its hot A.G. was a hot album better than Carter 3 which came from a young guy I was truly dissapointed
Jay-Z is a trendsetter
He always is being creative and he is one of the only few who is truly passionate about the music
Not all but most of the young guys in the rap game just follow trends and are not passionate about the music at all
If he waits 2 long he will sound rusty like Kingdome Come
Just look at Eminem he will have a hard time coming back

I didnt know American Gangsta was a classic damn! Lol, shit was hot but i never heard the “its classic” argument. Lookin for to his next record tho.

jays classics:

Reasonable Doubt
Vol 2
Dynasty
Blueprint
American Gangster

…..I WANT THE BLUEPRINT 3!

I really don’t understand why there are people who thinks Jay should retire. Are u kidding me??? For those who think that, you must have been hiding under a fucking rock because even Stevie Wonder can see how bad hip hop has fallen. Honestly if it werent for dudes like Jay, people would be listening to fuckin Bhangra (shout out to Bollywood..lol) music right now. He makes the shit worth listening to. AG was hands down a classic…probably the best album of 2007 with Graduation a close 2nd!

It seems that we are never gonna find common ground on this issue…so here’s what I suggest…let’s get a big thick ass rope (pause)…and divide the country in half…Souljah Boy, Ying Yang Twins, and all of those other corny muthafuckas, they can have their fans on one side….and I’ll be on the other side with Jay’s. Kanye’s, Commons, Andre 3k’s, and possibly Lil Wayne (if he would stop drinking that shit all the dam time). That way everyone is happy!

Fuck Jay-Z yea i said it sue me bitch

AG was a classic..it was a better version of the movie..

DEF lookin’ forward 2 a new HOV joint..especially since it’s his last release under Def Jam, so it’s gonna be special…

haha@#3…too old? did you see his performance at Glastonbury? nuff said

“gravity’s ill”

dude needs to retire already

dude needs to bite a movie to move units

Im a big JayZ fan but you niggas ridin his dick way 2 much. American Gangster is not a classic wtf? Everything he touches get labeled as a classic by his brainwashed ass 40 y/o groupies.

Kingdom Come was better then American Gangster in my opinion and that wasn’t even a classic. American Gangster is a hot album but it not a classic to me. Kingdom Come was more creative to me but not a classic. And it seem like people are so quick to call a great album by a great artist a classic even tho that not alway the case. Sometime i wonder if people still know what classic mean since they use it toward every good album as if it true. But i ain’t trippin cuz it not like ya’ll are speakin about a wack out artist. I mean jay-z is far from being wack and i respect everything he does and im def copin his next album.

A.G is a classic? WTF? when did this happen

SMH

na homie he bit the movie to be ahead of the game. niggas need new gimmicks or marketing for music, the money has changed so the marketing has to change with it
i cant hate on him still making albums
right now he is at his highest point ever

and #14 mas, u 4got the black album, but u on point tho

at #3 ur fucking INSANE….AG was a CLASSSIC

u kno why hov still raps, cuz niggas like souljaboy, jibbs, hurricane chris, etc FUCKING SUXX. if hov retires, rap music will pretty much be on life support. bun b is like 40 and still better than pretty much all these young niggas.

im 21 and i can say i literally grew up on jay-z, he is the ambassador of rap music. lil’ wayne JUST GOT HOT, hov has been hot since like ‘97, whenever VOL 3 dropped. think bout how consistant this man has been since then. think bout how many rappers/musical acts in any genre have come and gone in that time period, yet HOV is STILL HERE. especially in rap, where ppl come and go every 5 secs.

u dont hear young rock kids saying fuck U2, aerosmith, kiss, black sabbath, beatles, etc. they embrace those old bands BECAUSE THEY RESPECT THEM and realize that if it wasnt 4 those bands they wouldnt have gym class heroes, fall out boy, plain white tees, coldplay, etc.

lil wayne jus got hot, lets see him stay consistant 4 the next 10 plus years like HOV has done. i mean jay-z is in a lot of ways bigger than rap music, the way kanye has become bigger than pop/rap music. i think wayne can be good, but he could also be a fad, only time will tell.

‘Timeless, so age don’t count in the booth, when ur voice stay submerged in the fountain of youth’ — Rakim

get the fuck outta here. you ole’ dick ridin ass niggas are corny.

dont nobody consider AG a “classic” a CLASSIC ALBUM is.

-Illmatic
-Ready to Die
-7 Day Theory
-The Diary
-Paid In Full
-Criminal Minded
-36 Chambers
-Built for Cuban Linx
-It Was Written
-Doggystyle

FUCK ALL YOU BITCH ASS NIGGA’S WHO DONT LIKE HOV….HE’S YOUR FAVRITE RAPPER FAVRITE RAPPER,JAY IS THAT DUDE SO YA’LL CAN HATE IT OR LOVE IT….(I CANT WAIT TIL HIS NEW ALBUM I GETIN 5 COPIES)AND YEA FUCK ALLLLLL WHO HATE JAY STR8 UP.

AG was awesome it was the best hip hop album last year by far Hov switched his style up on that the concept was dope the way he had pray and american dreaming at the start then Roc Boys, Sweet, Party Life and Success as the high point then he had Fallin at the end it was smartely put together like a movie.

Hov classics;

Reasonable Doubt
Black Album
Blueprint
American Gangster

His other albums are not that bad either but those are his real master pieces.

Lol when is AG a classic ? In what terms is that a classic ? Blu, Common, & Talib Kweli albums were all better than AG no where near a classic .

Hey dont for get HARD KNOCK LIFE that shit was FIRE and that tour was the bangin

American Gangster is not a classic you fool(s).

I don’t understand how y’all can feel so comfortable saying that with Jigga dick in ya moufs.

one thing is for sure and nobody can deny hov is the greatest of all time u can make jokes all u want saying ag wasnt classic or he should retire but hov been the hottest for 10plus years and still the biggest artist in the game the most fan favorite sells out stadiums in 1 min no other rapper has done most respected in the game as a legend your favorite rappers favorite rapper the hottest lyrically biggest trend setter most platinum albums besides probably 2pac definitely the most money on his way 2 a billi got more money and platinum albums then most of the rap roster all put together has the most and best ventures what else can u say bout dude he gets pizaid so hate on that
p.s anybody else feel free to add on for the haters

Artist with the biggest dickriders of all time:

1. 2pac
2. Jay-Z
3. 50 Cent/G-Unit
4. Eminem (whiteboys only)
5. Lil Wayne
6. The Game

i didn’t know American Gangster was classic either.. It was a good album just leave it at that.. Classic is defined as no skip tracks on the project.

AG was not a classic album. With a classic, 5 years down the road you remember the track list, all the lyrics word for word….you read the liner notes 100’s of times.
AG is not even in my current rotation (same for most people whether they admit it or not) at it only came out last year!
Rolling Stone has it as the 3rd best album of that year.

sorry, no classic for hov on that project. I thought Hard Knock Life is closer to classic then AG.

I WOULD BE SUPRISE IF TRACKS LEAK IN THE NEXT WEEK OR 2. CUZ THATS HOW AG STRATED OFF. JUST WATCH. I KNOW MY NIGGA JIGGA.

Considering the bullshit music that e have out right now… AMERICAN GANGSTAR IS A CLASSIC ALBUM. Yes I said it. It’s better than The Carter 3… thats for damn sure. Is it Jays best album… No… but It’s one of the best albums he has made. Ya’ll need to stop hatin. Jay Z is 38 years old… So the fuck what! He’s still doin his thing. Unlike most of the rappers that we have today, Jay Z actually has passion and a love for the music. And he makin for lost time. He didn’t record an album for like 3 years between his “retirement” and Kingdom Come. But this aint about the money, it aint about he critics. Jay Z has proven that he can make a classic album… which is somethin that most rappers today can’t do… And we need him in the game. I don’t want Jigga to rush into his next album either… He should take a lil time off from the tour and everything… and take his time with this album. He did AG in like 2 weeks or sumthin like that people! It had flaws, but what album don’t? But when he ready he will make this next album. If you don’t like the music then don’t buy it or listen to it. But if you realize that in 2008 that age really don’t mean nuthin when it comes to hip hop then support the man and buy his next album. Stop expecting classics from Jay all the time and just appreciate good solid hip hop music. And I’m only 19 by the way. And I think Jay can rap as long as he wants.

i didn’t know American Gangster was classic either.. It was a good album just leave it at that.. Classic is defined as no skip tracks on the project.

So in that case The Cool, Eardrum, Graduation and albums like that aint classics? Get the fuck outta here.

JAY-Z=SECOND GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME IN MY OPINION.

AMERICAN GANGSTER=NOT EVEN IN HIS TOP 3 BEST ALBUMS,MORE LIKE HIS 5TH BEST OUT OF ALL OF THEM.

I THINK HOV SHOULD WORK WITH SOME OF THE PRODUCERS THAT DID TRACKS ON T.O.S,CAUSE GODDAMN THE BEATS ON THE ALBUM ARE FUCKING HOT.

AG= 5 Cigs. Easy.

AG is a classic imo Jay Z third best album only albums better are Reasonable Doubt of course and Vol 1 very underrated album imo two of Jay Z’s most lyrical albums

I’m a big jay fan but AG a classic? hmm was very gd album tho…. reasonable doubt, blue print and the black album were classics…..the marshall lp and get rich or die tryin were classics all those albums are albums that when you think of that year all those songs from that album start playing in your head. Thats a classic album.

I told you in ninety-six that I came to take this shit and I did, handle my biz

@ 10 you couldn’t said it no better… if you can show me in law/documented that there’s an age limit in hip hop please send me a link.. please otherwise stfu

damn son in Hip Hop these young dudes dont respect what came before them while in Rock dudes love the music that came before sooooooo let my homie Jay rock

PLUS

AG is a great album, its not a classic though…It looked like a classic compared to whats going on in music now but its just like #33 said

COSIGN #28–BLU is a beasssssssssssst

SEE THATS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE YOUNG CATS THEY DONT RESPECT NOBODY PERIOD AND ANYBODY THAT CAME B4 THEM. 1ST OF ALL U DONT TELL THE OLD SCHOOL 2 MOVE OVER SO U COULD HAVE A SPOT. U HAVE 2 MOVE EM OUT AND EARN A SPOT. WHEN U HAD ALL THESE LEGENDS AROUND IN THE 80′S N 90′S THEY DIDNT TELL EACHOTHER 2 GET OUT THE GAME SO THEY COULD SHINE. IF ANYTHING TELL WACK ASS SOULJA BOY, LIL WAYNE N KANYE AND THE REST OF THESE WACK ASS NON LEGENDS RAPPERS 2 RETIRE. YOUNGINS NEED AN ASS WHOOPIN. THAS THE PROBLEM THESE YOUNGINS AINT GETTIN BEATINGS LIKE THEY SHOULD. DONT EVER DISRESPECT THE OLD SCHOOL U YOUNG FAGS. WANNA SPOT? MOVE US OUT THE WAY!!!

How is AG not a classic? How many albums do people make based on movies? And how many people can make them so accurately matching the movie? Y’all callin Carter 3 a classic lol…American Gangster is Jay-Z’s 3rd best album IMO. At the end of the day its all opinions, but if someone calls it a classic, they’re not wrong. I suggest some of y’all watch the movie, then listen to the album.

its a classic

Seriously, i think AG is a classic lyrically! i just think the beats suck! you got to listen to the Brooklyn Soul remix to appreciate it! the best remix AG album!
and for #3: if miles davis or even Tupac, as he would be 37 too were still alive, would you tell them to stop making music cuz there too old?
AG is a classic!

AG is Hov’s like 3rd best album and it is truly a classic hands down! This is like what cats these days need to set their bar at! For you ducks that disagree name a cd in the last two years in the genre thats better! Graduation was good but cmon the lyrics Hov spit on AG nobody doing these days American dreamin in song is the perfect example of why this album is a classic go back and listen Hova da God word play out this world!Lupe is next up but I want another Jay joint homie still got it

I WANNA 3 bangers ! timbo, blaze, swizz
i wanna 5 soulful ! kanye, blazeX2, hitmen, no id
i wanna 2 old school ! primo, no id
I wanna 2 rnb ! pharrell, pharrell

lol

JAYZ WILL DROP A FUKKING ALBUM AGAIN !
let we see !

About time Hov drop another album… Im still rockin with american gangster…… for all you american gangster haters that album was a classic listen to his word pray look who he evolved into.. a beast. The best concept album of all time let me see your favorite mc do what he did ( lil wayne) lol…….. holla

this commment goes out to all the hater out there. Other Niggas Aint In The Game So They Practice Hate
Leave That Boy Hov Alone Why Dont Ya
You Dont Have To If You Dont Want To But Dont Say I Didnt Warn Ya lol it’s the ROC!

Lol@ All Yall Niggaz Arguin Over If “American Gangster” Is a Classic Or Not, To Each Is Own . Some People Are Going To Think it’s a Classic And Some People Are Going To Think It Was a Good Album And Some People Are Going To Think It Wasn’t One Of Jays Better Albums, At The End Of The Day It’s All About Opinion, Personally I Think it Was a Good Album,I Still Bump it In The Whip From Start to Finish, But I Don’t Think It’s a Classic Tho. We All Went Through This Same Argument When lil Wayne Dropped “Tha Carter 3″ And It’s The Same For Him. So In Your Eyes If An Album Is a Classic Then it’s a Classic And If Not Then It’s Not.

the same niggas thats saying AG wasnt a classic is the same niggas that think TOS is a hot album…smfh

the jigga man still goin strong. thats whats up!

Hmmmm… hope this isnt blueprint 2…. I am HUGE Jay-Z… but i dont think he can afford to drop a weak…half ass album… so i rather him take his time and get it in like he did for American Gangster… also whatever this cd is called… Jones is gonna come out with a mixtape the same title or spin off title… ( See Harlems American Gangster) lol…

BUT NO BLUEPRINT 2 JAY!!!

BTW… is it bad that the young dudes still cant hold a flame to Jay? lol

First and foremost, FUCK #3!

Now that I got that out of the way…I LOVE me some Hov, but AG WAS NOT a classic! I personally think Hov’s only got 2 maybe 3 classics (RD and BP of course and the maybe being The Black Album), but I think he’s got another one in him if he takes his time like another poster said.

AG was a classic like damn near every other one he dropped. Any one shouting retirement is precisely what’s wrong with fake hip hop supporters. Do you hear white people telling any of these groups to retire that are older than Jay:

Beasite Boys - (HIP HOP)
Rolling Stones
Ozzy Osborne - (Who’s older than leather)
Bruce Springsteen
Madonna
Kid Rock
U2
Oasis - (Noel and Joel Gallagher who Jay just ripped in Glastonbury)

I could post 100 more but you get it. They’re not all hip hop, but they still rock out and have to go hard on their records and performances because they’re not singers like that.

Appreciate good music for what it is. Rap’s actually boring with Jay - he needs to keep dropping music until his voice starts to crack from old age and even then he could be your favorite rappers ghost writer - side bar: he already his.