Only songs that are credited to Jay-Z count, so that eliminates guest appearances like "Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)" by frequent collaborator Kanye West. We also picked at least one song from each of his studio albums — otherwise, all 15 songs from The Blueprint might have landed ...
Rapper Jay Z attends the Jay Z and D’USSE Cognac Host The Official Legends of the Summer After Party at Lumen on July 22, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Adam Bettcher/Getty And it is hard to argue with his top four, though you will probably want to register a Life+Times ...
Edd said: I’ll never forget one of my best friends saying back in 96, “I think I need to go get that Jay-Z album. I think it might be pretty good.” Yeah playa, it was pretty good all right. From top to bottom, I can’t find a single fault with this debut album. Every ...
As an artist, Jay-Z holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the USBillboard200 with 14. He has also had four number ones on theBillboardHot 100, one ("Empire State of Mind") as lead artist. In 2009, he was ranked the tenth-most successful artist of the ...
Jay-Z and Damon Dash created the urban clothing line Rocawear. Has often been called "The God MC". This is why he has been called Hova. J-Hova (Jehovah). Ranked #7 in the 2008 Forbes The Celebrity 100 list. Was among the guests at Usher's 26th birthday party. Was born on the ...
Jay-Z is one of the world'sbest-selling music artists, with over 50 million albums and 75 million singles sold worldwide. He has won a total of 23Grammy Awards,the most by a rapper, and holds the record for the most number-one albums by a solo artist on theBillboard 200, with 14...
Last summer, Forbes ranked Jay-Z seventh on its "Celebrity 100" list of the ultrafamous and ultrapowerful. The magazine estimated his annual income at $82 million, and other sources have reported his net worth at $350 million. If that doesn't seem enviable enough, last year Jay-Z married...
Jay Z ended his short-lived retirement from music in 2006 with the release ofKingdom Come. While a commercial success—it sold 680,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 1—the project is widely considered his worst project, and Hov agreedwhen he ranked his own catalog. ...
And that's really the best thing about this new rap narrative: It's still being written. Watch the Trailer for HBO'sThe Defiant Ones: Worst To Best: Every JAY-Z Album Ranked
Worst To Best: Every Jay-Z Album Ranked No. 20Unfinished Businessw/R. Kelly (2004) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Rockland/Jive No. 20Unfinished Businessw/R. Kelly (2004) We may never truly understand why anyone thought this was necessary. The follow-up album to Jay's hamstrung 2002 collaboration...