Yo Ted, I never said Jay-z is a conscious rapper! Where did you get that? :confused3: And if you are talking about the fact that Jay dumbs down his music too much, here's a lyric for ya:
I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars
They criticized me for it yet they all yell "HOLLA!"
If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be
lyrically, Talib Kweli
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
But I did five mill' - I ain't been rhymin like Common since
When your cents got that much in common
And you been hustlin since, your inception
**** perception go with what makes sense
Since I know what I'm up against
We as rappers must decide what's most impor-tant
- Jay-z - Moment of Clarity-
And if you are talking about the fact that he doesn't have much consciousness, here's another quote:
Mother****ers -
say that I'm foolish I only talk about jewels (bling bling)
Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it?
-Jay-z - Renagade-
If you have listend to "The Blueprint" then you know that there are some dope songs on it! "Never Change", "Heart Of The City", "Song Cry", "U Don't Know"!
So you saying that Jay-z is a conscious rapper makes no sense at all!
I understand your point when it comes to BWS! I love that album to! That album made me listen to Hip Hop and made me a JJFP: Hip Hop fan! It will always be a great album for me, but there is no way it's classic! The same with "Willennium"! "Willennium" is way better album then "BWS" but it's no classic! Songs like "Freakin'It", "Will 2K" and "Wild Wild West" shouldn't be on there! They are okay songs, they just don't get to the same level as "So Fresh", "I'm Coming", "Potnas", "The Rain", "Uuhh"! If "Holla Back had been on there it would have been a better album, not a classic! In my eyes, the only classics Will has made are "Code Red" and "He's The Dj, I'm The Rapper" Time will tell if "Lost & Found" will be a classic Will Smith album or not!