(AllHipHop News) As Jay Z celebrates his 44th birthday today the Roc Nation boss took the time look back at his entire discography to create a list of his best-to-worst albums. Jigga shared his personal LP countdown on his Life+Times blog.
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Not surprisingly his debut Reasonable Doubt took the top spot with his 2006 comeback album Kingdom Come landing in last. His latest project Magna Carta Holy Grail came in at number 6 right below American Gangster which he labels a 4.5 mic project. According to Jay, he has gifted the music world with four classic LPs.
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Check out Jay Z’s catalogue ranking below.
1. Reasonable Doubt (Classic)
2. The Blueprint (Classic)
3. The Black Album (Classic)
4. Vol. 2 (Classic)
5. American Gangster (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. Magna Carta (F######, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. Vol. 1 (Sunshine kills this album…f###… Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me…)
8. BP3 (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. Dynasty (Intro alone…)
10. Vol. 3 (Pimp C verse alone… oh, So Ghetto)
11. BP2 (Too many songs. F###### Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. Kingdom Come (First game back, don’t shoot me)