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THE BEST RAP ALBUM OF ALL TIME?

‘D.O.A.’ has pushed the hype for ‘The Blueprint 3’ to unbelievable levels – but forget that shit, Spotify exclusively brings you the real Jay-Z classic you’ve all been waiting for since ‘Reasonable Doubt’. ‘Tribute to Jay-Z’.

I’m not exactly sure who the un-named MC on ‘Tribute to Jay-Z’ is, but he must have Lil Wayne, Drake, T.I, Rakim and Raekwon pretty much shitting their pants because he’s better than all of them put together.

Even the ghost of the late Notorious B.I.G. came back from the grave to release this official statement:

“There have been a lot of people claiming that I am the best M.C. of all time, and until now they were right. However, I have come back briefly to just let you know that I gracefuly accept that I am now #2 and I fully admit that the rapper on ‘Tribute to Jay-Z’ is about 6 or 7 times better than me. P.S. Can someone lend me ‘Notorious’ on DVD?”.

Spotify Link: 'Tribute to Jay-Z'

DOWNLOAD: 50 CENT 'WAR ANGEL' LP

I kind of liked ‘Get Up’, in fact, if I remember correctly, I think I claimed that it was the best song I had ever heard, but in the 8 months since its release, I’ve forgotten how it goes, ‘Before I Self Destruct’ still hasn’t dropped and the world was hugely unimpressed by Eminem's album.

In the meantime, 50 has recorded this street LP which is available for free download from his website Thisis50.com. It’s pretty much the best thing since his debut ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and sees him back to doing what he does best, i.e. it isn’t the steaming pile of shit that was ‘Curtis’.

Having said that, when artists release these pretty-good street albums, it usually means that the official album they’re preceding is going to be nearly as bad as that Pharrell solo album you forgot existed.

Download: 'War Angel LP' - 50 Cent

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'SOFIA' - A GRAVE WITH NO NAME

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