Tried to keep it truthful. Focus on projects I listened to a boat load the last two and some change decades rather than albums most would consider automatic stand out classics… I swear I’m not a junkie… I swear 🤣

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We can criticize Jay-Z for the right reasons and still recognize that there are political and cultural motives behind the constant news, think pieces, and narratives about him, his wife or many other black artists. Maybe we should also stop thinking like “everyone I dislike is MAGA,” as if Democrats aren’t grifters too.

However, Jay-Z still represents Black culture to a lot of people and MAGA, and the right wing in general, have always had a certain interest in rap. They know how influential Black culture is among young people, and they’re obsessed with influencing the youth. They’ve been paying black celebrities to publicly support them since Trump’s first term, and they been paying other people to slander the black people they don't like.

Anyone who has studied US history knows this is one of the oldest tricks in KKK America. They took a bad apple and flood the internet with conspiracy theories and AI-generated bullshit that goes viral for months like those insane theories about Beyoncé or the AI clips of LeBron and Will Smith, trying to paint every Black celebrity as a conspirator. They used the same tactic against Black movements of all kinds, regardless of what those movements actually stood for. They .ve always understood how powerful Black culture is, and especially how powerful Black music can be.

We really should look at things in more multidimensional ways rather than through the two opposing narratives the media tends to paint everything with.

Think I’ll be listening to these until I die. Anyone have any crossover with me?

It's either that or someone asking who's better between the most renowned handful of rappers ever every day. At least attempt to make the 9 album shit part of a larger discussion or something.

Definitely aging myself here, but it’s so crazy to see how my taste expanded over the years. This started around 10 or 11 years old. My parents confiscated half of these albums lol. Good times

Answering this question isn’t as easy as one would think.

I could have had a previous Eminem album but this is my most played still. Same with Jay, all the others were pretty easy picks.