EminemBase wrote:RealSickLindley wrote:EminemBase wrote:Shouldn't be based on sales. That's silly.
I'm glad BP3 missed the deadline though because otherwise it would of won just because everyone sucks off Jay-Z like he's god. And it's not a scratch on Relapse.
Different albums, with different themes. But as a whole, they were even to me.
And i don't think anyone "sucks him off", IMO, way more people hate on Jay than Em.
I don't think so. In the media, especially US, they threat him like a king.
Weren't even to me either. Jay's album had 15 tracks and 10 of them were features. Every name was a 'hot' name for the time too. Pure desperation.
Just a feature heavy, commercial lump of an album. The only thing great about it is the production. Thanks to the wonderful Kanye West. Jay's bragging isn't even witty. And that's all it's packed with.
Where as Em had 2 features. Dre and 50. 50 was fucking awful as usual though. But other than that, totally beautiful hip-hop album in terms of craft. Dre's production wasn't that impressive but it was solid enough. But Em's lyricism and flows on it... Aw man, endlessly more entertaining, skillful, witty, interesting and original to me than Jay's.
If Em had come out with something like BP3. Ten out of fifteen features, just 'hot' names, every single track just bragging about being the biggest selling rapper ever and how he's king... Yeah, sure that would go down well. Don't know why Jay gets away with it. I would bash Em the same if he did that bullshit.
Yeah the media loves Jay, but the fans are on Ems dick like nothing else. And that's what counts when it comes to sales, general opinions and sometimes awards.
I listen to both, on and off, as they're 2 of my top 3. As both have things, the other does not have.
When i'm in the mood for an aggressive, ruthless flow, and just crazyiness, i listen to Relapse. When i'm in the mood for a more cultured, easy flow, with a bit more meaning and reality, i listen to BP3.
Both were different albums for the two, compared to their other, more popular efforts. For me as a fan of both, there's disappointments, but also things i'd never heard them do so good before.
I wish BP3 had some of the more hyped tracks of Relapse, whilst i also wish Em would've spit with the more comfortable flow like Jay does on a couple of tracks, without having to go double time and over do it.