we can debate
but i feel like nah, reasonable doubt sounds like a whole bunch of niggas styles that Jay was riding mad hard at that time, into one. you can hear the Nas' style in Jay, the Big' style in Jay, etc. Black Album sounds like Jay Z, just Jay. nobody else, he ain't get outshined by Eminem or anybody else either, he was just bodying tracks. Black Album changed the surface of Hip-Hop in general, in terms of lyrics and beats, cause instead of sampling Nas' lyrics/etc, SON HAD THE WHOLE GAME SAMPLING HIS LYRICS and got dudes like Dangermouse making full albums w/ his lyrics on other beats.
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