2009 Top Rapper #3....

Yes, Shawn Carter came third in something, but its only for the year. Let's be honest, the only thing that's been going on with Jay is BP3 and the whole Beanie thing. But, it was enough to make the list. BP3 is a great body of work, I don't think it was meant to for the listener to just listen just one single, you get more value from it listening to it all the way through. Jay-Z has rhymes that have to be looked at twice simply because of the double metaphors that he uses. Every track he spits on oozes with greatness. (liked that one)Jay is best listen to when you really feeling yourself. Most people that grind and get to a certain point where they feel that they have left so much behind and have accomplished a lot more and like to boast about it from time to time jam his music. Jay invented swag, so this is definitely an artist to listen to when you're in your two-piece suite.