They both had double albums that were like perfection, especially Big’s. We look at Jay’s career from the outside, so we’re like in order to be on the same level as Big and Pac. Jay was like, ‘Nah, I don’t need no double album.’ I’m like, ‘Nah B, all the greats like 2Pac and Biggie did double disks. There’s gems on there but it has a lot of filler too. It was a mistake, you learn from your mistakes. Hip Hop had a little bit to do with it too. I had 25 records from Jay so I’m like, ‘We gotta do a double album.’ That was really my fault. If I had not pushed this double album concept and just made it 12 songs, it would’ve been an incredible album. Young Guru: It wasn’t the same quality as The Blueprint. In an interview with Complex, Young Guru, who has worked with Hov for years as his engineer and music advisor, explained why he pushed for a double album. Side note: Biggie’s Life After Death is the greatest rap double album of all time. Double albums from Wu-Tang and Nas had the same problems. You can then select photos, audio, video, documents or anything else you want to send. Fucking Guru and Hip Hop, ha.”ĭespite featuring some Hov classics like “Hovi Baby”, “The Watcher 2”, “U Don’t Know (Remix)”, and the title track, The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse was bloated and ridden with filler. 1) Select a file to send by clicking the 'Browse' button. In second last place, he listed his 2002 double album, The Blueprint 2 and commented “Too many songs. 2… Hard Knock Life and American Gangster. In the top five he had Reasonable Doubt leading the charge, followed by The Blueprint, The Black Album, Vol. At the end of 2013, fresh off releasing his 12th studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, Jay-Z decided to post up the rankings for his catalogue.
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