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The most ambitious and most fully realized album of his career.
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SpinTightening the screws of his delivery, he's found a bruising poetry in a flow that once seemed clumsily conversational. [Jan 2003, p.93]
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Q MagazineEclipsing last year's Blueprint, it throws down the gauntlet to challengers Murder Inc. [Jan 2003, p.120]
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Jay weaves his way through every imaginable style and flavor with unyielding expertise.
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BlenderDespite the endurance test inherent in any double-disc, his Olympian performances are worth the weight of his pretensions. [#12, p.156]
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Jay-Z has upped the commercial rap ante once again.
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Overreaching but surprisingly solid.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 58 out of 88
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Mixed: 20 out of 88
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Negative: 10 out of 88
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MrCharismaJan 10, 2003jay-z has some skill, but this album is rushed and too much like the original *blueprint
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Jul 4, 2013
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Aug 17, 2010